Themen

Certified Membership

Boost for Learning Technology Practitioners

Oxford (UK), June 2008 - The Association for Learning Technology estimates that there are several thousand people employed in the UK with learning technology as a core part of their role. Learning-technology practitioners can gain recognition for their professional experience and capability in learning technology through ALT's national accreditation scheme known as CMALT (Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology). » MORE

UK Financial Services

Using Mobile Learning Technology by Giunti Labs

Sestri Levante (I), June 2008 - A major bank's £6.3m fine in April 2006, following misconduct in its handling of share trades in two firms, has prompted one of the UK's major financial services institutions to use a novel approach - via mobile performance support delivered to its staff's PDAs and BlackBerrys - to provide 'nuggets' of regulatory and compliance-based information as well as key learning points related to data protection. » MORE

Compliance Management

HeidelbergCement Selects Cornerstone OnDemand

London (UK)/ Munich (GER), June 2008 - Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc, provider of on-demand, integrated learning and talent management software, content, and services, has announced that HeidelbergCement, one of the leading global producers of building materials, has selected the company's solution to support its eLearning compliance training initiatives. » MORE

Acquisition

ELearning Company Epic Acquired by Andrew Brode

London (UK), June 2008 - Epic, a leading eLearning company in the UK market, has been acquired by a private investor with extensive corporate and organisational learning and development interests. On 12 June 2008, Huveaux plc sold Brighton-based Epic to Andrew Brode. » MORE

Shareholder Value

Learning Tree International for Sale

Reston, VA (USA), June 2008 - Learning Tree International, listed on the US Nasdaq exchange, has set up a special committee of its independent directors to solicit offers for the company. » MORE

Skills Management

Giunti Labs wins 'Platinum' at the LIA

Sestri Levante (I), June 2008 - The learning and mobile content management technology provider, Giunti Labs has won a 'Platinum' Learning Impact Award (LIA). The Giunti Labs' learn eXact learning content management system LCMS won the award for its application with Volkswagen Group Italia, the fully owned Italian subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. » MORE

High Level of Interest

Podcasting with Industry Luminaries

Boulder, CO (USA), June 2008 - Xyleme® Inc., a provider of 100% XML, SCORM-2004-certified learning solutions announces the latest podcast in its education industry series Voices, which features interviews with today's top analysts, consultants and practitioners in the field of learning. » MORE

Recognizing Excellence

Final Call for Entries for the Annual eLearning Awards

Twyford (UK), June 2008 - The deadline for entries and submissions for the eLearning Awards 2008 is Monday 30 June 2008. e.learning age is taking entries for the eLearning Awards 2008. The Awards have continued to build on previous successes and last year attracted well over 100 entries from all over the world. This year there are five brand-new award categories. » MORE

Agreement

SkillSoft Joins Forces with China's Top eLearning Provider

Nashua, N.H. (USA) June 2008 - SkillSoft PLC a SaaS provider of eLearning and performance-support solutions for global enterprises, government, education, has announced that China's top provider of eLearning technologies and education resources, Ambow Education Group, has signed a multi-million dollar agreement spanning several years with SkillSoft Asia Pacific (SkillSoft) as its exclusive distributor to the Chinese enterprise and government markets. » MORE

Now available

Release 3.0 of IMC's authoring tool LECTURNITY

Saarbruecken/Sevenoaks, June 2008 - IMC AG, one of Europe's supplier of learning technologies, has just released an updated version of its interactive rapid authoring tool LECTURNITY. In comparison to its predecessor, LECTURNITY 3.0 offers a simplified "One-click Publisher" function for publishing content in various formats. » MORE