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Corporate eLearning
Capacity Development for eLearning
Eschborn/Bonn (GER), May 2007 - Education and knowledge are the key factors driving national economic and social development. Broad-scale citizens' participation in education processes is therefore crucial for sustainable poverty reduction. In the majority of developing countries, however, only a small fraction of the population has access to education and knowledge, and the educational services on offer are frequently of poor quality and hence not very effective. The problem of insufficient teaching and learning materials is compounded by a lack of qualified teaching staff. » MORE
Echelon Learning Offers DIY Board Review Tool
London (UK), April 2007 - A do-it-yourself board review programme is available free of charge from Echelon Learning's consulting division. The programme, which comprises a diagnostic and a toolkit, is being offered in the context of the company's launch of added-value board development services for public sector and not-for-profit organisations and is based on six 'hot' questions with challenging action points. » MORE
Adobe Delivers Public Previews of Pro Video Tools
San Jose, CA (US), April 2007 - Adobe Systems Incorporated recently announced free public previews of Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3, Adobe After Effects® CS3 Professional, and Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software. These tools are all components of the recently announced Adobe Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium. Creative professionals now have the opportunity to test these new public previews. The final shipping releases will be available worldwide in the third quarter of 2007. » MORE
Jenison Signs up Record Number of Clients
Southampton (UK), April 2007 - Jenison, the largest UK supplier of eLearning, has had a record quarter, signing up more clients than ever before. Jenison's portfolio includes off-the-shelf eLearning products on management topics and IT skills, a learning delivery solution, and an authoring tool. » MORE
Steven Hill - New Head of Research Services
Sheffield (UK), April 2007 - Learning Light has appointed Steven Hill to be its new Head of Research Services. His responsibility is to oversee all of Learning Light's research activities and to coordinate its research partnerships. Learning Light is a non-profit organisation seeking to establish itself as a Centre of Excellence in the use of learning technologies in the workplace. » MORE
EFF Lawyer Warns of eLearning Patent Dangers
San Francisco, CA (US), April 2007 - A broad eLearning patent held by Blackboard, the education and course-management software company, is a growing source of controversy in the education community. The patent could potentially threaten increasingly popular open-source course management platforms like Moodle and subject universities to the risk of litigation. In a recent interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lawyer Jason Schultz explains the need for patent reform. In addition, he describes the dangers of broad patents like the one held by Blackboard. » MORE
Telework Increases in the U.S.
Alexandria, VA (US), April 2007 - The April 2007 issue of T+D (Training + Development) reports that last year, 63 percent more employers allowed their employees to work remotely than in 2004, according to the WorldatWork, an association for HR professionals. Based on government estimates of 149.3 million workers in the United States's labor force, the 2006 data means that roughly eight percent of American workers are able to telecommute one day per month, and roughly twenty percent of both employed and self-employed workers engage in telework. » MORE
Child Protection Training
London (UK), April 2007 - The global eLearning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), and BT, one of the UK's largest providers of learning services to government - with contracts with the MOD (Defence), NCSL, and the Police Training Agency, Centrex - are collaborating to produce a five-module programme to enable those working within 'children's services' to understand such concepts as the basics of child protection, how to identify a child at risk, and how to develop the skills needed to help each child. » MORE
Global Knowledge Introduces New VMware Courses
London (UK), April 2007 - Global Knowledge, one of Europe's leading providers of learning services for IT and management professionals, will soon be running the new VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3: Deploying, Securing and Analysing course and the Virtual Infrastructure for Operators course from its training locations throughout the UK. » MORE
Comartis Announces Enhancements to i-qBox
Baar (CH), April 2007 - Recently, Comartis delivered i-qBox release 5.270. In close cooperation with customers, many new enhancements have been implemented. Among other functions, i-qBox contains a new module that was specifically designed and developed to meet the needs of test centers. » MORE
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