Themen

MobileMonday Global Peer Awards

Sestri Levante, June 2006 - Giunti Labs' mobile learning solution eXact Mobile received the Silver Prize at the MobileMonday Global Peer Awards in Helsinki. The event, sponsored by Nokia and Nexit Ventures, showcased world's best B2B Mobile Solutions. A fifteen-country jury selected the winners from 21 finalists. » MORE

Overcoming Language Barriers

London / Brisbane, June 2006 - Reuters PLC has renewed its contract and signed a multiyear agreement with the GlobalEnglish Corporation. Reuters has maintained major offices in India and East Asia for over a century but has recently initiated expansions in Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, and other locations. For this reason, the company has increased its investment in training employees in its official language, English. » MORE

Sheikh Mohammad's IT Education Project

Dubai, June 2006 - ITEP was created six years ago as part of the vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to promote IT literacy in the UAE. Its goal is to help Emirati industry and society face the challenges of the new knowledge-based economy. » MORE

Intel Internship for Science Brains in KSA

Dubai, June 2006 - (by UmmeSalma Mujtaba ) Intel Corporation's vaunted Digital Transformation Initiative for the Middle East has reached an important milestone in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the announcement of an internship programme aimed at some of the Kingdom's brightest science brains. » MORE

Learning Futures in Dublin

Dublin, June 2006 - The Future of Learning will be the focus of a special two-day event featuring best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell (Blink and The Tipping Point), Nigel Paine, Head of People Development at the BBC, and Elliott Masie, founder of the Learning CONSORTIUM. Learning Futures will take place in Dublin, Ireland at Trinity College, July 10-11. » MORE

Guidance on Strategy

Seattle, Washington, April 2006 - The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals, has signed a multi-year partnership with Intrepid Learning Solutions. Intrepid will provide training design, development, delivery, and maintenance services for ASTD's certificate program. » MORE

Initiative to Facilitate Compliance

Oslo, April 2006 - Norwegian-based Mohive has announced their "100% eLearning Content Tracking Guarantee" program. The program guarantees that all eLearning content created in Mohive's enterprise eLearning publishing system Toolbox will track all relevant data in a company's Learning Management System (LMS). Saba's Learning Management System is the first system to qualify for the guarantee. » MORE

Rapidly Growing Partner Network

Hong Kong / St. Ingbert, April 2006 - NetDimensions has announced a new partnership with German-based X-Pulse E-Learning GmbH to bring its learning management system "Enterprise Knowledge Platform" (EKP) to the German-speaking market. » MORE

Balanced Soft-skill Training

Gloucestershire/Stuttgart, April 2006 - (by Kirsten Seegmüller) Soft skills cannot be fully trained by elearning alone. The concept of Balance Learning combines self-paced training via the Internet or interactive DVDs and workshops. This integrated approach avoids training redundant content in elearning and classrooms. CHECKpoint eLearning spoke with Chris Horseman, Managing Director of the British company Balance Learning Ltd. about actual comprehension. » MORE

Standards in eLearning

Brighton, April 2006 - Standards are supposed to make life easier, but unfortunately, standards in online learning are far from simple. A bewildering array of bodies, acronyms, and jargon has held back both understanding and implementation: AICC, IMS, ADL, SCORM, IEEE... » MORE