Browsing news: Events and webinars

    • OEB 2019 announces ‘Spotlight Stage’ lineup

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      The Spotlight Stage returns to OEB Global, Europe’s top education and learning technology event, Berlin, 27-29 November; Spotlight Stage to be opened by social age writer and commentator Julian Stodd; promises left-field inspiration, entertainment and provocation from edtech experts.

    • Africa Gets Sneak Preview of Germany’s New Learning Platform

      eLearning Africa |

      Participants at Africa’s top education and technology conference have been given a sneak preview of an innovative eLearning platform, which is set to be launched as part of the German Government’s digital strategy.

    • MERIT Regional Summit 2019: Intrapreneurship Challenges and Solutions

      Advent Group | Manchster, UK |

      The summit 'Leading Change for an Intrapreneurial Culture' on 13 November will focus on the topic of driving innovation within any organisation. It will feature case studies from four global companies, a masterclass with an ESADE Business School professor, keynote speeches, and an unconference.

    • OEB 2019: Using data and analytics in learning

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      OEB 2019 Conference, Berlin, 27-29 November, will debate using data and analytics in education and workplace learning. A series of expert panels with practitioners and edtech leaders aims to provide practical insights for improving learning and debate controversial views on the use of data.

    • OEB Global: Annual debate to stir up storm about direction of education

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      Should education be all about the needs of industry and the economy or is it something more fundamental? Have universities, colleges and schools become too obsessed with what they imagine employers are likely to need from workers in the future? And is this obsession with the skills we suppose will be most in demand actually leading us to prevent students acquiring precisely the skills that will be most valuable?

    • OEB 2019: Reassessing roles in learning

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      OEB 2019, Berlin, 27-29 November, will look at the evolution in the roles of learning professionals: from agile L&D teams to supporting, developing and certifying online teaching in higher education.

    • eLN Connect 2019 London

      The Learning Network | London |

      Toby Harris discusses the upcoming eLN Connect 2019 event, on Wednesday 20th November in London.

    • OEB 2019: Solving skills gaps and preparing students for industry

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      OEB 2019, Berlin, 27-29 November, will show learning and edtech professionals how technology can overcome skills gaps and better prepare students for the workplace. The Conference will explore the impact of AI and a new view on designing educational programmes that deliver on learners’ and employers’ needs.

    • French expertise features prominently at eLearning Africa in Abidjan

      eLearning Africa |

      French expertise features prominently in the 2019 edition of Africa’s most respected technology supported education and training conference and exhibition event. This year’s eLearning Africa convenes in Abidjan on 23-25 October under the theme “learnability and employability”. The annual pan-African conference is dedicated to examining the potential for using new communications technologies to spread educational opportunity.

    • Forest Holidays: the organic growth of an elearning culture

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      At World of Learning 2019, Andrew Willison, National Health and Safety Coordinator from Forest Holidays, will be speaking about how Nimble Elearning has revolutionised the way they train and improved their culture.

    • German engagement at Africa’s leading conference and exhibition on ICT for education

      eLearning Africa |

      Germany will affirm its strong partnership with Africa, as experts gather to discuss “learnability and employability” at the 2019 eLearning Africa in Abidjan. This year sees the greatest-ever combined German engagement at Africa’s leading conference and exhibition on ICT for Education, Training and Skills Development. Now in its fourteenth year, the event convenes in the Ivorian capital from 23 - 25 October.

    • ‘World of Learning’ Business and Networking Lounge is going Nimble green

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      Nimble green will be highly visible as it’s going to be the colour scheme for the Business and Networking Lounge at World of Learning on 15-16 October at the NEC Birmingham, which is being sponsored by Nimble Elearning. It’s an ideal location to relax while meeting with the super-friendly Nimble team to discuss ways in which online learning can enhance an organisation’s training and development.

    • Panopto Announces Record-Breaking Growth

      Panopto | London |

      Panopto, a leading enterprise video platform provider, announced recently that it has accelerated the rapid year-over-year growth the company has produced annually since its founding in 2007.

    • World of Learning 2019 opens in two weeks

      World of Learning | Birmingham |

      World of Learning Conference & Exhibition to deliver new knowledge, skills and exclusive offers on 15 & 16 October at Birmingham’s NEC.

    • Engage in Learning launches new Learner Themes

      Engage in Learning | Gloucester, UK |

      At World of Learning, Engage in Learning - who will be exhibiting - will be giving visitors a preview of its new personalised learner themes. This innovation - inspired by app technology - is just one of the features that every Engage in Learning course has. Others include speed and language control, book marking and certification.

    • Webinar: Developing a continuous learning culture

      Fuse Universal |

      Join Nigel Paine, Leading Learning Consultant and Author, as he discusses the framework for building a culture of continuous learning in the workplace, Tuesday 22nd October.

    • Nimble Elearning celebrates its Nimble Community's achievements

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      The sun was certainly shining on the Stonehouse Court Hotel in Gloucestershire on Thursday 19 September for the annual CPD accredited Nimble Community Day conference, networking and awards. Nimble customers came from across the country, and the day was specifically focused on the Nimble community, with networking, customer case studies, workshops, Nimble's 5th birthday celebrations and the third annual Nimble Awards ceremony.

    • OEB 2019 sponsors announced

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      OEB, Europe’s premier learning and edtech event, incorporating Learning Technologies Germany, has announced its sponsors for the 2019 event.

    • Learnability and Employability Unlocking Africa’s Future Success

      eLearning Africa | Berlin (GER) / Abidjan (CI) |

      A large youthful population, disruptive innovative technology, and vibrant entrepreneurial activity hold the keys to unlocking Africa’s future success. It’s time to maximise their potential. Join the conversation in Abidjan this year at the Continent’s leading annual eLearning conference to enhance your capacity to contribute to this mission.

    • Learning in ever-smaller, bite-sized amounts

      Learning News | London |

      Ali Soper, Creative Director from MicroLearn, at LTSF19 talks about the shift to consuming learning in ever-smaller, bite-sized amounts.

    • Nimble Community Day Matters

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      Henry Ford said, “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success.” It’s a philosophy shared by Nimble Elearning. It’s demonstrated in the format of their CPD accredited Community Day (Conference • Networking • Awards) on 19 September. A day when customers meet to network, participate in workshops and listen to success stories from others who use the elearning platform.

    • Webinar: How Colt created content with impact

      Fuse Universal |

      Pin Patel, Learning Experience Consultant at Colt, talks about how Colt used content effectively within its Sales Enablement and Customer Communications programs.

    • Neoskill to launch new course on emotional intelligence at LearningLive

      Neoskill | London |

      Neoskill will be launching its new training course “Develop your Emotional Intelligence” at Learning Live 2019. “Develop Your Emotional Intelligence” is an online or face-to-face training course that will help to improve working relationships within organisations.

    • Valamis presents the latest of learning tech at LEARNINGLIVE

      Valamis | London |

      This year’s event brings together a record number of Learning and Development executives. Valamis’ learning experts are available to discuss the L&D challenges and solutions, and demonstrate the award-winning Learning Experience Platform.

    • The increasing use of video in learning

      Learning News | London |

      Andrew Joly, LEO Learning, at LTSF19 talks about the use of video in learning and how video might now be used for elearning with branching scenarios.

    • Ali Soper: Marketing learning

      Learning News | London |

      Ali Soper, Creative Director, MicroLearn at LTSF19: how L&D can learn from the world of cinema when launching learning programmes.

    • ODILO to present its solution to develop ‘unlimited learning cultures’ at Learning Live 2019

      ODILO | London |

      Building effective learning cultures is at the core of what ODILO does and a central theme at Learning Live 2019. During the 4 and 5th of September in London, the Company will be showcasing its digital solution powered to foster unlimited and collaborative learning cultures for companies of all sizes. ODILO will be showcasing its mobile-first learning platform that has an intelligent data-driven and quality user experience akin to popular applications for mass media consumption such as Netflix and Spotify.

    • Area9 Lyceum Launches Rhapsode BRIDGE™ – AI-Driven Solution for Adobe Flash Migration

      Area9 Lyceum | Chestnut Hill, MA, USA |

      As Adobe ends support for its Flash software platform by the end of 2020, Area9 Lyceum has a new, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics enabled solution, Rhapsode BRIDGE™, available for education companies and corporate learning and development departments. Rhapsode BRIDGE™ will enable companies to migrate their Flash content and materials up to five times faster and more cost effective than alternative solutions.

    • Preview of World of Learning Conference 2019

      World of Learning | Birmingham, United Kingdom |

      World of Learning 2019 takes place on 15 & 16 October at the NEC, Birmingham. Four of the conference’s speakers – Tom Cheesewright, Jonathan Kettleborough, Paul Matthews and Krystyna Gadd - and its chair, Robin Hoyle, share their thoughts on L&D and key points from their sessions with event organiser, Andrew Gee.

    • Corinium announces launch of L&D Influencers Europe 2019 in London 17-18 September

      Corinium Global Intelligence | London |

      Building upon previous success of the Chief Learning Officers US series, the new European event is set to host 100+ C-level L&D and HR professionals from across mainland Europe for two days of in depth discussion exploring L&D strategies, delivering insights and examining the latest developments in areas like employee engagement, personalisation of training, the ROI of L&D, digital and continuous learning.

    • Webinar: Lessons Learned to Help Pave the Way to a Great Rollout

      Fuse Universal |

      Topher Olsen, Senior Director of L&D from Alliance Residential is to deliver a webinar on 7th August on lessons learned and how Alliance Residential plans to continue increasing engagement and excitement around its new learning platform.

    • Virtual College to demonstrate how Growth Mindset contributes to a learning culture

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      At their Learning Technologies Summer Forum seminar, Virtual College will share insights about implementing a growth mindset approach and how it can mean the difference between a learning culture that’s pushed and one that’s driven by the individuals. This will take place on 11th July at London ExCel.

    • An extensive portfolio revealed at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum

      Engage in Learning | Gloucester, UK |

      Over 100 e-learning courses on Healthy and Safety, Compliance, Leadership and Management, IT and Project Management, Business Skills and Customer Services will be on show on the Engage in Learning stand at this year’s Learning Technologies Summer Forum, being held at Excel on 11th July.

    • Effective Intrapreneurship: Mapping your journey

      Advent Group | Munich, Germany |

      Merit Summit has organised a masterclass on Effective Intrapreneurship on June 17 in Munich. This session will leave attendees inspired and informed about their role in making innovation sustainable and scalable.

    • Building fun into learning at LEGOLAND® Windsor: CIPD Festival of Work

      Nimble Elearning | London, UK |

      Employee training is far too important to play around with it. Or is it? According to Zoe Roberts, Senior Learning and Development Manager at LEGOLAND® Windsor, that’s precisely what you need to do. If your workforce is tasked with helping customers to enjoy themselves, the training should capture that fun too.

    • Terminix saves 30 hours a month on learning administration with Totara Learn

      Totara |

      Terminix has been in operation for over 90 years and is one of the largest pest and termite control companies in the world, with some of the world’s top pest control specialists. Terminix deployed Terminix Academy on the Totara Learn platform to engage over 10,000 users with 1,000 e-learning courses and has saved over 360 hours a year.

    • Women In Learning Conference announced

      Women In Learning | London |

      Women In Learning Conference endeavours to join a collective of men and women together to begin to raise awareness of the challenges women are facing in the workplace, but also highlight their successes and fascinating career trajectories. It’s an event intended to inspire, motivate, empower, and most importantly, instigate a change.

    • Totara Village tops ‘must-see’ list at ATD 2019

      Totara |

      Totara Learning will be exhibiting alongside Totara Platinum Partners at this year’s ATD International Conference and Exposition, taking place in Washington, DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on 19th-22nd May 2019.

    • Engage in Learning’s expertise on show at the Totara User Conference

      Engage in Learning | Gloucester, UK |

      At the EMEA Totara User Conference - scheduled for Glaziers Hall in London on 15th and 16th May - Mark Edmonds, of the e-learning supplier Engage in Learning, will explain how organisations can fully automate their training programmes.

    • Learning and Training for Farming and Food: eLearning Africa Launches ‘Agriculture Track’

      eLearning Africa |

      The organisers of Africa’s leading conference on technology assisted learning and training, eLearning Africa, have announced that, for the first time, the event will include a special programme of seminars, discussions and debates about learning and training for Africa’s farming and food sector. The decision reflects the continuing importance of agriculture in African economies, together with new opportunities and challenges for African food producers in an era of rapid technological change.

    • Building workplace capability and value-based learning with 70:20:10

      Learning Now tv | London |

      On April’s Learning Now tv: Charles Jennings on building workplace capability and value-based learning, Barbara Thompson hosts April’s panel of young L&D professionals, Steve Wheeler introduces his new book ‘Digital Learning in Organisations’ and Martin Couzins reviews Towards Maturity’s 2019 report.

    • Turning Talent into Skills and Skills into Success

      eLearning Africa | Germany / Côte d’Ivoire |

      As the African continent prepares for a period of profound change, with the launch of a drive to create a common free trade area, increasing exposure to global markets and technological innovation affecting every sector, this year’s eLearning Africa will ask some fundamental questions.

    • Alex Hathway, Nimble: Easy Elearning

      Learning News | London |

      At Learning Technologies 2019, Learning News caught up with Alex Hathway of Nimble Elearning, to find out more about what makes Nimble different in a crowded elearning market.