Themen

Vertical Search

Finervista Launches Website for Online Seminars

San Francisco, CA (USA) - August 2007 - Following a successful beta, Finervista Inc. has launched a new vertical-search website for online business events, webcasts, and seminars, also known as webinars. As such, Finervista is a free educational resource for business professionals and a highly-targeted lead-generating platform for business advertisers. » MORE

Home Information Packs

Flexible eLearning: the Most Practical Solution

Cambridge (UK), August 2007 - Hamptons International, one of the UK's leading estate agents, had been working on a carefully designed Home Information Pack strategy and reviewed a number of training options for the roll-out of its important Home Information Pack training, ranging from conventional classroom methods to online learning. » MORE

Cultural Awareness

LINE Releases Training for Military Service Personnel

London (UK), August 2007 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and communications solutions, has announced the release of Cultural Awareness training for all military service personnel undertaking tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because culture is a subjective issue, the Directorate of Educational and Training Services (Army) - DETS(A), asked LINE to raise awareness and facilitate a behavioural shift rather than to simply teach individual elements of culture in Iraq and Afghanistan. » MORE

Talent Management

Edulink Selects Learn.com for Its Clients in Peru

Sunrise, FL (USA), August 2007 - Learn.com®, a leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, has announced that Edulink, a Lima-based provider of corporate training in Peru, has selected the LearnCenter® platform to provide executive education and talent management services to its client base. » MORE

Survey

Future Use of Technology within Work-based Learning

Bristol (UK), August 2007 - The Association of Learning Providers (ALP) recently undertook a national survey into the use and impact of eLearning and technology within work-based learning training programmes on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council. A total of 508 government-funded learners were interviewed by telephone, and over half of the responders agreed they would like to use more technology as part of their learning programme. » MORE

Blackboard Executives

Supporting IMS Global Learning Consortium Boards

Lake Mary, FL (USA) August 2007 - IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) has selected two Blackboard executives to serve on its boards. Blackboard's President and CEO, Michael Chasen, was appointed to the organization's Executive Strategic Council. Blackboard's President of North America Higher Education and Operations, Peter Segall, was elected to its Board of Directors. » MORE

Portable Navigation

TomTom Academy Helps Retailers to Advise Buyers

Amsterdam (NL), August 2007 - TomTom, the world's largest portable navigation provider, launched its new Academy. The TomTom Academy is an extensive eLearning programme for in-store staff at retailers to enhance their knowledge of satellite navigation and TomTom products and services. The TomTom Academy enables in-store staff to better advise potential buyers and guide them in their search to find a navigation device that best fits their needs. » MORE

Learning Planet

Tata Interactive Systems Launches Its Own LCMS

London (UK) / Mumbai (India), August 2007 - The global learning solutions provider Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) has launched Learning Planet™, an enterprise learning content management system (LCMS). Learning Planet™ is based on TIS's business insights gained from some thirty custom-built learning management system (LMS) implementations at clients including McGraw-Hill and the Bank of Montreal. » MORE

Educational Value

Worlddidac Quality Charter Accreditation for Digital Publishing

Munich (GER)/Bern (CH) - August, 2007 - digital publishing, a leading producer of interactive learning software, has received certification under the Worlddidac Quality Charter (WQC). This prestigious designation was presented by the Worlddidac Foundation, an independent, international trade association for the education market with members in nearly fifty countries. The Worlddidac Quality Charter is a quality certification for companies who participate in educational projects worldwide. » MORE

Interactivity Builder

New Release 4.5 Makes Raptivity More Flexible

Redmond, WA (USA), August 2007 - Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced a major update of Raptivity - release 4.5. The significant highlights are the increased ease and flexibility of deployment in a multi-user corporate environment and more convenient integration with other tools. This release also comes with a Spell Checker add-on and a learning interaction guide. » MORE