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Corporate eLearning
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
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
The Training Associates Hires Director of Finance
Westborough, MA (USA), July 2011 - The Training Associates, providers of training-delivery solutions and trainers on demand, has announced the hiring of Jim Moore as their Director of Finance. In his new role, Jim will oversee all financial operations worldwide, augmenting the company's management team. » MORE
Upside Learning Announces New Partnership Programme
Pune (IN), June 2011 - Upside Learning has announced its new comprehensive partnership programme intended to accelerate partner growth and profitability for its Learning Management System - UpsideLMS and its platform for mobile learning - Upside2Go. » MORE
Maslow's hierarchy of needs; porn, and poker
London (UK), June 2011 - (by Bob Little) Speaking at a conference for members of Frost & Sullivan's Global community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL), held at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in north London in May, Andrew Lamb, a Director of Appropedia (a wiki which focuses on sustainability issues), argued that 'web 2.0' has encouraged new forms of social interaction and collaboration. He added that firms have learned to exploit social media by using fun or viral notions to take advantage of people's innate desire to gather and interact with each other and pass along interesting bits of information. » MORE
Applying New Technology in Art Work Preservation
New York, NY (USA), June 2011 - IBM and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have announced the successful installation of a new wireless environmental sensor network at the Museum called Low-Power Mote. The system will help preserve the works of art in its world-renowned, encyclopedic collection. » MORE
goFLUENT Offers New Resources and Receives Praise
Geneva (CH), June 2011 - goFLUENT, a provider of distance Business English training, now offers New York Times News Syndicate (NYTNS) videos and Harvard Business Review articles as resources on its eLearning platform. The firm was named as one of the top online providers of English language- learning materials by the French website "Pour Se Former". » MORE
Ixonos Designs Boutique App Store for Intel
Helsinki (FI), June 2011 - Ixonos, creator of wireless technologies, mobile devices, services, and software, has delivered a mobile AppUp Store to Intel. The comprehensive project entails the creation of a full UX strategy for mobiles as well as concept creation, delivery of detailed designs, a working demo and UX design guidelines. » MORE
Zapping up Manufacturing Training
Brisbane (AU), June 2011 - Thanks to the use of stop-motion video technology and a bunch of very entertaining LEGO characters, a "dry and boring" training subject has been turned into an action- packed and hilarious eLearning tool. » MORE
Learning and Assessment on SharePoint
Norwalk, CT (USA), June 2011 - With the increasing use of Microsoft SharePoint to create collaborative web sites, there's tremendous potential for using it together with assessments to support learning, education, training, and compliance. » MORE
