eCom has been commissioned to design, build and test an eLearning solution for William Grant & Sons to enable all staff to be trained on Bribery and Corruption awareness.
CERTPOINT Systems Inc in collaboration with Charles Jennings and Donald H Taylor is examining how to get learning structure right for the extended enterprise in a webinar taking place on 28 February.
Virtual College is proud to unveil its new navigational bar designed to aid the usability of its online courses and enhance the learning experience for its many registered online learners.
Instructional Designer of the Year, Laura Hooper describes it as the highlight of her career, whilst Afiniti reflects on picking up its award for Training Company of the Year.
A donation from the Safeguarding Children e-Academy of over £2,000 has paid for seven disadvantaged children to attend a residential centre in the Sussex countryside. The e-Academy, a division of online training provider Virtual College, donates 5% of its turnover to children’s charities and has donated over £150,000 to date.
e2train, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has announced that the second in its series of thought-provoking webinars on talent management and leadership development is to focus on the issue of leadership succession and how technologies can support succession planning.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of Assessment solutions, will be attending and speaking at two key Assessment & Learning industry events in the Middle East. BTL will be at the Assessment Tomorrow Seminar in Bahrain on the 27th February 2012, and the GESS conference in Dubai on the 29th of February 2012.
Harbinger Systems, a leading provider of software engineering services to some of the world’s renowned product companies, today announced that it has been recognized in the top 100 global outsourcing service providers listing by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®).
Tom Kuhlmann – the well known eLearning guru, inspirational instructional designer and high profile learning technologies blogger – will be sharing his knowledge and skills at a one day, interactive, rapid eLearning workshop on 22 May, London. The event is designed to help boost skills to build cost effective in-house eLearning, and help L&D professionals in their quest to achieve ‘more for less’.
Virtual College has introduced a brand new online course aimed at helping tackle the obesity epidemic among young children. ‘Right from the Start with HENRY’ has been developed to provide parents and carers with detailed information on how they can help provide their family with a healthy lifestyle right from the start.
www.webanywhere.us, the developer of web based business e-learning solutions based on the Moodle and Totara LMS platforms, today announced that Lee Stayton, an expert in technology-enabled learning, has joined its expanding staff as Head of e-Learning Consultancy.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has approved a number of EssentialSkillz E-Learning courses. The exceptionally popular and much sought-after accreditation scheme offers organisations the opportunity to demonstrate that its courses adhere to an accepted standard of excellence in health and safety training.
Company Ranks # 1 Worldwide for Quality of Service
BTL Group Ltd is delighted to announce that accessible e-Assessment content, created using the Surpass® Assessment Platform, has been awarded ‘Accredited Plus’ by the UK’s leading pan-disability charity, AbilityNet.
The Certified Online Learning Facilitator (COLF) course continues to grow in popularity a year after its initial launch.
Yorkshire-based Webanywhere has completed the development and implementation of a Totara based learning management system with integrated e-store for Canadian first aid training course provider, Get Ready Online.
Clarity Consultants is honored to join a group of select organisations that have been accredited with the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI).
EssentialSkillz, global provider of online safety training and risk assessment software, has announced that its complete library of online safety courses are fully compatible with iPads as it enters the exciting new era of M-learning. All of its class-leading E-learning (and now M-learning) solutions include rich animations, crisp clean graphics and engaging content. No Flash was used in the development of the learning content so all courses are fully compatible with iPad's.
Reed Learning offers five free Virtual Classroom programmes with every scheduled training course.
A new survey from GoodPractice highlights key industry changes during past 12 months.
COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) has won the award for 'Best example of shared services in practice' at the UK Public Sector Digital Awards through the creation of its Lumesse-powered www.myjobscotland.gov.uk career site. COSLA estimates that the savings from the site, which receives around 2.5 million visits from jobseekers each year, saves over £12 million in advertising costs alone annually. Today all 32 Councils and all 8 Fire and Rescue Services in Scotland use the site for their vacancies.
Learning practitioners will discover how collaborative working can help them do ‘more for less’ at the inaugural meeting of The Corporate eLearning Consortium on 28 March, London. Martin Baker, founder of the new Consortium, will explain how working together to share knowledge, resources and best practice can empower L&D in the corporate sector.
The Learning Awards gathers together the best and brightest individuals and organisations from L&D to celebrate outstanding achievements.
Less than a year after its launch, Upside2Go, Upside Learning’s revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning, has won the coveted Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Award. A Bronze for Best Advance in Mobile Learning Technology, truly reflects Upside2Go’s current value proposition and its potential in providing a reliable and innovative mobile learning solution.
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released two new crane training programs to educate employees about crane safety and help organizations comply with OSHA crane standards. The programs are Overhead & Gantry Cranes and Cranes In Construction.
Lumesse, Europe's largest independent talent management software vendor, was ranked one of the top 5 LMS vendors at Human Resources Magazine’s Singapore HR Vendors of the Year 2011 Awards. Human Resources magazine, the leading specialist human resources publication for Singapore’s HR community, annually surveys HR professionals in Singapore to understand their preferences and to see which solutions providers stand out. 1331 individuals responded to the award nominations survey.
NetDimensions has won the Gold Award in the Best Advance in Learning Management Technology category with NetDimensions EKP (Enterprise Knowledge Platform) for Extended Enterprise Management.
PRINCE2® Professional, a new qualification from the APMG, which launched on the 30 January 2012, will independently certify an individual’s ability to understand and effectively apply the PRINCE2 methodology.
L&D Professionals in the UK have until Monday, February 13 to take part in the Learning Survey 2012.
Pearson VUE, the computer-based testing business of Pearson, has announced the appointment of Matthew Poyiadgi as Managing Director for Europe.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, will be exhibiting at LEARNTEC in Karlsruhe, Germany on the 31st January to the 2nd February.
Totara LMS New Partnership with Metropolitan Community College
E-Learning provider EssentialSkillz has launched a newly updated and enhanced version of its popular DSE risk assessment and training software, ErgoWize. The course will be available from January 30 2011. EssentialSkillz describes its online DSE Workstation risk assessment and training system as the most effective, cost-efficient and advanced DSE compliance software currently available.
In a nationwide review of surveys undertaken by retail organisations, statisticians, consumer organisations and ombudsmen, The Ken Blanchard Companies has found a mass of evidence suggesting that in the UK, the customer comes anything but first.
…8 out of 10 businesses looking to support language skills to improve communications and business efficiency... dp today released findings from a new European survey* entitled “Languages and business audit”. The data revealed that 71 percent of organizations believe that they will be delivering more blended learning content within the next two years. Furthermore, eight out of ten organizations (79 percent) regarded language learning to be a main focus in their workforce development plans.
The 1.2.12 date will represent a Revolution for Docebo’s E-Learning business model: here comes the third and last teaser trailer.
QA, the global training company that transforms performance through learning, today announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Green Project Management Ltd to deliver a range of fully accredited and globally recognised sustainable project management courses.
Martin Baker will be talking about the valuable lessons that corporates can learn from charities, when he introduces a case study presentation about eLearning in The National Autistic Society, at Learning Technologies on 25 January, London. Martin has been so impressed by the collaborative approach of The Charity Learning Consortium, which he founded and heads, that he’s launching an eLearning consortium for corporate organisations at the show.
Martin Baker will be leading a debate about the potential to access eLearning via Facebook – the most popular social media platform of our time – at the Learning & Skills exhibition in London on 26 January. Hare brained idea or a brilliant way to deliver cost effective learning? You decide! Come and share your views with Martin, CEO of The Charity Learning Consortium and MD of newly formed The Corporate eLearning Consortium - bringing a cost effective, collaborative approach to eLearning to the corporate sector.
Elearnity, Europe’s leading learning analyst, is publishing its first series of Vendor Perspectives. These new reports provide the only in-depth, independent analysis of learning technology vendors with a UK/European focus.
NetDimensions will showcase the new NetDimensions Talent Suite at Learning Technologies 2012 in Olympia 2, London. NetDimensions’ new offering available as secure SaaS and on-premise.
Car manufacturer's European training operations to be lead from UK
CM Group's easy to use Cloud based Learning Management System is called Luminosity Reach. CM Group have announced the addition of an optional eCommerce module which enables companies using the LMS to distribute their eLearning to customers and to charge them for access to their courses.
Training software house, accessplanit, has moved into 2012 with a clear focus on expansion, following a strong end to a successful year in 2011.
… CERTPOINT Systems™ CEO Ara Ohanian reveals the key characteristics of a new workforce generation at Learning Technologies, 2012 Europe's largest workplace learning conference …
After eight successful years in the education sector and 3,000 clients globally, Webanywhere is celebrating its first year of trading in the corporate sector at Learning Technologies 2012.
Free advice, reports, resources and sessions with conference speakers on stand 45 at the 2012 Learning Technologies Exhibition on 25th and 26th January Olympia, London. Towards Maturity, the not-for-profit benchmark practice, wants learning and development professionals to think differently about training, drawing on the best advice available in the industry.Laura Overton, Managing Director will be encouraging the main conference delegates to play an active role in helping their businesses become more agile in 2012. However this will mean challenging preconceived ideas and even past experiences of using learning and technology.
Here comes the second teaser trailer from Docebo - to enlight the company’s next “big thing” - focused on Mobile experience.
Clarity Consultants will be exhibiting at American Society for Training & Development’s (ASTD) TechKnowledge on January 25-27, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, e2train, has released a new whitepaper – “Seven Steps to Grow from Within”. The whitepaper provides senior managers, HR and L&D professionals with top tips to identify and grow their own talent and increase their capability to ensure long-term business success.
Once again LINE Communications will be exhibiting at Learning Technologies in Olympia, London where they will be offering free consultancy sessions, giving visitors the chance to talk through learning and development issues they have with LINE consultants, who will also be giving away their latest white papers on Mobile Learning and Communications, Learning Maturity and Building the Foundations of a Learning Architecture.
The new ‘E4Learn’ platform from Top Link Asia Limited enables sharing of teaching material across school teachers and students
The Safety Passport from EssentialSkillz provides online training and tracking to ensure that all contractors, or any visitors to your business, fully understand the safety requirements therein. It enables companies to take advantage of a safety solution especially designed to meet the specific requirements of contracted workers, mitigating against accidents in the workplace and potentially costly compensation claims.
The cost of workers who ‘quit and stay’, employees who are unmotivated, uninspired, and who pretty much give up on their jobs, but who still hang around to receive their pay cheques runs into billions.
A brand-new teaser trailer from Docebo E-Learning company announces that on 1st February 2012 “something big” will be revealed.
Blue Eskimo’s annual work and salary survey highlights the effects of the current economic situation on the majority of companies and workers in the sector.
Xyleme Leverages Agile Development for Rapid Response to Customer Requirements ~ Xyleme announced the immediate availability of Xyleme LCMS 3.5. Driven from Xyleme’s adoption of the Agile Development model, the full release, from coding to QA through to delivery, was executed in approximately 90 days and supports key customer requirements...
Following their joint award win with Information Transfer for “Best e-learning project securing widespread adoption” in the E-learning Awards, Cambian Group will be presenting at the Learning Technologies conference on the topic “Planning for great adoption rates”.
Members of The Charity Learning Consortium are busy filming for a huge collaborative video learning project. All members have been offered a free flip camera to create short pieces of video learning to share with other members of the community. Martin Baker, the founder and CEO of the Consortium, said members had enthusiastically embraced the exciting video challenge.
More employees are now on the hunt for ever-quicker methods to acquire workplace learning. Arguably this trend could be considered risky in a business context, given that real time communications can't always be moderated. But in a broader sense, what does social based learning mean for business L&D – and how has it already changed things?
Harbinger Systems, a leading provider of software engineering services to some of the world's best product companies, today announced that ‘TripSketch’ a mobile application developed by Harbinger Systems has been declared a winner in the 10th Annual Mobile Star Awards™ program hosted by MobileVillage.com.
Applicants for medical and dental degree programmes across the UK will continue to benefit from one of the most advanced and efficient computer-based aptitude tests on the market, thanks to the renewal of the partnership between Pearson VUE and the UKCAT Consortium.
Remaining in a position unreflective of his certifications and skills was not an option for Systems Engineer Dan Wanjohi. Having spent years planning a career in IT, it wasn’t until the 24-year-old pursued industry-specific certification through computer-based testing (CBT) that his dreams started to become reality.
...Simulation training provides key preparation for senior executives within one of the world’s largest mobile telecoms companies...
L&D commentators and specialists review the last 12 months and make their predictions for the year ahead. Find out what the L&D highlight was for Martin Baker, Laura Overton, Clive Shepherd, Nigel Paine and others, and what they see on the learning horizon for 2012.
e2train, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, will be showcasing its 81Boxes talent management and succession planning software at one of the UK’s most high-level HR events next month - the HR Directors Business Summit 2012.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance has chosen NetDimensions Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) to centralize the management of all MSI China’s training programs across mainland China.
A survey, to be released in January by Blue Eskimo, the learning industry’s recruitment specialist, shows that people are accepting salary drops for new jobs.
goFLUENT was delighted to walk away with the Brandon Hall Bronze Award for the Best Use of Blended Learning category only a few days after being shortlisted, in two categories, for the Learning Awards 2012 in London.
Extended support to 40 schools for identifying and addressing Learning Disabilities ~ Inaugurated the second edition of Brain Teasers to aid learning in students with learning Disabilities.
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.
The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) has today (Monday) launched the Learning Survey 2012 – a comprehensive review of the workplace learning sector.
Recommendations that staff and volunteers in the charity sector should receive 40 hours of development time a year have been largely welcomed by Martin Baker, the founder and CEO of The Charity Learning Consortium. Martin says he welcomes any move to give L&D in the charity sector the recognition that it deserves.
With Christmas rapidly approaching, eCom Scotland is inviting individuals to put their creative skills to the test, with eCom Scotland’s "Building a Virtual Snowman".
Harbinger Systems, a leading provider of software engineering services to some of the world's best product companies today announced that it has been ranked in top 5 ‘Best of the Best Awards’ at 11th Annual Software Testing Conference (STC) 2011 held at Bangalore (India), on December 1st, 2011.
Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen takes gold prizes in Best Use of Blended Learning and Best Onboarding Program categories
GlobalEnglish to Host Free Webinar with Leading Expert Charles Jennings on Harnessing the Power of Experiential and Social Learning at Work.
Imperial College London is accelerating content, design and timeliness of learning...
NetDimensions announces that Sapa Heat Transfer (Shanghai) Ltd. has successfully rolled out the Enterprise Knowledge Platform learning management system for its employee competency development and Environment, Health and Safety training programs.
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has introduced Distracted Driving: Game Over, a new safety training program on DVD that stresses the dangers of distracted driving and urges drivers to stay focused on the road.
~Delivering Citrix virtual computing solutions to companies of all sizes ~
The Learning and Performance Institute has published details of the Training Top 50, ranking the biggest training providers in the UK.
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the pioneer and global leader in learning solutions,has won four prestigious Brandon Hall awards this year - three gold awards for their proven solutions – 100 Seconds Learner, Serious Game Based Learning and TOPSIM and a bronze award in Simulations.This is the third straight year where TIS has won Brandon Hall Awards for its unique learning formats.
A survey has revealed that Directors and Senior Managers in the UK could save an hour every day through improved email management.
The news is startling as it equates to a total of £56 billion* worth of directors’ time potentially being wasted each year based on there being 4.5 million private sector companies** in the UK.
TLDF 2011 will focus on spreading awareness and building capability in Learning Disabilities across Maharashtra
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based Assessment solutions provider, will be once again exhibiting at the Online Educa conference. The event will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Berlin, during 30th November– 2nd December 2011.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading independent provider of Assessment solutions is once again delighted to be exhibiting and presenting at the Assessment Tomorrow Conference on the 17th November 2011 at the Grosvenor Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh.
BTL Group Ltd, a leading independent provider of e-Assessment solutions, is once again delighted to be sponsoring and exhibiting at the annual Federation of Awarding Bodies Conference. The conference will take place on 7-8th November 2011 in Kenilworth, UK.
EssentialSkillz, the global supplier of online safety training and risk assessment software has decided to offer a free trial of its Stress Essentials e-learning course to promote the arrival of National Stress Awareness Day on Wednesday 2nd November.
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the pioneer and global leader custom learning solutions sets up Centers of Excellence to deliver outstanding customer service
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released a new training program that helps raise safety awareness and promotes employee involvement in achieving a safer and healthier workplace. Employee Involvement: The Key To Safety demonstrates the importance of employee participation in identifying hazards and preventing incidents.
Leading Provider of IT And Business Skills Training To Accelerate Growth Strategy.
NetDimensions and Kaplan Learning Technologies announced today that they will join forces as part of NetDimensions' global reseller network.
Clarity Consultants, a leading provider of corporate learning and development expertise to the world's largest organizations, has launched its brand of consulting services in the United Kingdom.
A new white paper outlining how organisations can increase the return on their learning investment by up to 238%, through cost savings as well as efficiency and effectiveness improvements, has been published by KnowledgePool, the managed learning company.
Atlas in the running for two top UK business awards
The exclusive, annual Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF)–US held at Chateau Elan, Greater Atlanta, Georgia saw acclaimed international speakers and industry experts discussing and sharing experiences in Remodeling the L&D Space in a Flat World.
NetDimensions announced today the commercial release of a revolutionary new product, mobile EKP (mEKP).
BTL Group Ltd, a leading independent provider of e-Assessment solutions, is delighted to be once again sponsoring and exhibiting at the 3rd Annual European Association of Test Publishers (e-ATP) Conference. The conference is being held at the Corinthia Hotel, Prague, during 28th-30th September 2011.
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