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Outsourcing

ELearning Report from ValueNotes

Pune (IN), July 2009 - ValueNotes, a business research company based in India, has announced the publications of 'eLearning Outsourcing 2009: Advantage India'. It features in-depth insights and analysis, including the competitive standing of India as an outsourcing destination, the services being outsourced, the client markets, and providers and their strategies for the future. » MORE

Intercultural Issues

Toolbox Strengthens Awareness of Indigenous Culture

Brisbane (AU), July 2009 - Did you know that in my culture, to stare in your eyes is disrespectful? This is one of the messages given to teachers in South Australia as part of the roll-out of the Interactive Ochre Flexible Learning Toolbox (Toolbox), designed to train secondary and primary school teachers about contemporary Indigenous cultural awareness issues. » MORE

Authoring Tools

New Voiceover Function for CourseBuilder

Oslo (NO), July 2009 - Edvantage group, an eLearning company and Managed Learning Service provider, has announced the launch of its unique voiceover function for CourseBuilder - a content authoring tool -, CBVoice. The capabilities of CBVoice revolutionise working with sound in eLearning development. » MORE

Learning Environment

e2train Launches Kallidus 8

Cirencester (UK), July 2009 - e2train, a supplier of learning and performance technologies, has launched Kallidus® 8, an enterprise-wide learning and performance environment. The new system offers an easy-to-use 'iGoogle style' web-gadget learner interface, which enables learning professionals to integrate formal and informal learning within a single solution. » MORE

Product Marketing

Learn.com Names New Executive Director

Sunrise, FL (USA), July 2009 - Learn.com, provider of on-demand workforce development and productivity, has announced that David Wilkins, former Senior Director of Product Strategy at Mzinga (formerly KnowledgePlanet) has been named the company's Executive Director of Product Marketing. » MORE

Letter from UK

Elearning: now the yak herders' choice

London (UK), July 2009 - (by Bob Little) The UK eLearning sector has been intrigued to discover that the US-based learning content management system (LCMS) vendor OutStart has merged with Hot Lava Software, a company producing applications for mobile phone subscribers - with the newly combined companies conducting business as OutStart. Massood Zarrabian continues as CEO and president of OutStart, while Bob Sanregret, CEO of Hot Lava Software, becomes vice president of the OutStart Hot Lava Mobile business unit. » MORE

Gaining Speed

Digital Learning in the Middle East

Dubai (UAE), July 2009 - UKS, a learning-solutions enabler in the Middle East and the professional training provider Cegos Group have announced the launch of eLearning Solutions by Cegos (eLS) and Global Learning by Cegos (GLC) to support the long-term performance and growth of commercial and public-sector organisations in the Middle East. » MORE

Multiple Identities

Echelon's CEO Offered 'Fame and Philanthropy' Deal

London (UK), June 2009 - Alistair Morrison, CEO of the organisation development consultancy Echelon Learning, was recently invited to take part in the fourth series of the reality TV show 'The Secret Millionaire'. Each programme features a millionaire, who goes incognito into impoverished communities to give away tens of thousands of pounds of their own money. Created in 2006 by Stephen Lambert, the programmes are produced in the UK by RDF Media and are screened on Channel 4. » MORE

Learning on Demand

Online Business English for Deutsche Post DHL

Brisbane, CA (USA), June 2009 - GlobalEnglish Corporation, a provider of on-demand learning and support for business English communication, has announces that it has won Deutsche Post DHL, the world's leading mail-and-logistics services group, as a customer for its GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning Service. » MORE

High-res Animations

ESRI Canada Brings Earth's Treasures to Life

Toronto, ON (CA), June 2009 - As part of an ongoing commitment to actively promote Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in education, ESRI Canada has collaborated with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) to enhance one of its most renowned attractions - the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures. » MORE