Wendy Edie, Managing Director of the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, believes that producing an agile workforce committed to quality-assessed lifelong learning is the best way for businesses to thrive as climate change forces the adoption of net zero-aligned technologies and business practices. Speaking ahead of COP26 - the conference on global [...]
Waste King, the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, has started regenerating its vehicle fleet by investing in its first electrically powered trucks. In addition, it has added two ‘junk removal’ vehicles to its fleet, which is growing following continued increasing demand for its services. Glenn Currie, Waste King’s Managing Director, explained, [...]
Housing Technology, a UK-based technology information service for the housing sector, has launched Housing Technology On Demand, a streaming platform for the sector. For over a decade, Housing Technology has been delivering information and knowledge through various channels, including their annual conference, magazine, reports and events. This new venture provides housing professionals in the sector [...]
The digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, is not alone in discovering that its ‘Friends of eCom’ initiative is proving beneficial, especially in these unusual and challenging business times. “Friends of eCom is an initiative set up to enable us to work collaboratively with other like-minded, forward thinking companies,” explained eCom’s Managing Director, [...]
#Digitization and #digitalization - are they synonymous or are there some subtle differences between them? What's in a name? - As #shakespeare said. Read - and/or hear - Bob Little's views on this subject - on the Czech Republic-based 'Education Online' website at https://www.educationonline.cz/whats-in-a-name/
A recently published e-Book from the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, outlines the five key steps to digital transformation success. Written in the wake of the business challenges brought about by the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic among other issues, the e-Book examines the question, ‘What skills will your workforce need to ensure your [...]
In 2016, Degreed acquired Gibbon, a pioneer in developing software to curate and share learning resources from across the internet. Based outside Amsterdam, in The Netherlands, it was Degreed’s first big step expanding into Europe. But that was only the beginning. Almost three years into Degreed’s European expansion, Gibbon has blossomed into a fast-growing [...]
The annual look by Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance (www.ftiecla.com) at what’s going to be hot in learning and development (L&D) in the year ahead focuses, perhaps inevitably, on the continuing impact of all things digital. The difference we’ve been seeing over the last 12 months is the maturing of [...]
Speaking at a press conference held recently in the Austrian Residence, in London’s Belgrave Square, the Director of the Vienna State Opera, Dominique Meyer, revealed that, during the 2017/2018 season, the ‘Wiener Staatsoper live at home’ programme will broadcast a total of 45 performances live on the internet. In addition to the opera house’s [...]
David George, lead project management trainer at the learning and development consultancy, Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS), will be a key speaker at a STEM project management conference being held in Harwell, Oxfordshire, on 29th November. STEM – an acronym covering the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics – is a curriculum based on [...]
