| Stay Healthy |
| New Videonovela on Diabetes Treatment in Spanish |
| Rockville, MD (USA), May 2012 - A new Spanish-language videonovela entitled "Aprende a vivir" (Learn to Live) helps diabetes patients compare their treatment options to find a regimen that works best for them. It tells the story of Don Felipe, who has type-2 diabetes, in episodes of five to seven minutes each. [more...] |
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| New Funding Scheme |
| Giving UK Communities a Say over Learning |
| London (UK), May 2012 – The British Government has announced a pilot scheme that will give people a say in decisions about their local adult-learning courses and bring better value for money for taxpayers. The Government is planning to select between ten and fifteen Community Learning Trust pilots that will begin work in August 2012. [more...] |
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| Growing Market |
| Positive Attitudes on Mobile Learning |
| London (UK), May 2012 - Attitudes of senior learning-and-development leaders towards mobile learning have changed, with many now having had positive experiences and harbouring enthusiasm for this method of delivery. This is a significant turnaround from prior attitudes, which named problems with technology as a crucial barrier to implementation. [more...] |
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| Business Ethics |
| Eukleia Training Release New Course |
| London (UK), April 2012 - Entitled "Choices and Consequences", this new thirty-minute scenario-based course takes a holistic approach to ethics, corporate culture, and workplace responsibilities. It asks the learner to apply all three of these frameworks to realistic dilemmas tailored to the learner’s role within their firm. [more...] |
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| Health Sector |
| Increasing Productivity with Learning Automation |
| Pasco, WA (USA), April 2012 - Vivid Learning Systems has provided Kittitas Valley Community Hospital (KVCH) with a new training program powered by a robust enterprise learning- management system (LMS), including comprehensive OSHA and healthcare-compliance course libraries. [more...] |
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| Expanding Market |
| The Training Associates Announces Record Growth in 2011 |
| Westboro, MA (USA), April 2012 - The Training Associates (TTA) has announced a record growth in 2011, with a 175% increase in sales over the previous year and sales growth of 103% over the last four years. TTA projects 2012 sales of over $60 million, with continued profits above industry averages. [more...] |
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
| The Shadow between the Idea and Reality |
 London (UK), April 2012 - (by Bob Little) The term "eLearning" was first coined in the mid-1990s. Before that, it was "computer based training". Over the last 20 years or so, if the idea has been to harvest the promise of eLearning in every aspect of corporate learning, what has obscured that reality?
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| Open Source |
| Totara Announces New Partnerships |
 Canterbury (UK), March 2012 – Totara Learning Solutions, amongst the winners disclosed at the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition, has announced a new Totara LMS Partner: Lambda Solutions, a Moodle Partner with clients in Canada and the United States. [more...] |
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| Workplace Policies |
| Social Media Use of Employees in the UK |
| London (UK), March 2012 – Croner, a Wolters Kluwer business, makes recommendations on social-media policies for the workplace. The firm has found that over a quarter of UK businesses (28%) still don't have a social media, internet, or email policy in place.
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| Key Issues |
| What to Know about mLearning |
 Santa Rosa, CA (USA), March 2012 – As consumers acquire more and more mobile technology, they are pushing organizations to deliver information and services via that technology. Yet not all information and services are appropriate. In an article in the online publication Learning Solutions, Anita Rosen, president of ReadyGo, Inc. compared the pros and cons. [more...] |
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| Free Reading |
| eBooks Made Simple |
| London (UK), March 2012 - Bookboon.com is turning the US book market upside down with free eBooks. In 2012, Bookboon.com aims to reach a market share of over ten percent in the USA. [more...] |
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| Code Free |
| Creating Apps with Rich Content |
| Barcelona (ES), March 2012 – The Spanish company Aquafadas has made its Digital Publishing System compatible with its HTML5 animation-creation application MotionComposer. [more...] |
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
| A potential Solution to HR Evaluation Challenges |
| London (UK), March 2012 - (by Bob Little) Results assessment specialist Ceres Management – which aims to enable clients to use the evidence of business results to make sound decisions about ongoing investments in people development - has launched a new approach to evaluation that: defines what business success looks like; aligns evaluation goals with business needs; focuses evaluation around clear performance needs; defines success indicators, especially for behavioural outcomes, and is easy to apply and administer. [more...] |
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| Computer-based Testing |
| 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...] |
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| Talent Management |
| 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...] |
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