Themen
Corporate eLearning
What Managers Learn about Older People
Karlsruhe/Münster (GER), November 2011 - Of course companies have to come to grips with demographic change, but how can older employees be convinced that their services are needed? How can managers make clear to their workers that even though they've been on the job for many years, further education is still important? Germany's Institute for Preventive Healthcare (Institut für gesundheitliche Prävention - IFGP) has an online training program for this purpose, and Managing Director Marc Lenze will explain in his talk at LEARNTEC why having manufacturing assembly lines run a bit slower is not enough. In fact he demands that "Overall, the issue must be addressed from a broader perspective." » MORE
Stern Magazine Discovers Augmented Reality
Karlsruhe/Hamburg (GER), November 2011 - The observer sees Michel from Hamburg looming across from him in 3D, water splashes, and a virtual image of the famous German musician and composer Udo Lindenberg philosophizes about his hat and the world. The German weekly magazine experimented "Stern" did some experimentation with augmented reality, and who knows - perhaps the reader will have a chance to read a follow-up story. At the LEARNTEC Conference, Werner Hinzpeter, editor for popular Hamburg-based news weekly's special editions, describes on the congress of the LEARNTEC the background of this novel concept and the experiences that came out of it. His summary: "It was a learning process based on a work in progress." » MORE
dp Launches a new Solution for Language Training
Munich (GER), November 2011 - Today businesses operate outside their own country with increasing frequency. Not only global players, but also SMEs are more likely to improve productivity and profitability if they work cross borders. The growing competitiveness of the international environment means that language skills are continuously gaining in importance for companies in all sectors. » MORE
Cornerstone & Workday Tackle Human-Capital Management
Las Vegas (NV), November 2011 - Cornerstone OnDemand has announced its collaboration with Workday Inc., a provider of SaaS-based enterprise solutions, to enable integration between the Cornerstone Learning Cloud and Workday Human Capital Management (HCM). » MORE
Stone Celebrates Twenty Years in the Public Sector
Stafford (UK), November 2011 - Technology-solutions provider Stone has announced its twentieth year of providing the UK public sector and education market with ICT and audio-visual solutions and support. » MORE
Quasar Online Videos Help Improve Business Efficiency
Kings Langley (UK), November 2011 - Although in the current challenging economic climate many UK businesses may prefer to only sanction mandatory - compliance and regulatory - training for their staff, Quasar's Michael Shane believes that this strategy is one of false economy. » MORE
ReachCentrum and LearningSpan Launch eLearning
Brussels (BE), November 2011 - In response to the increasing request for information and training about REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances) by US companies, ReachCentrum and US-based LearningSpan have created a REACH eLearning package. The twelve-course self-paced training series, available online, offers a comprehensive overview of the REACH regulation. » MORE
Data Protection Course and New Interview Series Launched
Saarbrücken (GER), November 2011 - IMC AG delivers eLearning courses for the international media company WPP on data protection and information security, covering the many online and offline sources of risk. IMC has recently announced a new interview series titled "Ten Questions About". The first edition features Matthias Prinz, Consultant Content Services at IMC, who speaks about the new internet standard HTML5. » MORE
ELearning: a Football Perspective
London (UK), November 2011 - (by Bob Little) To coincide with the start of the football season in Europe, Forbes - a source for business news and financial information - has revealed that the sport's ten highest paid players are, currently: David Beckham ($40m a year), Christiano Ronaldo ($38m), Lional Messai ($32m), Ricardo Kaka ($25m), Ronaldinho ($24m), Theirry Henry ($24m), Wayne Rooney ($20m), Frank Lampard ($17m), Zlatan Ibrahimovic ($17m) and Samuel Eto'o ($15m). Of course, these figures include the player's salary, bonuses and endorsements.
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News from Bridge2Know 4.0
Rheinfelden (CH/GER), November 2011 - With the most highly developed piece of hardware available on the market - the human brain - Bridge2Think selects high-quality resources for managers and leaders. A specialised team of editors constantly searches for first-class material, examines and registers it into categories, keeps it up to date, and makes it available for users. » MORE
