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Corporate eLearning
Blackboard Signs Nationwide Agreement
Amsterdam (NL), January 2008 - Blackboard Inc., a leading provider of enterprise technology to the education community, has announced that it has signed a major three- year nationwide eLearning expansion agreement with SURFdiensten and SLBdiensten in the Netherlands. SURFdiensten facilitates the use of ICT in higher education and research, while SLBdiensten provides licenses for vocational, secondary, and adult education. Over a million students in the Netherlands and Belgium currently access Blackboard's software. » MORE
The French Finance Ministry Introduces eTraining
Nantes (F), January 2008 - As part of its strategy to becoming a true eTraining institute, the Institute for Public Management and Economic Development (IGPDE - Institut de la Gestion Publique et du Développement Economique), a training organisation for the French economic and budgetary ministries, has set up a monitored eTraining system based on the MEDIAplus solution from the company Editions ENI. EGovernment or electronic government is a fundamentally new, integrated, and continuous way of serving public departments by optimising the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). » MORE
IMC (UK) Learning Ltd Wins Major Tender
Sevenoaks (UK), January 2008 - IMC's learning management system CLIX overcame intense competition from a number of established players in the UK to win the Fire Service College tender for the implementation of a new Managed Learning System. Alongside CLIX, IMC's rapid authoring tool LECTURNITY will be used to enhance the creation and delivery of learning and communications content for the Fire Service College. Implementation of the CLIX system, hosted initially by IMC, is starting immediately with an initial 24-month contract. » MORE
Kineo Appoints Operations Director
Brighton (UK), January 2008 - Rapid eLearning provider Kineo has announced the appointment of Nick Reed as the company's new Director of Operations. Nick's appointment follows Kineo's strong growth throughout 2007 and further expansion plans for 2008. » MORE
Steven Johnson's View on Digital Culture
Boston, MA (USA), January 2008 - (by Manuel Aineto) Steven Johnson is one of the fundamental analysts of digital culture of the last decade. Essay writer, popular science divulgator, and also Internet enterprising, he comments here on outside.in, his last initiative on the Web to provide users with information about what happens around their own neighbourhoods. » MORE
What do Banks Look for in an eLearning Solution?
Bucharest (RO), January 2008 - (by Elena Lita) ING Bank Romania has taken a step further in addressing its training needs. Now the bank is training its employees with the INTUITEXT solutions. Laura-Elena Duta, INTUITEXT's Corporate eLearning Product Manager, was kind enough to speak to us about this project within the dynamic context of the Romanian banking sector, which is growing continuously. » MORE
Launch of "What's new in Office 2007"
Brussels (BE), January 2008 - Instruxion, a Brussels-based firm that specializes in computer-based training has launched a new suite of quick-start modules about Microsoft Office 2007. These short, animated modules have been developed for users and organizations who migrate from earlier versions of Office to the new 2007 version. This voice-over guided and animated eLearning is available in English, French and Dutch and has been developed in collaboration with the ICT training organization Xylos. » MORE
Lectora 2008 Expands eLearning Authoring Potential
Cincinnati, OH (USA), January 2008 - Trivantis Corporation, specialising in eLearning authoring and publishing tools, has announced the rollout of the new Lectora 2008 line of software, which includes new capabilities to meet the needs of both novice and highly-experienced eLearning content developers. » MORE
Intelligent Searches in Enterprise Enviromnments
Darmstadt (GER), January 2008 - Structured corporate knowledge has many advantages: An effective search for information enables the staff to cope better with tasks, to realize new ideas in a shorter time, and to direct decisions more precisely. However, the preparation, structuring, and evaluation of the information compiled in the enterprise takes a lot of time and effort, and the retrieval of relevant data is also difficult. A new application called ConWeaver enables firms to fight their way through the information jungle and has already been successfully used in many real-worlds scenarios. » MORE
UKS Teams Up with Assima
Leallois (F)/Dubai (UAE ), January 2008 - Universal Knowledge Solutions UKS has announced its partnership with ASSIMA, a global eLearning software company, to provide their Middle East customers with innovative solutions and change management services. The aim of this partnership is to solve organizations' training and business process problems by utilizing highly engaging simulations that address the needs associated with strategic deployment of large enterprise IT solutions. » MORE
