Themen
Corporate eLearning
OPITO's IMIST Becomes Safety Standard
Houston, TX (USA), March 2012 - For the first time, OPITO, in cooperation with the oil and gas industry, has developed an online global standardized level of basic safety training that will reach an estimated 1.5 million people employed in exploration and production activities of oil and gas worldwide. » MORE
MindLeaders Launches Online Marketing Training App
London (UK), March 2012 - eLearning company MindLeaders has released a new training app for businesses on Facebook. Developed in cooperation with Facebook, the app shows how to succeed in building brand awareness through word-of-mouth marketing on the social network. » MORE
Pearson VUE Appoints New Managing Director for Europe
London (UK), February 2012 - Pearson VUE, the company's computer-based testing business, has announced the appointment of Matthew Poyiadgi as Managing Director for Europe. Matthew has over twenty years' experience of working for international IT and computer-based testing companies, having established successful teams and customer partnerships to deliver new products and launch global programmes. » MORE
Ontuitive Argues for Radical Shift in Learning
Washington, D.C. (USA), February 2012 - Ontuitive, a performance-support systems and services provider, encourages businesses to make a radical shift to performance-based learning by integrating more learning into business workflows. Ontuitive's Chief Learning Evangelist Bob Mosher argues that business and L&D departments need to reappraise their approach to how they train employees. » MORE
Bluedrop Awaits First Day of Trading
St. John's, NL (CA), February 2012 - A recently completed business transaction with Serebra Learning Corporation will see Bluedrop Performance Learning, a pioneer in eLearning, become Canada's largest full-service eLearning company. It thus becomes one of the few technology companies from Atlantic Canada to cross over the public trading threshold. » MORE
Kenexa Acquires eLearning-solutions Company OutStart
Wayne, PA (USA), February 2012 - In an effort to expand its reach into the eLearning market, Kenexa, a publicly listed provider of business solutions for human resources and talent management, has agreed to acquire Boston-based OutStart. » MORE
Towards a Sustainable ICT Policy for Benin
Cotonou (BJ), February 2012 - eLearning Africa 2012 will take place from 23-25 May in Cotonou, Benin. In an interview, Ken Lohento, a specialist in the design and implementation of ICT projects to support agriculture and rural development, offers some lessons from his native Benin. » MORE
Invisible idiot
London (UK), February 2012 - (by Bob Little) Someone - in the early days of technology - put the English proverb 'out of sight, out of mind' into a mainframe-housed forerunner of Google Translate. The idea was that the proverb would be translated into Russian and then back into English to prove that the software worked correctly. The result of the computer's deliberations was: 'Invisible idiot'. » MORE
TTS GmbH Supports SAP Implementation
Heidelberg (GER), February 2012 - General Óptica, a leading ophthalmic company in Spain, has implemented SAP software across the entire Group, comprising 235 branches throughout Spain and Portugal. With the help of TT Knowledge Force, TTS GmbH familiarized the end users with the new software using a combination of handbooks and courses. » MORE
Docebo Receives 2.4 Euros Million to Boost Its Business
Milan (IT), February 2012 - Docebo, a provider of integrated eLearning solutions for corporates, has announced that Principia II, part of Principia SGR (one of the biggest players in the venture-capital market), has signed for a 2.4 euro million (US$3.1 million) capital increase. » MORE
