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    • Recipe for e-learning success

      Virtual College by Netex | West Yorkshire |

      Offering a variety of courses, the Food, Drink & Hospitality e-Academy is the latest ‘dish of the day’ from online training pioneer Virtual College.

    • e2train launches one-stop-shop Kallidus OnDemand service

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      e2train has released a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based solution centred around its highly acclaimed Kallidus 8 learning and performance software. Kallidus OnDemand provides a 'one-stop-shop' where users can create compelling e-learning, administer and report on learning and accreditation programmes, manage skills and competencies and conduct online performance reviews.

    • Virtual College at the Learning Technologies 2010 27th - 28th January 2010 Olympia 2 London

      Virtual College by Netex | West Yorkshire |

      Rod Knox, Chief Executive of Virtual College will be hosting a seminar on the 28th of January 11.15 – 11.45 entitled ‘Over 150,000 new vocational e-learners in 12 months – how did we do it?’ Alternatively if you would like to find out how the Virtual College can help you benefit from e-learning come visit us at stand 196 where Virtual College staff will be on hand to answer your questions.


    • Wintry Conditions Bring Large Number of Secondary School Students Online in UK & Ireland

      ALISON | Galway, Ireland |

      ALISON a world-leading free online learning service for basic and essential workplace skills is reporting a significant increase in the number of secondary school learners registering on its website. Availing of the opportunity created by the inclement weather, learners are logging on at www.alison.com and acquiring new or additional skills through the free online courses on the site.

    • ALISON Opens its Free Online Learning Resources to Support the Home Access Programme Announced by Gordon Brown

      ALISON | Galway, Ireland |

      ALISON, a leading free online learning service for basic and essential workplace skills, has welcomed Prime Minister Gordon Brown's announcement to provide free computers and broadband connectivity to more than 270,00 families across England through the Home Access programme. In support of this initiative, ALISON is making its interactive multimedia learning materials available to benefactors of the programme at no cost.

    • Kineo Presents at E-learning Guild Online Forums

      Kineo | Chicago, Il |

      Kineo's VP of Learning Design, Cammy Bean will be presenting in the E-learning Guild's upcoming Online Forums 'Building Effective Interactivity into Your e-learning'.

    • LINE and CERTPOINT form strategic partnership

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE Communications, the leading supplier of learning and communications solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions.

    • Job satisfaction, salaries and trends in the e-learning industry

      Blue Eskimo | UK |

      Blue Eskimo, the specialist recruitment company for training, learning and e-learning professionals, is hosting a free-of-charge seminar at Learning and Skills 2010, reporting on the findings from its recent salary and work survey of the UK's learning industry.

    • Great Ormond Street and Kineo help teens GET FIT with e-learning

      Kineo | Brighton, UK |

      Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is helping teens get fit through the creation of a new, innovative e-learning resource, developed in partnership with Kineo. The UK government has set a target of one hour of physical exercise every day for 11-16 year-olds.

    • Double Safeguarding accolade for NTW NHS Trust

      Virtual College by Netex | West Yorkshire, England |

      The national Safeguarding Children e-Academy, a leading UK provider of online child protection training, has achieved a major milestone after signing up the 100,000th learner for one of its signature online courses.

    • L&D departments not users are barrier to innovation say corporates

      LINE Communications | Zurich |

      Skills issues among those delivering learning and development within organisations are a bigger block to adoption of new learning technologies than either board-level management or learner acceptance. This finding emerged from a roundtable discussion event organised by LINE, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions, on the theme of 'Transforming learning with technology in a new era'.

    • Tata Interactive Systems Wins Gold Brandon Hall Learning Award

      MPS Interactive Systems | Mumbai, INDIA |

      Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a leader in innovative learning, won a
      coveted Brandon Hall gold award for excellence in the Best Custom Content
      category. A total of 248 entries were originally submitted and were evaluated
      by independent judges around the world.

    • The Institute of IT Training announce the Launch of www.thetrainingprofessional.com

      Learning and Performance Institute |

      The IITT is delighted to announce that their brand new website, with a new modernised style, is now live. The Training Professional is a comprehensive resource for training professionals and potential buyers of quality training services and suppliers - meeting the demands of the Learning & Development sector.

    • Healthcare professionals offered slimming course

      Virtual College by Netex | West Yorkshire |

      Healthcare professionals across the UK are being offered a slimming course. The early Christmas present comes courtesy of the West Yorkshire-based Lean Healthcare Academy, leaders in the field of training, implementation and sustaining improvement activities across the whole health economy.

    • ALISON launches a new Face

      ALISON | Galway |

      ALISON, a world-leading free learning for the workplace website launched its new-look website today. The website includes many new social networking features, faster registration, a more intuitive study area and new free tools to make learning, teaching or training on ALISON an even better experience than before.

    • Learning Industry Leaders Event – Tata Interactive Learning Forum – Presents New Strategies for Business Success

      MPS Interactive Systems | Mumbai, INDIA |

      The Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF), a unique meeting of learning
      leaders, was a huge success-the Corporate Track saw a significant turnout
      with nearly 50 Chief Learning Officers and Vice Presidents from Fortune 500
      companies sharing their unique insights and strategies for business success
      in a recessionary environment.

    • Pearson VUE to exhibit at iLearning Forum for the first time

      Pearson VUE | London - Strand |

      Pearson VUE will be represented in Paris for the 9th iLearning Forum, which is to be held at Le Palais des Congrès on the 18-19 January 2010, and will demonstrate testing solutions to delegates from more than 40 countries.

    • Soft skills for hard benefits

      The Performance Solution | Bath, England |

      The annual International Coaching Federation (ICF) conference is taking place this month in Orlando. We've been counting down the days and Sally Vanson is now there soaking up both sunshine and worldwide coaching news for us.

    • Kineo shares insights for yawn-proofing your e-learning

      Kineo | Brighton, UK |

      Finding yourself in need of inspiration to keep your learners awake and focused in your courses? Kineo’s new free guide shares 10 ways to get learners sitting up and engaged in e-learning.

    • LINE pioneers DSAT e-learning across Defence

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE Communications, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions, is pleased to announce the roll-out of an e-learning programme for UK military personnel across all three services, Royal Navy (RN), Army, and Royal Air Force (RAF) about the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT).

    • LINE to speak on transforming training at Online Educa Berlin

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions is to speak at Online Educa Berlin 2009 on the topics of training transformation and minimalist learning design. The talks, given by LINE’s Sean Nugent and Steve Barden, focus on ways in which organisations under pressure from current economic conditions can provide training that is higher quality, more cost-effective and which takes less time to deliver. LINE is an active member of The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), and these themes are aligned with ELIG’s agenda of using new knowledge and learning technologies to boost renewal of European economies as they emerge from recession.

    • Pearson VUE to Deliver New iSQI IT Certification Exams

      Pearson VUE | London - Strand |

      The iSQI is a leading provider of certification examinations all over the world. Focusing on IT professions, iSQI plays a large role in certifying the know-how of professionals in 40 countries on six continents.

    • Giunti Labs supports the Master in E-learning qualification at the University of Genoa

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      Giunti Labs, a leading global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) and digital repository platforms (HarvestRoad Hive), is supporting the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Genoa in the provision of its Master’s in E-learning degree programme.

    • LINE wins two awards from Brandon Hall

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading learning and communications companies, has been awarded two major international accolades at the 2009 Brandon Hall awards. Based in California, The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards is in its 15th year and recognises the best in innovative learning content, technology and initiatives in workplace learning. LINE won two gold awards: one for Best Custom Content for a military programme called Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) and the other for Best Blended Learning Programme for work carried out with IKEA called Discovering the IKEA Concept. LINE faced stiff competition with this years awards attracting over 300 entries from 20 different countries.

    • LINE scoops a double at the e-learning awards

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE Communications has been awarded two major accolades at the recent e-learning awards in London. The first was awarded in the category of Excellence in the Production of Learning Content for a Learning Centre and Foundation Skills programme developed for Ford of Europe. The programme, designed to engage 21,000 learners within Ford's dealerships across Europe, was translated into 23 European languages. It has secured significant business results for Ford since its launch in early 2008.

    • Giunti Labs' latest solutions on show for the Ministry of Defence

      eXact learning solutions | Richmond-upon-Thames, UK & Sestri Levante, Italy |

      Giunti Labs, a leading global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) and digital repository platforms (HarvestRoad Hive), has its latest, state-of-the-art learning content solutions on show at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Modern Learning Symposium Event (MLS).

    • TfL moves learning to Kallidus LMS

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Transport for London (TfL) has chosen e2train’s Kallidus LMS to replace an existing system and extend the reach of their e-learning programmes. The system is currently used by 7,000 TfL employees but is ultimately scheduled to roll out across the whole of the TfL network.

    • Kineo & Canon win award for e-learning and Moodle LMS

      Kineo | Brighton, UK |

      Kineo and Canon won a silver award at the prestigious E-learning Age Awards in London in November 2009. The award was for a fast paced e-learning project for sales staff delivered using Moodle, the open source Learning Management System.

    • Authoring and delivery (distribution) of eLearning content made easy with UpsideLMS’s built-in rapid authoring module

      Upside Learning | Pune,India |

      UpsideLMS Version 4.0 ships with an in-built, integrated authoring module for rapid content development. The authoring module presents an innovative way of rapid authoring using a number of templates which provides a complete WYSIWYG editing experience to the content authors. The rapid authoring module comes with a number of templates, in multiple skins and themes, including templates for interactivies and quizzes as well.

    • Giunti Labs and Florida Virtual School Partner to Build Next Generation of Online Courses

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy, & Austin, TX, USA |

      Florida Virtual School (FLVS), an established leader in developing and providing virtual K-12 education solutions, announced today at the 2009 Virtual School Symposium a strategic partnership with Giunti Labs, a leading global provider of learning content management and digital repository solutions, to create a state-of-the-art Learning Content Management System (LCMS).

    • Online Educa Berlin: Facebook, Wikis, MySpace - Learning opportunity or danger?

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      Is the social web the learning tool of the future? Or does using Facebook and other social networking tools just harm us in the long run? This question will be discussed at Online Educa Berlin 2009 by psychologist Dr Aric Sigman together with leading e-learning experts. With his critical views of new media, the social media opponent is causing an international sensation. 'The debate promises to be one of the highlights of Online Educa Berlin', says project manager Astrid Jaeger.

    • Giunti Labs partners with Saffron Interactive

      eXact learning solutions | Richmond-upon-Thames, UK, & Sestri Levante, Italy |

      Giunti Labs, a leading global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) and digital repository platforms (Hive), has signed a partner agreement with Saffron Interactive.

    • LINE selected for final judging in the 2010 BETT awards

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE, one of the UK's market leading providers of learning and communications solutions has been selected for final judging in the 2010 BETT awards. The selection is in the Digital Collections and Resource Banks category and is for a 'Level 6 Science Toolkit' which LINE has developed for National Strategies. The toolkit is a library of over 2,000 individual resources which helps school teachers deliver improvements in the way they teach the subjects and provide better, more focussed support to pupils.

    • Pearson VUE Announces Busy European Events Schedule for November

      Pearson VUE | London - Strand |

      Events of this kind are a crucial part of Pearson VUE's calendar. They are a great opportunity for everyone involved in the training and assessment of people to promote best practice in the science of testing and raise awareness of the benefits of assessment.

    • Shortlist Announced for the Lean Healthcare Academy - Exhibition & Awards 2009

      Virtual College by Netex | West Yorkshire |

      Over 100 projects of the highest calibre have been submitted for the Lean in Healthcare Awards 2009. The judging process over what was a very closely matched set of applications in each category has now finished and the shortlist has been drawn up. Has your organisation made the cut?

    • Cache Creek Casino Resort Tracks Employee Compliance Training with NetDimensions' EKP

      PeopleFluent | Hong Kong |

      NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, announces that Cache Creek Casino Resort, a premier entertainment resort in Northern California, will implement the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) learning management system to facilitate knowledge transfer, staff development and compliance training within the organization.

    • Crunch spurs training innovation: blended and Web 2.0 gain

      LINE Communications | London |

      Roundtable discussions led by LINE Communications, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions, at a European summit of learning and development specialists, indicate that recession is proving a stimulus for change in training provision within large organisations. Blended learning and learning using Web 2.0 methods have made gains against a background of contracting training provision, while one global organisation has started offering non-critical training as a reward for good performance.

    • NHS on course for e-learning

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England |

      The Healthcare e-Academy has staged its second best practice conference. Feedback from delegates concerning the benefits of e-learning were extremely positive.

    • Leading public sector suppliers QA and Epic form partnership

      QA |

      QA and Epic, leading providers of training solutions to the Public Sector in their respective fields, are joining forces to offer blended learning services to government customers. The two companies have long histories of working with the public sector and both are suppliers to Buying Solutions, the national procurement partner for UK public services.

    • National Training Awards for LINE

      LINE Communications | London |

      At a ceremony in London's historic Banqueting House, LINE, one of Europe's leading providers of learning and communications content, has been presented with two awards, the UK National Training Award and the Greater London regional National Training Award, both in the Partnership and Collaboration category.

    • Pearson VUE to host first Psychometric Workshop in Dubai

      Pearson VUE | London - Strand |

      The sessions are intended to help those involved in, or getting started in the creation of assessments, to develop tests that are a better and more reliable reflection of the abilities they are intended to measure.

    • David Wilson shortlisted for 2009 individual e-learning award

      Fosway | Cirencester |

      Elearnity, Europe’s leading Corporate Learning Analyst, is pleased to announce today that David Wilson, Elearnity’s founder and Managing Director has been shortlisted for the 2009 E-learning Industry Award for Outstanding Achievement – Individual.

    • Australian Aerospace upgrades to UpsideLMS Version 4.0 to enhance training experience for over 900 employees

      Upside Learning | Pune,India |

      Australian Aerospace, the only helicopter producer in Australia and New Zealand and a subsidiary of the Eurocopter, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, the largest Aerospace and Defence company in Europe, upgraded to UpsideLMS Version 4.0 from UpsideLMS Version 3.0. Australian Aerospace has been using UpsideLMS for over a year before the upgrade. UpsideLMS deployed on-site at Australian Aerospace is used to train more than 900 employees spread across various facilities in Australia and New Zealand. UpsideLMS Version 4.0 was recently released and made available to customers for upgrade. Australian Aerospace is one of the first customers to successfully complete the upgrade.

    • Giunti Labs takes the lead with TRIO, Europe’s largest work-related Regional e-learning initiative

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      Giunti Labs, a leading global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) and digital repository platforms (HarvestRoad Hive), is leading a consortium of companies appointed to re-engineer the learning content production and delivery infrastructure of Training Innovation Research and (job) Orientation (TRIO), the Web Learning System of the Tuscan Region.

    • Upside Learning announces Reseller program for UpsideLMS

      Upside Learning | Pune, India |

      Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing announced today the launch of its Reseller program for UpsideLMS, the company’s popular learning management system, and related services. Upside Learning invites independent organizations and individual professionals to the program. With this program, Upside Learning aims to expand its reach to markets and customers in need of reliable eLearning solutions by offering UpsideLMS and services to customers through its partners. The program includes all editions of UpsideLMS Version 4.0.

    • LINE pilots 'flying classrooms' for Swiss Re

      LINE Communications | Zurich |

      LINE, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions, is pleased to announce the global roll-out of an innovative new programme of sales refresher training developed for client managers at Swiss Re, following successful pilots in Switzerland and Hong Kong.

    • A Lean NHS? - Meeting the Challenge of 'How?'

      Virtual College by Netex | Leeds, England |

      There is little argument these days that the application of Lean is proving a successful method of bringing about sustainable improvements within the NHS. However, we are all still very much aware of the numerous high profile reports clamouring for the NHS to make more improvements, more quickly and at the same time cutting more costs. How can Lean help?

    • ALISON ABC IT accredited as an NQF national certificate in IT in South Africa

      ALISON | Galway, Ireland |

      ALISON ABC IT has officially received provisional accreditation as a SETA (Sector Education and Training Authorities) NQF (National Qualifications Framework) Level 3 National Certificate in IT in South Africa. This essential IT skills courseware is now being delivered by Busalph Global IT Training in Gauteng Province using ALISON ABC IT as the first-level in all IT-related qualifications and as a preparatory tool for employment.

    • Kineo publishes new Compliance E-Learning Guide

      Kineo | Chicago, IL |

      Compliance training is a critical issue for today’s organizations. In an increasingly regulated world designing, delivering and tracking compliance training is a key task. To support organizations in this task Kineo have published a new guide providing practical advice on the design of compliance e-learning.

    • Giunti Labs wins Banca d'Italia e-learning project tender

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy and Richmond, Surrey, UK |

      Giunti Labs, a leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, has agreed a framework agreement with Italy's central bank, Banca d'Italia, to establish a catalogue of web based training (WBT) materials which the Bank's staff can access.

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