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Corporate eLearning
New Version of IMC Process-Guidance Suite Now Available
Saarbruecken (GER), September 2014 - Electronic performance support, micro-learning, informal learning, all of these words are associated with performance support and illustrate the increasing demand for IT solutions in this area. Business Process Guidance includes these concepts and provides a solution for decision makers looking to guide their users through complex business processes and IT landscapes in a context-sensitive, application-specific and role-specific way. IMC has now upgraded its performance-support software to offer exactly this service. » MORE
Free Compliance MOOC
Saarbrücken (GER)/ London (UK), September 2014 - eLearning software and content provider IMC (UK) Learning has launched a new Massive Open Online Course specifically aimed at those who are new to or already working in the UK financial-services-compliance sector. The MOOC is a free and interactive approach to compliance learning that has been created as a result of both the increased expectations on those who occupy controlled functions and the rising fines imposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on individuals and firms who breach the ever-increasing laws and regulations. » MORE
New Low-Tech Tool Promises to Help L&D Managers
Warwickshire (UK), September 2014 - The Learning Live conference is often associated with the latest learning technologies, but one exhibitor this year was advocating a positively low-tech alternative. Business psychologists Work Positive was showcasing their new "At my best®" strengths cards at this year's event, where they explained why this physical product can be even more impactful than online assessments. » MORE
UNISON Launches Online Learning Community
Brightwave (UK), September 2014 - UNISON, one of the UK's largest trade unions and Europe's largest public-service union, has launched a new online learning community using Brightwave's award-winning total learning system "tessello". Unveiled for the first time at their National Delegate Conference in June, where delegates from across the union came together to decide the union's policies and priorities, Organising Space has been launched as the union's new, pioneering secure social-learning microsite exclusively for activists and staff. » MORE
Docebo Named in the Learning-Portal-Companies Watch List
Naples (I), September 2014 - Within days of having been named on the shortlist of this year's eLearning Age Awards in the UK, in the "best learning-management system (LMS) implementation" category, Docebo has also been named on the 2014 Learning-Portal- Companies Watch List. » MORE
Thales Improves Standards in Training
Crawley (UK), September 2014 - The Learning & Performance Institute, the industry standard body for learning and development professionals, is pleased to announce that Thales Learning & Development (TLD) has entered its tenth year as an accredited learning provider. » MORE
Skillsoft Acquires SumTotal Systems
Dublin (IR)/Nashua, NH (USA), September 2014 - Skillsoft Limited, a pioneer in technology-delivered learning solutions, has announced that its subsidiary, Skillsoft Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of SumTotal Systems, LLC from affiliates of Vista Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. » MORE
IMC among the Top 20 Learning-Portal Companies
Saarbruecken (GER) / Melbourne (AU), September 2014 - For the second year in a row, IMC AG has been selected as one of TrainingIndustry.com's "Top 20 Learning-Portal Companies" for IMC Learning Suite, its learning-management system. TrainingIndustry.com releases this list each year as part of their commitment to continuous monitoring of the training marketplace for the best providers of training services and technology. » MORE
An Inspiring Visually Impaired Entrepreneur
Cardiff (UK), September 2014 - Daniel Williams has launched new training and consultancy to bring awareness of visual impairment to the world. The young man from Cardiff has used his personal experience of living with a visual impairment to start his own business, which aims to support organisations in catering to the needs of visually impaired customers. » MORE
No Zero-Day Thanks to Blended Learning
Friedrichsdorf (GER), September 2014 - The Augsburg diocese has avoided problems related to Microsoft's termination of support and security updates for Windows XP and Office 2003 by migrating to Windows 7 and Office 2010. The ambitious goal was that 2,500 employees should be capable of using the new versions without interruption and with the same level of productivity as soon as the technical migration was completed in the first half of 2014. The challenge included the fact that the diocese has a large regional presence, with 23 deaneries in many locations. » MORE
