Themen

Performance Support

Mobile Learning Technology Gets a Boost

Sestri Levante (IT), July 2011 - eXact learning solutions presented the new Android version of its "eXact Mobile" solution - which is also available for the Blackberry, iPad and iPhone device series - at the mLearnCon 2011 conference in San Jose, California, on 21 and 22 June. » MORE

Future Trends

Who Else Wants a Photovoltaic Wi-fi Charger?

Edinburgh (SCO), July 2011 - Dr. Zara Dobson has been exploring a brand-new technology to maintain the battery packs of wi-fi gadgets. During the last couple of years, she has paid attention to information about wireless charging mats and maintains that the world of wi-fi charging is getting ready to bust wide open! » MORE

Video Conferencing

Presence and Ad-hoc Meetings with WorkSpace3D 4.0

Montpellier (FR), July 2011 - Tixeo has announced WorkSpace3D 4.0, which is a major milestone in its long-term strategy of delivering an alternative unified communication solution to products such as Microsoft Lync or Skype. By integrating both presence and ad-hoc meetings features, WorkSpace3D makes collaboration over video conference easier and more efficient. » MORE

Support of the Disabled

SkillSoft Wins ARPCT Business Partner Award

Nashua, NH (USA), June 2011 - SkillSoft, a SaaS provider of eLearning and performance-support solutions for business, government, and education has announced its recognition as the 2011 Outstanding Business Partner Award by the Association of Rehabilitation Programs in Computer Technology (ARPCT). » MORE

Professional Development

Transforming Pharmacy eLearning with Webanywhere

Leeds (UK), June 2011 - Mediapharm, a UK pharmacy-education company, has selected Webanywhere to deliver an open-source Totara LMS technology transformation for CPDEasy.com, its web-based managed learning service for pharmacy training, development, and product knowledge. » MORE

Updating Skills

Businesses Struggle to Capitalise on Economic Recovery

London (UK), June 2011 - The majority of senior management agree on a pressing need to educate their employees for future growth. Yet many companies are failing to deliver the right training as a result of budget cuts and lacking resources. As a solution to these challenges, blended learning provider Redtray has created ALTO Online. » MORE

Accelerating Growth

Upside Learning Announces New Partnership Programme

Pune (IN), June 2011 - Upside Learning has announced its new comprehensive partnership programme intended to accelerate partner growth and profitability for its Learning Management System - UpsideLMS and its platform for mobile learning - Upside2Go. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Maslow's hierarchy of needs; porn, and poker

London (UK), June 2011 - (by Bob Little) Speaking at a conference for members of Frost & Sullivan's Global community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL), held at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in north London in May, Andrew Lamb, a Director of Appropedia (a wiki which focuses on sustainability issues), argued that 'web 2.0' has encouraged new forms of social interaction and collaboration. He added that firms have learned to exploit social media by using fun or viral notions to take advantage of people's innate desire to gather and interact with each other and pass along interesting bits of information. » MORE

Wireless Sensor

Applying New Technology in Art Work Preservation

New York, NY (USA), June 2011 - IBM and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have announced the successful installation of a new wireless environmental sensor network at the Museum called Low-Power Mote. The system will help preserve the works of art in its world-renowned, encyclopedic collection. » MORE

Learning English

goFLUENT Offers New Resources and Receives Praise

Geneva (CH), June 2011 - goFLUENT, a provider of distance Business English training, now offers New York Times News Syndicate (NYTNS) videos and Harvard Business Review articles as resources on its eLearning platform. The firm was named as one of the top online providers of English language- learning materials by the French website "Pour Se Former". » MORE