Themen

Sector Developments

Yes, but … ; No, but …! - The Future of eLearning

North Woodchester (UK), February 2011 - A recent report on the state of the eLearning industry predicts a continued rise in demand, but at a slower pace, and not as great as for the UK's European counterparts. Ian Ross, Learning Technology Manager at leadership and management online-learning specialists LMMatters, shares his view in this article that there is no room for complacency amongst providers, and the pressure is on to provide "more for less". » MORE

Advanced Skills

ISEB Intermediate Certificate Course for Software Testing

London (UK), January 2011 - ILX Group plc has launched a fully interactive multimedia-based course designed for companies and individuals wishing to achieve an Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing. The ISEB Certificate requires delegates to understand and to apply advanced knowledge of key skills in software testing. » MORE

Business English

LinguaTV Short-Listed for ELTons 2011 Award

Berlin (GER)/London (UK), January 2011 - The British Council has announced that LinguaTV is among the finalists for the ELTons 2011 International Award. Now in their ninth year, the awards, run by the British Council and sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, are a celebration of excellence in English-language teaching (ELT) from around the world. » MORE

Construction Industry

Dutch Trainers Opt for eXact learning

Sestri Levante (IT), January 2011 - To ensure that Dutch industry professionals are prepared for the future needs of the industry and have up-to-date knowledge on technical solutions, Fundeon - a consultancy centre for the building and construction industry in the Netherlands - turned to eXact learning solutions. » MORE

Growth

Multiple Client Wins Strengthen IMC in the UK

Sevenoaks (UK), January 2011 - With multiple client wins for both its learning-management system CLIX and bespoke content-development services, eLearning solutions provider IMC (UK) Learning Ltd has announced that its success in 2010 has set it on course for further growth in the UK in 2011. » MORE

European Summit

Manifesto for eLearning Published

Sheffield (UK), January 2011 - The results of discussions by the delegates at the European eLearning Summit, organised by Learning Light with support from learndirect and Creativesheffield and held in Sheffield, have been published in the form of a manifesto for eLearning. The manifesto is intended to help delegates pursue dialogue with their national governments to establish a single, independent and impartial body representing the corporate eLearning sector. » MORE

The 70/20/10 Model

No Excuse for Cutting Training Budgets

London (UK), January 2011 - Heads of learning and development at global organisations have expressed concern about how the 70/20/10 model, which has been highly influential in spreading awareness of the importance of informal learning, may be interpreted and used within some organisations. In certain instances, it may be taken on board as a strategy, rather than an observation of how people learn. And in extreme cases it has been suggested, could even been used as an excuse for cutting training budgets. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

New Trend - and Standard - in Collaborative Relationships

London (UK), January 2011 - (by Bob Little) There has been a lot of talk in the UK recently about partnering and collaboration in business. In the eLearning world, Martin Baker, managing director of both leadership and management online specialists LMMatters and the Charity Learning Consortium, has become one of the Founding Ambassadors of Towards Maturity, supporting the work carried out by the eLearning research organisation, Towards Maturity. » MORE

EVOLUTION 3

Enhanced User Friendliness and Technical Flexibility

Munich (GER), January 2011 - The content-production platform EVOLUTION has made a major stride in its development. Previously, it was only possibly to produce Flash-based final products, but with version 3, HTML5-format output can also be fashioned, allowing the creation of content for mobile terminal devices. Printed materials that accompany the course can also be exported as a .pdf. EVOLUTION 3 makes it possible to go beyond the production of instructional and training materials and a wide variety of tests and surveys - websites, e-book contents, Apps, and many other interactive media can also be created. » MORE

CBTL Is Expanding

Sophisticated Content for Great Britain and Europe

Munich (GER), January 2011 - CBTL offers a full range of products and services to the learning industry and is well known for producing high quality bespoke blended learning programs with its in-house production platform "EVOLUTION". For over ten years, the company concentrated on the German market, but is now expanding its focus to Great Britain and the other European markets. Johannes Schnell, CBTL's Managing Director, gives his view on the year 2011 and the developments that his company is targeting. » MORE