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Corporate eLearning
Using Rapid eLearning to Produce Online Courses
Southampton (UK), June 2007 - Guinness Trust is just one of a number of companies now seeing the benefits of developing their own online training courses. The Trust is a nationwide housing association originally founded by the great-great grandfather of the Guinness Brewery to "improve the condition of the poorer classes of the working population of London". Being a charity, it is important for the Trust to keep the costs of training down. » MORE
ESN and Epic Team up for EU eLearning
Brighton (UK) / Brussels (BE), June 2007 - The EU has actively promoted eLearning for nearly a decade, but the European Commission itself has so far made very little use of eLearning. With help from European Service Network and its British sub-contractor, Epic, the Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry has recently launched the first in a series of eLearning modules for the 3,000 staff of the EU-wide Euro Info Centre network. » MORE
Giunti Labs Expands into Germany
Sestri Levante (I), June 2007 - Having recently entered the North American, South American, and Spanish markets, Giunti Labs, Europe's leading vendor of eLearning and mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS), has expanded its international presence even further by establishing an office in Frankfurt, Germany and specifically targeting the German-speaking markets for LCMSs. » MORE
Council Wins Awards by Closing Staff Skills Gaps
York (UK), June 2007 - The West Lothian Council has been using a tool from York-based MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) to analyse soft skills. The tool helps to highlight skills gaps within the organisation as a whole, as well as for specific departments and individuals. The bespoke, easy-to-use system developed and provided by MKM contributed greatly to the Council's being named a 'Centre of Excellence' by the Institute of Customer Service. » MORE
ESC Lille Announces Partnership with Crossknowledge
Paris (FR), June 2007 - Leading French business school the Lille School of Management (ESC Lille) has teamed up with one of the European leaders in eLearning solutions, Crossknowledge, to provide students with a selection of online, remote distance-learning courses in business and management fundamentals. The courses will be available to all graduate and postgraduate students. » MORE
New Chairman of Eurofactor's Management Board
Issy les Moulineaux (FR), June 2007 - Jean-Pierre Vauzanges has been appointed Chairman of Eurofactor's Management Board. Eurofactor, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, is one of France's leading factoring companies and the foremost integrated factoring network in Europe. » MORE
Reto Schilliger is New Vice President of Marketing & Sales
Baar (CH), June 2007 - Reto Schillinger has joined Comartis AG, a Swiss provider of individual eLearning, eBusiness, and eMarketing solutions as its new Vice President Marketing & Sales. In this function, Mr. Schilliger will expand Comartis' marketing and sales activities in Europe and the U.S. » MORE
Business Communications and Culture Training Unite
Brisbane, CA (US) / London (UK), June 2007 - GlobalEnglish Corporation and Transnational Management Associates Limited (TMA) recently announced a strategic partnership. GlobalEnglish® is one of the leading online English learning and support service providers for business communication. TMA is a global leader in training programs and eLearning solutions. It focuses on the challenges of managing and communicating across borders in the complex 21st-century workplace. » MORE
Translation Deal Promises to Bring Down Borders
Oslo (NO), June 2007 - Europe's business trainers will be able to deliver local-language eLearning courses to international staff at the touch of a button thanks to a new partnership just sealed between enterprise eLearning software specialists Mohive and translation experts LanguageWire. » MORE
Wimba Announces Integration with Moodle
New York, NY (US), June 2007 - Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach people, has announced that its collaborative software for online education now integrates with Moodle, an Open Source virtual learning environment. Integration with Moodle simplifies institutional deployment of Wimba's rich collaborative technologies and reduces training and support for faculty. Wimba has invested in Moodle integration to assist its clients drive adoption of education technology. » MORE
