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GeoLearning Releases GeoMaestro 4.3 with Enhanced Reporting Functionality

GeoMaestro™ is an Internet-hosted human capital management and development platform that enables organizations to capture, create, manage and share knowledge to improve workforce productivity, accelerate critical business processes, and drive organizational performance. The system centralizes and automates the entire learning management process, making the administration of enterprise learning and development both effective and efficient. “GeoMaestro […]

Gallaudet University Chooses Online Tutoring From SMARTHINKING

Like most college students, Gallaudet students excel when provided anytime, anywhere, live academic support services. However, for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, “online tutoring allows an unprecedented level of convenience and support,” says Eileen Matthews, Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Support Services at Gallaudet. “Students and parents are thrilled to know that someone is always […]

Special Report: New e-learning tools

The two universities, the University of Saskatchewan and University of Alberta, will spearhead the research collaboration via their specialised research centres, the Advanced Research in Intelligent Educational Systems (Aries) Lab and the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning (AICML). Both centres have received Canadian research funding for their projects. Read the Full Story

Sonic Foundry Announces First Managed Hosting Service for Mediasite

Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SOFO), a leading rich media solutions company, today announced that BxVideo has developed the first Web-based hosting service designed exclusively to manage content captured using its Mediasite(TM) rich media presentation recorder. (See today’s related release: BxVideo Launches RMXPRES(TM) Service for Rich Media Web Communications). Read the Full Story

High school radio stations alive and well

Their unwavering devotion has meant that high school radio has managed to survive — even thrive at the margins at the low end of the FM dial.Read the Full Story

Centra Announces China Telecom as Strategic Business Partner; Ikonnet Technologies Continues to Open Chinese Market for Centra Online Collaboration

The service was launched on May 17th, 2004. Residential and business customers throughout China will benefit from the Centra ASP service to conduct online meetings in real-time and deliver mission-critical knowledge and training. Read the Full Story

Microsoft, University of Virginia, Thomson Collaborate to Design New Instructional Tools

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — May 19, 2004 –The University of Virginia, Thomson Learning, a part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), and Microsoft Corp. announce a groundbreaking collaboration to develop and deliver digital course material and tools that will help instructors better serve their students and help those students learn and retain more.Read the […]

Envision Announces Citibank Germany To Use New Click2Coach Version

Among its first customers for the German version is Citicorp Dienstleistungs GmbH. Citicorp will use Click2Coach 8.1 to train its agents to provide better-quality customer service. Click2Coach 8.1 is now available directly through the company or its partners in Europe.Read the Full Story

Applied Systems Transforms Customer Training Through Centra’s Collaborative Learning Solution

Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), a leading provider of specialized application software and services for online business collaboration, today announced at the ASTD 2004 International Conference & Exposition (booth #2307) that Applied Systems, the leading provider of automation solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry, has successfully moved 95 percent of its external training business to […]

Trifus Unveils Next Generation Technology for Integrating e-Learning Components

WASHINGTON, May 24 /PRNewswire/ — Trifus® N.A., LLC, a leading provider of content integration technology solutions for the e-Learning industry, today unveiled Zelos(TM), a groundbreaking software application that enables seamless communication and data interchange among e-Learning components regardless of vendor, location or compliance with industry standards. Read the Full Story