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Serious Games

Military Training with Virtual Technology

London (UK), March 2012 - A NATO-commissioned serious game is the first of its kind to be scheduled for large-scale deployment on Android and iOS mobile devices. It will be used by military personnel in operational areas throughout the world. » MORE

Free Reading

eBooks Made Simple

London (UK), March 2012 - Bookboon.com is turning the US book market upside down with free eBooks. In 2012, Bookboon.com aims to reach a market share of over ten percent in the USA. » MORE

Code Free

Creating Apps with Rich Content

Barcelona (ES), March 2012 - The Spanish company Aquafadas has made its Digital Publishing System compatible with its HTML5 animation-creation application MotionComposer. » MORE

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

Computer-based Testing

Pearson VUE Appoints New Managing Director for Europe

London (UK), February 2012 - Pearson VUE, the company's computer-based testing business, has announced the appointment of Matthew Poyiadgi as Managing Director for Europe. Matthew has over twenty years' experience of working for international IT and computer-based testing companies, having established successful teams and customer partnerships to deliver new products and launch global programmes. » MORE

Performance

Ontuitive Argues for Radical Shift in Learning

Washington, D.C. (USA), February 2012 - Ontuitive, a performance-support systems and services provider, encourages businesses to make a radical shift to performance-based learning by integrating more learning into business workflows. Ontuitive's Chief Learning Evangelist Bob Mosher argues that business and L&D departments need to reappraise their approach to how they train employees. » MORE

New Opportunities

Bluedrop Awaits First Day of Trading

St. John's, NL (CA), February 2012 - A recently completed business transaction with Serebra Learning Corporation will see Bluedrop Performance Learning, a pioneer in eLearning, become Canada's largest full-service eLearning company. It thus becomes one of the few technology companies from Atlantic Canada to cross over the public trading threshold. » MORE

Talent Management

Kenexa Acquires eLearning-solutions Company OutStart

Wayne, PA (USA), February 2012 - In an effort to expand its reach into the eLearning market, Kenexa, a publicly listed provider of business solutions for human resources and talent management, has agreed to acquire Boston-based OutStart. » MORE