Themen

Centre of Excellence

Council Wins Awards by Closing Staff Skills Gaps

York (UK), June 2007 - The West Lothian Council has been using a tool from York-based MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) to analyse soft skills. The tool helps to highlight skills gaps within the organisation as a whole, as well as for specific departments and individuals. The bespoke, easy-to-use system developed and provided by MKM contributed greatly to the Council's being named a 'Centre of Excellence' by the Institute of Customer Service. » MORE

eHealth

Belgacom Sets up eLearning at University Clinics

Brussels (BE), June 2007 - Personnel of the University Clinics Saint-Luc are using eLearning as a new tool for training. They are now able to profit from continuous training in fields as varied as the reception of new patients, hospital hygiene, and the management of the pain. The contents of these modules were developed within the institution by professionals working in these fields. » MORE

Flexibility

RapideL Discover Overcomes Design Challenges

Jersey City, NJ (USA), June 2007 - Research done by Brainvisa, a fast-growing learning solutions company, has revealed that one of the gravest challenges faced in the use of Rapid eLearning methodologies is control over the look and feel of the course output. Instructional Designers and Subject Matter Experts are now able to discover new flexibility in design with templates that various tools provide. » MORE

Worthy Initiative

Respecting Choices® Chooses Meridian LMS

Chantilly, VA (USA), June 2007 - Meridian Knowledge Solutions LLC has announced that their Learning Management System has been selected by the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, Inc. to be the technological backbone of Respecting Choices®, the Foundation's advance care planning program, to support program participants on a worldwide basis. » MORE

Pan-European eLearning

Translation Deal Promises to Bring Down Borders

Oslo (NO), June 2007 - Europe's business trainers will be able to deliver local-language eLearning courses to international staff at the touch of a button thanks to a new partnership just sealed between enterprise eLearning software specialists Mohive and translation experts LanguageWire. » MORE

Collaborative Elements

Wimba Announces Integration with Moodle

New York, NY (US), June 2007 - Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach people, has announced that its collaborative software for online education now integrates with Moodle, an Open Source virtual learning environment. Integration with Moodle simplifies institutional deployment of Wimba's rich collaborative technologies and reduces training and support for faculty. Wimba has invested in Moodle integration to assist its clients drive adoption of education technology. » MORE

ManageMentor® 10

New Release within a Media-rich, Interactive Design

Cambridge, MA (US), June 2007 - Harvard Business School Publishing has announced Harvard ManageMentor® 10, the new version of its flagship online management resource. Presented within a media-rich, interactive design, the tool can be used both as on-demand help and also as an eLearning program. Harvard ManageMentor 10 features more than forty modules with practical advice, downloadable tools, and time-saving tips on key management topics to build skills quickly for an immediate impact on performance. » MORE

Remote Learning

ESC Lille Announces Partnership with Crossknowledge

Paris (FR), June 2007 - Leading French business school the Lille School of Management (ESC Lille) has teamed up with one of the European leaders in eLearning solutions, Crossknowledge, to provide students with a selection of online, remote distance-learning courses in business and management fundamentals. The courses will be available to all graduate and postgraduate students. » MORE

Change in Leadership

New Chairman of Eurofactor's Management Board

Issy les Moulineaux (FR), June 2007 - Jean-Pierre Vauzanges has been appointed Chairman of Eurofactor's Management Board. Eurofactor, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, is one of France's leading factoring companies and the foremost integrated factoring network in Europe. » MORE

Comartis AG

Reto Schilliger is New Vice President of Marketing & Sales

Baar (CH), June 2007 - Reto Schillinger has joined Comartis AG, a Swiss provider of individual eLearning, eBusiness, and eMarketing solutions as its new Vice President Marketing & Sales. In this function, Mr. Schilliger will expand Comartis' marketing and sales activities in Europe and the U.S. » MORE