Themen

Interview

Insight into Learning Content Management Systems

Nashua, NH (USA), September 2007 - Stephen Shaw is chief learning officer of Eedo Knowledgeware and Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He has helped Eedo to achieve a leading position in the LCMS market, while assisting a wide variety of customers in designing and implementing effective learning-content management strategies. In an interview with CHECK.point eLearning, Shaw speaks about operating mode and benefits of Learning Content Management Systems. » MORE

Vertical Search

Finervista Launches Website for Online Seminars

San Francisco, CA (USA) - August 2007 - Following a successful beta, Finervista Inc. has launched a new vertical-search website for online business events, webcasts, and seminars, also known as webinars. As such, Finervista is a free educational resource for business professionals and a highly-targeted lead-generating platform for business advertisers. » MORE

Home Information Packs

Flexible eLearning: the Most Practical Solution

Cambridge (UK), August 2007 - Hamptons International, one of the UK's leading estate agents, had been working on a carefully designed Home Information Pack strategy and reviewed a number of training options for the roll-out of its important Home Information Pack training, ranging from conventional classroom methods to online learning. » MORE

Cultural Awareness

LINE Releases Training for Military Service Personnel

London (UK), August 2007 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and communications solutions, has announced the release of Cultural Awareness training for all military service personnel undertaking tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because culture is a subjective issue, the Directorate of Educational and Training Services (Army) - DETS(A), asked LINE to raise awareness and facilitate a behavioural shift rather than to simply teach individual elements of culture in Iraq and Afghanistan. » MORE

Talent Management

Edulink Selects Learn.com for Its Clients in Peru

Sunrise, FL (USA), August 2007 - Learn.com®, a leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, has announced that Edulink, a Lima-based provider of corporate training in Peru, has selected the LearnCenter® platform to provide executive education and talent management services to its client base. » MORE

Survey

Future Use of Technology within Work-based Learning

Bristol (UK), August 2007 - The Association of Learning Providers (ALP) recently undertook a national survey into the use and impact of eLearning and technology within work-based learning training programmes on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council. A total of 508 government-funded learners were interviewed by telephone, and over half of the responders agreed they would like to use more technology as part of their learning programme. » MORE

Blackboard Executives

Supporting IMS Global Learning Consortium Boards

Lake Mary, FL (USA) August 2007 - IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) has selected two Blackboard executives to serve on its boards. Blackboard's President and CEO, Michael Chasen, was appointed to the organization's Executive Strategic Council. Blackboard's President of North America Higher Education and Operations, Peter Segall, was elected to its Board of Directors. » MORE

Portable Navigation

TomTom Academy Helps Retailers to Advise Buyers

Amsterdam (NL), August 2007 - TomTom, the world's largest portable navigation provider, launched its new Academy. The TomTom Academy is an extensive eLearning programme for in-store staff at retailers to enhance their knowledge of satellite navigation and TomTom products and services. The TomTom Academy enables in-store staff to better advise potential buyers and guide them in their search to find a navigation device that best fits their needs. » MORE

Online Content

McGraw-Hill and MERLOT Form Alliance

New York, NJ (USA), August 2007 - McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a leading provider of electronic and print learning materials, and Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Learning and Teaching (MERLOT), an international higher-education consortium, have announced a strategic alliance to support MERLOT's Accelerating Development of Quality Hybrid and Online Courses initiative. The goals: to explore and evaluate strategies for blending publisher and open-education resources, improve learning outcomes, and reduce the costs of course materials for students. » MORE

Edu-Games

More Than Just Child's Play

Fremont, CA (USA), August 2007 - The new millennium of the "digital world" has engendered technological advances at an unprecedented speed. This constant state of flux and seemingly unstoppable dynamism make knowledge transfer and learning key factors in the process of trying to keep pace with the latest technical developments, and an urgent need for innovative ways to nurture young minds is one of the concomitants. Gaming has emerged as an area that appears to hold great promise in bringing about some of the changes required in the learning world. » MORE