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Themen

'Little's Britain'

Doing the right things at the right time

London (UK), March 2013 - (by Bob Little) There's a tendency to do 'just-in-case' training rather than 'just-in-time' training. In other words, people are given access to learning materials in case they ever need to know what they're being taught. » MORE

Totara Gold Partner

Mind Click Goes from Strength to Strength

Nottingham (UK), March 2013 - Mind Click, the Nottingham-based eLearning company, has been promoted to Totara Gold Partner status in recognition of their sales achievements and significant experience in providing Totara services to a growing client base. As early adopters of Totara LMS, Mind Click have been involved since its launch in March 2011 and over this time have built up a strong team with extensive product knowledge, supporting their wide range of clients who are using Totara. » MORE

New PebblePad System

Online Personal Learning Space Redesigned

Wolverhampton (UK), March 2013 - Following a three-year redesign and rebuild process, Pebble Learning's popular PebblePad system has been completely updated and improved to meet the needs of individuals and their organisations. » MORE

Just-in-time Training

The New Social Video Platform for Inditex

Keighley (UK), March 2013 - Earlier this year, Inditex launched its latest development in health and safety training: INview. This social training platform, created by Webanywhere, provides an interactive platform where employees can upload YouTube-style health and safety videos. These can then be viewed, shared, and commented upon by staff across the organisation at the touch of a screen or click of a mouse. » MORE

Simulation

Battling Blazes with Risk-critical eLearning

Derry (GB), March 2013 - Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) needed to give its 1,000 firefighters quick and easy access to risk-critical training - without burning through their budget. Jay Hounsell, HFRS Station Manager, found that classroom training was sometimes difficult to run in this environment. Using Learning Pool gives HFRS firefighters tailored training online at a time that suits them - and their daily routine. » MORE

Pre-Employment training

Skills Academy Chief Executive Finds Cross-Party Support

Milton Keynes (UK), March 2013 - In the run-up to last week's National Apprenticeship Week, Peter Sherry, chief executive of the National Skills Academy for Logistics, wrote to around 650 MPs to highlight the importance of apprenticeships and pre-employment training. "The goal", says Sherry, "was to arrange as many meetings with MPs as possible. MPs are busy, busy people, and although this is an important issue, I didn't feel that all of them would be aware of how we can help people in their constituencies. So although this is a massive task, it's also a vital one." » MORE

In Partnership

Brightwave Launches Learning Skylines

Brighton (UK), March 2013 - Next-generation-learning expert Brightwave has renewed its sponsorship of the eLearning Awards with the launch of a new initiative to investigate how diverse industries, technologies, and corporate perspectives are influencing how we learn for work today. » MORE

Saba Case Study

Worldwide Centralization and Standardization

Amsterdam (NL), March 2013 - ABN AMRO uses Saba Unified Learning Management Suite to manage distribution, financial settlement, and provision of training and eLearning for a global workforce. ABN AMRO was seeking to centralize and standardize the supply of all training across a worldwide workforce. The Bank also wanted to introduce a blended-learning program of informal learning and classroom training, as well as ensuring that training is available anytime and anywhere. » MORE

With Webinar

"2013 Brazil Digital Future in Focus" Report

Sao Paulo (BR), March 2013 - comScore has released the 2013 Brazil Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in web use, social media, online video, digital advertising, mobile, and search are defining the current marketplace and how they are likely to shape the coming year. Key trends and highlights will be presented via a complimentary live webinar on 14 March at 4:00 PM Eastern Time in the USA (21:00 GMT). » MORE

Contextual Learning

Infor Announces Agreement to Acquire CERTPOINT

New York, NY (US), March 2013 - Infor, a provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire CERTPOINT Systems Inc. (CERTPOINT). Based in Roslyn Heights, New York, Certpoint is widely regarded as an innovative provider of SaaS-based learning-management software (LMS) and learning-content-management software (LCMS). » MORE