Themen

Key Issues

What to Know about mLearning

Santa Rosa, CA (USA), March 2012 - As consumers acquire more and more mobile technology, they are pushing organizations to deliver information and services via that technology. Yet not all information and services are appropriate. In an article in the online publication Learning Solutions, Anita Rosen, president of ReadyGo, Inc. compared the pros and cons. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Sex, drugs and social media

London (UK), March 2012 - (by Bob Little) No - this headline does not refer to The Learning Awards, a glittering evening held to honour those in the learning world, which was held at the Dorchester Hotel in London in February and attracted the corporate learning world's great, good and glitzy. These were the first annual Learning Awards but, oddly enough, they were also the 16th annual awards. The previous 15 events had been held under the auspices of the Institute of IT Training which, last year, morphed into the more ubiquitous, charismatic and, frankly, relevant Learning and Performance Institute. » MORE

Free Reading

eBooks Made Simple

London (UK), March 2012 - Bookboon.com is turning the US book market upside down with free eBooks. In 2012, Bookboon.com aims to reach a market share of over ten percent in the USA. » MORE

Code Free

Creating Apps with Rich Content

Barcelona (ES), March 2012 - The Spanish company Aquafadas has made its Digital Publishing System compatible with its HTML5 animation-creation application MotionComposer. » MORE

Oil and Gas Industry

OPITO's IMIST Becomes Safety Standard

Houston, TX (USA), March 2012 - For the first time, OPITO, in cooperation with the oil and gas industry, has developed an online global standardized level of basic safety training that will reach an estimated 1.5 million people employed in exploration and production activities of oil and gas worldwide. » MORE

Social Media

MindLeaders Launches Online Marketing Training App

London (UK), March 2012 - eLearning company MindLeaders has released a new training app for businesses on Facebook. Developed in cooperation with Facebook, the app shows how to succeed in building brand awareness through word-of-mouth marketing on the social network. » MORE

Certification

COLF Celebrates Its First Birthday

Coventry (UK), March 2012 - Launched in January 2011 by The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), the Certified Online Learning Facilitator (COLF) course has enjoyed unprecedented success, with hundreds of trainers achieving the certification in the last twelve months. » MORE

Online Courses

Free Guides for Learning Design

Bristol (UK), March 2012 - Developing great online learning is driven by great design. WillowDNA is currently publishing five free guides to help learning professionals to plan, develop, and launch online learning in just five days. » MORE

Language Learning

goFLUENT Enters Mobile Market

Geneva (CH), March 2012 - goFLUENT, a provider of business English via distance learning has launched its Business English Training iPhone app. This app, which has been approved by Apple and is now available on Apple's App Store, is the mobile version of its eLearning portal for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. » MORE

Bring On Video!

TechSmith Introduces New Versions of Snagit

Okemos, MI (USA), March 2012 - Packed with the easy-to-use yet powerful screen-capture and recording functionality, TechSmith has released Snagit 11 for Windows and Snagit 2 for Mac. Both versions provide users with the ability to communicate ideas faster and more effectively. » MORE