The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, today (Thursday) announced a "call for action" for EU countries to promote innovation. He also confirmed that the European Commission will provide more support for open resources in education.
NetDimensions is further expanding its European presence by establishing an office in Denmark to cover the Nordic countries.
Only 50% of learning initiatives are delivered in time to meet business need. Only 29% of organisations agree their L&D teams have the right skills to design solutions to exploit learning technologies to business advantage. Based on recent research, Towards Maturity launches new business-driven learning agenda with nine action areas at Online Educa Berlin.
CM Group, a global leader in the field of innovative learning solutions, has extended its eLearning solutions offering into the European market in partnership with InfoSecure, the leading specialist Information Security Awareness Training company, based in the Netherlands.
Investors pumped $1.1 billion into the ed-tech market last year; roughly double the amount invested in 2007. New education technology is creating opportunities for engaging the ever-connected student who increasingly lives online. From e-textbooks to game-based learning, these teaching methods are giving pupils extra incentives to immerse themselves in their studies.
Published today, the annual Towards Maturity benchmark study carried out across over 500 organisations including BT, BA, NHS Direct, Toyota Motor Europe and Bupa, reveals that technology enabled learning has helped business’ reduce staff churn by nine percent, speed up new product roll-out by 24 percent and reduce learning delivery time by 22 percent.
96% of Europeans believe that Intellectual Property (IP) is important because it supports innovation and creativity by rewarding inventors, creators and artists for their work.
Tata Interactive System’s modelling consultant, Arvind Waghmare explores the development and business benefits that the Spreadsheet Simulations would yield.
City & Guilds Kineo, the leading learning solutions provider, has been shortlisted as Learning Provider of the Year in the 2014 Learning Awards.
Innovative training experts CM Group work with leading financial automation technology provider to improve sales processes and provide the ability of field sales teams to demonstrate their solutions in a consistent, secure and time efficient manner.
Webanywhere, a global firm with offices in the UK, USA and Poland, has recently announced plans to assist in the adoption of 'gamified' learning in workplaces around the world.
A brand new Docebo - Defoe case study illustrates how online learning technologies can help CME providers manage complex training programs and blended curricula, mixing classroom-based training with E-Learning courses.
Saba Sponsored Report Examines How Businesses are Using Social Learning
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has selected NetDimensions Interactive, a business unit of NetDimensions that focuses on custom content and application development services, to create online, self-paced learning modules for its new shipboard property management software.
CM Group has completed a range of eLearning projects for staff of the major UK Bank where a single version of each course works on old and new browsers to ensure maximum reach.
Kallidus has been named as a Learning Awards 2014 finalist in the prestigious ‘Learning Provider of the Year’ award category.
Judges at the Learning & Performance Institute have shortlisted Saffron Share, an open source Learning Experience Network, for the 2014 Learning Awards. The versatile product combines learning content management with ‘social activators’ to speed time-to-competence and open up new frontiers for learning technologies.
A new whitepaper about the importance of selecting a new way of delivering training and development programmes for large enterprises. What to consider, what to prioritize and lessons learned.
New alliance to deliver integrated solution for International Learning and Learning Content Management
On Wednesday 20 November 2013, Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, is hosting its annual User Conference – Uncovered 2013, at the Hilton, Reading.
Leading mobile learning solutions provider, CM Group, adds to its Luminosity Mentor range of learning and corporate communications Apps with the release of Android Apps for tablet and smartphone devices.
Virgin Trains selects CM Group to produce an innovative new eLearning programme to further enhance the environmental awareness of Virgin Trains employees.
City & Guilds has acquired Kineo Pacific, a company based in New Zealand which partners with employers to help them improve performance through learning and technology. This follows City & Guilds’ acquisition of Kineo in December 2012, which was recently re-launched as City & Guilds Kineo in September 2013..
Totara Learning Solutions, provider of the powerful packaged distribution of Moodle, released Totara LMS 2.5 today, Thursday 31st October.
Upside Learning is set to mark its first presence at Learning@Work, a premium learning event in Australia. To be held from 11th to 13th November this year, the event will see Upside Learning participating as a seminar sponsor.
Next-Generation Talent Management Provider Showcases Award Winning Saba Cloud At Professional Learning Austria.
The international cloud E-Learning provider has been recognized for its commitment in developing innovative approaches within the Online Training solutions market.
Totara is to launch Performance Management with the release of Totara LMS version 2.5 later this month. The toolset dovetails seamlessly with Totara's overall mission; making it simple for organisations to improve employee performance.
As more organisations provide their employees with access to mobile learning content via tablets and smartphones, organisations have become reliant on Apple’s App Store, Google Play and Windows Store to deliver the content via multiple Apps.
PwC and Kineo are proud to announce that they have won a prestigious Brandon Hall Silver award for Best Blended Programme 2013. The award is for the Recruitment Interviewing Skills programme, a highly successful learning experience for interviewers in PwC.
The new Docebo Learning Management System, tablet friendly and with a new stunning user interface, puts Design, Efficiency and Simplicity on top of everything.
Next-generation Cloud Solution Receives High Marks by Key Analyst Firms and Wins Numerous Awards
Today sees the launch of a new community site for Adapt, an open source authoring tool for designing and developing responsive, multi-device elearning.
Learning Pioneer Ushers in New Wave of People Development with Next-Generation Saba Cloud.
The world’s largest private optical group Specsavers, has chosen Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, to deliver a global Learning Management System (LMS). The Kallidus solution is being rolled out to 28,000 employees across Specsavers’ retail operations including more than 1,650 optical stores across 10 countries from the UK and Netherlands to Australia and New Zealand.
A brand new customer success story, shows how Docebo online learning technologies can help Companies managing curricula to serve different market and client needs.
Webanywhere, Inc, already a leading e-learning provider globally, has been awarded official Moodle Partner status in the United States, building on existing Moodle partnerships for the UK and Polish markets.
In conjunction with establishing a presence in Ireland, City & Guilds Kineo, the leading learning solutions provider, has announced they will join the prestigious Learnovate Centre.
The new Jewel-like Learning Management System will be the main focus of Docebo’s presence in Dubai Trade Show
The new and disrupting Docebo’s Learning Management System is ready to strike the U.S. market in this primary HR-oriented Las Vegas event.
ISGN, a Florida-based mortgage services and technology provider, has initiated eLearning for its employees in the US and India. The company will be using Upside Learning’s multi award winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, for delivering and managing these eLearning activities.
Luminosity Create enables organisations to author responsive HTML5 learning content, including courses, reference content, assessments and mobile surveys. The easy to use tool is available as an additional element to the Luminosity Motion mobile learning platform. Organisations of all sizes can now create, manage and distribute the materials to support their learners, wherever they are and whenever they need it.
Sweden-based Xtractor, a provider of tailored learning and learning management systems, has adopted Totara LMS to respond to the market's demands for greater flexibility and easier deployment of learning management systems; Xtractor exhibiting Totara LMS at the Promise Day Swedish Learning Awards, Oct 3.
In Partnership With HRZone and Saba, HR Guru Perry Timms will Explore How Innovative Social Strategies Help Organisations Become More Agile and Responsive in a Live Webinar on 1 October.
Totara Learning Solutions and Totara Partner Mind Click will be exhibiting at the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition (WOLCE) at Birmingham NEC 1, 2 October.
City & Guilds and Kineo have announced plans to launch a new Elearning Apprenticeship Academy. The initiative will build on City & Guilds’ heritage as the UK’s leading provider of apprenticeships and qualifications. The aim is to create a unique programme of learning and qualifications for new entrants to the elearning industry.
CM Group to provide range of eLearning courses and Learning Management System delivery, with a 3D learner interface.
Docebo is about to release its new Learning Management System: tablet friendly, totally redesigned and with unprecedented white-labeling options.
Upside Learning is supporting Learning Cafe (www.learningcafe.com.au), a community of experienced Learning professionals in Australia and New Zealand, focused on discussions about current issues and trends in learning, performance and knowledge management, and its application at work.
Saba Meeting Cited for Its Low-Bandwidth Usage and Offering of Student Interaction Controls to Support Instructors in Virtual Classroom Scenarios
On 17th September over 80 clients and friends attended an event at the Tate Modern to celebrate the launch of the forthcoming City & Guilds Kineo company.
Fiscal Year 2013 Cloud Bookings Grew 25% Year-Over-Year; Renewal Rates Remained Above 90%; Cash Flow Positive (Excluding Non-Recurring and Specified Items)
City & Guilds Kineo is to share its award winning techniques for increasing learner engagement at this year’s World of Learning Conference and Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham on 2nd October 2013.
Kineo and City & Guilds are today hosting an event at the Tate Modern for its customers and friends where it will outline plans for the launch of City & Guilds Kineo in the UK.
Genscript has rolled out NetDimensions Learning as its corporate learning and knowledge management platform to manage and maintain the wealth of domain knowledge it has accumulated over the years and to promote and disseminate its corporate culture to more than 1,300 employees.
The Elearnity 9-Grid™, a new market analysis model for learning and talent technologies by Elearnity, has recently unveiled the 9-Grid™ for LMS and the 9-Grid™ for Bespoke eLearning. Upside Learning has been rated as a ‘Solid Performer’ for LMS and a ‘Potential Challenger’ for bespoke eLearning.
CM Group today announced that Warsash Superyacht Academy, the world’s premier maritime education and training provider, has selected Luminosity Motion, CM Group’s mobile learning platform and the Luminosity Mentor learning and corporate communications App.
OMRON Management Center of America Inc. (OMCA) has successfully implemented NetDimensions Learning to centralize and improve the learning experience across all of the company’s workforce in the Americas.
Tata Interactive Systems is named among the world’s top 10 eLearning Content Development Companies in a new list published by eLearningindustry.com, a leading portal for HR managers and training directors worldwide.
Docebo, the international cloud E-Learning company, quadrupled its revenues in North America in the last 6 months and now strengthens its local operations by opening a new office to better compete and serve the market with a dedicated Team.
EastWest Bank takes first step in establishing a competency-based learning organization by implementing NetDimensions Learning.
LINE has announced version 2.0 of LINEstream®, the leading enterprise platform for mobile learning and communications. Among other updates and refinements, version 2.0 introduces support for responsive design meaning that it can support all mobile devices and desktop output.
Learning content specialist Video Arts unveiled its new video on demand (VOD) platform and showcasing its e-learning, m-learning and training video expertise at Learning Live in London.
Microsoft Corporation has launched a major new staff training programme using CM Group’s new Luminosity Motion mobile learning platform. Luminosity Motion used in conjunction with a range of Luminosity Mentor learning Apps running on Windows 8, and a range of innovative gamification features, will enable Microsoft to reach out and engage with its people wherever they may be, using the latest mobile technologies.
Webanywhere will be at this year’s CIPD Annual Conference & Exhibition - and anyone who visits will have the chance to see our 70:20:10 learning presentation.
Kineo, the global leader in learning solutions, will showcase its latest innovations next week at Learning Live 2013. Among the new initiatives, attendees will be able to experience the award-winning Adapt framework, a new open source project for elearning authoring.
Cloud-based technology and strong business communication skills create a tighter global talent management network and encapsulate the needs of a global workforce.
On 19 September Saffron Interactive will run a Learning and Skills Group webinar on achieving behaviour change through emotional investment. Toby Harris, Saffron’s creative lead, will take attendees through case studies including an award-winning Transport for London e-learning course on mental resilience, which delivered a £7.8 million return on investment.
Kineo has been named the world’s number one eLearning Content Development Companies in a new list published by eLearningIndustry.com, the leading portal for HR managers and training directors worldwide.
NetDimensions (AIM: NETD; OTCQX: NETDY), a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, has been ranked as a ‘Core Leader’ in a new and unique European (EMEA) learning and talent market insight report, Elearnity 9-Grid™ model for Learning Management Systems (LMS).
RBS and NatWest banks use HTML5 mobile learning courses, central Mobile Learning Platform and iPad Apps from CM Group to distribute knowledge support for small businesses.
e-Learning and web solutions company Webanywhere has been included in TrainingIndustry.com's 2013 list of Top 20 Workforce Development Providers.
LINE Communications has been rated a ‘Strategic Leader’ in the 9-Grid™ report for bespoke e-learning development released by Elearnity, Europe’s leading independent learning and talent analysts, with a particular strength in mobile learning.
TIM Provides Real-time Personalized Career Advice, While “Rock Stars” Surfaces Top Talent to the Attention of HR Professionals and Business Leaders
Companies to Deliver Cloud Solutions that Focus on the Continuous Learning, Engagement and Development of the Entire Workforce.
CM Group has added to its Luminosity Mentor range of learning and corporate communications Apps with the addition of Apps for the Windows 8 smartphone and Windows 8 tablet. The new Windows 8 Apps join the rest of the Luminosity Mentor range of Apps to provide flexible, clear and user friendly learning experiences for users. They also incorporate a number of innovative gamification features designed to engage learners and encourage repeat use by learners.
Kineo continues to lead the way in the provision of learning technologies with recognition from the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI). The industry standard Learning Technologies Accreditation has been awarded this month, signifying the high standards Kineo achieves in the provision of its solutions and related services.
Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) works with education and youth practitioners around the country to develop and deliver prevention education programmes. Now Saffron Interactive, a bespoke e-learning provider, is helping AVA to create a new digital prevention portal. This will give practitioners the tools needed to increase the number of prevention programmes delivered to children and young people.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has just launched a brand new learning platform - capable of handling up to 10,000 users.
Kineo, the global learning solutions provider, will demonstrate how it is leading the way in the creation of effective engagement in elearning with a webinar this Tuesday.
Charles Gould, Managing Director at Brightwave, will deliver a presentation on 'Smarter performance - the holy grail of next generation learning' at this year's Learning Live event in London.
e-Learning company Webanywhere is launching an innovative new scheme for secondary schools which will provide students with vital life skills and knowledge.
e-Learning company Webanywhere says the key to being a successful membership organisation is through a ‘sticky’ membership and has produced a guide, for membership organisations, to show how technology can help to achieve this.
European analyst, Elearnity, today launched a new and unique insight into the European (EMEA) learning and talent market . The new Elearnity 9-Grid™ models for Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Bespoke E-learning Development are based on independent analysis and insights from Elearnity’s corporate research network of over 150 organisations including BP, Lloyds Banking Group, Rolls Royce and Vodafone.
NetDimensions announced today that Home Care Institute (HCI) has successfully implemented NetDimensions Talent Suite to power their business of providing training courses in areas such as compliance, leadership, regulation, and disease management to home health and hospice clients. HCI LearnCenter Portal serves more than 40,000 users from home health and hospice client organizations.
LINE’s CEO Piers Lea has been appointed to the board of ELIG, the European Learning Industry Group. The newly appointed board, which will take over from the previous Executive Committee will be led by Fadi A. Khalek, Vice President Higher Education & Applied Learning at Pearson.
Event will feature Caterpillar and Provide Proven Methodologies For Building a Sustainable Content Strategy.
The two companies cooperate to spur innovation for E-Learning solutions: the Speexx online language training solutions are now available and distributed to international clients on Docebo’s Marketplace.
Upside Learning’s official blog, The Upside Learning Blog, which was started in March 2009, reached a new milestone on 15th July 2013 with 1 million views.
Company Continues Bold Innovation in Social, Mobile, Learning and User Engagement to Transform Talent Management – Adoption of Saba Cloud Grows to More Than 11.1 Million Cloud Subscribers.
Upside Learning’s webinar, ‘8 ways to get more out of your LMS’, conducted on 9th July, is now available for viewing online via its You Tube channel and corporate website.
Northumberland County Council has reduced the cost of its training delivery on just one year, thanks to Totara LMS and their work with Totara Platinum Partner Learning Pool.
Organizations who are switching from the old on-site productivity tools to the new generation of cloud-based Google Apps can now leverage Docebo’s training pills for Google Apps to support this change and manage the process to improve their collaborative productivity.
New Five-Year $25 Million Facility Will Support Working Capital and Growth.
Reed Learning, market leaders in the provision of outsourced learning services has chosen Lancaster-based software house accessplanit to implement a training management system capable of automating and improving course booking and administration across its business units.
Cirrus e-learning has been endorsed as a member of the Totara Solution Partner Network, enabling the team to deliver Totara LMS solutions, a Totara hosting infrastructure and full technical support for an enterprise-wide Totara installation. Totara Partners are selected for their ability to deliver complete end-to-end solutions and support the customer after the sale.
A major new study published today, reveals that over two thirds of organisations fail to engage their employees with their compliance learning programmes despite improved engagement being an objective for 98% of participants. Compliance training’s poor reputation was also cited by over half of respondents as negatively impacting the success of their programmes.
Diabetes UK and next generation learning expert Brightwave, together with Bupa, have partnered to create support and resources for people with Type 2 diabetes.
Kineo, the leading learning technology solutions provider, has partnered with global training company, The Oxford Group, in a new research project that reveals the realities of blended learning in organisations in 2013. The initial results will be shared in a webinar taking place on Tuesday 2 July.
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