Themen

Growth across Europe

KPN Leverages Saba to Improve Competitiveness

Bracknell (UK), July 2013 - Saba, the provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, working with cloud partner Bloomville, has announced that KPN, a Dutch telecommunications and internet and communications technology (ICT) service provider, is leveraging the Saba Unified Learning Management Suite to standardise and optimise the training and development of its workforce. » MORE

Immersive Environment

Simulation-Based Training from Raytheon and MSC

Dallas, TX (USA), July 2013 - Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, has announced that Simulation-Based Training - its solution developed jointly with Medical Simulation Corporation (MSC) - has earned the exclusive endorsement of the American Hospital Association (AHA). Simulation-Based Training will be available to the AHA's member hospitals and care organizations. » MORE

Easier and More Secure

Questionmark LTI Connector Enables Integration

Norwalk, CT (USA), July 2013 - Integration between the Questionmark® OnDemand assessment-management system and a wide range of learning-management systems is now easier and more secure thanks to the new LTI Connector for Questionmark OnDemand. With the connector, instructors and administrators who use Questionmark OnDemand to create, deliver, and report on quizzes, tests, exams, and surveys can use an LTI-compliant learning-management system to make these assessments available to their students. » MORE

Reviewed by Users

neuTrain Launches Innovative Content-Sharing Platform

Lucy Standing, neuTrain volunteerLondon (UK), July 2013 - Backed by industry experts, neutrain is a not-for-profit community of professionals who share their training materials on line. Their aim is to increase the efficiency of the training world by reducing the reproduction of materials and to increase accessibility to training content by removing cost. Now neuTrain has announced the launch of an innovative online platform where training professionals worldwide share courses, presentations, and other learning materials. New for the learning industry: materials are reviewed by users, following the YouTube model, offering contributors a wide audience of content feedback. » MORE

UserTesting.com

The Four most Common Mistakes Made by Mobile Apps

Mountain View, CA (USA), July 2013 - The transition to mobile is a bigger challenge than most companies realize. Many mistakenly apply the same design and business practices they learned in the desktop computing world to their mobile apps and sites. As a result, they frequently waste large amounts of time and money as they struggle to succeed in mobile. » MORE

Early-Stage Education

$50 Million Education-Focused Venture Fund

River Grove, IL (USA), July 2013 - Follett Corporation has announced the establishment of the Follett Knowledge Fund, a capital-funding source for new technologies that have the potential to improve and even disrupt the way educational content is delivered and consumed. Follett has committed $50 million to the fund, which complements and extends the company's extensive portfolio of digital solutions and tools. » MORE

Rollout

Jurys Inn's learners continue to "Grow" with Totara

London (UK), July 2013 - Jurys Inn is a hotel chain with over 1,900 employees working in a busy 24/7 environment in 35 locations across the UK and Ireland. With a growing distributed workforce comprising a young demographic, comprehensive and engaging learning was key to success. The rollout of Totara LMS across the organisation has had a dramatic impact: reduced payroll costs associated with learning and 1,840 users successfully trained through a blended program. » MORE

No Plugin

A Revolutionary New Video-communication Tool

TixeoMontpellier (F), June 2013 - Tixeo has revealed a new video-communication tool totally different from what's been seen before. Helleo promises to be the world's fastest communication tool, as well as the easiest to use. The icing on the cake is that Helleo runs in an HTML5 web browser with no plugin! » MORE

Now Available

Free IMC White Paper on Social Business-process Guidance

Saarbrücken (GER), June 2013 - Training experts such as the renowned blogger Jane Hart regard social-workplace learning as the logical consequence of traditional eLearning concepts. In its current white paper, IMC addresses the question of what social learning actually means and how the concept can be implemented within the framework of informal training measures. » MORE

Docebo Helps

From Classroom Training to Online Learning Programs

Naples (I), June 2013 - Docebo and Trinity Mirror have presented a best practice that syndicates the value of learning-management systems and how eLearning can support quality and customized programs for learners across the UK. It proves the benefits provided by a cloud-based LMS like Docebo, which include learners being able to reach their educational and informational resources anywhere via the Internet and from any device. For Trinity Mirror, it means a tangible competitive advantage to support blended trainings. » MORE