Bisk Education, a homegrown, privately held online education company, is adding 45 jobs to meet the needs of two educational institutions it just signed up as e-learning partners.
Archives for February 2005
Sirsi Buys E-learning Company Docutek
Sirsi Corporation recently announced the acquisition of Docutek, which markets e-resource and e-learning solutions. Sirsi said that, as a wholly owned subsidiary, Docutek will continue to “design, develop, sell, and support its Docutek ERes, Docutek VRLplus, and Docutek atSchool products, which serve 550 customer sites and nearly four million end users around the world.” Docutek will remain in its current offices and retain general staff; however, Docutek’s president and CEO Nathan Vince and technology VP Slaven Zivkovic were casualties of the buyout.
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E-learning scholarships
HEEDING the call by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammed and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for Malaysians to improve their proficiency in English, Learned Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd (LES) recently awarded 10 scholarships to University Putra Malaysia (UPM) for its Efl e-learning programme.
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TrainUp.com Announces Launch of its New Online Career Training Portal. Over 50,000 Instructor-led and Online Course Listings from premier Training Providers Nationwide.
TrainUp.com, announces the launch of its online career training portal located at www.TrainUp.com. With over 50,000 instructor-led and online courses already listed from nearly 120 partnering training providers in the US and Canada. The site provides a new level of functionality for persons seeking to find, research, and register for career training in fields including Business, Human Resources, Information Technology, Health Care, HIPAA, and Environmental. At TrainUp.com users can also submit requests for on-site or custom training and receive bids from premiere training providers.
Riverdeep 2005 SIIA Codie Award Finalist in Four Categories; Products Destination Success & Kid Pix 4 Deluxe for Schools Nominated As Finalists for SIIA 20th Annual Codie Awards
Riverdeep Inc., LLC, a leading publisher of educational content and developer of interactive learning tools that engage children and empower teachers to realize success, is pleased to announce that two flagship products, Destination Success(R) and Kid Pix(R) 4 Deluxe For Schools have been nominated as finalists by The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, for its 20th Annual Codie Awards.
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