Themen

Hot topics

Social Software and Learning Management Systems

Birmingham/London, January 2007 - Terms like Web 2.0 and Social Software are currently hot topics and an integral part of the CLIX 6.1 framework, too. What are the implications of these developments for Learning Management Systems? IMC board members Wolfgang Kraemer, Frank Milius, and Volker Zimmermann share their thoughts… » MORE

On the Run

Mobile Learning via PDA

Dublin/London (IR/UK), December 2006 - Intuition, the technology-enabled learning provider, has deployed a fully trackable mobile eLearning course for PDAs such as BlackBerry®. The course has been developed for financial services institutions and enables users' progress to be tracked and recorded automatically. » MORE

Contract

Mohive wins PepsiCo, Netcom, and Get

Oslo (N), December 2006 - PepsiCo and the leading Norwegian communications companies Get Cable & Broadband and Netcom mobile telecoms are the three latest blue chips to select Mohive's eLearning publishing system. » MORE

Best-of-Breed

SumTotal Acquires MindSolve Technologies

Mountain View (CA, USA), December 2006 - SumTotal Systems, provider of talent and learning solutions, has acquired MindSolve Technologies Inc., a privately held provider of performance management software. Analysts see the acquisition as a major step in providing best-of-breed solutions for talent and learning management. » MORE

Distant Yet Close

New MODL for Remote IT Training

Barcelona (E), December 2006 -” Hands-on distance learning sounds like an oxymoron, yet that's exactly what Microsoft Official Distance Learning (MODL) is: a blended learning programme that provides technical training to IT professionals and developers who want hands-on technical training and need the convenience of learning when they want, wherever they are. » MORE

Signs of Understanding

UKS Agreement with UAE Ministry

United Arab Emirates (UAE), November 2006 - Universal Knowledge Solutions (UKS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UAE Ministry of Labor (MOL) to build essential competency development programs. » MORE

Expansion

imc AG Goes to Britain

Saarbruecken (Germany) / Birmingham (UK), November 2006 - imc AG of Germany (Saarbruecken) officially founded a subsidiary, imc (UK) Learning Ltd., on October 25th 2006 in Birmingham. The company will launch its products and services in the UK at the "Learning Technologies 2007" exhibition and conference at Olympia 2 in London from 31 Jan - 01 Feb 2007. » MORE

It's a Game!

Partnership Develops New eLearning Game

Ottawa (CAN), November 2006 - I Squared Learning, a provider of interactive and intuitive automated eLearning platforms, has teamed with The National Quality Institute (NQI) to develop an eLearning game called "All About Excellence". » MORE

New Ways

Fifty Lessons/BRIDGE2THINK Have Distribution Agreement

Basel (CH)/London (UK), November 2006 - Digital business library creator Fifty Lessons has won BRIDGE2THINK to distribute its content to clients in the corporate learning market, thus fulfilling a growing need for short-format, high-quality digital content with an emphasis on first-person experience and practical applications featuring leading business people. » MORE

Caucasus

Cisco Networking Academy Opened

Baku (Azerbaijan), November 2006 - A CISCO Networking Academy was recently opened at Baku State University with the support of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies (ICT), UNDP, and AzRENA. » MORE