Martin Baker, the founder and CEO of The Charity Learning Consortium, has become an Ambassador to LINGOs – the likeminded US-based consortium which provides affordable eLearning and resources to humanitarian relief organisations working around the world. The two organisations plan to support one another, and fly the flag for global, award-winning eLearning in the charity sector.
e2train, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has been selected to deliver its Kallidus Learning Management System (LMS) and bespoke learning content to operational effectiveness consultancy, OEE (http://www.oee-training.com). Through the new arrangement, OEE clients will purchase content on OEE’s web site and then be seamlessly transferred to the Kallidus LMS platform on which the online training modules are run.
Atlas has capped an exciting period of international growth over the last 12 months, winning over £3.6million of new e-learning contracts, focussed on safety, skills and competency training in the oil and gas sector, with a resultant 80% increase in new jobs within the UK.
Property professionals across the UK can now pursue industry-specific certification more widely than ever before, thanks to an agreement between Pearson VUE and the National Federation of Property Professionals (NFoPP) Awarding Body, the provider of qualifications for the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA).
BP has joined a growing number of organisations, including BT and Tata Steel, which are using LiveTime Learning to train their graduates.
More for less is the L&D mantra of our times, but is it really possible asks Clive Shepherd, in the latest Charity Learning Consortium eNewsletter - and if so, how do L&D professionals go about achieving it?
Over the last few months eCom and SINAPSE have been busy working on creating eLearning material, to explain how medical imaging technologies work, and what they can be used for. These CPD modules are well-illustrated and non-technical covering CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, EEG and medical ultrasound imaging.
The global vendor of online and mobile LCMS and digital repository solutions, eXact learning solutions, is making available - on request - a recording of its recent webinar, which attracted over 100 attendees/ participants.
Sheffield: 2nd December 2011. LINE Communications, a key provider of technology centric training solutions across the Defence sector has been down-selected by the DE&S Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance PSF (DE&S ISTAR PSF) to develop a scenario-based learning project entitled ISR CBT. Targeted at both senior and junior tri-service officers this programme steps-in and steps-out of e-learning and an immersive 3D VBSWorlds environment to deliver highly interactive and engaging intelligence gathering training.
First Webinar on December 7th to Focus on Achieving Results with Talent Mobility - Key Practices and Lessons
Sector looks beyond the classroom at new learning models to improve competitive advantage
The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI), a leading training provider for the hospitality industry, in partnership with Upside Learning, has developed scenario-based courses targeted at hospitality industry employees.
Charities and not-for-profits are set to save valuable time and resources by reducing their email overload, with a free email training session on 9 December at 10am. The training follows an online presentation about the benefits to charities of collaborating to make eLearning affordable.
Hot on the heels of its recent Gold eLearning Award, eCom will be taking centre stage again, this time presenting an Award at Scotland's Colleges Annual Awards 2011 on the evening of Tuesday 29 November, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow.
The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) is running a number of events, which will take place at Europe’s largest e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors: Online Educa, which is being held in Berlin, from 30th November to 2nd December.
Kineo, Eden Tree and LDG (Learning and Development Group) are providing a free introduction to Totara LMS, a custom distribution of Moodle for the enterprise sector. The webinar will take place on 29 November 2011 at 2.30pm, UK time.
e2train joins 15 leading learning organisations to provide free industry benchmark research to improve the business impact of learning technologies
The Transformation of the Workplace Training Function: the Drive to Integrate Human Resources with Business Strategy.
LiveTime Learning beats off competitors from around the globe to scoop GOLD in the 'Best use of synchronous e-learning' category in the prestigious E-Learning Awards 2011.
This award recognises the long-standing strategic partnership between Sky and Brightwave...
Berlin. In spite of the increasing availability of innovative digital learning tools, many companies are still stuck in their ways when it comes to workplace learning. According to Martin Moehrle, learning consultant and former Chief Learning Officer at Deutsche Bank AG, 'In many of today's workplaces, the culture of learning is still a child of the 20th Century: having evolved in an industrialised context, it is not designed for the knowledge-based context into which we are transitioning.'
Global E-Learning provider EssentialSkillz is launching the new version of its best-selling industry-leading online DSE Workstation Risk Assessment and training system, otherwise known as ErgoWize. The course will be available from November 2011.
Leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, e2train, and Nissan Europe, have been confirmed as finalists for their joint entry into the Learning Awards 2012.
LINE Communications one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, has won a Gold award for best use of Mobile Learning at the 2011 Brandon Hall awards.
Martin Baker, the founder and CEO of The Charity Learning Consortium, has pledged to help raise the profile of the eLearning Network in 2012 - its 25th anniversary year - after being voted onto the board. Martin brings with him more than 20 years of experience in eLearning, and hopes his knowledge of creating and building The Charity Learning Consortium – the largest group of UK based charities collaborating to make eLearning affordable – will prove valuable in his new role.
Development of Online eLearning to Support the Development of Capability in Quality Improvement across NHSScotland. We are pleased to announce that eCom Scotland has been selected to develop a suite of eLearning resources for NES.
FlexiRaptivity features incorporated in all packs with the new Raptivity 6.8 release
E-learning design is increasingly the responsibility of internal teams who may not have any grounding in it. Where do you start out? How do you build up a bank of know-how quickly? Kineo’s latest free guide can help you get there.
Upside Learning, a leading name in Custom eLearning Development, Learning Management System and Mobile Learning Solutions, is expanding its team to support rapid growth.
goFLUENT, a leading provider of distance English training, has been named among the shortlisted entries in two categories of the 2012 Learning Awards, which are due to be presented at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London on 2nd February 2012.
The overwhelming majority of organisations are starting to implement mobile learning and are interested in it as a solution to their learning and development requirements. Only 6% are not interested in a mobile approach to learning whatsoever.
The main aim of joining the program is to help stimulate new ways of thinking about shared business opportunities in the high bandwidth market.
Next year's eLearning Africa, the Continent's leading conference on ICT for development, education and training, will take place in Cotonou, Benin, from May 23rd to 25th, 2012, under the patronage of the Republic of Benin. eLearning Africa is the key networking event for developing eLearning capacities in Africa, and the call for papers is now open. eLearning Africa is a dynamic forum for sharing the latest research, best practice guidance and case studies on the integration of ICT into education and training for all sectors of economic development, including business, education, agriculture, health delivery and governance.
'Learning technology adoption in European businesses 2011', the Europe-wide study carried out by Towards Maturity in partnership with ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, has found that a growing number of organisations are turning to new learning technologies to help them increase their business agility.
UpsideLMS, Upside learning’s best value Learning Management System, is available at a special price of $13500 only for a last few weeks. The special pricing was part of the company’s offer, initiated last October, for UpsideLMS.
Capitalizing on exploding inquiries regarding CERTPOINT’s latest learning platform
Revenues up 62% on same quarter last year with growth set to continue due to strong demand for its talent management solutions
eCom Scotland were among the eLearning industry leaders, winning a Gold Award at the eLearning Awards, held at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London last Thursday evening.
It was another great night at the 2011 E-learning awards for Kineo and its clients last week, with four awards coming back to the Kineo offices - more than any other company in what was an event of very high standards.
Information Transfer won the highly competitive Gold E-learning Award for securing widespread adoption for a record fourth time Thursday evening at the e-learning industry’s annual awards dinner in London.
The Cambridge-based communications and training firm was recognised for its work with Cambian Group, a leading UK provider of specialist services in education, mental health rehabilitation and learning disabilities.
Qatar’s leading training provider, QISC has become the first company in Qatar to gain approval to deliver a groundbreaking new global training initiative for the oil and gas industry.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications solutions, scooped double honours at the 2011 e-learning Awards.
The UK’s largest learning technology benchmark study reveals 77% of companies believe that learning technologies will help them respond faster to changing business conditions.
With the objective of driving new commercial and training services to new and existing members, the British Safety Council has turned to Webanywhere Ltd., a trusted open source specialist that offers managed services, support and consultancy to undertake its complex web development project.
EssentialSkillz, the global supplier of online safety training and risk assessment software has unveiled its new specialised corporate branding pack. Known as O-LAS Branding, the pack will enable any of EssentialSkillz large pool of existing international clients or prospective new clients to apply their own particular branding style to EssentialSkillz Learning Management System and comprehensive suite of courses.
An Interactive Panel Discussion by Training Industry Experts on November 17th, 2011.
Kineo is delighted to announce that the Charlotte Glasson Band will be performing at the next Kineo Jazz event at The Basement in Brighton on 16th December 2011.
Ranked amongst the top 20 for the second consecutive year and positioned as one of the best providers for IT Training Services
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the pioneer and global leader custom learning solutions has developed several short animation films on life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda which were inaugurated on the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda at Ramakrishna Mission- New Delhi, India.
Leading learning solutions provider, GoodPractice, announces the launch of its innovative, media-inspired e-learning courses for managers and leaders.
New store provides unprecedented flexibility for delivering and controlling access to training materials on tablet devices
iSpring Solutions introduces iSpring Suite 6.0, an ultimate authoring toolkit that every e-Learning developer must have and really can afford.
e2train and AstraZeneca have been confirmed as finalists for their joint entry in the prestigious 2011 E-Learning Awards. This is the third consecutive year that e2train has been shortlisted for an E-Learning Award, having won a Gold award in 2010.
As a Corporate Training Professional you can now broadcast your own 100 seconds training sessions from your own desktop to your specified Target Audience…right down to the audience’s mobile devices.
Kineo China is moving to new offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou to support the growth of its Chinese e-learning operation.
UpsideLMS, Upside learning's best value Learning Management System, has been awarded Silver in the 'Excellence in LMS' category at this year's Learning in Practice Awards conducted by Chief Learning Officer Magazine. The declaration was done in the awards ceremony at the Fall 2011 Chief Learning Officer Symposium on October14, 2011 in California.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications solutions is proud to announce the commencement of a new German division, with effect from 1st October 2011. The new division will be headed up by two well known and experienced learning professionals.
Catch Xyleme thought leaders at DevLearn 2011 as they discuss learning in the cloud, new ideas on elearning and more!
Turning managers into detectives and making systems training interesting.
Shortlisted for Excellence in the production of learning content - Private Sector in the eLearning Age Awards 2011 (winners to be announced 10th Nov), Kineo’s Financial Performance Training for Compass group has already delivered some fantastic returns in just 6 months since roll-out. Our new case study explains the approach, and how it’s different.
The global vendors of online and mobile learning content management and digital repository solutions, eXact learning solutions, will be in evidence at DevLearn, the event organised by The eLearning Guild.
Leading LMS provider to sponsor webinars by Brandon Hall Research
Upside Learning, today, announced appointment of Jason Clymer as VP Sales for North America. Jason’s appointment is a key part of Upside Learning’s growth strategy in the US.
'Learning cultures and media skills' is the theme of the 3rd School Forum taking place on November 30, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The use of innovative technology for teaching is nowadays just as varied as the range of digital media: videos, podcasts, blogs, wikis and serious games open up just as many new kinds of teaching as the use of smartboards or school partnerships in virtual classrooms. School Forum is part of ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors, at the InterContinental Hotel, Berlin.
IT professionals across the Middle East can now pursue an industry-specific certification which demonstrates their commitment to and understanding of energy efficiency and environmental friendly issues, thanks to an agreement between BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Pearson VUE.
IT professionals across the Middle East can now pursue an industry-specific certification which demonstrates their commitment to and understanding of energy efficiency and environmental friendly issues, thanks to an agreement between BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Pearson VUE.
Join Xyleme and Outsell on October 25th for a look at what it takes to successfully make tablet devices part of a mobile strategy
eXact learning solutions, global vendor of online and mobile learning content management and digital repository solutions, has announced the release of the latest version - version 8 - of its flagship product eXact LCMS.
Kineo is proud to work in partnership with the MS Society to develop and deliver an e-learning programme to enable volunteer’s to give quality information to people affected by MS.
Upside Learning has released the Arabic version of its multi award-winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, targeted at customers in the Middle East and other Arabic speaking regions.
A LANDMARK training initiative developed to drastically improve safety standards for the global offshore workforce is now available in Arabic.
Falck Safety Services has become the first company in the Middle East to gain approval to deliver a groundbreaking new global training initiative for the oil and gas industry.
LINE Communications, a key provider of technology centric training solutions to the UK Defence sector have signed a teaming agreement with US based Turtle Rattle Learning (TRL) who are leaders in technology driven learning paradigm shifts that combine innovation and the best aspects of traditional education and training. The companies have been working in Defence training for over 10 years.
Hot on the heels of key industry award nominations, Brightwave reports further success with the announcement of 40% growth in the current financial year and expansion to its client portfolio.
Four City GlobalTalk Series to Address the Importance of Enterprise Fluency™ for Multinational Organizations to Compete in Today’s Global Economy
Version 6.6 empowers e-learning presenters to be more creative with new interactive tools
Version 6.6 empowers e-learning presenters to be more creative with new interactive tools
On November 14-17 Kineo will participate in the 13th Annual Corporate University Week in Buena Vista, Florida.
Leading e-learning company to provide learning management solutions for Sun International
Saffron Interactive is proud to announce its inclusion in the 2011 Top 20 Learning Portal Companies for the second year running.
New GlobalEnglish Bloom™ ~ Is Designed to Drive Breakthroughs in Global Productivity and Innovation for Multinational Organizations.
SaaS innovator launches comprehensive suite of cloud-based software products to resolve urgent productivity and performance challenges in today's global economy; Corporate rebrand reflects fast growth and energy of leading on-demand software firm
Leading Enterprise Software Provider Overhauls Its Core Business English SaaS Offering to Drive Global High Performance for Multinational Organizations
GlobalEnglish LinGo Pro provides on-the-go Enterprise Fluency with easy access to the definition, correct pronunciation and translation of industry vocabulary and company-specific jargon and acronyms to and from English and 34 different languages
eLearning Guild Survey Finds Raptivity to be One of the Top Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools
After the huge success of its revolutionary platform for mobile learning - Upside2Go, Upside Learning is thrilled to introduce Upside2Go for BlackBerry. With this release, Upside2Go is now available for BlackBerry OS 5 and OS 6, and iPhone 3 and 4, and the iPad.
Leading learning technology provider to promote e-learning solutions to HR community, including CERTPOINTVLS™ and K-Tango™
Totara Learning Solutions is pleased to announce the release of version 1.1 of open source Learning Management System, Totara LMS.
LINE Communications, one of Europe's leading providers of learning and communications is delighted to announce the appointment of Katie Hart as Information and Usability Architect (IUA).
Luminosity Studio is one of the fastest and easiest to use collaborative eLearning authoring tools available today, enabling you to quickly create eLearning on any topic. Now it can optionally output courses at the click of a button in HTML5, making them ideal for delivery to desktops, mobiles and tablets including iPads. For the first time, you can now create courses and deliver them to the widest possible range of users, irrespective of their preferred device.
A new partnership in Devon is set to launch a brand new method of e-learning for staff across seven local authorities and other organisations.
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 will explore radically innovative approaches to learning in the digital age. The world's largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors will be presenting the latest examples of best practice in ICT-enhanced learning from November 30th to December 2nd in Berlin.
CITB-ConstructionSkills – the Sector Skills Council and Industry Training Board for the construction industry in the UK – has appointed Pearson VUE to help it ensure thousands of construction workers remain health and safety aware in the workplace.
Book a Headstart Programme place before October 7th to receive a 10% discount
LINE Communications will be exhibiting at this year’s World of Learning Conference and Exhibition in Birmingham on the 27th and 28th of September and will be speaking on the subject of mobile learning in both the conference and the exhibition seminars.
Observational testing, a professional learning online marketplace and a new credential management system are just some of the ways Pearson VUE is revolutionising the testing industry – all offerings which it will showcase at this year's GITEX Technology Week in Dubai.
Brightwave has been shortlisted for three awards across two prestigious programmes: E-Learning Awards and CMI Effective Management and Leadership Awards. The nominations coincide with reported 40% growth for Brightwave this financial year.
Global E-Learning provider, EssentialSkillz, have launched a new interactive PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) course in their unique, editable format.
Virtual classrooms and online learning environments are being embraced by charity learning departments
United Response, the national disability charity, has won the Charity Learning Award for the best means of engaging their eLearning audience, with a multi pronged approach which ensured that a new money saving online learning programme was adopted by staff. Judges were impressed by the well thought out marketing campaign, which took account of challenges and learners' needs, and ultimately resulted in eLearning take-up being a real success.
LINE Communications one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, has appointed Dominic Mason as Head of Mobile.
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