Themen

Education Growth

Fuse Universal Raises $10 Million Growth Capital

London (UK), June 2015 - Fuse Universal has announced a $10 million growth-capital investment to disrupt the global learning-technology market. Education Growth Partners invested the $10 million to help Fuse bolster traction in the corporate and higher-education markets, expand sales and services operations in London, Cape Town and New York, and accelerate the product roadmap. » MORE

Personnel Changes

New Commercial Director and Expansion in Europe

Lars HylandBrighton (UK), June 2015 - Totara Learning is pleased to announce the appointment of Lars Hyland as Commercial Director, who will lead the global channel partner and business development team. Lars brings extensive experience and expertise in the application of technology to enhance learning and performance within the workplace and education. Lars has held senior business development, marketing, and consulting roles across the eLearning sector and is a well-known and respected member of the learning-and-development community. » MORE

Thaleia™

Disruptive Approach to eLearning Content Creation

Paris (F), June 2015 - Solunea has announced the release of version 5 of the authoring tool Thaleia™. This new version offers a disruptive approach to eLearning content creation. Thaleia™ is a toolbox that allows settling the issue of the creation and the diffusion of training modules and eLearning quizzes in few minutes. » MORE

Trust in eLearning

REHAU Uses M.I.T e-Solutions' SITOS LMS

Friedrichsdorf (GER), June 2015 - REHAU is a leading systems and service provider for polymer-based solutions in the construction, automotive, and manufacturing industries. Based in northern Bavaria, the company has 19,000 employees at 170 sites in more than 50 countries. » MORE

Online Game

Learning More about Sustainable Water Management

Saarbrücken (GER), June 2015 - What will our environment be like in fifty years' time and what impact does our own behavior and climate change have on our everyday lives? A freely available online simulation game now gives those interested a chance to answer these questions by playing the role of a regional advisor for water management. » MORE

Quality Management

EDTRIN Agreement with Torque Recruitment Group

Victoria (AU), June 2015 - EDTRIN Group Ltd has made an agreement with Torque Recruitment Group. The agreement gives EDTRIN access to service the educational and training requirements of Torque's recruitment database of approximately 250,000 candidates, predominantly in Queensland and Western Australia. » MORE

With Jisc

Partner to Deliver xAPI and Moodle Project

London (UK), June 2015 - HT2, a learning-technology specialist, has appointed Webanywhere as its partner for the implementation of a new contract with Jisc. Jisc has selected HT2's open-source learning-record store, Learning Locker, as the foundation of a massively scalable open-learning analytics service for the UK education sector. » MORE

Cloud Approach

IMC Develops Training Concept for a Private Bank

Saarbrücken (GER), June 2015 - Munich-based private bank Bankhaus August Lenz is developing a new further-training concept in partnership with IMC. The aim is to ensure that its employees' ongoing knowledge of constantly evolving regulatory requirements and product developments can quickly and efficiently be brought up to date. The goal of the project was to create an intuitively operable course delivered flexibly on various devices, with an additional central component whereby Bankhaus August Lenz would create the course content itself. » MORE

Learning Support

Kallidus Wins Anglian Water Contract

Rosie Cooper, Training and Development ManagerCirencester (UK), June 2015 - Anglian Water has chosen Kallidus Learning Management System (LMS) to deliver, manage, and track all learning and development initiatives across the organisation. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution will go live during the summer, enabling Anglian Water to manage its training more effectively, streamline reporting, and move to mobile learning in the future. » MORE

xAPI

LearnUpon Introduces Tin Can Support to Its LMS

LearnUpon's CEO, Brendan NoudDublin (IE), June 2015 - LearnUpon, a growing cloud-based learning-management system (LMS), has announced the introduction of support for Tin Can-compliant course content. LearnUpon now supports the launching, tracking, and reporting of Tin Can content, including the shipment of the resulting Tin Can statements to their customers' preferred learning-record store (LRS). » MORE