Themen

'Little's Britain'

Reaching increasingly for tablets

London (UK), October 2012 - (by Bob Little) It seems that the learning community - especially the learning technology community - is always ready to define another way of learning and give it a new name. For example, the last ten months or so has seen the growth in popularity and use of 't-learning' - following the continuing rise in popularity of tablets and e-readers. » MORE

New Position

New Director of Sales to Drive International Expansion

Aberdeen (UK), October 2012 - Atlas, the global provider of interactive learning solutions for the energy industry, has announced the appointment of Kevin Short as Director of Sales. He will lead the global sales teams, a new position developed to deliver increased customer support and service to Atlas's expanding business, based from Aberdeen. » MORE

Best Practise

Addressing Platforms as a Seamless Operation

London (UK), October 2012 - A number of Arab magazines, such as Sayidaty, a women's magazine in the Arab World, part of the Saudi Research and Publishing Group (SRMG), have completed an ambitious newsroom-transformation program using Publish live from KnowledgeView, with publishing to paper, the Web, iPads, mobile phones, and social media as a seamless operation from the program's "Newsroom". » MORE

Yet More Awards

Tata Interactive Systems' Solutions Triumph Once Again

Mumbai (IN), October 2012 -Tata Interactive Systems' unique learning solutions have won four prestigious Brandon Hall awards this year - one Gold award in the category of "Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning", two Silver awards in the category of "Best Use of Games in Learning", and one Bronze award in the category of "Best Custom Content". This is the fourth consecutive year that TIS has won the prestigious Brandon Hall Learning Excellence Awards. » MORE

Government Sales

The Training Associates Adds a Team Member

Westboro, MA (US), October 2012 - The Training Associates, a major provider of learning and development consultants and solutions, has announced the hiring of Trish Arnold as their Government Sales Consultant. » MORE

Xyleme Releases 3.7

Multiple Outputs of the Same Content

Boulder, CO (US), October 2012 - With the increased use of technology for learning, learners are demanding to access their content on the many devices they already use when they want it and customized to their specific wants and needs. In response to these changes and continuing their reputation as an industry leader, Xyleme, Inc. has released a new version of Xyleme LCMS that provides significant improvements in the areas of content personalization, output formats, and usability. » MORE

For the UK and Europe

Upside Learning Appoints Director of Client Solutions

Pune (IN), October 2012 - With a view to establishing closer communications with its clients and strengthening its reach in the overseas market, Upside Learning recently welcomed Alan Samuel, former head of UK operations at Tata Interactive Systems, as Director of Client Solutions for the UK and Europe. Alan will head Upside Learning's offshore Europe and UK market to manage and promote the company's award-winning suite of eLearning solutions and services. » MORE

Sector-specific

Learning Nexus Launches a Housing Course

London (UK), October 2012 - Learning Nexus, an eLearning content producer in the UK, has released a course for the housing sector. It is the first of a projected series of sector-specific eLearning courses. The release follows the findings of a customer survey. » MORE

Tin Can

The Next Generation of SCORM

Rome (I), October 2012 - "Tin Can" is the next-generation learning objects standard after SCORM. Docebo, a global eLearning solutions provider, now gives the opportunity to try this innovative standard, thanks to the recently released Docebo Cloud learning-management system. » MORE

Asia-Pacific region

Atlas Launches IMIST in Three New Languages

Aberdeen (UK), October 2012 - Learning provider Atlas has announced three new translations of its IMIST programme, now available in nine languages. International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) is now available in Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian, which will support the roll out of the global standard in safety across the world. » MORE