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Oil and Gas Industry

OPITO's IMIST Becomes Safety Standard

Houston, TX (USA), March 2012 - For the first time, OPITO, in cooperation with the oil and gas industry, has developed an online global standardized level of basic safety training that will reach an estimated 1.5 million people employed in exploration and production activities of oil and gas worldwide. » MORE

Social Media

MindLeaders Launches Online Marketing Training App

London (UK), March 2012 - eLearning company MindLeaders has released a new training app for businesses on Facebook. Developed in cooperation with Facebook, the app shows how to succeed in building brand awareness through word-of-mouth marketing on the social network. » MORE

Certification

COLF Celebrates Its First Birthday

Coventry (UK), March 2012 - Launched in January 2011 by The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), the Certified Online Learning Facilitator (COLF) course has enjoyed unprecedented success, with hundreds of trainers achieving the certification in the last twelve months. » MORE

Online Courses

Free Guides for Learning Design

Bristol (UK), March 2012 - Developing great online learning is driven by great design. WillowDNA is currently publishing five free guides to help learning professionals to plan, develop, and launch online learning in just five days. » MORE

Language Learning

goFLUENT Enters Mobile Market

Geneva (CH), March 2012 - goFLUENT, a provider of business English via distance learning has launched its Business English Training iPhone app. This app, which has been approved by Apple and is now available on Apple's App Store, is the mobile version of its eLearning portal for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. » MORE

Bring On Video!

TechSmith Introduces New Versions of Snagit

Okemos, MI (USA), March 2012 - Packed with the easy-to-use yet powerful screen-capture and recording functionality, TechSmith has released Snagit 11 for Windows and Snagit 2 for Mac. Both versions provide users with the ability to communicate ideas faster and more effectively. » MORE

eLearning Africa 2012

Towards a Sustainable ICT Policy for Benin

Cotonou (BJ), February 2012 - eLearning Africa 2012 will take place from 23-25 May in Cotonou, Benin. In an interview, Ken Lohento, a specialist in the design and implementation of ICT projects to support agriculture and rural development, offers some lessons from his native Benin. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Invisible idiot

London (UK), February 2012 - (by Bob Little) Someone - in the early days of technology - put the English proverb 'out of sight, out of mind' into a mainframe-housed forerunner of Google Translate. The idea was that the proverb would be translated into Russian and then back into English to prove that the software worked correctly. The result of the computer's deliberations was: 'Invisible idiot'. » MORE

Business Management

TTS GmbH Supports SAP Implementation

Heidelberg (GER), February 2012 - General Óptica, a leading ophthalmic company in Spain, has implemented SAP software across the entire Group, comprising 235 branches throughout Spain and Portugal. With the help of TT Knowledge Force, TTS GmbH familiarized the end users with the new software using a combination of handbooks and courses. » MORE

Cloud Learning

Docebo Receives 2.4 Euros Million to Boost Its Business

Milan (IT), February 2012 - Docebo, a provider of integrated eLearning solutions for corporates, has announced that Principia II, part of Principia SGR (one of the biggest players in the venture-capital market), has signed for a 2.4 euro million (US$3.1 million) capital increase. » MORE