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Conshohocken, PA (USA), April 2017 - Advantexe Learning Solutions, an award-winning global leader in business simulation-centric learning, has announced the launch of a new and innovative digital board game business simulation called The Drivers of Business Performance™. » MORE

Essen (GER) / Luzern (CH), April 2017 - E.ON is one of the world’s largest energy providers. It was founded in Essen, Germany in 2000 and has over 40,000 employees worldwide. Due to the current energy transition and legislative changes in Germany, E.ON is undergoing structural and operational changes. Its employees now face the challenge of having to keep up with the transformation. getAbstract, with its concise and up-to-date business summaries, has been an important companion through the transition. » MORE

Saarbrücken (GER), April 2017 - What’s the use of further education if there is too much information within course units and if the bulk of what is learnt is immediately forgotten? Information that will not be quickly and practically applied in the real world will shortly fall victim to the human short-term memory. » MORE

Hong Kong (HK), April 2017 - NetDimensions has appointed Bill Mastin, a learning-technology veteran, as its new Senior Vice President for Global Sales. » MORE

London (UK), April 2017 - PurpleMedia joins Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme in order to help learning teams reap increased agility and engagement through the provision of evidence-based research. In today’s technology-driven environment, businesses have to become increasingly agile and tech-savvy to ensure they are engaging their learners and retaining their talent. However, whilst 80% of businesses cite digital transformation as a priority, only 35% have a "clearly defined" strategy. » MORE

London (UK), April 2017 – Blackboard Inc. has announced that it was awarded the framework contract for the provision of virtual learning environment (VLE) solutions and services to Scottish institutions by APUC (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) Limited, the procurement centre of expertise for all of Scotland’s universities and colleges.  » MORE

Washington, D.C. (USA), April 2017 - EVERFI, Inc., a leading education-technology innovator, has announced the acquisition of online compliance-training company Workplace Answers. The acquisition expands EVERFI's commitment to solving complex prevention and workforce challenges through interactive, scalable education solutions. » MORE

Walldorf (GER), April 2017 - Machine learning, autonomous agents, and engineer-to-order processes with 3D printing will feature prominently in SAP’s Open Integrated Factory at the Hannover Messe 2017. Away from mass production to ever smaller quantities and more individualized, increasingly autonomous manufacturing — these are the aims of the Open Integrated Factory, which SAP is demonstrating in a showcase at this year’s Hannover Messe. » MORE

Genoa (I), April 2017 - Digital-learning-content-management provider eXact learning solutions will be showcasing its range of content-lifecycle-care solutions at NextSteps 2017. NextSteps is the EMEA user conference for customers of the talent-management-software provider, NetDimensions. Taking place at London’s Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, 10-11 May, the event is co-sponsored by Speexx, Dreamtek, and eXact learning solutions. » MORE

Genoa (I), April 2017 - ATD 2017 visitors will be the first people in the USA to explore the latest version of eXact learning solutions’ learning-content-management system (LCMS). The Italy-based digital-learning-content-management business-solutions producer can be found at Booth 1841 at this year’s ATD Conference and Exposition.  » MORE

Berlin (GER), April 2017 - Turnitin, a leading online resource for learning and writing - and combatting plagiarism - is one of the major sponsors of the OEB MidSummit in Reykjavik, Iceland, this June. MidSummit brings together leading experts, thinkers, innovators, and practitioners from North America and Europe to examine and discuss the future of learning. » MORE

London (UK), April 2017 – Ten leading London-based education-technology organisations are joining forces to launch the first London EdTech Week, 19-23 June 2017. The organisations are EdtechXGlobal; British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA); EdTech Exchange; Google for Education; The EdTech Podcast; Emerge Education; Nesta; TES Global; University College London (UCL) Institute of Education; and UK Education Weekly. » MORE

Hamburg (GER), April 2017 - The ELIG Conference Series is moving to Denmark, recently ranked number one in the European Commission’s 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index. Under the theme "Hack the Educational Future", ELIG will cover the latest trends in digitization and cognitive computing.  » MORE

Saratoga Springs, NY (USA), April 2017 - Every day, workers in corporations around the world attend classes, participate in eLearning, and are mentored on the job. Learning 2017, a global gathering of learning professionals taking place in Orlando this October, is reaching out to emerging leaders in this field with its eighth annual 30 Under 30 Program. » MORE

Brussels (BE), April 2017 - As the keynote and speaker list steadily expands, WLS 2017 offers an event of the highest order to meet and discuss the latest learning innovations. The World Learning Summit will highlight the challenge of open educational resources in an age of accelerated development of new learning technologies. WLS 2017 is organized in collaboration among the University of Agder (Norway), the Norwegian Business School, the Open University of the Netherlands, and the Stanford University HStar Institute.  » MORE