Themen
Corporate eLearning
'Little's Britain': Rapid - vapid but valuable
London (UK), April 2009 - (by Bob Little) At the eLearning Network meeting, held in London, William Ward, formerly of Cable & Wireless but now an independent consultant, examined the rise of "rapid eLearning". Dating the rise of rapid eLearning to 2003 with the arrival of tools such as Qarbon, Breeze and ToolBook, Ward stated that these rapid application tools posed significant competition to the bespoke eLearning world. They had not only changed buying patterns within the industry but also ideas about why and where to use eLearning. » MORE
Learning Technology Products 2009
Sunnyvale, CA (USA), April 2009 - Brandon Hall Research has announced the publication of a free 526-page report on available tools and technologies for online employee training. The report was created to support navigating the hundreds of content-authoring tools, learning management systems, and learning-content-management systems currently available. » MORE
Echelon Gains ISO 9001: 2008 Accreditation
London (UK), March 2009 - Following a process lasting almost two years, the organizational-development consultancy Echelon has become one of the first in its field to be awarded the internationally recognized ISO 9001: 2008 quality-assurance accreditation. Its work processes have been accredited, making it one of the first service providers in the UK to achieve this version of ISO 9001, which updates and replaces the 2000 version. » MORE
Pearson VUE to Launch New Computer-based ISEB Exam
London (UK), March 2009 - Pearson VUE will be the first testing company to offer the new Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing for the British Computer Society (BCS). » MORE
Can You Be Master of All You Survey?
Bath (UK), March 2009 - With at least 600,000 jobs forecast to be lost in 2009, there is intense pressure on organisations to drive up productivity and performance. For most organisations, improving the individual and team performance of people is the clearest way to drive up the organisation's productivity and performance. » MORE
On-demand Learning Software to Support Global Expansion
Sunrise, FL (USA), March 2009 - Learn.com has announced that BlueArc Corporation has implemented an award-winning learning-management system to help sustain its worldwide growth by accelerating sales-force effectiveness and ramp-up. » MORE
More for Less Report
Brighton (UK), March 2009 - There has never been a greater focus on reducing costs than right now. All the surveys show greater pressure on learning and development costs. Kineo has published a More-for-Less Report that can be downloaded for free. » MORE
Information Transfer: the Next Generation
Cambridge (UK), March 2009 - Roger Mann has stepped down as Managing Partner at the award-winning UK firm Information Transfer. The company's partners have appointed Owen Rose and Matthew Borg as the new joint leaders of the business. Roger, who will continue as a partner with the firm, explains that the choice of the two co-managing partners is a natural step. » MORE
Wolters Kluwer Partners with Learn.com
Sunrise, FL (USA), March 2009 - Learn.com has announced that Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has integrated the company's regulatory compliance training courses for financial institutions into Learn.com's LearnCenter® platform. This partnership is based on the terms of a joint-reseller agreement. » MORE
Mobile Learning Standards - 2009 Out Now!
Brisbane (AU), March 2009 - The key issues of affordability, accessibility, and interoperability feature in the revised Mobile Learning Standards (M-standards), as the vocational education and training (VET) sector seeks to keep pace with rapid technological advances in m-learning. » MORE
