Themen
Corporate eLearning
New Priority for Learning Outsourcing
Bracknell (UK), June 2009 - The organisational desire to cut supplier costs has made 'supplier management' the current focus area for learning outsourcing, according to managed-learning specialist KnowledgePool. Their research indicates that 77% of organisations currently outsource some aspects of their learning provision and 5% outsource all learning activities. » MORE
CMEurope Partners with Cobent for Quality Training
Guildford (UK), June 2009 - CMEurope is expanding its training services through a partnership with Cobent Limited. CMEurope is the European division of the Australian-based HR outsourcing and recruitment company Chandler Macleod Group. CMEurope's services extend further than its Australian parent, covering the entire employment lifecycle, from marketing vacancies and candidates, to recruitment outsourcing and consultancy around organisational culture and leadership. » MORE
UKS partners with Cegos Group
Dubai (UAE), June 2009 - Universal Knowledge Solutions (UKS), a learning-solutions enabler based in the Middle East, has partnered with Cegos Group, a professional training provider, in an exclusive relationship to provide Global Learning by Cegos (GLC) and eLearning Solutions by Cegos (eLS) to the commercial and public sector organizations in the Middle East. » MORE
Single-Source Publishing Platform for a Global Audience
Boulder, CO (USA), June 2009 - Xyleme Inc., provider of one hundred percent XML, SCORM 2004-certified learning-content management solutions has announced that AchieveGlobal has implemented Xyleme LCMS for EMC Documentum to deliver personalised, multi-modal learning content to their worldwide audience. » MORE
"Little's Britain": Conceptualisation
London (UK), June 2009 - (by Bob Little) In his blog, the internationally known instructional design 'guru' Neil Lasher, of the UK-based vendor-neutral eLearning specialist Trainer1, has commented recently: 'Despite much research on human learning, little is known about cultural conceptions of learning… Kolb highlighted conceptualisation in the learning cycle process, calling the stage Abstract Conceptualisation - the time where we make sense of what we have heard or read or done, prompting questions so that we can make even better sense of the material at hand. » MORE
New Course Makes Use of All that Digital Learning Offers
New York, NY (USA), June 2009 - The Innovative Language Learning Company has announced the launch of Chineseclass101.com, an online learning system that combines audio and video podcasts, mobile apps, digital tools, and more in order to turn 5000 years of Chinese language into an interactive experience on PC, iPod, mobile, and social networks. » MORE
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
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
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
LCMS on top of an Enterprise Content Management
Boulder, CO (USA), June 2009 - (by Kirsten Seegmüller) Utilizing an isolated platform for learning-content management makes it difficult for companies to leverage content from different parts of the organization for training purposes. Therefore Mark Hellinger, CEO of Xyleme, opts for the model to implement a learning-content-management system on top of an enterprise content-management platform. Xyleme provides XML-based SCORM-2004-certified content-management solutions. In an interview with CHECK.point eLearning, he explained how this would reduce the time and cost of content administration. » MORE
