Hyderabad (IN), May 2020 - Organizations across the globe are struggling to cope with the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up. Classroom training is no longer an option for employee training, with both the trainers and employees working from home. Classroom instructors are now faced with the seemingly impossible task of making the transition to the virtual space.

Exton, PA (USA), May 2020 - Syandus has announced the addition of automated language translation and synthetic human AI voices to AliveSimTM, its virtual practice and coaching platform.

Berkshire (UK), May 2020 - The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has introduced a series of virtual classrooms to encourage professional marketers to continue learning and development from home.

Brighton (UK), May 2020 – Skills Shift, a management training company focused on change - shifting managers' people skills to adapt to shifting business needs - has released a new training programme called Successfully Managing Homeworking Teams.

Frankfurt (GER), May 2020 - Companies around the world are increasing their use of industrial robots: Within five years, the global operational stock rose by about 65 percent to 2.4 million units (2013-2018). For the same period of time, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a positive impact on the job market: Employment in the automotive industry - the largest adopter of robots - increased by 22%, from 824,400 to 1,005,000 jobs (2013-2018).

Copenhagen (DK), May 2020 - Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity vendor that protects over 400 million users worldwide, has partnered with Area9 Lyceum on Rhapsode™, the world’s first four-dimensional adaptive learning platform, to bring you a free thirty-minute adaptive learning course called "Stay Safe, Stay Secure".

London (UK), May 2020 - Two of the UK’s longest-standing eLearning companies, Learning Nexus and Traineasy, have embarked on a partnership that will enable both organisations to provide a wider range of services. The partnership will see Learning Nexus offering Traineasy’s LMS-X platform and Traineasy offering Learning Nexus’s comprehensive catalogue of eLearning content.

London (UK), May 2020 - The Totara Community, an online space for learning professionals, has reported a 214% increase in logins since the worldwide lockdown period began.

London (UK), May 2020 - A global body for workplace learning, the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), has announced the launch of LPiLEARN, an online platform to help L&D organisations and professionals rapidly gain essential skills. Built on technology provided by aNewSpring and using the LPI Capability Map as its foundation, LPiLEARN aims to be the go-to resource for learning professionals who need quick, actionable guidance and skill building, all within one online platform.

Santa Monica, Ca (USA), April 2020 - Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., a global leader in people development solutions, has announced that the Cornerstone Institute for People Development has identified trends suggesting the demand for online learning has increased exponentially over the past few weeks as individuals and businesses adapt to a new way of working.