Themen
Corporate eLearning
Giving UK Communities a Say over Learning
London (UK), May 2012 - The British Government has announced a pilot scheme that will give people a say in decisions about their local adult-learning courses and bring better value for money for taxpayers. The Government is planning to select between ten and fifteen Community Learning Trust pilots that will begin work in August 2012. » MORE
Assessing learning technology predictions
London (UK), May 2012 - (by Bob Little) Making predictions is fun because you can do so in the fairly safe knowledge that no one will remember them. So you can say what you like because you'll never be held to account for them. So I was delighted to discover that, about this time six years ago, Mark Harrison - formerly of Epic and now of Kineo - offered his predictions for learning technologies in 2012. He was speaking at a meeting of the eLearning Network - now known by the acronym, 'eLN'. » MORE
Positive Attitudes on Mobile Learning
London (UK), May 2012 - Attitudes of senior learning-and-development leaders towards mobile learning have changed, with many now having had positive experiences and harbouring enthusiasm for this method of delivery. This is a significant turnaround from prior attitudes, which named problems with technology as a crucial barrier to implementation. » MORE
CrossKnowledge Eases Major IT Systems Migration
London (UK)/Paris (FR), May 2012 - BEL, a world leader in household brands of cheese, has migrated its entire IT system to the latest versions of Windows and Office. BEL chose CrossKnowledge to accompany this training component, which was rolled out to more than 4,000 employees in thirty countries. » MORE
LIVECONTEXT Makes Upgrading Easy
Saarbrücken (GER), May 2012 - Upgrading to a new operating system or the latest version of MS Office can be a headache for many a business as it can cause staff to lose precious time from their day-to-day work. LIVECONTEXT for Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7 provides users with learning sequences that ease acclimatising to a new working environment. » MORE
Totara Extends the Life of Moodle 1.9
Wellington (NZ), April 2012 - Moodle HQ is now focusing on the Moodle 2.x series and will end support for Moodle 1.9 security fixes in June 2012. To ease the transition to Moodle 2, Totara Learning Solutions will sponsor support for serious Moodle 1.9 security issues until December 2013. » MORE
Maven Boosts Its Growth Strategy
London (UK), April 2012 - Maven has experienced profitable growth throughout the recent economic cycle. As many training companies cut investment, the senior management at Maven believes that now is the time to recruit dedicated resources to boost sales and plan for growth. » MORE
Application Open for International Academy of Journalism
Hamburg (GER), April 2012 - Journalists from all over the world can apply online for the International Academy of Journalism (Intajour), founded by Bertelsmann. Successful applicants for the "Journalism in the Digital World" fellowship programme will begin their ten-month training course in September. » MORE
Bringing the Classroom into the Business Environment
Cape Town (ZA), April 2012 - BDO South Africa, a provider of taxation consulting and advice, and Netcampus now offer Value-Added Tax (VAT) eLearning solutions specifically designed to provide corporates with a cost-effective alternative to sending their VAT specialist staff on outside training courses. » MORE
Carrefour Offers Its Staff Customised eLearning Plans
Saint-Herblain (FR), April 2012 - Carrefour Group has embarked on an eLearning project with the MEDIAplus eLearning solution from ENI. Staff members of the world's second-largest retailer, which employs 471,000 people throughout the world, are trained in office software skills via eLearning. » MORE
