Themen

Flexible Service

British Gas Services Chooses Content Master

Bristol (UK), February 2011 - British Gas Services - Central Heating Installations, the UK's leading installations and home-services provider, has selected Content Master, part of CM Group, to create and deliver its latest onboarding sales training programme. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Towards more benchmarking

London (UK), February 2011 - (by Bob Little) Towards Maturity, the benchmarking and best practice organisation which aims to improve the impact of learning technologies at work, has launched a new benchmarking service. Called the Head Start Programme, Towards Maturity claims that this 12 month blended support programme will use benchmarking to help users find the most effective implementation path to enable them to improve performance and overcome barriers. » MORE

End-to-End Integration

EssentialSkillz New O-LAS eLearning Suite

Milton Keynes (UK), February 2011 - EssentialSkillz, a global eLearning solutions provider, has launched a new eLearning package called O-LAS. This suite of tools has four modules that can work together or independently. Combined, O-LAS LMS, O-LAS Author, O-LAS Assess, and O-LAS Content create a unique and unrivalled online eLearning system with the power and flexibility of systems many times more expensive. » MORE

Growth

Edvantage Launches Channel Partner Programme

Brighton (UK), February 2011 - In January, the eLearning company Edvantage group formally launched its Channel Partner Programme at Learning Technologies in London. After a very successful 2010, the company is seeking to extend its services within its current markets (UK and Nordics), whilst expanding into additional territories in Europe and the rest of the world. » MORE

European Summit

Manifesto for eLearning Published

Sheffield (UK), January 2011 - The results of discussions by the delegates at the European eLearning Summit, organised by Learning Light with support from learndirect and Creativesheffield and held in Sheffield, have been published in the form of a manifesto for eLearning. The manifesto is intended to help delegates pursue dialogue with their national governments to establish a single, independent and impartial body representing the corporate eLearning sector. » MORE

The 70/20/10 Model

No Excuse for Cutting Training Budgets

London (UK), January 2011 - Heads of learning and development at global organisations have expressed concern about how the 70/20/10 model, which has been highly influential in spreading awareness of the importance of informal learning, may be interpreted and used within some organisations. In certain instances, it may be taken on board as a strategy, rather than an observation of how people learn. And in extreme cases it has been suggested, could even been used as an excuse for cutting training budgets. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

New Trend - and Standard - in Collaborative Relationships

London (UK), January 2011 - (by Bob Little) There has been a lot of talk in the UK recently about partnering and collaboration in business. In the eLearning world, Martin Baker, managing director of both leadership and management online specialists LMMatters and the Charity Learning Consortium, has become one of the Founding Ambassadors of Towards Maturity, supporting the work carried out by the eLearning research organisation, Towards Maturity. » MORE

Advanced Skills

ISEB Intermediate Certificate Course for Software Testing

London (UK), January 2011 - ILX Group plc has launched a fully interactive multimedia-based course designed for companies and individuals wishing to achieve an Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing. The ISEB Certificate requires delegates to understand and to apply advanced knowledge of key skills in software testing. » MORE

Business English

LinguaTV Short-Listed for ELTons 2011 Award

Berlin (GER)/London (UK), January 2011 - The British Council has announced that LinguaTV is among the finalists for the ELTons 2011 International Award. Now in their ninth year, the awards, run by the British Council and sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, are a celebration of excellence in English-language teaching (ELT) from around the world. » MORE

Construction Industry

Dutch Trainers Opt for eXact learning

Sestri Levante (IT), January 2011 - To ensure that Dutch industry professionals are prepared for the future needs of the industry and have up-to-date knowledge on technical solutions, Fundeon - a consultancy centre for the building and construction industry in the Netherlands - turned to eXact learning solutions. » MORE