LTG Agrees to Buy OpenLMS from Blackboard

 

Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG) has agreed to buy all intellectual property and assets relating to Blackboard’s Open LMS platform for $31.7 million.

Kallidus buy Engage in Learning

Learning and talent management provider, Kallidus are to acquire Engage in Learning, the eLearning developer known for its compliance, health and safety and soft skills development.

Live Online Learning: A Facilitators Guide

Virtual classrooms provide a fantastic opportunity for any organisation that wants to get more training done more cheaply, particularly when participants are widely dispersed.

This ebook brings together best practice guidelines from around the world and from our own extensive experience. It will provide you with invaluable support as you look to transfer your skills online.

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How to be Webinar Master

Donald Taylor is making his book, Webinar Master, available for free.

It’s 46 pages of hints and tips collected over 13 years of hosting and delivering webinars.

Download here.

QA Buys Cloud Academy

QA have announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Cloud Academy.

Learning Pool Buys HT2

Following on from their recent acquisition of MediaCorp, Learning Pool have now announced a deal to buy HT2 Labs.

Using Digital Technology to Improve Learning

Guidance report from Education Endowment Foundation designed to support senior leaders and teachers to make better informed decisions, including a number of practical examples of technology being used in ways which support improved teaching and learning.