Themen

Credit Crunch

More for Less Report

Brighton (UK), March 2009 - There has never been a greater focus on reducing costs than right now. All the surveys show greater pressure on learning and development costs. Kineo has published a More-for-Less Report that can be downloaded for free. » MORE

New Leadership

Information Transfer: the Next Generation

Cambridge (UK), March 2009 - Roger Mann has stepped down as Managing Partner at the award-winning UK firm Information Transfer. The company's partners have appointed Owen Rose and Matthew Borg as the new joint leaders of the business. Roger, who will continue as a partner with the firm, explains that the choice of the two co-managing partners is a natural step. » MORE

Compliance Training

Wolters Kluwer Partners with Learn.com

Sunrise, FL (USA), March 2009 - Learn.com has announced that Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has integrated the company's regulatory compliance training courses for financial institutions into Learn.com's LearnCenter® platform. This partnership is based on the terms of a joint-reseller agreement. » MORE

Vocational Training

Mobile Learning Standards - 2009 Out Now!

Brisbane (AU), March 2009 - The key issues of affordability, accessibility, and interoperability feature in the revised Mobile Learning Standards (M-standards), as the vocational education and training (VET) sector seeks to keep pace with rapid technological advances in m-learning. » MORE

Around the Globe

Section-508-Compliant eLearning Solutions

Warrenville, IL (USA), March 2009 - Plateau Systems and CourseAvenue now provide Plateau's iContent clients with Section-508-compliant eLearning content. CourseAvenue's Accessibility Player reduces the complications of accessibility interpretation by embedding the standards' requirements directly into the eLearning course player. Government and corporate clients around the globe are using iContent to make custom and pre-packaged learning and training materials available to their users. » MORE

Flying High

LINE Delivers Air Power Training Programme to the RAF

London (UK), March 2009 - LINE Communications, a supplier of eLearning content and consultancy, has developed and delivered the final part of the RAF's Air Power Study Pack. The eLearning programme forms part of a larger Air Power initiative that will enhance junior officers' knowledge and understanding of Air Power within the Royal Air Force. » MORE

DECOM Declaration

ELIG Calls on EU to Promote High-Quality Learning

Sestri Levante (I), March 2009 - Following the successful DECOM event held in October 2008, the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) has launched the DECOM Declaration: a summary of key recommendations that its members and other experts in the field of learning-content production and learning technology see as critical to ensuring equitable access to high-quality learning for all European citizens. » MORE

Quality Assurance

Echelon Gains ISO 9001: 2008 Accreditation

London (UK), March 2009 - Following a process lasting almost two years, the organizational-development consultancy Echelon has become one of the first in its field to be awarded the internationally recognized ISO 9001: 2008 quality-assurance accreditation. Its work processes have been accredited, making it one of the first service providers in the UK to achieve this version of ISO 9001, which updates and replaces the 2000 version. » MORE

Information Management

Giunti Labs Launches learn eXact for Asian Markets

Sestri Levante (IT), March 2009 - Giunti Labs has increased its presence at the annual Global Learning Summit, held in Singapore from 24 - 27 of February. In addition, at the event, Giunti Labs launched the new Enterprise 2009 Edition of its learn eXact Online and Mobile Learning Content Management Suite (LCMS). » MORE