Themen

Partnering Up

New eLearning Provision Unlocks People Potential

Stamford (UK), November 2009 - Edvantage group, an eLearning company, has launched a managed learning services eLearning programme for the engineering software provider, AVEVA. They have implemented Learning Gateway, Edvantage group's software-as-a-service-based learning management system. » MORE

Success Stories

The Impact of the Recession on Open Source

Brighton (UK), November 2009 - The current recession has tightened spending belts of organisations the world over, and most software and services companies feel the pinch. But open source companies appear to be bucking the trend - many exhibited strong growth throughout 2008 and 2009 Q1. Kineo's "Market watch" has this to say: A recent Economist article caught the zeitgeist with the headline "Open-source software firms are flourishing", and there's been an increase in open source success stories in the media the past few months. » MORE

Web 2.0

Crunch Spurs Training Innovation

London (UK), November 2009 - Roundtable discussions led by LINE Communications at a European summit of learning and development specialists, indicate that the recession is proving a stimulus for change in training provision within large organisations. » MORE

Essential Techniques

Ensuring Quality of Tests and Exams

Norwalk, CT (USA), November 2009 - Questionmark has announced the publication of a new white paper titled "Item Analysis Analytics", written by Analytics and Psychometric Manager Greg Pope. » MORE

Showcase

ELearning: a Key Strategy for Fast-Growing Aviation

Melbourne (AU), October 2009 - New funding will help the aviation industry address workforce development issues arising from its unique position as being a high-growth, yet operationally driven and highly regulated, industry. To meet these challenges, the sector has identified the need for a whole-of-industry quality approach to learning that aligns with nationally accredited qualifications and provides much-needed flexibility for an operationally driven workforce. » MORE

Reseller Programme

Upside Learning Amplifies its Network

Pune (IN), October 2009 - Upside Learning has announced the launch of its reseller programme for UpsideLMS, the company's learning-management system and related services. Upside Learning invites independent organizations and individual professionals to join to the programme. » MORE

Awards

Rapid eLearning Tools Honored in Three Categories

Corona, CA (USA), October 2009 - Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines, the industry voices of the eLearning market have announced the finalists of the Best of Elearning! Awards. Readers and professionals from both the private and public sector cast ballots for the best eLearning solutions providers across sixteen product categories. » MORE

Client Managers

LINE Pilots "Flying Classrooms" for Swiss Re

Zurich (CH), October 2009 - LINE, provider of learning and communications solutions, has announced the global roll-out of a new programme of sales refresher training developed for client managers at Swiss Re following successful pilots in Switzerland and Hong Kong. » MORE

Regional Initiative

Giunti Labs Takes the Lead with TRIO

Sestri Levante (IT), October 2009 - Giunti Labs, a vendor of learning-content-management solutions and digital-repository platforms, is leading a consortium of companies appointed to re-engineer the learning-content production and delivery infrastructure of Training Research Innovation and (job) Orientation (TRIO), the web learning system of Italy's Tuscany region. » MORE

Mobile Learning

Boosting the Quality of Education in Nigeria and Ghana

Boston, MA (USA), October 2009 - A technology triumvirate consisting of ABJAD, a Jordan-based mobile-information publisher; AD-CONNECT, a Nigerian high-tech consultancy; and OutStart Inc., maker of Hot Lava Mobile software, will launch a pilot project to turn the mobile devices carried by 150,000 Ghanaian and Nigerian students into a platform for publishing, delivering, and tracking multimedia learning content. » MORE