Themen

To Go for Growth

New Office Launch of eComScotland

Dunfermline (UK), November 2012 - eCom staff accompanied by clients have celebrated the company's new office launch at Dickson Street. Clive Shepherd, a well-known learning technologist, was the guest speaker for the afternoon and provided thought-provoking insight into the future of learning and collaboration. » MORE

Auction

Interactive Telemedicine Communication System for Sale

San Francisco, CA (US), November 2012 - ICAP Patent Brokerage has announced an auction for a telemedicine consultation system from Medcom Technology Associates, Inc. This interactive, remote medical-services solution covers consultation components including patient identification, communication, and payment. This lot will be included in the seventeenth ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on 29 November 2012, at The Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, CA. » MORE

Partnership

Cegos Opens up to the Brazilian Market

Paris (F), November 2012 - Cegos has continued its international expansion by concluding a new distribution partnership for its range of off-the-shelf eLearning solutions. The contract signed with Affero, one of South America's biggest blended-learning organisations, gives Cegos a foothold in the Brazilian market. » MORE

Multisided

Mpro Mobile Apps Increase Efficiency of Care

Kent (UK), November 2012 - A new breed of mobile healthcare apps for nursing and self-care of patients with chronic conditions promises to improve efficiency, patient safety, and disease management. mpro is used to schedule home visits by community nurses and allows nurses to report a range of patient checks and treatment via mobile devices, reducing form filling and giving managers and clinicians a complete view of nurse activity and patient information. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

No laughing matter

London (UK), November 2012 - (by Bob Little) Online learning materials developers may shy away from injecting humour into their programmes because one person's humour may be deeply offensive to others. What starts as an attempt at humour can breach the bounds of political correctness and, far from achieving its learning objective, produces unlooked for adverse consequences for both the programme's producer and its buyer. » MORE

Business Collaboration

Ventana Research Technology Innovation Awards

Bracknell (UK), November 2012 - Saba, a premier provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, has announced that its social enterprise platform, Saba People Cloud, has received the Business Collaboration Award as part of the first Technology Innovation Awards from Ventana Research. The awards recognize technology vendors that have introduced innovations in technology to advance business and information technology (IT). » MORE

Workplace Learning

As Close to the Realities of the Job Role as Possible

Dundee (UK), November 2012 - Keith Quinn has worked in learning and development for over twenty years. Currently, he is working as a Development Manager for the Scottish Social Services Council. The title of his presentation at ONLINE EDUCA is "Going Mobile: Comparing Outcomes of Technology-Enhanced Situated Learning with Classroom Approaches to Workforce Development". In his research, he has come up with a lot of interesting answers to what appear to be quite basic questions. » MORE

Cloud eLearning Platform

Docebo Learning Management System on YouTube

Milan (I)/Las Vegas, NV (US) - Aiming at online training simplification, the Docebo Cloud learning-management system is designed to address the training needs of any kind or size of business. Due to its double interface, this LMS offers a simplified view for small to mid-sized companies, as well as an advanced dashboard for more complex enterprise-training projects. » MORE

Mobile Learning

Digital Learning Library for SMEs

London (UK), November 2012 - Skill Pill M-Learning (SPML), a pioneer in mobile learning, has announced the launch of its "Kiosk" service, which provides SMEs with quick and easy self-service access to its library of over 120 Skill Pills. Skill Pills are succinct learning videos designed for mobile devices. » MORE

IMC and Consulo Oy

Cooperation for Software Training in Finland

Sevenoaks (FI) / Saarbrücken (GER), November 2012 - IMC AG, with its headquarters in Saarbrücken, Germany, and the Finnish company Consulo Oy have announced that they will work together as partners in the future, offering software training to the Finnish market. As an experienced specialist in software implementation, Consulo will be incorporating LIVECONTEXT, the performance-support system developed by IMC, into its product portfolio, thus offering its clients even better support with the implementation of new applications. » MORE