Coastal HealthTrain offers a variety of delivery options to address the complex training needs of today's healthcare professionals. The goal of blended learning is to combine delivery methods to provide the most effective and efficient learning experience. Coastal's blended learning solutions include customizable, interactive online courses, DVDs, handbooks, posters and books.
Epic and Diageo were amongst the elite few to win a 2008 e-learning award. Their people management 'Diagnostic Tool', developed in partnership, was recognised as the "Most innovative new product or tool in e-learning".
Giunti Labs, a leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, recently welcomed some 100 delegates from around the world to its Hive DR and learn eXact LCMS Joint User Group conference, held in Sestri Levante, Italy.
Ashorne Hill and Tata Interactive Systems Join Hands to Enable Key Organisational Initiatives.
*New research shows HR professionals being asked to do more with less when it comes to staff training*
An independent research report released today by eLearning and advanced content solutions provider IMC (UK) Learning Ltd reveals nearly four out of five (78%) HR leaders believe it is important to reduce costs such as those incurred on external training courses, while over half (57%) want to minimise the time staff spend out of the office on such courses.
Public sector organisations are leading their private sector counterparts in the uptake of eLearning tools and instruments, according to a new study commissioned by IMC (UK) Learning Ltd.
According to new independent research released today by eLearning and advanced content solutions provider IMC (UK) Learning Ltd, only half (52%) of HR professionals have invested in learning management systems (LMS) or rapid authoring tools in their organisation, despite the fact that 79% believe it is important to be able to produce in-house training quickly and cost-effectively.
Raptivity software by Harbinger Knowledge Products has won Software Satisfaction Awards 2008 in Learning Software category. These awards are organized by UK-based Sift Media, a leading B2B publisher specializing in interactive business communities with a membership of over 250,000 professionals.
easyJet, Europe's leading low-fares airline, have partnered with blended learning specialists Epic to develop Buckle up! - a ground-breaking induction programme for all Cabin Crew new entrants. As a successful, expanding airline that offers great prospects for career progression and promotion, easyJet are now poised to offer new starters a unique blended learning experience for their CAA-regulated Cabin Crew induction.
The Charity Learning Consortium, a membership organisation dedicated to providing cost effective eLearning into the charity and voluntary sectors, today announced the addition of four new members.
International hotel and leisure giant to use Cornerstone Learning for training and developing its employees around the world.
The Law National Admissions (LNAT) Consortium have renewed their exclusive contract with Pearson VUE to deliver the National Admissions Test for Law via their UK network of computer testing centres. Pearson VUE has won the contract to deliver the tests until 2011, with the option to renew until 2013.
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academies (TAG-Academy) in the Middle East, in cooperation with Pearson VUE, announced today the launch of its first Pearson VUE Authorised Testing Centre, which will provide computer-based test delivery for ICT certification. This will be the first of a number of test centres as part of this agreement.
Features guest speaker Cushing Anderson from IDC Research and compliance training experts from Cathay Pacific and TACTICS Consulting.
Information is power and it may be worth more than you think, so how can you protect yourself or your business from the cyber criminal?
Harbinger Knowledge Products announced the release of MindPlay TurboPack and WordPlay TurboPack, the two most recent additions to its award-winning Raptivity product line. The MindPlay TurboPack includes strategy games and game shows. The WordPlay TurboPack includes crosswords and letter games. All these interactions are fully customizable and SCORM compliant just like other 200+ Raptivity interactions
NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, announces that the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) has chosen NetDimensions' Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) as the technology for its new eLearning initiative.
Harbinger Group, the global provider of software products and services, has won the Gold award at the 2008 Learning in Practice awards sponsored by the Chief Learning Officer magazine. The prestigious CLO Learning in Practice Awards program recognizes those industry vendors and leaders who have demonstrated excellence in the design and delivery of workforce learning and development programs.
CM Group is excited to announce a mobile publication option for their Luminosity rapid eLearning course creation and management platform. Using the mobile publisher functionality within Luminosity, authors can output content to mobile phones and PDAs for offline study. Once downloaded to the mobile device, users can view the content in their own time and do not require a network connection.
CM Group's Content Master Division has just written the new four-day instructor-led training course for Microsoft called 'Tools and Creative Techniques for Designing User Interfaces by Using Microsoft® Silverlight™ 2'.
The future of the learning content industry - in particular, its ability to adapt to, and exploit fully, a new generation of educational content production, management, sharing and distribution models - is the subject of a top level conference, hosted jointly by Giunti Labs, one of the leading learning and mobile content management solution providers, and the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG). The conference, on Digital Educational Content Marketplaces (DECOM 2008, www.decom2008.com), is being held at Giunti Labs' headquarters in Sestri Levante, on 23rd October.
Upcoming Xyleme LCMS Release Supports Standard for Interoperability, Reusability and Customization of Digital Learning Content.
CM Group is today announcing another major new component to complement the Luminosity rapid eLearning course creation and management platform.
Training and communication consultancy Information Transfer and residential property consultants Hamptons International have been shortlisted for the 2008 E-learning Awards in the highly competitive category, 'Meeting the needs of compliance for an external regulator or internal workforce'. The joint entry is an e-learning programme delivering compliance training to all staff across Hamptons' network of 80 UK branches.
Training and communication consultancy Information Transfer LLP and leading accountancy firm KPMG LLP have been shortlisted for the E-learning Award in the category 'The best use of rapid e-learning content'.
Coastal Skills Training's Computer Numerical Control employee training series is now available in the company's popular ClarityNet® HD online courseware.
Harbinger Knowledge Products today unveiled TeemingPod, a platform for embedded social interactions. For Web developers, TeemingPod provides a platform that helps build social interactions right inside their web applications or web sites. For users, TeemingPod provides a small place on any Web page to get together and to interact on-the-spot, while staying on the page.
The simulator created by Tata Interactive for ICICI Bank amongst the finalists for the E-learning awards in the Best Learning Game, Simulation or Virtual Environment category.
In the midst of a much publicised skills shortage in the IT industry, CM Group has recruited two graduate technologists, in addition to promoting individuals from within the organisation and attracting some high calibre experienced IT specialists.
Following the rapid growth of Gloucestershire based eLearning content and consultancy company CM Group, employees will this week be spreading into brand new offices with a difference.
Coastal HealthTrain is proud to announce the release of 11 new healthcare e-learning courses covering ambulatory care, home healthcare, long-term care, and general healthcare issues. Like Coastal’s other e-learning titles, these programs deliver customized, consistent and trackable training anytime and anywhere.
UK-based Sift Media has shortlisted Raptivity software by Harbinger Group for Software Satisfaction Awards 2008. The awards are established to reward high standards from software application providers serving UK businesses.
Harbinger Knowledge Products has been shortlisted for eLearning Awards 2008, judged by the e-Learning Network in association with e-Learning Age, UK. The shortlisting is under 'Best Learning Game, Simulation or Virtual Environment' category.
Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced that it is helping schools produce and share content by making its products available to Becta funded projects in England. The products include Raptivity, the award-winning rapid interactivity builder and Elicitus, the leading authoring tool.
IT professionals in over 160 countries to accelerate their careers with British Computer Society and Pearson VUE partnership.
Xyleme-Documentum integration creates single source environment for Informa's print-based learning, e-learning and knowledge portals.
A software system - HarvestRoad Hive, from leading learning and mobile content management technology provider, Giunti Labs - is helping organisations, particularly those in the education sector, to save both time and manpower as they make information more readily available to users.
Harbinger Knowledge Products today announced the release of Raptivity Integration Accelerators for Blackboard and Moodle. Trainers and educators who use Blackboard or Moodle can now quickly integrate learning interactions built using Raptivity, the award-winning eLearning software for creation of learning interactions, in their course management systems.
Fully integrated, highly scalable and truly collaborative LCMS for Reusability 2.0
Elearnity, Europe’s leading Corporate Learning Analyst, today announced its latest research on the different approaches and considerations to managing Rapid e-learning.
Pearson VUE is helping to raise England's teaching standards through its delivery of the Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) skills tests for the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). This new three-year partnership will see the specialist provider of Computer Based Testing (CBT) solutions, delivering electronic tests to over 35,000 trainee teachers each year, helping the Government ensure greater measurability and performance in the profession.
e2train, the UK's leading supplier of learning and performance technologies, announces the outstanding results of its annual customer survey. Unveiled at the recent meeting of the Kallidus User Group, the survey reveals high levels of satisfaction amongst its customers, in particular for its support and implementation services.
Epic, the UK's market leading e-learning company, has been acquired by a private investor with extensive corporate and organisational learning and development interests. On 12 June 2008 Huveaux plc sold Brighton based Epic to Andrew Brode.
Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced the release of Version 7.0 of Elicitus, its award-winning rapid eLearning authoring tool. The highlights of this release are sound recorder and enhanced user experience. This release also boasts of a completely new trendy look.
The UK's leading learning company, QA-IQ, has broadened its management team by appointing a new Chief Executive to lead the company and develop future opportunities for growth. William Macpherson joined QA-IQ on 9 June 2008.
features discussion with Dr. Ruth Clark on the effectiveness of visual aids in the learning process
Lecturnity's simplified 'one click' publishing process makes the recording and publishing of electronic content even easier. The simplified LECTURNITY 3.0 publishing process now consists of both document creation in the selected target format and the optional transfer (upload) to remote servers, all in one click.
The tasks of those responsible for providing learning and operations support information for the world's armed forces are being made easier, thanks to advances being made in content management technologies, standards and methodologies.
The Natural History Museum has recently commissioned Epic to produce bespoke e-learning for their 'Health and Safety' and 'Fire Safety' training to be rolled out to new starters within their first few weeks of employment. This is an exciting initiative, which will no doubt pave the way for others in the Museums and Galleries sector.
Epic make Age Awareness training available for free as part of National Learning at Work Day
Elearnity, Europe’s leading Corporate Learning Analyst, today announced a comprehensive programme of research and white papers into Rapid e-learning, one of the most significant e-learning trends of recent years.
Pearson VUE has recently developed and opened "Occasional Sites" where students in more remote areas of Scotland can sit their UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT).
The Spreadsheet Safe™ training and certification programme was created in response to the growing requirements of organizations to reduce the risks posed by unsafe end-user developed spreadsheets. Spreadsheet Safe™ has been developed with the involvement of some of the world's leading experts in the area of spreadsheet design and control.
Harbinger Knowledge Products today announced a significant major release 5.0 of Raptivity, the award-winning eLearning software. The new release introduces rich text formatting capabilities for Raptivity interactions. This release also boasts of a completely new trendy look and an enhanced user experience.
Features case study on single source learning for print, online courses and knowledge portals
Training Australia Magazine announced the Best E-Learning and Training Award winners in the first phase of its prestigious recognition program. Logan City Council won the 'Best Online Learning Solution' and 'Best New Employee Orientation Training Program' awards. The training content which was submitted for these awards is created using Raptivity, the award-winning rapid interactivity builder for e-learning and Elicitus, the leading desktop authoring tool, both by Harbinger Group.
IMC, Europe's leading supplier of learning management systems, has released a considerably improved version of its successful learning management system CLIX. "We put special emphasis on the improvement of event management", says Frank Milius, board member at IMC responsible for product development.
Coastal Skills Training announces the release of its new four-part Smart Digital Instrumentation employee training series.
More than 100 teachers and trainers involved in ’eLearning for teachers and trainers in the MEDA region’, an important European initiative on e-learning for North African and Middle East countries, have taken part in an international training event hosted by Giunti Labs.
UKS, the Middle East’s leading learning solutions enabler, in cooperation with its technology partner, Giunti Labs, Europe's leading e-learning and mobile learning content management technology provider, will be showcasing mobile learning content management solutions at the third International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning, (IMCL2008), hosted by Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman, Jordan, from 16th to 18th April.
Pearson VUE sign a new contract with the Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK to deliver their new specialty Knowledge Based Assessments exclusively through the international Pearson VUE network.
IMC is exhibiting in the "Technology for Learning" sector on stand 1040 at "ExCel" exhibition and conference centre.
Management of learning objects, digital repositories and the digital marketplace will also be featured.
For the first time, IMC, the leading supplier of learning technologies in Europe, is an active player at the annual gathering of learning executives at "Learning Systems 2008" in Las Vegas.
Raptivity Voted #1 in Ease of Use and Integration with e-Learning Tools
According to Global Survey on Immersive Learning Simulations
BTL Group Ltd is pleased to announce that it has completed an 18 month project to convert 13 National Qualification English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) units into e-Enabled and interactive formats for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). The 13 ESOL units will be created as a SCORM package and also made available as CD ROMs.
German public broadcasting institution learns with IMC's Learning Management System.
Nine companies in the digital industries sector are now meeting their business goals as well as growing their reputation for providing high quality products and services as a result of joining a professional community network organised by Learning Light, a non-profit organisation which focuses on integrating systems and aligning learning and people development programmes to meet strategic business goals.
Cornerstone OnDemand, the provider of on-demand, integrated learning and talent management (ITM) software and services, has announced the availability of its Winter 2008 release - MyTeam - which provides one centralised, highly graphical view of all the talent activity in an organisation to engage and empower the workforce.
IMC presents numerous innovations at CeBIT 2008 aimed at increasing efficiency in companies and universities: Simpler processes for learning management with CLIX® and Flash video presentations with LECTURNITY®
The American Petroleum Institute (API), in accordance with its Training Provider Certification Program (TPCP), recently certified eight of Coastal's industrial skills eLearning curricula. The certification extends to 241 courses / training hours.
Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced the release of new version 4.7 of Raptivity, the award-winning eLearning software. The new release includes sound recorder, in-depth support to voiceover and advanced layout customization options among many other features.
The global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), won a bronze award in the eLearning Project of the Year category at the Institute of IT Training (IITT) Awards, announced at the Dorchester, Park Lane, London, in February. The IITT Awards recognise outstanding examples of high standards, best practice, innovation and excellence within the IT training sector.
Raptivity bagged the number one slot on four areas of learning interaction design according to a recent global survey by eLearning Guild, a member-driven online information center and Community of Practice which has more than 28,000 members.
The eLearning Network (eLN), the UK’s foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of elearning has unveiled a brand new look, along with news of a new membership structure this January.
BTL, a leading UK Learning and Assessment delivery company, is pleased to announce that Solutions Architect, Andy McAnulla, has achieved Practitioner Level PRINCE2 status.
Richardson, a leading sales training company, today announced that their Richardson QuickSkills™: Consultative Telephone Selling online sales training program has received The 2007 Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC®) Customer Interaction Solutions magazine (www.cismag.com), the leading publication covering CRM, call centers, and teleservices since 1982.
Raptivity, the award-winning e-learning software, was selected to be among the top three finalists for Best of Elearning! Awards. These awards, constituted by Elearning! Magazine, are based on the nominations and votes of readers and professionals from hundreds of organizations worldwide.
IMC’s Learning Management System CLIX launches into the UK in 2007 and beats off intense competition from a number of established players in its first year
IMC (UK) Learning Ltd was voted “Training Provider of the Year 2007” at the World of Learning awards ceremony. The World of Learning Awards comprises a number of categories in which individual submissions are voted on by a panel of industry experts. The prestigious “Training Provider of the Year” Award however, gives the training community itself a chance to elect the company it believes most deserving of the accolade and the recognition.
We are delighted to confirm the news that Jonathan Satchell has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Epic with effect from 26 November.
UKS, the Middle East's leading learning solutions enabler, in cooperation with its technology partner, Giunti Labs, Europe's leading e-learning and mobile learning content management technology provider, will be showcasing its 'Arabised' version of Giunti Labs' learn eXact Suite at this year's Online Educa Berlin 2007 conference and exhibition.
Epic and UNIAID have been awarded a trio of prestigious prizes for their All About U e-learning programme, winning a regional National Training Award, a special mention from e-learning age and the runner-up prize from The World of Learning (WOLCE)
UNIAID was awarded the judges ‘Special Mention’ prize in the category for ‘The best e-learning programme securing widespread adoption'. This is for UNIAID’s online tools which help students prepare for and cope with the financial side of higher education; ‘All About U’, ‘Student Survivor’ and the ‘UNIAID Student Calculator’.
e2train, the UK's leading provider of learning and performance technology, announces an exclusive showcase of Kallidus Compose at World of Learning 2007, 14 & 15 November. The new rapid e-learning creation tool will be showcased with live demonstrations, tutorials and presentations. Visitors will also be entitled to a free 30 day trial.
e2train, the UK's leading provider of learning and performance technologies, today announced that it has been named as a winner in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK.
Epic, the leading e-learning company, and Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust have been working together to create a blended solution for their course in Positive Behavioural Support (PBS). The course is for support workers who provide care for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. The course is accredited by BTEC at Advanced Certificate level.
Coastal Skills Training announces the release of its new 14-part Fieldbus Process Control eLearning series.
Electronic performance support systems (EPSS), designed by certified usability experts using the principles of human factor engineering, which leads to superior usage performance and application on the job, and developed by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) have already delivered several millions of dollars in savings for TIS clients.
Harbinger Knowledge Products, the creator of award-winning Raptivity, has announced the release of Raptivity 3D TurboPack. This TurboPack offers interactions that use 3D objects and real-world metaphors. Trainers can now create learning experiences involving walk-through, journey, 3D object manipulation and more, using the familiar Raptivity toolset.
E-consultancy announces the first of a series of social media training events, 'Harnessing the Power of Social Media', October 31st 2007.
‘Student Survivor’, an online game that provides key information about student finances, has been accessed by more than two million people since its launch in April 2005.
Now it has earned the companies behind it a Regional National Training Award.
The game, which explains bursaries, loans, grants and repayment thresholds, is aimed at encouraging more students from low-income backgrounds, who might otherwise be put off by fees and loans, to sign up for higher education.
Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced the release of Raptivity site license. The site license version makes it easy to deploy Raptivity to a large number of concurrent users enterprise-wide or campus-wide
Technology & Learning magazine announced today the winners of Awards of Excellence in its prestigious 25-year-old recognition program. Raptivity, the leading rapid interactivity builder for e-learning, won the award as one of the best education offerings of the past year.
Harbinger Knowledge Products, a company that strives to redefine the way people interact and learn on the web, today announced the FlockPod Beta 1.1 release. This new release allows people to embed social interactions in their web pages with a small piece of code, and also unveils multiple new interactions that position FlockPod as a software for on-the-spot discussions, collaborative referencing and spot polls.
The eLearning Network (eLN), the UK’s foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of eLearning has announced a record number of entrants in this year’s prestigious eLearning Awards.
Epic are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract by County Durham Primary Care Trust (PCT)to provide a package of workshops and e-learning opportunities to raise awareness of mental health issues in the workplace.
Dresser-Rand and Coastal Skills Training announce that three new training curricula — Reciprocating Products (19 courses), Steam Products (3 courses), and Turbo Products (2 courses) — are available in Coastal’s award-winning ClarityNet HD® eLearning format.
'Student Survivor', an online game that provides key information about student finances, has been accessed by more than two million people since its launch in April 2005. Now it has earned the companies behind it a place in the finals of the National Training Awards 2007. The game, which explains bursaries, loans, grants and repayment thresholds, is aimed at encouraging more students from low-income backgrounds, put off by fees and loans, to sign up for higher education.
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