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Business Competitiveness

Learning Technologies Must Play Crucial Role

Brighton (UK), May 2011 - Brightwave has launched a new series of videos featuring leading figures from the world of workplace learning to share success stories and lessons learned. The videos also explore how learning technologies can support fast-changing business practices in the next decade. » MORE

Informal Learning

Shortlist of Five Myths

Den Bosch (NL), May 2011 - Bob Mosher, Chief Learning and Strategy Evangelist at LearningGuide Solutions, is helping L&D professionals to understand how to approach implementing the right informal learning strategy for their workplace. "I'd like to share some myths I've encountered when trying to intentionally implement a successful informal learning strategy", says Mosher. » MORE

Expansion

digital publishing Launches New Office in London

Munich (GER)/London (UK), May 2011 - digital publishing, a provider of online language-training courseware, has announced the opening of a new office in London that will offer the full range of dp's corporate language training services throughout the UK. digital publishing's expansion into the UK market is a natural step in the company's continuing international growth. » MORE

Growth

GP Strategies Acquires Ultra Training

Elkridge, MD (USA), May 2011 - GP Strategies Corporation, the corporate parent of global performance-improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), has announced that GP's wholly owned subsidiary General Physics (UK) Ltd. has acquired Ultra Training Ltd, an independent skills-training provider located in the United Kingdom. » MORE

Put to Good Use

Articulate Suite Training and Absorb LMS Widely Adopted

Hemel Hempstead (UK)/Montreal, QC (CA), May 2011 - Omniplex, a provider of eLearning solutions, has reported rising levels of demand for its training courses on the use of Articulate rapid authoring tools. Omniplex has further announced the success of the Absorb LMS, employed by the academy of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) to help satisfy road-transport training needs around the world. » MORE

Merger

SuccessFactors Acquires Plateau

San Mateo, CA (USA), May 2011 - SuccessFactors has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Plateau, the leading learning-management system (LMS), a Next Generation Portal technology, and CaaS - content as a service. This acquisition forms a symbiotic combination with SuccessFactors-˜ acquisition of social video mobile learning provider Jambok. » MORE

Research Findings

Further Education Boosts Economy by £75 Billion

London (UK), May 2011 - Further education participants generate an additional £75bn for the economy over their lifetimes, with apprenticeships generating around £40 for each pound of government investment, new research shows. The study, commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, examines the economic value generated by Government-funded post-nineteen qualifications. » MORE

On-Demand Assessment

Questionmark Adds New Analytics Solutions

Norwalk, CT (USA), May 2011 - New tools for analyzing and reporting on assessment results top the list of new features in the latest release of Questionmark On Demand assessment- management solutions. Questionmark Analytics, a new module within Questionmark Perception, enables users to generate reports on assessment items and results. » MORE

New Executive Committee

ELIG's Leaders Represent a Diverse Learning Industry

Paris (FR), May 2011 - The drive to continually raise the profile of learning on the European political and commercial agendas has been given greater impetus with a newly expanded Executive Committee for the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG). » MORE

Free Access

World Leading Leadership and Management Resources

Stroud (UK), May 2011 - LMMatters is offering organisations free access to its leadership and management online resources for the whole of Adult Learners' Week, starting Monday, 16 May. Organisations will be able to access the Harvard ManageMentor alongside LMKnowledge (LMK) with more than 10,000 articles, videos, and podcasts from worldwide sources. » MORE