Themen

Recognizing Excellence

Final Call for Entries for the Annual eLearning Awards

Twyford (UK), June 2008 - The deadline for entries and submissions for the eLearning Awards 2008 is Monday 30 June 2008. e.learning age is taking entries for the eLearning Awards 2008. The Awards have continued to build on previous successes and last year attracted well over 100 entries from all over the world. This year there are five brand-new award categories. » MORE

Agreement

SkillSoft Joins Forces with China's Top eLearning Provider

Nashua, N.H. (USA) June 2008 - SkillSoft PLC a SaaS provider of eLearning and performance-support solutions for global enterprises, government, education, has announced that China's top provider of eLearning technologies and education resources, Ambow Education Group, has signed a multi-million dollar agreement spanning several years with SkillSoft Asia Pacific (SkillSoft) as its exclusive distributor to the Chinese enterprise and government markets. » MORE

Now available

Release 3.0 of IMC's authoring tool LECTURNITY

Saarbruecken/Sevenoaks, June 2008 - IMC AG, one of Europe's supplier of learning technologies, has just released an updated version of its interactive rapid authoring tool LECTURNITY. In comparison to its predecessor, LECTURNITY 3.0 offers a simplified "One-click Publisher" function for publishing content in various formats. » MORE

Product news

Improve performance and productivity with Eedo ForceTen

Nashua (US), June 2008 - Eedo ForceTen is a highly scalable Learning Content Management System (LCMS), enabling organizations to dramatically improve employee performance, regulatory compliance, sales productivity, customer service, and enterprise profitability through faster, more effective knowledge transfer and on-the-job performance. » MORE

Compliancy

Finding Method Amongst the Madness

Nashua (US), June 2008 - Content management is emerging, generally, as a key challenge in the sphere of learning systems. Organizations operating in highly regulated environments - those in health sciences, aviation, banking and financial services - are facing significant content management issues with specific regard to training related to regulatory compliance. Such organizations must provide training and certification, with regard to regulatory schemes that address, e.g., security, privacy, data retention, health and safety, or the license to sell specific regulated products or services. » MORE

Best Practices

Best Practices for deploying a Learning Content Management System

Berlin (DE), June 2008 - What best practices should organizations follow when they decide to deploy a Learning Content Management System (LCMS)? An LCMS allows L&D to become an active part of the organization's competitive mix. Reaping its full advantage requires a strategic, well-planned approach to implementation-”one that capitalizes on established best practices. By adhering to best practices, organizations can implement their LCMS effectively and in a way that lay a solid foundation for long-term success. » MORE

Knowledge transfer

The Bridge Between an Older Workforce and the New Generation

The Hague (NL), June 2008 - Danny de Vos, eLearning Project Manager at Kadaster, a Dutch Land Registrary Office, explains how her organization handles knowledge transfer from an aging workforce planning retirement to the next generation of employees. Kadaster collects information about registered properties in the Netherlands, records them in public registers and cadastral maps, and makes this information available to the public. » MORE

What is an LCMS?

A Knowledge-centric Approach to Learning Content Management

Berlin (DE), June 2008 - In today's knowledge driven world economy, the distribution of relevant, current learning content to widely dispersed employees has become a competitive necessity. Organizations must manage the complex process of creating learning content. Content must be localized and personalized to meet the specific, on-demand requirements of individuals in a cost-efficient way. » MORE

Job Performance

Improve Performance with Competency Based Learning

The Hague (Netherlands), June 2008 - Dr. Göran Kattenberg, Director of Product Management at Eedo Knowledgeware explains what competency based learning is, for what type of organizations competency based learning is most suitable, how it can affect organizations' learning programs, what challenges organizations will have when implementing competency based learning and what the benefits are for the employees. » MORE

Stand-alone Product

Knowledge Modules to be taken as quickly as pills

London (UK), May 2008 - (by Kirsten Seegmüller) Knowledge Pills are 15-minute bits of eLearning that help employees to improve their soft skills like leadership, time management, public speaking or web research. They consist of text, photos, diagrams, illustrations and animations. It is a stand-alone product, but the user behavior can be tracked by learning platforms via AICC and SCORM. Companies pay 10 Euro per pill and user, but a maximum of 1500 Euro per element. CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Daniel Purlich about this business model. » MORE