Themen

'Little's Britain'

The UK's sports world embraces eLearning

London (UK), May 2011 - (by Bob Little) We're used to industries such as financial services and pharmaceuticals using eLearning to reduce the cost of staff learning and development; make it more available on demand; help meet regulatory/compliance obligations, and even help maintain competitive advantage through improved product knowledge and efficiency. » MORE

Talent Management

Totara Announces Roadmap for New Features

Wellington (NZ), May 2011 - The roadmap of Totara LMS, the open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle, is now out for consultation with partners and subscribers and includes new talent-management modules to manage appraisals. It also includes 360 feedback and an exciting new program-management feature to create learning paths, mandatory learning, and recurring learning requirements. » MORE

Ready to Grow

UK Business Missing Out on Efficiency Gains

London (UK), May 2011 - Heads of UK learning companies contend that as cuts-ridden Britain emerges from recession, it is missing out on a potential source of significant cost savings and efficiency gains because of outdated attitudes to training among top management. » MORE

Business Competitiveness

Learning Technologies Must Play Crucial Role

Brighton (UK), May 2011 - Brightwave has launched a new series of videos featuring leading figures from the world of workplace learning to share success stories and lessons learned. The videos also explore how learning technologies can support fast-changing business practices in the next decade. » MORE

Informal Learning

Shortlist of Five Myths

Den Bosch (NL), May 2011 - Bob Mosher, Chief Learning and Strategy Evangelist at LearningGuide Solutions, is helping L&D professionals to understand how to approach implementing the right informal learning strategy for their workplace. "I'd like to share some myths I've encountered when trying to intentionally implement a successful informal learning strategy", says Mosher. » MORE

Expansion

digital publishing Launches New Office in London

Munich (GER)/London (UK), May 2011 - digital publishing, a provider of online language-training courseware, has announced the opening of a new office in London that will offer the full range of dp's corporate language training services throughout the UK. digital publishing's expansion into the UK market is a natural step in the company's continuing international growth. » MORE

Growth

GP Strategies Acquires Ultra Training

Elkridge, MD (USA), May 2011 - GP Strategies Corporation, the corporate parent of global performance-improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), has announced that GP's wholly owned subsidiary General Physics (UK) Ltd. has acquired Ultra Training Ltd, an independent skills-training provider located in the United Kingdom. » MORE

Put to Good Use

Articulate Suite Training and Absorb LMS Widely Adopted

Hemel Hempstead (UK)/Montreal, QC (CA), May 2011 - Omniplex, a provider of eLearning solutions, has reported rising levels of demand for its training courses on the use of Articulate rapid authoring tools. Omniplex has further announced the success of the Absorb LMS, employed by the academy of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) to help satisfy road-transport training needs around the world. » MORE

Merger

SuccessFactors Acquires Plateau

San Mateo, CA (USA), May 2011 - SuccessFactors has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Plateau, the leading learning-management system (LMS), a Next Generation Portal technology, and CaaS - content as a service. This acquisition forms a symbiotic combination with SuccessFactors-˜ acquisition of social video mobile learning provider Jambok. » MORE

Research Findings

Further Education Boosts Economy by £75 Billion

London (UK), May 2011 - Further education participants generate an additional £75bn for the economy over their lifetimes, with apprenticeships generating around £40 for each pound of government investment, new research shows. The study, commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, examines the economic value generated by Government-funded post-nineteen qualifications. » MORE