Themen

Letter from UK

'Little's Britain': The Awards season

London (UK), December 2008 - (by Bob Little) The UK's corporate learning world has been in the grip of the awards season. Chief among them were the eLearning Awards (held in London on 6th November), the WOLCE Awards (in Birmingham on 19th November) and the Personnel Today Awards (in London on 27th November). » MORE

Language Training

digital publishing Wins Gold in UK eLearning Award 2008

Munich (GER)/London (UK), December 2008 - digital publishing (dp), a provider of language-training software solutions, has been honoured with a gold award in the prestigious UK eLearning Awards for "Most Innovative New Product or Tool in eLearning". » MORE

ELearning Benefits

Technology-enabled Learning in a Tightening Economy

London (UK), December 2008 - The eLearning sector is currently being haunted by the old rule that sets in during economic downturns: "When the going gets tough, the first thing to be cut is training". This article, written by the consulting arm of LINE Learning and Communications, discusses the importance of consistently communicating the benefits of eLearning to business partners and customers in order to survive the crisis. » MORE

New Lead Consultant

Steve Barden Joins LINE

London (UK), December 2008 - LINE Communications has appointed Steve Barden as Lead Consultant. From January 2009, Steve will be responsible for LINE's UK Consulting Practice, which helps clients deliver business-focused results on their learning strategies. » MORE

Growing Membership

The eLearning Network Signs up its 1,000th Member

London (UK), November 2008 - Monique Head, an American from Atlanta, Georgia, who is now living in Antibes in the South of France, has become the 1,000th person to join the eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of eLearning. » MORE

Crisis Courses

Financial Sector Training Programme for 'Tough Times'

Oxford (UK), November 2008 - Adkins Matchett & Toy (AMT) has developed a training programme for bankers and investment professionals. It focuses on financial institutions clients and deals with the repercussions of the recent turmoil in the financial sector. » MORE

Middle East

TAG Academy Signs Agreement with Pearson VUE

Amman (JO), November 2008 - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academies (TAG-Academies) in the Middle East, in cooperation with Pearson VUE, announces the launch of its first Pearson VUE Authorised Testing Centre, which will provide computer-based test delivery for ICT certification. This will be the first of a number of test centres as part of this agreement. » MORE

Shared eLearning

Four New Members to The Charity Learning Consortium

Stroud (UK), November 2008 - The Charity Learning Consortium (CLC), a membership organisation dedicated to providing cost-effective eLearning in the charity and voluntary sectors, has announced the addition of four new members. CLC now has a membership of forty voluntary organisations and has seen an increase in membership of over forty percent in the last six months. » MORE

Market Developments

Potential for Growth in the Romanian eLearning Sector

Bucharest (RO), November 2008 - (by Elena Lita) Though some observers consider the Romanian eLearning market to be at an early stage of development, it is actually enjoying rapid growth. For 2008, sales estimates reach around five million euros, with off-the-shelf courses, custom-made courses, and connected services dominating the market. In the following interview, Mariuca Talpes, General Manager INTUITEXT, gives a brief overview of the Romanian eLearning industry, reflecting on areas she believes require change in order to stimulate growth in this sector. » MORE