Themen

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

Brandon Hall Awards

Gold for Best in Competencies and Skill Development

Chennai (IN), October 2012 - Emantras has won a coveted Brandon Hall Gold Award for excellence in the Competencies and Skill Development category. Emantras received the award together with Lufthansa Technical Training for designing and developing an eLearning course. The course was specifically designed to provide self-paced, supplemental learning on helicopter aerodynamics, structures, and systems for apprentices employed at aviation companies. » MORE

Northern Ireland

Dr. Maureen Murphy Nominated for Leadership Award

Belfast (UK), October 2012 - Aurion Learning is very pleased to have its Managing Director, Maureen Murphy, shortlisted in the Outstanding Leadership/Management Category of the Women in Business NI Awards 2012. This award goes to the leader/manager who has demonstrated exceptional vision and leadership in business. » MORE

Success Story

Continued Growth and New Office Space for Brightwave

Brighton (UK), October 2012 - Workplace learning specialist Brightwave has reported 41% growth in a year that has also seen new business increase by more than 42%. The success has been celebrated with expansion into 5000 sq ft of additional office space, designed by leading build specialists Minton Young. » 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

Infrastructure Solution

Serco Enlists Redstone for UK Training Centre

London (UK), October 2012 - A £200,000 Redstone IP network and digital AV solution sourced by Serco has gone live at major UK training centre, driving improvements in learning and future proofing the facility for a range of IP applications. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Capitalising on the changing demand for eLearning

London (UK), October 2012 - (by Bob Little) Many commentators and analysts agree that, increasingly over the last few years, the training industry has been changing. Among other things, organisations are turning to blended learning - a mixture of instructor-delivered and technology-delivered learning - to make training solutions more effective, affordable and sustainable. In particular, the growth in "mobile technology" is increasingly prompting mobile learning materials to be added to the "traditional" blended learning mix. » MORE