Themen

Expansion

Know How! Goes China

Lorenz MuckStuttgart (GER), October 2014 - Know How! AG opened its first office in Beijing's Chaoyang District in September 2014, with a Chinese team consisting of three employees. The overall aim is to provide eLearning in proven quality to the Chinese market. CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Lorenz Muck, Manager of International Development and General Manager Know How Beijing Co. Ltd, about the expansion into the Far East. » MORE

Frost & Sullivan

Mobile Telehealth Offers a "Doctor in Your Pocket"

Mountain View, CA (USA), October 2014 - The telehealth industry is on the verge of a dramatic growth surge significantly disrupting the healthcare sector in North America. With millions of new patients entering the U.S. healthcare system due to the Affordable Care Act, escalating demand coupled with the lack of easy access to health professionals will strengthen the market for telehealth services. » MORE

Charity Aims

Learn Appeal Announces Appointment of New CEO

Lesley PriceBrighton (UK), October 2014 - Learn Appeal, the eLearning industry charity, has announced the appointment of Lesley Price as its new Chief Executive. A veteran with over thirty years' experience, Price will lead on stakeholder engagement, creating awareness and fundraising initiatives across the learning community to support educational causes worldwide. » MORE

Central Place to Engage

The Learning Professional Network

Coventry (UK), October 2014 - The Learning & Performance Institute (LPI) is excited to announce the launch of a new social network for learning professionals. The Learning Professional Network, or simply LPN, will replace the previous thetrainingprofessionalnetwork.com with a more updated style, fully responsive for modern browsers and mobile devices. » MORE

For eLearning Projects

Upside Learning Launches Multi-device Testing Lab

Pune/Maharashtra (IN), October 2014 - In line with the growing need for multi-device learning and the unique challenges encountered in its testing, Upside Learning has launched a full-fledged lab for multi-device testing. » MORE

Against Abuse

New Digital Prevention Platform

London (UK), October 2014 - Saffron Interactive, innovators in the learning-technologies sector, working alongside AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) in a Comic Relief-funded project, has created a Digital Prevention Platform and eLearning course to help practitioners take the correct steps to safeguard children who disclose instances of abuse and implement a whole school approach to prevent violence against women and girls. » MORE

In Australia and Germany

EdTrIn Prepares for Stock Market Listing

Victoria (AU), October 2014 - Following the success of technology companies listing on the Australian National Stock Exchange (NSX), EdtrIn Group, a platform for online education, is preparing for listing on this exchange. » MORE

Talent Management

Saba Announces New Patents

Redwood Shores, CA (USA), October 2014 - Saba, an international provider of cloud-based intelligent talent management, has announced that it has secured three new patents. They are in the areas of social network influence analysis, offline learning access, and enterprise-wide security control. » MORE

Extensive Experience

PebblePad's Expansion Boosted by New Consultant

John CouperthwaiteTelford, Shropshire (UK), October 2014 - As PebblePad goes from strength to strength, it has recruited a new consultant to help further drive growth. John Couperthwaite joins from the University of Birmingham, where he spent fifteen years and led a technology-enhanced-learning team at the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. » MORE

One-Word Reaction

New Social Media Platform Qwikword Launched

Gianmarco CrismaleNew York, NY (USA), October 2014 - The unveiling of the new social media app, Qwikword, which is based on one-word immediate reactions to visual stimuli, has taken place from the company's corporate offices in New York City. Qwikword, an instantaneously engaging application that provides users with "sparks", a continuous stream of visual stimuli in the form of pictures, videos, and the best of the web as prompts for one-word immediate reactions. These words, called Qwikwords, become the catalyst for linking the global community. » MORE