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BMW Northern Europe

Comprehensive Training Outsource Contract for Raytheon

Ruesselsheim (GER), April 2016 - BMW Group Northern Europe has awarded Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, a three-year contract to provide training for BMW and Mini dealers in the Nordic Markets and Baltic States. The contract includes an option for two additional years.  » MORE

EIT Digital

€1 Billion Investment to Drive Digital Transformation

Brussels (BE), April 2016 - Willem Jonker, CEO EIT Digital, announced the results of the organisation’s €1 billion investment in digital innovation and entrepreneurship at the Driving Europe’s Digital Transformation conference in Brussels. He also announced plans for an additional investment of €1 billion over the coming years. EIT Digital will accelerate market uptake of research-based digital technologies by investing in four strategic areas: digital cities, digital industry, digital wellbeing and digital infrastructure. » MORE

Alliance for Quality

New Initiative to Make MOOCs Better

Brussels (BE), April 2016 - The European quality alliance MOOQ (Quality of Massive Open Online Courses) has started, with the key aim of improving the quality of massive open online courses (MOOCs). MOOQ supports the formulation and integration of quality approaches and mechanisms into the life cycle of MOOC design, implementation, and delivery, with emphasis on learning content, innovative learning settings, and quality of the learning experience. » MORE

Mind Click

Conversion Solutions to Modernise Legacy eLearning Courses

Nottingham (UK), April 2016 - Mind Click, silver winners of the eLearning Development Company of the Year 2015, announced a new service that allows people to convert legacy Flash content to HTML5 allowing organisations to future-proof their L&D and make way for more modern, sleek, and mobile learning experiences. » MORE

Offensive Defences

QA Launches Cyber Training Lab

London (UK), April 2016 - QA, one of the UK's leading IT-training companies, has launched a Cyber Lab designed to enable organisations to learn and practice how to defend themselves against a simulated cyber attack. » MORE

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Whitepaper

"The LMS: Are We Experiencing a Sea Change?"

London (UK), April 2016 - It has been estimated that the LMS market will grow to $7.8 billion in 2018. But what is the current state of the LMS market, and where is it expanding? To answer this question and many others, Saffron Interactive surveyed professionals across multiple industries on their current learning platforms. In its white paper "The LMS: Are we experiencing a sea change?" Saffron analyses the results of this survey and tries to discover what customers really need from a learning platform. » MORE

Upside LMS

Intelligent Reporting and User-Hierarchy Management

Pune (IN), April 2016 - The latest version of UpsideLMS comes with an embedded business-intelligence tool, configurable organisation hierarchy, and a range of exciting features that make the management of learning/training easier and better for training companies, SMBs, and enterprises. » MORE

Customer Demand

Create eLearning New Release Adds Language Options

Glasgow (SCO), April 2016 - The latest version of Create eLearning’s learning-management system (LMS) allows learners and administrators to access it via languages other than English. The new version of the Create eLearning platform (release 4.1.8) incorporates enhanced reporting of course completion and users’ skills, as well as enhancements to the platform when accessed from mobile devices. » MORE

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Ambassador Programme

Towards Maturity Welcomes Learning Pool

London (UK), April 2016 - Award-winning eLearning provider Learning Pool has become a part of Towards Maturity's Ambassador Programme, supporting its annual Industry Benchmark Study and joining forces to add value to the corporate-learning industry. » MORE

MASTERS Project

Learning App for the Transfer of Business Knowledge

Friedrichsdorf (GER), April 2016 - Seven training institutes and eLearning providers from four countries are developing mobile learning applications that are designed to communicate business knowledge to students in a new way. The project “Mobile Application for Skills Training in EntRepreneuShip“ (MASTERS) is a two-year project that is co-financed by the EU in the framework of the Erasmus+s funding programme.  » MORE

Case Study

Video Assignments that Assess More than Knowledge

New York, NY (USA), April 2016 - Today's students are expected to know more than just facts; being able to communicate that information is just as important. How can their instructors evaluate both knowledge and skills simultaneously without increasing their own workloads? » MORE

Across the UK

Unconscious Bias Training Programmes in Higher Education

London (UK), April 2016 - Marshall, the equality and diversity specialist eLearning consultancy, have launched a new training course that looks at the student context of unconscious bias, available now to universities across the UK. » MORE

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EdTech 20 competition

EdTechX Europe 2016

London (UK), April 2016 - EdTechXEurope, the exclusive eLearning-focussed summit, will this year take place over two days and has also undergone a branding overhaul to reflect the event’s growing global success and delegate interest. Now entitled the EdTechXSeries, the London event will take place 15-16 June, followed by a brand-new EdTechXAsia event, to take place in Singapore, 08-09 November 2016. » MORE

Learning Directions

One-Day Briefing with Elliott Masie in NY, Chicago, LA, and Seattle

Saratoga Springs, NY (USA), April 2016 - Learning Directions, a one-day “mixed and blended” program for learning colleagues focused on the reality, hype, promise, and challenges of evolving employee learning, will take place in NY, Chicago, LA, and Seattle in June. » MORE

Webinar

Gamification Is Changing

London (UK), April 2016 - Remember when gamification used to be about points, badges, and leaderboards? A free webinar on 26 April 2016 organized by The Learning & Performance Institute will explore the next generation of game-related tech for workplace learning: wearable virtual reality, equipment simulation, 3D game engines, etc. » MORE

Seminars and Exhibition

Learning Technologies Summer Forum 2016

London (UK), April 2016 - The annual Learning Technologies Summer Forum is to take place in London, 14 June 2016. The event contains a free-to-enter exhibition of leading learning-industry suppliers and the annual Learning & Skills Group Conference. The Learning Technologies Summer Forum takes place at Olympia, London, 14 June. » MORE

Global User Conference

Talent-Management Leaders Converged in Boston

Rocky Hill, CT (USA), April 2016 - The NetDimensions global user conference took place at the Hyatt Regency Boston, 13-15 April. The agenda featured an impressive lineup of industry leaders and client presenters, as well as hands-on training sessions. » MORE