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    • Learning Nexus supports Forth Valley College with its 'Focus on Learning Summer Conference'

      Learning Nexus | United Kingdom |

      On the 16-17th of August, Forth Valley College in Scotland held their ‘Focus on Learning Summer Conference’ at the Falkirk campus, during a busy period a week before student inductions. Ken George and Debbie Fairman of Learning Nexus were invited to support the conference, and demonstrate what schemes, resources and assistance are available to them, their students and external contacts regarding learning.

    • Virtual College Honours 750,000th Learner

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, England |

      Virtual College is celebrating reaching a staggering 750,000 unique online learners, an increase of quarter of a million on this time last year. One of the UK’s leading online training providers, Virtual College continues to buck the economic trend and now boasts a team of over 80 at its offices in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

    • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Recognized for Educational Excellence

      MASIE Productions | Saratoga Springs, NY |

      The Learning CONSORTIUM announced today that The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will receive the Learning Spotlight Award for excellence in education and training at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2012 conference, to be held October 21-24, in Orlando, Florida.

    • Totara launches Version 2.2

      Totara | Whitstable, Kent |

      Totara Learning Solutions, provider of the powerful packaged distribution of Moodle, released Totara LMS 2.2 today.

    • Totara LMS Selected as a Finalist for the Best of ELearning

      Totara | Whitstable, Kent |

      Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines, the industry voices of the enterprise learning and workforce technology market, announced the finalists of the Best of Elearning! Awards 2012. Readers and professionals from both the private and public sector cast ballots for the best solutions providers across 21 product categories. Winners for each category will be revealed at the upcoming Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo on September 26, 2012.

    • Implementing the ADDIE Model in Corporate e-Learning

      Webanywhere |

      Webanywhere’s latest appointment Jeff Clay, formerly of Walmart’s Talent and Development team, is to conduct a webinar illustrating how to implement the ADDIE model for e-Learning development.

    • Atlas first to be approved by ECITB for new course to reduce serious injuries and hydrocarbon releases

      Atlas | United Kingdom |

      Atlas has announced the launch of an innovative new course that will help lead to improved safety and reductions in hydrocarbon releases in the oil and gas industry. The Atlas Mechanical Joint Integrity (MJI) e-learning course is the first to be approved by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), delivering up-to-date training for oil and gas workers operating in safety critical roles. It provides onshore and offshore workers of varying experience with the underpinning knowledge to safely carry out specialist critical bolting work.

    • eXact learning LCMS shortlisted for US Elearning! Awards

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      The global vendor of online and mobile learning content management and digital repository solutions, eXact learning solutions, has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Learning Content Management System’ at this year’s Best of Elearning! Awards.

    • Upside Learning Revamps Its Online Corporate Home

      Upside Learning | Pune, India |

      Upside Learning has revamped its official online home www.upsidelearning.com. This is a part of the company’s on-going commitment to improve user experience for its prospects and customers.

    • Kineo Announces Summer E-Learning & LMS Webinar Series

      Kineo | Brighton |

      Ever wondered how to make your eLearning ‘Interactive’ (and what that really means), or how to establish a learning vocabulary that everyone can understand? Does selecting the right LMS leave you pulling your hair out? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, then Kineo’s summer webinar series is for you. Join us in three upcoming free webinars.

    • From Training to Twitter - how Webanywhere is linking the LMS to Social Media

      Webanywhere |

      Social media, smartphones and tablets, the emergence of content curators - these are some of the hot topics that HR and Training Managers need to consider when evaluating the opportunities for social learning within their organisation. But how can web based learning platforms meet these challenges?

    • eCom Exhibiting at eLearning Alliance Event - Learning E-ssentials

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      The Learning E-ssentials event will give delegates access to some of the latest and most exciting innovations in eLearning as well as an opportunity to network with colleagues from all sectors of the eLearning community. eCom will be demonstrating its work in eLearning, including for the National Trust for Scotland and NHS Education Scotland.

    • Kirkpatricks Evaluation webinar – supporting charity learning

      Charity Learning Consortium | London, UK |

      Donald Kirkpatrick, the ‘Father’ of Evaluation, will be making a guest appearance at a special Evaluation webinar for charities around the world on 30 August. Evaluation experts Jim & Wendy Kirkpatrick are once again hosting the free, annual webinar - supported by The Charity Learning Consortium in the UK.

    • EssentialSkillz launch new version of popular Driver Safety E-Learning course DriveWize

      EssentialSkillz | MIlton Keynes. England and Galway, Ireland |

      EssentialSkillz has launched a newly updated and enhanced version of its popular driver safety risk assessment and training software called DriveWize. EssentialSkillz is a leading provider of online safety training and risk assessment software and has added the newly updated course to their comprehensive range of e-learning solutions. According to EssentialSkillz the DriveWize e-learning course will enable organisations and workplaces to uphold their legal duty of care to occupational road users with the detailed, informative and interactive training and risk assessments incorporated in the new course.

    • Kineo E-learning Supports Sony Europe with Launch of new Learning Platform

      Kineo | UK |

      Sony Europe has launched a new e-learning platform, The Knowledge Portal. Sony selected Totara LMS as the basis of the new platform and worked with leading e-learning company Kineo to design and manage the site along with the development of the associated e-learning product knowledge modules. The Knowledge Portal from Sony was the 100th Totara LMS site to be launched since it became available in 2011.

    • Atlas Signs Agreement with Thunderbird, the World's #1-Ranked International Business School

      Atlas | Aberdeen, UK |

      Atlas, the leading international learning and skills provider, has announced a new partnership agreement with one of the leading business schools in the world to become their first global partner in the UK. The Aberdeen-headquartered firm has joined forces with Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, the world’s #1-ranked school for international business, globally accredited by AACSB and NCA.

    • Record growth for LINE AG

      LINE Communications | Zurich |

      Following continued growth and successes in Switzerland and Central Europe, LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading learning and communications providers, reports that 2011 was the strongest sales performance to date for LINE AG, LINE’s Central European operation.

    • LINE gains further recognition at the IELA Awards

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications solutions, has been awarded runner-up in two categories at the International E-Learning Association (IELA) awards.

    • Atlas Knowledge Centre unveiled at GetEnergy 2012

      Atlas | Aberdeen, UK |

      Atlas, the leading international learning and skills provider, will unveil its new cloud-based learning solution, the Atlas Knowledge Centre at Getenergy 2012, on June 13-14 in London. Getenergy is the leading event for energy sector organisations to meet and exchange ideas with training providers.

    • Virtual College hosts ninth annual YP Training Awards

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, England |

      Over 150 guests from manufacturing companies across the north of England attended the recent ninth annual YP Training Awards at the Leeds Marriott hotel, hosted by Ilkley-based Virtual College.

    • Docebo E-Learning Platform Releases on GetApp

      Docebo | Barcelona, Milan, New York, Dubai |

      GetApp Reviews Docebo Cloud E-Learning Platform and Gives it a 9 out of 10 Rating on its Cloud Business Apps Marketplace.

    • DITA XML content standard explained via eXact learning solutions’ workshop

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      The global vendor of online and mobile learning content management and digital repository solutions, eXact learning solutions, is running a workshop to explain the new learning and training documentation standard from the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) group at OASIS. This standard is driving XML content formats convergence in technical training and documentation fields.

    • Webinar: Doing ‘more for less’ with Charity Learning

      Charity Learning Consortium | London, UK |

      Charity L&D budgets have been hit particularly hard in the recession, but it’s more important than ever that staff are equipped to carry out their jobs well. The Charity Learning Consortium is holding a webinar at 11am on 21st June to explain how collaboration can help charities save precious resources, whilst still addressing the essential skills of their staff.

    • Kineo E-Learning to Attend Getenergy 2012

      Kineo | Brighton, UK |

      Global e-learning company Kineo is to attend Getenergy 2012, the leading event for Energy companies to meet with training providers. 2012 marks the 8th Education and Training Event for the Global Oil & Gas Industry, and takes place from 13-14th June at UCL, London.

    • eXact learning solutions LCMS platform chosen by Tribal to produce learning materials

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      eXact learning solutions has been selected by Tribal, the UK-headquartered worldwide education technology and services provider, to produce online and mobile content for its training publications as well as customised learning content for its clients – which include large organisations in the healthcare, food and beverage as well as education sectors.

    • mLearning: effective or disruptive? eLearning Africa to assess the effectiveness of mobile learning

      eLearning Africa | Cotonou, Benin; Berlin, Germany |

      Mobile technologies, which play an increasingly important role in Africa's education systems, are set to stimulate debate at this year's eLearning Africa conference in Cotonou, Benin, from May 23rd to 25th. Through a range of interactive expert-led sessions, participants at eLearning Africa 2012, the Continent's leading conference on ICT for development, education and training, will explore the challenges, opportunities and success stories of mLearning.

    • Upside Learning Expands Its Catalogue Of Courses By Partnering With THE Group To Offer ILM Qualifications

      Upside Learning | Pune, India |

      Upside Learning has announced its recent collaboration with THE Group UK, to provide the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 3 qualifications in First Line Management (Award, Certificate, Diploma,) and the Level 3 Award in Leadership qualification to its customers and prospects. This partnership has expanded Upside Learning’s existing portfolio of 3000+ ready-to-use courses to include over 26 optional units of ILM validated courses and content.

    • UpsideLMS Clocks More Than 125% Growth In FY 2011-12

      Upside Learning | Pune, India |

      The past months have seen growing number of corporates select UpsideLMS, Upside Learning’s multi award-winning Learning Management System, to manage their organizational learning needs. The system has clocked a mind-boggling growth of over 125% in FY 2011-12

    • Working at Heights E-Learning course released by EssentialSkillz

      EssentialSkillz | MIlton Keynes. England and Galway, Ireland |

      EssentialSkillz, a leading global supplier of online safety training and risk assessment, has announced the release of a new E-Learning course entitiled "Working at Heights". The course is aimed at any employees or contractors required to carry out tasks that involve working from a height.

    • Virtual College helps Scottish landlords embrace e-learning

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, england |

      This month, the Scottish Social Housing Charter and the new regulatory framework from the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) both come into effect. In response to this new legislation, Virtual College, a leading provider of e-learning in the UK, is gearing up to help Scottish landlords comply.

    • Upside Learning Releases An eBook On Mobile Learning

      Upside Learning | Pune, India |

      Upside Learning has released an eBook on mLearning titled ‘Mobile Learning: A Quick Start Guide’. Targeted at training departments, this eBook will help L&D and training professionals understand when to use, how to design, develop and implement mLearning in a way that works for their organizations.

    • Accredit Paves A New Way For Online ILM Certification

      Upside Learning | Pune, India |

      Accredit, a suite of learning products and services distributed exclusively in the UK by THE Group, is an innovative eLearning solution that has been produced specifically to satisfy the standards of awarding body The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). The Accredited Learning System (ALS), one of the key elements in Accredit, is powered by UpsideLMS, Upside Learning’s stunning, multi award-winning, best value Learning Management System.

    • EssentialSkillz launches new Asbestos Awareness E-Learning course

      EssentialSkillz | MIlton Keynes. England and Galway, Ireland |

      EssentialSkillz, one of the UK's leading providers of online safety training and risk assessment software, has added a new course on Asbestos Awareness to their comprehensive range of e-learning solutions.

    • Kineo and the IoD: Creating a Learning Hub for Business Leaders

      Kineo | Brighton, UK |

      With over 100 years of experience and 40,000 members, the Institute of Directors is globally recognised as a leading body of excellence in corporate governance and board and director development. Now they’ve collaborated with Kineo to create a new Leadership and Management portal which is a great step forward, as Kineo’s latest case study explains.

    • Barriers to implementing mobile learning come down

      LINE Communications | London |

      Attitudes of senior learning & development leaders towards mobile learning have changed with many now having positive experiences and enthusiasm for this method of delivery. This is a significant turnaround from attitudes noted by LINE just 18 months ago which sited problems with technology as a barrier to implementation.

    • eXact learning solutions explains the DITA XML standard via open webinars and workshops

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      The global vendor of online and mobile learning content management and digital repository solutions, eXact learning solutions, is running a series of open webinars and workshops at venues throughout Europe and the USA. The webinars and workshops explain the new learning and training documentation standard from the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) group at OASIS, which is driving XML content formats convergence in technical training and documentation fields.

    • Upside Learning Completes Eight Successful Years

      Upside Learning | Pune, India |

      On 7th April 2012, Upside Learning completed 8 successful years of providing innovative learning solutions for organizations around the world. On this occasion it renewed its focus on improving corporate performance through effective learning.

    • The Courseware Company Becomes Totara LMS Partner

      Totara | Canterbury, UK |

      The Courseware Company has further established their role as a key consulting & implementation specialist for learning, knowledge and performance systems by becoming a Totara LMS Solution Partner.

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