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Element K Content to Educate Adobe Trainers and Customers

The Adobe Solutions Network (ASN) is a worldwide program that offers trainers and other Adobe partners a range of technical and marketing support to successfully develop and market Adobe products. Through the ACTP Power-Up Program, Adobe Certified Training Providers (ACTPs) can access Adobe training online or through courseware. Adobe’s Power Up programs will initially feature […]

Representatives from German Schools and Universities Meet with Blackboard to Share Ideas and Discuss Best Practices in e-Education

“Teaching and learning online is no longer a local phenomenon, but rather an increasingly international affair,” said Helmut Brammerts, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Leiter des Selbstlernzentrums. “We greatly appreciate Blackboard’s thoughtful approach in addressing the specific needs of the German market and look forward to the international version of the Blackboard Learning System.” Meeting the Needs of […]

A blended e-learning approach ensures success

This is the view of CS Holdings director Madelise Grobler, who believes that the key to mixing and matching these two approaches to training is to identify those that are best handled by e-learning technology and those that can be maximised using more traditional methods. Read the Full Article

WorldWide Retail Exchange Launches WWRE University; First Multi-lingual, e-learning Forum for Members and Their Trading Partners

This is the first on-line education initiative for the retail industry – designed exclusively to fast-track adoption of WWRE(R) applications and solutions. It puts learning and interactive knowledge sharing into the hands of the members, for them to manage and control on their own terms. Read The Full Article

California Launches Statewide Distance Learning System for HazMat Emergency Responders Using FireRescueWORLD.com

LOVELAND, Colo., May 29, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The state of California has become the first state in the nation to initiate a standardized Web-based distance learning program to train hazardous materials (HazMat) emergency responders. Read The Full Article

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to Introduce Distance Education

All qualifying candidates will be evaluated, selected and assigned to either a pilot project or a waiting list. Should the programme be approved, candidates on the waiting list will commence their studies in 2004. Read The Full Article

Md. libraries using online training

Started as an experiment three years ago in Carroll County, the project spread to 16 of the state’s 27 public library systems last fall with the help of the Maryland Library Partnership (www.maplaonline.org/partnership), a nonprofit cooperative of the library systems. Read The Full Article

IBM wants a piece of the e-learning pie

Hans Ulrich Maerki, chairman for IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa, said the market included infrastructure, hardware, software, platforms, middleware and other services associated with electronic aids to education. Read the Full Article

Australia’s St.George Bank Selects Click2learn To Expand Corporate E-Learning Programs For More Than 7,700 Employees

BELLEVUE, WA (May 21, 2002): St.George Bank, one of Australia’s top five banking institutions, has chosen Click2learn’s Aspen Enterprise Learning Platformä to expand its corporate e-learning programs. Click2learn Asia Pacific, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, will oversee the implementation, as well provide product support and consulting services to St.George. “St.George Bank has committed to e-learning as […]

Irish show the way to put the ‘e’ in learning

THE trouble with IT is that the ground moves so quickly beneath you. One minute you’re happily humming and hawing over what looks like the latest fad — the next you look round and discover that someone else has turned the thing into a genuine, bona fide industry. Read the Full Article