Themen

Community Support

Global Knowledge Runs for Evie

Wokingham (UK), March 2011 - A team from the IT-training organisation Global Knowledge have run the Wokingham half marathon to raise money for a two-year-old little girl suffering from quadriplegia cerebral palsy. In a bid to meet the target and fund Evie's treatment, Global Knowledge has promised to match whatever the team raises. » MORE

Growth Strategy

Upside Learning Appoints Sales Director in London

Pune (IN), March 2011 - Upside Learning, experts in training outsourcing, LMS solutions, custom eLearning development, and mobile learning solutions, has announced the appointment of Simon Meager as its Sales Director for Europe. Simon's appointment is a key part of Upside Learning's growth strategy in Europe, given the increasing demand for its solutions in the UK and the rest of the Continent. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Ten trends for 2011

London (UK), March 2011 - (by Bob Little) In early January, the US-based eLearn magazine asked a number of "eLearning folk" for their predictions for 2011 and then published them. The would-be clairvoyants of eLearning included Elliott Masie, Charles Jennings, Roger Schank, Seb Schmoller and someone called Bob Little. » MORE

Collaboration

élogos and OutStart Partner for Spanish-Speaking Market

Boston, MA (USA), March 2011 - OutStart has announced that élogos has selected OutStart LCMS to resell to its market in Spain and Latin America. élogos will also utilize OutStart LCMS as a core component in its new lifelong learning approach. Following an evaluation of learning technologies, élogos formed a partnership with OutStart. » MORE

New Content

Learning Light Redevelops Its eLearning Centre Website

Sheffield (UK), March 2011 - Learning Light has redeveloped its popular eLearning Centre website to include much of the intellectual property of Becta, whose website has closed in the Coalition Government's public-sector cutbacks. This site is the only place where this information will now be available. » MORE

Growth Strategy

Atlas Interactive Expands its Middle Eastern Operation

Aberdeen (UK), February 2011 - International training and learning-solutions provider Atlas Interactive is embarking on a significant growth strategy in the Middle East. Atlas' new office base in Abu Dhabi will service clients across the Gulf with a focus on the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait. Furthermore, the addition of three new hires demonstrates the company's continued commitment to its customers across the region. » MORE

Content and Authoring

EssentialSkillz Releases Library of Editable Courses

Milton Keynes (UK), February 2011 - eLearning provider EssentialSkillz has released two new libraries of editable courses under their brand O-LAS Content. Developed using their own authoring tool, O-LAS Author, each course is editable by clients to ensure that the content is relevant to their organisation. » MORE

Open Source

TDM Becomes Totara LMS Partner

Wellington (NZ), February 2011 - TDM, UK specialists in helping organisations to leverage open- source software solutions, has become a Totara LMS Partner. Totara LMS, is an open-source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. Totara LMS has a range of enhancements over and above the wide ranging functionality available in Moodle. » MORE

Useful Insights

The Guardian Shares the Secret of eLearning

Brighton (UK), February 2011 - More and more organisations are turning to eLearning and seeing the benefits, according to a recent article in The Guardian. The piece highlights how businesses are making the most of eLearning, including Cable & Wireless, one of Kineo's longstanding clients. » MORE

Learning Gateway

New Version of SaaS and Cloud-based LMS

Oslo (NO), February 2011 - Edvantage group, a European eLearning company, has announced the release of version 5.6 of its SaaS and cloud-based Learning Gateway learning-management system (LMS). This version focuses on helping large and small organisations gain more effect from their blended learning programmes with less administrative effort. » MORE