Themen

Virtual Training

A Very Scalable Solution

Seattle, WA (USA), November 2015 - Skytap, Inc., a provider of on-demand environments as a service (EaaS), has announced that GE Healthcare, Informatica, and Schneider Electric have successfully deployed Skytap's training solution to increase the effectiveness of their training programs and collaboration across global teams. Skytap's comprehensive virtual training-labs solution has seen strong adoption in the market as it helps these and many other companies deliver a highly scalable hands-on software learning experience, improve performance of employees and partners, and drive overall business success. » MORE

The Training Foundation

New Global Director for Policing Appointed

David AnnetsLondon (UK), November 2015 - The Training Foundation is delighted to welcome David Annets, who joined the team as Global Director for the Policing sector on 02 November 2015. David comes with a fantastic pedigree, with over thirty years in policing, the last four of which have been spent in learning and development closely associated to the College of Policing Ryton and delivering senior management and leadership programmes across the globe. David first became aware of the Training Accreditation Programme (TAP) after experiencing two excellent training events first hand, which gave him an excellent knowledge base plus many practical skills and templates to use in his role as International Police Advisor. » MORE

Serious Games

Saffron Interactive again a Top 20 Gamification Company

London (UK), November 2015 - Saffron Interactive has held its position on the Top 20 Gamification Companies list since the award's inception. Its commitment to behavioural learning experiences has resulted in serious games that drive business performance. » MORE

Learning Suite

gomo learning Announces New Global Clients

Brighton (UK), November 2015 - gomo learning, a multi-device authoring suite, has announced a range of new global clients across the finance, technology, professional services, automotive, and travel industries. » MORE

Video Educa Tech Lab

Transforming Passive Watchers into Active Learners

Sónia HetznerErlangen/Nürnberg (GER), December 2015 - The Video EDUCA Tech Lab will introduce two distinct concepts related to interactive videos: best practices and working with available tools. Sónia Hetzner - senior researcher, project manager, social scientist, and pedagogy expert - will demonstrate the added value of the interaction between the two in the learning process. The session, VID20 takes place Thursday, 03 December from 14:15-15:45 and will be repeated on Friday, 04 December. » MORE

Learner-Centric

Promises for Open Badges and e-Portfolios

Eric RousselleOulu (FI), December 2015 - Eric Rousselle is CEO at Discendum and has contributed to the development of online learning solutions in both the academic and corporate worlds for over two decades. His topic at OEB will be "Open Badge Passport - Reinventing the ePortfolio with Open Badges" in the session on Friday, 04 December2015 from 16:30 to 17:30. » MORE

P4G Business Game

One on One: The Player against the Machine

Stefano MenonMilano (I), November 2015 - Stefano Menon, from the Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, will present "PLAY4GUIDANCE: A New Way to Evaluation and Guidance through Business Games". The session in which Stefano will participate at OEB answers the question "Student + Gamification = Engagement?". The meeting (SOL53) takes place Friday, 04 December 2015 from 14:15 to 15:30. » MORE

Best Recommendation

SPOCS: Specific Private Online Courses

Nick van Dam Ph.D. Amsterdam (NL), December 2015 - Nick van Dam Ph.D. is Global Chief Learning Officer at McKinsey & Company. He is an internationally recognized consultant, author, and speaker, as well as the founder of the eLearning for Kids Foundation and a thought leader on corporate learning and leadership development. At OEB 2015, he will speak on Friday, 04 December in the session "MOOCs at Work" from 12:00 to 13:30. » MORE

IMS

Newly Released Caliper Educational Analytics Standard

Lake Mary, FL (USA), November 2015 - IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS Global), a leader in EdTech interoperability and impact, has announced that nine EdTech products have achieved conformance certification to the newly released Caliper Analytics™ standard, the world's first interoperability standard for educational click stream data. » MORE