Academic Learning Futures: E-Vacuating Oil Rigs Dramatic actions such as saving workers from a blazing oil rig are all in a day’s work for Gilly Salmon. Only they take place online – in the virtual environment of ‘Second Life’. As a Professor of E-Learning a... Read More November 16, 2009 News
ELIG Workshop: Innovation and Change Powered by Learning Solutions The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) brings the debate on the role of knowledge and learning solutions in ensuring sustainable economic recovery to ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN in the form of a pre-conference wor... Read More November 13, 2009 News
Workplace Learning at OEB Repercussions of the recent downturn in the financial sector have been felt heavily in the business world, but anyone with even a modicum of entrepreneurial acumen knows that out of something bad, something goo... Read More November 12, 2009 News
Learning Languages at Work: The Best Case Scenario Timothy Phillips Traditional language training at the workplace is “expensive and ineffective,” says Timothy Phillips, Managing Director of the Cologne-based company SKYLIGHT GmbH. Together with Henkel, the... Read More November 10, 2009 News
‘Wyse up’ to Thin Computing – ICT Workplace Solutions not Thin on the Ground Tarkan Maner Businesses are facing many challenges in these times of economic uncertainty, when training budgets are tight and performance is increasingly crucial. How can ICT strategies be designed and imp... Read More November 9, 2009 News
Training Figures That Speak for Themselves Kenny Henderson How can one reduce induction time and substantially lower attrition rates for new recruits? Home entertainment giant Sky found answers to these questions in its new e-learning programme "Get... Read More November 9, 2009 News
E-Learning with a Kick Sports play a crucial social role in the integration of young people into society, and now they are increasingly being used as an incentive to increase motivation for learning and training. At OEB, five fascina... Read More October 27, 2009 News
E-Learning in France is à la mode © fotolia - shocky France is a country known for its savoir-vivre, cuisine and couture – but what about e-learning and related IT innovations? At the “French Pavilion” and in a session dedicated to French e... Read More October 27, 2009 News
Fronter Implements New LMS for the University of Vienna The University of Vienna, the oldest university in the German-speaking world and one of the largest in Central Europe, has selected Fronter to provide its central Learning Management System (LMS). Fronter was c... Read More October 27, 2009 News
ICT to Empower Learning, Creativity & Innovation in Europe: European Commission Presents ICT for Learning Activities at OEB 2009 Computers and the Internet have arrived in European schools. Virtually all primary schools use computers for learning purposes, and some have even started to move away from dedicated computer labs to the use in... Read More October 26, 2009 News