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Data Exchange

Edvantage Group Highlights New Focus on Web Services

Oslo (NO), July 2011 - Edvantage group has announced improvements in web services for Learning Gateway, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) learning management system. With the new web services, data can be transferred between Learning Gateway and other systems, increasing the value from both existing and future learning and development programs. » MORE

Slow Adoption

Examining the Attitudes towards Virtual Classrooms

London (UK), July 2011 - There is a gulf between the benefits that virtual learning can provide and UK businesses actually adopting these technologies, claims the blended learning provider REDTRAY. Having seen the 100% satisfaction levels that its virtual classroom technology, CloudRooms™, has received from over 350 users, the organization wants to find out what the barriers to adoption are. » MORE

Games Design

Caspian Learning Releases Free Version of 3D Software

Newcastle (UK), July 2011 - Caspian Learning has announced that the latest version of their 3D sims and games creation software "Thinking Worlds 3.5" will be available to download and use for free - forever - which is a huge shift from the previous retail price of $4999. The new version of the software will remove practically all of the barriers to simulation and game design that the beginner or novice designer faces. » MORE

Recognition

Docebo Awarded US$ 170,000 for eLearning Project

Milano (IT), July 2011 - Docebo SRL, an Italian company providing cloud and mobile services for eLearning training has received an award of more than US$ 170,000 for the "FIMSER - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund in the Business-services Sector" tender organized by Italy's Lombardy region. » MORE

Performance Support

Mobile Learning Technology Gets a Boost

Sestri Levante (IT), July 2011 - eXact learning solutions presented the new Android version of its "eXact Mobile" solution - which is also available for the Blackberry, iPad and iPhone device series - at the mLearnCon 2011 conference in San Jose, California, on 21 and 22 June. » MORE

Future Trends

Who Else Wants a Photovoltaic Wi-fi Charger?

Edinburgh (SCO), July 2011 - Dr. Zara Dobson has been exploring a brand-new technology to maintain the battery packs of wi-fi gadgets. During the last couple of years, she has paid attention to information about wireless charging mats and maintains that the world of wi-fi charging is getting ready to bust wide open! » MORE

Video Conferencing

Presence and Ad-hoc Meetings with WorkSpace3D 4.0

Montpellier (FR), July 2011 - Tixeo has announced WorkSpace3D 4.0, which is a major milestone in its long-term strategy of delivering an alternative unified communication solution to products such as Microsoft Lync or Skype. By integrating both presence and ad-hoc meetings features, WorkSpace3D makes collaboration over video conference easier and more efficient. » MORE

Private Equity

Blackboard Inc. Acquired for $1.64 Billion

Washington DC (USA), July 2011 - Providence Equity Partners Inc., an owner of SunGard and provider of administrative systems for higher education has agreed to buy Blackboard Inc., the learning management system industry giant for $1.64 billion. Providence is a private equity firm focused on media, communications, information services, and education investments. » MORE

Management Training

Project Agency's Survey Shows Sponsors Failing

London (UK), July 2011 - The project management training-and-development specialist Project Agency has reported that in a survey of over 1,300 people who have attended its project management events, over 52 per cent believe that the roles, responsibilities, and levels of authority relating to their projects are unclear. Only five per cent of those polled disagree. » MORE

Certification

digital publishing Receives Worlddidac Quality Charter

Munich (GER)/Berne (CH), July 2011 - Following an extensive evaluation process conducted by an international board of education experts, digital publishing, a provider of online language-training services, has again been awarded the renowned Worlddidac Quality Charter (WQC). To be certified, a company has to meet the highest demands regarding product quality, after-sales support, and corporate governance. » MORE