Themen

Up and Coming

Giunti Labs among Thirty Companies to Watch

Florence (IT), February 2010 - In a recent report, Outsell, Inc. - a research and advisory firm for the publishing and information industries - named Giunti Labs as one of thirty companies in the world "to watch" because of its potential impact on the publishing and information-provider community. Others mentioned include Apple, Blackboard, Bloomberg, E Ink, Kaplan, National Public Radio and TechCrunch. » MORE

Trial Version

Check out Questionmark Perception Version 5

London (UK), February 2010 - If you are looking to move assessments online, try Questionmark Perception version 5. Signing up for thirty days of Questionmark On Demand will enables to set up trial surveys, quizzes, and tests and see how they work. » MORE

eAssessment

BTL SecureClient Passes Independent Testing

Shipley (UK), February 2010 - BTL Group Ltd, a UK-based provider of eAssessment solutions has announced that their SecureClient software has passed rigorous independent testing. The test performed was the Microsoft Platform Test for ISV Solutions on VeriTest®. » MORE

Letter from UK

Helping government officials get it right

London (UK), February 2010 - (by Bob Little) Last year in the UK, there were lots of stories about embarrassing data loss - mostly involving the Government. These stories led to government reviews including the Poynter Review, the Cabinet Office Data Handling Review and a cross-government review of data handling procedures. These highlighted 'systemic, rather than individual failures', due to 'woefully inadequate systems' and that 'data rules had not been adequately communicated, raising serious questions of governance and accountability'. » MORE

Accreditation

Brightwave Appointed as Supplier for the Public Sector

Brighton (UK), February 2010 - ELearning Development Company of the Year, Brightwave, has been selected as an approved supplier for the public-sector eLearning framework, Buying Solutions, which aims to improve value for money and efficiencies. This means that UK public-sector organisations can commission eLearning without having to repeat burdensome procurement and assessment exercises, with the assurance that Brightwave meets the highest standards and delivers excellent value. » MORE

IT Skills

Innovative Experiential-Learning Solutions

London (UK)/Pleasanton, CA (USA), February 2010 - gtslearning and Toolwire have announced a new training solution for the CompTIA A+ 2009 Edition. It combines the strength of gtslearning content and the hands-on power of Toolwire LiveLabs and "Day-in-the-Life" interactive scenarios. » MORE

New Appointments

Aurion Learning Beats Recession

Belfast (Northern Ireland/UK), February 2010 - Aurion Learning has not only managed to survive the recession but also to grow its business. Barry Kelly has been appointed as Research Development Manager and Noleen Turner is Aurion's new Marketing Officer. » MORE

LCMS

Netherlands Railways Makes High-Speed Move to XML

Boulder, CO (USA), February 2010 - Xyleme® Inc., a provider of 100% XML, open and standards-based learning-content-management solutions has announced that the Netherlands Railways (NS) has selected Xyleme LCMS for development and delivery of rolling-stock operating manuals and training materials. » MORE

Professional Development

Mediapharm Teams up with Edvantage

Brighton (UK), February 2010 - Pharmacy-education company Mediapharm has entered into an exclusive partnership with leading managed-learning specialist Edvantage group to offer pharmaceutical companies a simple way of delivering training and communications directly to pharmacists through a new online portal, CPD Easy. » MORE

Staff Training

XOR Delivers Safeguarding Children Course

London (UK), February 2010 - XOR LTD has developed a Safeguarding Children Course for David Lloyd Leisure (DLL). The program helps ensure that children and vulnerable people are protected while with company team members and volunteers. » MORE