Themen

Development Programme

Intel® Teach in Romania

Bucharest (RO), March 2007 - (by Elena Lita) It is planned to train more than 60,000 Romanian teachers as part of the Intel Teach programme, officially launched in Romania by the signature of a cooperation protocol between Intel Corporation and The Romanian Ministry of Education and Research. As this initiative represents an important moment for the Romanian educational system, it seemed like a good time to chat about it with Mr. Irinel Burloiu, Intel Business Development Manager in Romania. » MORE

New Paths

OutStart Expands into Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Boston, MA (USA)/ St.Ingbert (GER), February 2007 - OutStart, a provider of eKnowledge software solutions for learning and knowledge sharing, has announced the establishment of OutStart GmbH, its new German subsidiary. The company also announced it has acquired - and will continue to sell, enhance, and support - LearnCube, a popular eLearning product in German-speaking regions. » MORE

SmartLearning

CLIX in the Driver's Seat at Continental

Saarbruecken (GER), February 2007 - Continental AG, one of the world's leading tyre manufacturers and a major supplier for the automotive sector, has just implemented the learning management system CLIX from IMC, the leading German provider of learning technologies. ContiSmartLearning will mainly deliver product and sales trainings for truck tyres. » MORE

Case Study

Registering eLearning Success with Kadaster

London (UK), February 2007 - Kadaster, the Dutch Land Registry Office, has chosen ForceTen™, Eedo's Learning Content Management System (LCMS), to improve the way it trains its staff in line with other service improvements that have resulted in financial benefits, flexibility, and time savings. » MORE

Blackboard

Patent Pledge in Support of Open Source Software

Washington, DC (USA), February 2007 - Blackboard Inc., a provider of enterprise technology to the education community, announced a "Patent Pledge" in support of learning institutions worldwide that use or develop open source and home-grown course management software as well as the commercial entities supporting them. » MORE

Lotus Connection

IBM Announces Networking Software at Work

New York (USA), February 2007 - Among students and teenagers, social networking - using tools like MySpace or Facebook - has been a hit for quite some time. IBM now intends to offer a software package for companies to support their internal social networking with blogs, idea-and-knowledge sharing, and an expert search, thus increasing their productivity. » MORE

From Level to Level

eAcademy for Companies from MyKnowledgeMap

York (UK), February 2007 - MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) has introduced a version of its eAcademy system, enabling companies to manage staff skills and development needs ranging from day-to-day productivity to discovering and achieving relevant qualifications. » MORE

Leap forward

Atlantic Link Launches Mobile Rapid eLearning

Nottingham (UK), February 2007 - Atlantic Link's groundbreaking rapid eLearning authoring tools have taken a hugely significant leap forward. The software now allows courses to be designed specifically for the small screens of Windows Mobile devices. This means that courses are not only able to be run directly on Windows Mobile devices, but also look superb as all the functionality of the innovative authoring tools can be applied to small screen design. » MORE

Fit for Purpose

Architects of Learning as Innovators

Cheshunt (UK), January 2007 - 'Providing learning that succeeds' is the ambitious-yet-confident boast of a unique learning consultancy: Waller Hart, Learning Architects (WHLA). Formed by two well-known names in the UK's eLearning industry - Vaughan Waller and Jane Hart - WHLA aims to 'redefine the way that learning solutions are created'. » MORE

New Opportunities

To Reach "Extended Enterprise" of Learners

Mountain View, CA (USA), January 2007 - SumTotal® Systems has released SumTotal Enterprise Suite(TM) 7.5, the newest version of its award-winning software, to train its clients' "extended enterprise" of customers, partners, and supply chain and distribution channels. SumTotal 7.5 is software that delivers and manages training not only for employees but also for a wide range of audiences beyond an employer's staff. » MORE