Themen

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

Prototypes

New Japanese Massage Mouse for Fatigued Computer Users

Tokyo (JP), October 2012 - Inspired by the large number of computer users suffering from painful symptoms of computer fatigue, Art Factory has blended the latest mouse and massager technologies into an innovative mouse that feels just as good in your hand as it does on your body. » MORE

Help for Public Sector

New Complaints-Handling eLearning for SPSO

Belfast (UK), October 2012 - Aurion Learning has been working with the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) to develop a complaints-handling eLearning programme and virtual learning portal for local authorities and public-sector organisations in Scotland. » MORE

Brandon Hall

Silver Award in "Best in Compliance Training"

Saarbrücken (GER), October 2012 - IMC AG and the Swiss insurance company Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft AG have been presented with the Brandon Hall Silver Award for a jointly implemented compliance-training project on the subject of the prevention of money laundering. The winners of this silver award in the "Best in Compliance Training" category were announced. » MORE

Social Storytelling

New applications for eBooks by Apps

Hamburg (GER), September 2012 - With their first iPad app, the German start-up company Frankbooks enables users to communicate with other readers, as well as with the author or a particular character from the novel via an integrated Facebook plugin. » MORE

Learning Suite

Kenexa Releases the Industry's First Social LMS

Wayne, PA (US), September 2012 - The learning space is reinventing itself as formal training for the workforce moves toward collaborative, social-learning-based solutions, according to a recent Bersin & Associates research report. Kenexa has released the first learning suite that incorporates an enterprise-grade social-learning management system (LMS). » MORE