Browsing news: Digital learning

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.4

      The Access Group | Bournemouth, Brighton, London |

      Unicorn LMS 8.4 builds on Certification Regime support by introducing validation for Forms. Unicorn has significantly enhanced Diagnostic Assessments, which will now allow customers to use Likert scale-style questions to create learner-driven gap analysis assessments. In this release Unicorn has also made several improvements to eCreator and Administrators will notice a new-look Organisation & Users area. For its Users, Unicorn has introduced new portlets for Surveys and Qualification Plans.

    • Webinar: How to launch eLearning at no budget

      iSpring Solutions | Alexandria | VA | USA |

      iSpring Solutions will host a webinar on how to get started with eLearning with no budget available. The session will be of great value for those who’d like to launch a pilot project before scaling up online training to the whole company, have no budget at all, or need to get the initial training results for free to prove the value of eLearning to their managers.

    • Sponge launches Design and Animation Academies to mark Learning at Work Week

      Sponge | Plymouth, UK |

      To mark Learning at Work Week 2019, Sponge has launched Design and Animation Academies aimed at attracting and developing top graduate talent. The initiative reflects increasing demand for learning and visual design expertise in the rapidly growing organisation, ensures that new recruits meet the high standards expected from the Learning Provider of the Year 2019 and tackles the bigger challenge of a UK-wide digital skills shortage.

    • NHS Blood and Transplant upgrades its 'Shine Academy' to Traineasy LMS v3.4

      Traineasy | Milton Keynes, UK |

      Since 2014 NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has used Traineasy LMS, branded as the NHSBT Shine Academy, to manage compliance with statutory & mandatory training. A major upgrade, successfully completed in March 2019 sees Shine Academy relaunched as a mobile responsive solution with an extended catalogue of digital learning resources.

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.3

      The Access Group | Bournemouth |

      Unicorn LMS 8.3 continues to enhance the Forms and Workflows functionality with the addition of Mandatory Training categories.

    • Interview with Juliette Denny, Growth Engineering

      Learning News | London |

      Learning News interview with Juliette Denny about how Growth Engineering's focus on behavioural science and learner engagement can drive meaningful business impact.

    • Be a GDPR Hero

      Skillcast |

      Skillcast has released a new version of GDPR Hero. This is a serious game where people are challenged to make decisions on everyday data-processing scenarios.

    • iSpring Learn LMS wins 3 prestigious awards by FinancesOnline

      iSpring Solutions | Alexandria | VA | USA |

      iSpring Learn LMS has recently been honored with three awards by FinancesOnline, a popular B2B and SaaS software review platform. This website helps businesses select corporate software that best suits their project needs. This month, iSpring Learn has earned the following awards: Expert’s Choice, Supreme Software, and Greater User Experience.

    • iSpring Suite hidden gems: 17 hacks to boost productivity

      iSpring Solutions | Alexandria | VA | USA |

      iSpring Solutions is about to present a new engaging webinar format. During the upcoming session, the presenter will answer the most frequent customer questions about iSpring Suite, the eLearning authoring toolkit, and explore the latest features that went live in 2019.

    • Webinar: How to quickly launch online training with iSpring

      iSpring Solutions | Alexandria | VA | USA |

      Next week, iSpring Solutions will host a live session on how to quickly launch online training in your company. This session will be primarily focused on those who are new to eLearning and need to create compelling training projects and quickly get them off the ground.

    • New Video Editing Features in iSpring Suite

      iSpring Solutions | Alexandria | VA | USA |

      iSpring Solutions, a leading vendor of eLearning software, presents brand-new enhancements to its award-winning authoring toolkit, iSpring Suite. The update equips iSpring Suite’s video studio with new options for creating and post-processing professional video courses.

    • MicroLearn Further Expands Content Library

      MicroLearn |

      Dedicated to developing new topics, alongside managing existing content, MicroLearn’s Creative Team have created eight brand new courses for release in April 2019, increasing the size of its off-the-shelf catalogue to 150 titles.

    • Student Bystander Training for UK Higher Education institutions

      Marshall E-Learning | Coventry, UK |

      Coventry University has partnered with Marshall E-Learning, the specialist consultancy for diversity and equality learning, to provide a new online module on Student Bystander Training for higher education institutions across the UK.

    • Consumer grade learning experience

      Learning News | London |

      Alex Mackman talks about Agylia’s product strategy and its focus on micro and mobile learning at LT2019.

    • Cursim helps Beyond the Pill to empower students in California

      Omniplex Learning | Harpenden, UK |

      Cursim, Omniplex’s learning design and development division, has helped Beyond the Pill transform its face-to-face training into mobile learning; to empower and engage its millennial target audience.

    • Skillcast Seminar: SCORM Games

      Skillcast | London, UK |

      Skillcast is presenting a seminar on how to build serious games that work on SCORM-compliance learning management systems (LMS) and the exciting possibilities this opens up for engaging employees, personalising e-learning courses and generating a wealth of information on compliance and competency in organisations.

    • Next generation language learning

      Learning News | London |

      Armin Hopp talks about the Speexx next generation language learning platform and the challenges faced by customers and his business in 2019.

    • Understanding leadership in a digital age

      Kineo |

      City & Guilds Group research reveals that just a third of leaders in multi-national organisations are well prepared for leading in a digital age. Biggest barriers to transformation include cybersecurity, reskilling the workforce, and fear of change. 80 percent of employees say leaders with good digital skills are more successful and better at communicating with colleagues and clients

    • Film School Techniques for Live-Action Video Learning

      iSpring Solutions | Alexandria | VA | USA |

      iSpring Solutions and Curious Lion’s Andrew Barry will co-host a webinar on how to use live-action video to tell compelling stories and educate an audience. This session will explain how to apply five fundamental dimensions of filmmaking to creating live-action video-based training.

    • Traineasy Meets the National Data Guardian Standards

      Traineasy | Milton Keynes, UK |

      The NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit is an online self-assessment tool that allows organisations to measure their performance against the National Data Guardian’s 10 data security standards. After a lot of work (100 mandatory evidence items provided and 40 assertions confirmed) Traineasy, a significant supplier of learning management and online appraisal solutions to the NHS in England, has shown it meets these standards.

    • Video learning back on top

      Learning News | London |

      Martin Baker, Founder and CEO of Clear Lessons, on why video is back on top for workplace learning.

    • Julian Roberts on EssentialSkillz’ compliance focus

      Learning News | London |

      An interview with Julian Roberts, CEO of EssentialSkillz, on the ‘compliance-focused’ proposition that makes EssentialSkillz different, the challenges that lie ahead and his priorities for 2019.

    • MPS Interactive Systems at LT2019

      Learning News | London |

      MPS Interactive Systems’ proposition, priorities and focus: an interview with SVP, Anna Kuehl, at Learning Technologies 2019.

    • L&D sentiment in 2019

      Learning News | London |

      Donald H Taylor talks to Learning News about the L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2019.

    • John Williams, Kineo: Global challenges

      Learning News | London |

      John Williams, Global Marketing Director, City & Guilds Kineo, talks to Learning News about its customers and its priorities as the business builds a global capability.

    • David Perring on the learning technology landscape

      Learning News | London |

      At Learning Technologies 2019, David Perring, Director of Research, Fosway, ran a conference session to help learning professionals to understand and respond to learntech market trends. David shares his takeaways in this interview with Learning News.

    • How to manage video for eLearning: New approaches and workflows

      iSpring Solutions | Alexandria | VA | USA |

      iSpring Solutions and Josh Cavalier are planning to co-host a webinar about how to incorporate video into a company's learning strategy. The key topics will be implementing video-based learning and creating a video action plan for a training organization.

    • How sales training is changing

      Learning News | London |

      Richard Barkey, Founder and CEO of Imparta, talks about the sales environment and how new learning methods and technologies are helping salesforces adapt to the digital age.

    • Nimble Elearning and Haven Claims partner at the Call & Contact Centre Expo

      Nimble Elearning | London, UK |

      Nimble Elearning has helped many businesses find their training haven – especially their customers Haven Claims. Up until a year ago, as a home and motor insurer, they delivered all their staff training face-to-face in classrooms. However, since adopting Nimble, they’ve been astonished by the massive Return on Investment it’s brought them.

    • Sponge joins AstraZeneca to discuss Creative Compliance in LSG hosted webinar

      Sponge | Plymouth, UK |

      Learning Solutions Specialist at Sponge and Global Sustainability Education and Engagement Lead at AstraZeneca join forces to talk Creative Compliance: Embedding Ethical Culture in AstraZeneca’s DNA. The webinar is hosted by the Learning and Skills Group (LSG) and chaired by Don Taylor, Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI).

    • Princess Royal Training Awards open for entries

      Kineo |

      The Princess Royal Training Awards – designed to honour outstanding and innovative training and skills development programmes from UK employers – are now open for applications, until 29th March 2019. Created by the City & Guilds Group, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, the Awards are a unique opportunity for UK businesses to showcase their approach to learning and development and its impact on business performance. Last year saw 48 businesses commended, with past winners including John Lewis, River Island, Islamic Relief and Openreach.

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