Themen
Corporate eLearning
Communities to Get Improved eLearning Systems
Las Vegas, NV (USA), July 2008 - Blackboard Inc., a provider of enterprise technology, has announced several new agreements with clients that will bring its eLearning solutions and mass-notification services to a number of state and system-wide communities. » MORE
China Distance Education registers for IPO
New York, NY (USA), July 2008 - China Distance Education Holdings Ltd., a provider of online education and test preparation courses, plans an initial public offering of American Depositary Shares, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The Beijing-based company did not disclose the expected size or price range of its IPO, but indicated that the offering price may total up to $115 million. China Distance Education noted, however, that the estimated total offering price may change. » MORE
New eLearning-Creation Platform
Gloucestershire (UK), July 2008 - Luminosity, a novel Learning-creation platform that heralds a new direction in eLearning development, has recently been launched. The solution is a product of the CM Group, specialists in learning content and consultancy. » MORE
Best Global Partner by Harvard Business Publishing
Basel (CH), July 2008 - BRIDGE2THINK Group, with headquarters in Basel and activities in Europe, Asia, and Australia, has been named "Best Global Partner" by Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) in Boston for the third time in a row. In addition, the management-development vendor also received the award as most successful HBP partner in Europe. » MORE
OutStart and Eedo Knowledgeware Merge
Boston, MA (USA), July 2008 - OutStart Inc. and Eedo Knowledgeware Corp. have combined their operations, making the new company the largest provider of software for creating and sharing organizational knowledge through learning and social collaboration. The merged company, conducting business as OutStart, immediately becomes the dominant vendor of learning-content-management systems (LCMS). » MORE
Xyleme Unveils Xyleme LCMS 3.2
Boulder, CO (USA), July 2008 - Xyleme® Inc., a provider of 100% XML, SCORM-2004-certified learning content management systems, has announced the release of Xyleme LCMS 3.2. This is Xyleme's newest version of its single-source solution for learning content management: fully integrated, highly scalable, and truly collaborative. » MORE
Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning
Bangor (WAL)/ Bremen (GER), July 2008 - (by Kirsten Seegmüller) The new generation of eLearning will combine social networks with context-based services. Even though formal content will not vanish, modern technology will support user-generated informal content. And teachers have to adapt to a new role as facilitator instead of a pure information transmitter. CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Graham Attwell, founder and senior researcher of Pontydysgu, about this current progression. » MORE
Mohive: First in Europe to Offer eLearning by iPhone
Oslo (NO), July 2008 - Training on the go is about to get a whole lot easier thanks to Mohive's decision this month to incorporate the possibility to export into the iPhone into its award-winning platform, the company announced recently. » MORE
Medical Center to Use Swiss Software for Training
Baar (CH), July 2008 - King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky, has opted for the i-qbox Human Performance Suite as strategic tool to support training and competence management. For the Swiss-based Comartis Group Ltd. and Comartis USA in Tucson, Arizona, this is another important success in providing Swiss-quality software for the global market. » MORE
IMC AG Takes over Dynamic Media eLearning GmbH
Saarbruecken (GER)/Graz (A), June 2008 - As of 16 June 2008, IMC AG, a European provider of learning technology, has taken over Dynamic Media eLearning GmbH, the eLearning specialists based in Graz, Austria. This was announced by Dr Wolfgang Kraemer, chairman of IMC AG. "Following eleven years of organic growth, the acquisition of Dynamic Media is the result of our decision to accelerate internationalisation through company acquisitions", said Kraemer, explaining the takeover. » MORE
