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Corporate eLearning
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
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
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
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
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
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
Older People Learn Differently, Not Worse
Bremen (GER), May 2011 - Numerous project partners from industry and science developed solutions for the challenges of demographic change in the "Fit4Age" research association, which has been working for the last three years. Together with the University of Applied Sciences in Munich and the University of Regensburg, szenaris GmbH looked at the conditions under which older people can be successfully qualified with eLearning. » MORE
The UK's sports world embraces eLearning
London (UK), May 2011 - (by Bob Little) We're used to industries such as financial services and pharmaceuticals using eLearning to reduce the cost of staff learning and development; make it more available on demand; help meet regulatory/compliance obligations, and even help maintain competitive advantage through improved product knowledge and efficiency. » MORE
Totara Announces Roadmap for New Features
Wellington (NZ), May 2011 - The roadmap of Totara LMS, the open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle, is now out for consultation with partners and subscribers and includes new talent-management modules to manage appraisals. It also includes 360 feedback and an exciting new program-management feature to create learning paths, mandatory learning, and recurring learning requirements. » MORE
UK Business Missing Out on Efficiency Gains
London (UK), May 2011 - Heads of UK learning companies contend that as cuts-ridden Britain emerges from recession, it is missing out on a potential source of significant cost savings and efficiency gains because of outdated attitudes to training among top management. » MORE
