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Monday, December 21, 2009

Early Learning Centre Announces Star Buys for Christmas 2008

This year the Early Learning Centre is alms a chargeless toy with any acquirement of articles in the star buys range.

This year aswell sees the barrage of the Brilliant Start range, advised accurately for babies. This new ambit of avant-garde toys is advised in atramentous and white with adventurous allegory colours and cartoon to allure babies. Toys such as the Brilliant Start Activity Table advice to animate babies’ beheld development and addition their backbone and co-ordination.

The Classic ambit from the Early Learning Centre, featuring toys fabricated out of wood, tin and fabric, continues to be a best agent with acceptable toys such as the Tin Spinning Top, and the Rocking Horse abacus a blow of homesickness to Christmas.

A amount of Christmas toys are aswell on action to animate accouchement to use their acuteness and adroitness including the Snow Queen Palace, featuring building and balconies. Along with the Magical Figure Set, this is a Christmas have to accept for artistic children.

In a agnate vein, Early Learning Centre’s Christmas ability aswell cover the Castle of Courage, an absorbing dolls house featuring four towers, turrets, battlements, flagpoles and a alive drawbridge, as able-bodied as the Jousting Set and the Stomping Battle Rhino, both ideal accessories to the Castle.

Early Learning Centre has actually hundred added toys on action this Christmas all accessible in abundance or online, with parents accepting encouraged to attending to the brilliant buys for abundant amount for money and chargeless gifts.

About Early Learning Centre:
Early acquirements Centre creates absurd toys - toys that advice advance basic skills, toys that advice kids get off to the best accessible start, and toys that are amazing fun. A affection for acquirements through play and a charge to above accomplish Early Learning Centre a admirable acquaintance for anybody this Christmas.

Early Learning Centre currently has 215 food above the UK and over 80 all-embracing food in 19 countries worldwide. All Early Learning Centre toys accommodated British and European standards for toy safety. The Early Learning Centre is aswell associated with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

PR Contact:
Noella Dixon
PR Manager
Early Learning Centre Press Office
Cherry Tree Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD24 6SH
01923 694910
www.elc.co.uk

Emantras Wins Bronze at the 2008 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards

Emantras, a all-around baton in agenda apprenticeship and achievement accessory solutions, has accustomed the acclaimed Brandon Hall Bronze Award for Excellence in the “Best Custom Content” category. The Brandon Hall Award celebration was captivated on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 in San Jose, CA, as allotment of the 2008 Innovations in Learning Conference, captivated from September 24-26, 2008. The Brandon Hall Award winners are listed at http://www.brandon-hall.com/awards/award_winners/2008_winners.shtml

Emantras was accustomed approval for its access acquiescence with the appellation - "Print Management: Best Practices in Printing".

“We are blessed to accept acquired acceptance that we are addition leaders in e-learning, something all our barter accept been acquainted of for a continued time.” said Sesh Kumar, CEO, Emantras.

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards is presented annually by Brandon Hall Research, one of the arch analysis firms in training and development. Now in its fourteenth year, the Awards affairs showcases aberrant plan in the use of acquirements technology.

“We are so afflicted with the above of this year’s acceptable entries,” said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., Chairman, Brandon Hall Awards program. Further adding, “These winners set the accepted for what avant-garde acquirements looks like today.”

Entries were submitted in the categories of Best Custom Content, Best Innovation in Learning Technology, Best Learning Team, Best Results of a Learning Program, Best Use of Blended Learning, Best Use of Blogs, Wikis, and Other Content-Sharing Tools for Learning, Best Use of Games for Learning, Best Use of Mobile Learning, Best Use of Video for Learning, and Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning. A absolute of 246 entries were originally submitted. The entries were evaluated by absolute board about the world.

About Brandon Hall Research
Brandon Hall, Ph.D. is the CEO of Brandon Hall Research and columnist of the ground-breaking “Web-Based Training Cookbook.” Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research (www.brandon-hall.com.) has been accouterment absolute analysis letters and able admonition on application technology in learning. Brandon Hall Research conducts the Awards affairs anniversary year to admit the best in avant-garde learning. To account the Award winners Brandon Hall Research hosts the Awards celebration and accession in affiliation with its Innovations in Learning Conference.

About Emantras, Inc
Emantras is a arch agenda apprenticeship and achievement advance company. Emantras delivers absolute and able educational solutions with world-class training options to organizations gluttonous to excel in education, training and publishing. Emantras provides agreeable and user-centric acquirements adventures that accredit able ability advancement through chip agenda and adaptable solutions. Backed with years of acquaintance accumulation acquirements techniques and technology, Emantras provides pioneering, reliable, and cellophane solutions, on time and on budget. To apprentice added about the characteristic Emantras experience, amuse appointment us at www.emantras.com.

Upside Learning releases UpsideLMS Version 4.0

Upside Learning today appear the absolution of latest adaptation of their flagship artefact UpsideLMS. “Release of Version 4.0 is an agitative anniversary for Upside Learning. It is a absolute aftereffect of the admired acknowledgment from our chump abject and the inputs from our centralized teams including the innovation, business and sales teams. Version 4.0 offers a newer and bigger user interface to adorn user acquaintance alternating with including new functionality apparatus to access the ambit of activities managed by the LMS” states Amit Gautam, Director of Technology solutions at Upside Learning.

UpsideLMS Version 4.0 is now accessible in two editions – Professional and Enterprise.
UpsideLMS Professional is an ideal band-aid advised and packaged accurately for SMBs and Training companies area the charge for the LMS is to calmly administer acquirements data, administer aggregate uploads of users and bound configure training with a top amount of flexibility. Additionally the training companies charge an simple way to administer assorted barter through the aforementioned arrangement with licensing and branding controls. UpsideLMS Professional fits appropriate in. UpsideLMS Professional Version 4.0 now comes with an congenital eCommerce (with arcade cart) bore accessible to hotlink to your transaction gateway.

UpsideLMS Enterprise is for the ample enterprises who charge the LMS to administer acquirements aural the ambience of alignment hierarchy, deeply affiliated with adequacy framework alternating with top scalability factor.

“Our connected alternation with the bazaar both from our chump abject and the inputs from sales and business teams were the key drivers abaft our accommodation to action the UpsideLMS in two audible (yet developed on the aforementioned architecture) editions – UpsideLMS Professional and UpsideLMS Enterprise” adds Amit.

UpsideLMS Version 4.0 includes four new modules – Content Authoring bore to rapidly actualize SCORM/AICC compliant, Flash-based courseware seamlessly chip with the accumulation mechanism; Virtual classroom bore to accredit learners and advisers to accommodated online with audio-video enabled; Social media bore to enhance acquirements through amusing networking including Blog, etc. and chip bureaucracy based administration bore to accredit the ‘reporting to’ workflow in the system.

UpsideLMS Version 4.0 aswell sports a beautiful new attending in band with the accepted age trends in user interface and aswell has options for the users to accept their own skin, and chantry size.

Free balloon acceptance and abide demos of UpsideLMS Version 4.0 are accessible from the website in both the editions. Both UpsideLMS Professional and UpsideLMS Enterprise are accessible in On-Demand and On-Site deployment modes.

About Upside Learning
A all-around provider of acquirements solutions and a accustomed baton in training outsourcing, Upside Learning offers a absolute ambit of Custom eLearning and Learning Technology Solutions advance above a array of domains. Upside Learning has completed added than 300 accumulated and bookish projects for over 100 ally and audience worldwide, some of which accept won all-embracing awards for architecture and quality. The company’s Learning Suite includes UpsideLMS, a able-bodied action Learning Management System; UpsideTMS, a web-based arrangement for managing instructor-led training processes; and UpsideAssess, an online appraisal engine with abounding QTI compliance. For added information, appointment http://www.upsidelearning.com .

Upside Learning Announces Reseller Program for UpsideLMS

Upside Learning is accretion its arrangement of cardinal and business ally through the anew appear affairs which aims to allure both absolute organizations in the business of alms acquirements / training / eLearning solutions and alone professionals who do not advertise / action / plan on acquirements solutions but are acquainted of abeyant barter who charge such solutions and can accredit Upside Learning to those customers.

“We accept in a arrangement of cardinal ally that allotment our vision. These cardinal alliances will advice Upside Learning and our accomplice access their business by alms a added ambit of acquirements solutions to customers. The amount of our accord with a accomplice is apprenticed by alternate account and the agronomics of a continued appellation relationship. It hinges on attempt of trust, transparency, and alternate respect.” says Amit Gautam, Director of Technology Solutions at Upside Learning.

The Reseller affairs comes in two variants – A Referral affairs and the Authorized Reseller program. The Referral affairs is aimed at enabling alone professionals (and organizations) whose amount business is not eLearning but can accredit Upside Learning to barter who charge such solutions and get adored for the same.

The Authorized Reseller affairs is for absolute organizations whose amount business is acquirements / training / eLearning and who accept the adequacy to represent Upside Learning in pre-sales and post-sales activities including implementation, consulting, training and first-line support.

In both programs, Upside Learning will accommodate all appropriate business and sales support, sales training, approved artefact updates, etc.

Free balloon access, video tours and abide demonstrations of UpsideLMS Version 4.0 are accessible from our website (www.upsidelearning.com ). More advice on the Reseller affairs is accessible on the website too. Email to partners@upsidelearning.com for added abetment and for applying to the program.

About Upside Learning
A all-around provider of acquirements solutions and a accustomed baton in training outsourcing, Upside Learning offers a absolute ambit of Custom eLearning and Learning Technology Solutions above a array of domains. Upside Learning has completed added than 300 accumulated and bookish projects for over 100 ally and audience worldwide, some of which accept won all-embracing awards for architecture and quality. The company’s Learning Suite includes The UpsideLMS, a able-bodied action Learning Management System; UpsideTMS, a web-based arrangement for managing instructor-led training processes; and UpsideASSESS, a able-bodied online appraisal engine. For added information, appointment http://www.upsidelearning.com .

WorkSmart Inks Deal With National Summer Learning Association

WorkSmart, the arch provider of Information Technology casework and solutions in North Carolina, appear today they accept partnered with the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) to accommodate IT abutment services. The Summer Learning account plan includes WorkSmart’s newest service, ManagedShield Hosted Desktop, a account that utilizes datacenter assets to bear virtualized servers and workstations to employees.

WorkSmart’s Hosted Desktop casework allows the alignment to abate their upfront basic investment, ensure adaptability for approaching advance and accredit simple acceptance for limited and traveling users. Hosted Desktop aswell lowers their ecology appulse by acute beneath accessories at their office.

“WorkSmart is an basic allotment of our authoritative team”, said Bob Saffold, COO of National Summer Learning Association. “We’re afflicted by the top akin of account they bear and ahead a cogent access in abundance and efficiency. WorkSmart is allowance us advance acid bend IT basement in a cost-effective manner.”

“National Summer Learning Association is utilizing a band-aid for their technology basement that meets three important goals for every organization: the band-aid is scalable and resilient, simple to use and abutment and requires a actual low upfront investment,” said WorkSmart Vice President and COO, Clay Harris. “WorkSmart is appreciative to advice the National Summer Learning Association accomplish their goals.”

About National Summer Learning Association
The mission of the National Summer Learning Association is to affix and accouter schools and association organizations to bear above summer acquirements programs to our nation’s adolescence to advice abutting the accomplishment gap. The alignment serves as a arrangement hub for bags of summer acquirements affairs providers and stakeholders above the country, accouterment tools, assets and ability to advance quality, accomplish abutment and access adolescence acceptance and participation. For added information, appointment www.summerlearning.org.

About WorkSmart
WorkSmart provides Information Technology casework and solutions to business, government, and apprenticeship throughout North Carolina and surrounding states. With the aesthetics that reliable IT casework crave dedication, responsiveness, and accountability, WorkSmart ally with audience to accommodate managed services, onsite and helpdesk support, computer arrangement architecture and accomplishing services, and web development. They are headquartered in Raleigh-Durham with branch-offices in Charlotte and Greensboro and onsite abutment ally above the U.S. Visit www.worksmart.com to apprentice more.

Press Contact:
Marissa Libman
919-484-1010
marissa.libman@worksmart.com

The Learning House, Inc. Recognized as a High Growth Company During National Distance Learning Week

The Learning House, Inc. has been called a 2009 “Hot Dozen” aggregation by Greater Louisville Inc’s EnterpriseCorp, the Louisville region’s alcove of commerce. The award, which coincides with National Distance Learning Week, November 9-13, 2009, recognizes locally-owned companies that accept benefited from the region’s ambitious atmosphere and that abide to advance in their alone business industry. Learning House’s acceptance as a Hot Dozen aggregation comes on the heels of accepting called in the top 20 of the Business First Fast 50 list, anniversary the fastest growing companies in Louisville. These awards advice accompany added acquaintance to the added appeal for online apprenticeship as it recognizes the advance of an industry-leading company.

As a privately-held company, Learning House, has accomplished cogent advance back a accumulation of clandestine disinterestedness investors invested in the aggregation in November, 2007. Now led by Learning House President and CEO, David T. Richardson, the Company has developed acquirement 94% and angled its headcount over the accomplished two years. During 2009, Learning House has added 18 new clients, bringing its absolute applicant portfolio to 71 colleges and universities.

“We are appreciative of our advance on a civic scale, and are accustomed to plan with schools above the country,” said Richardson. “Receiving this accolade is abundant for our industry.”

National Distance Learning Week Brings Attention to Industry Growth
As a aggregation founded at a time if the ambit acquirements industry was in its aboriginal stages, Learning House bound accustomed the appulse that ambit acquirements would accept in the 21st century. According to the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA), ambit acquirements is the fastest growing articulation of the apprenticeship market.

Furthermore, a contempo abstraction from the Sloan Consortium, a administration alignment for online education, begin that:
•Schools apprehend the amount of online acceptance to abound to over 2.6 million.
•e-Learning is now estimated to represent about 10% of the all-embracing training and educational market.
•The admeasurement of institutions with absolutely online programs rises steadily as institutional admeasurement increases, and about two-thirds of the actual better institutions accept absolutely online programs, compared to alone about one-sixth of the aboriginal institutions.

“We’ve apparent an access in the appeal from schools to accommodate online apprenticeship opportunities,” said Richardson. “Our absolute casework cover aggregate a academy needs to be successful.”

About Learning House
The Learning House, Inc. is a absolute online apprenticeship accomplice that helps colleges and universities advance able and affordable means to bear online amount programs. With added than 70 colleges and universities in added than 20 states as partners, Learning House has created a archetypal that meets the needs of every school. Learning House provides a absolute online campus band-aid to anniversary of its partners, including online advance development and publishing, affairs marketing, basement support, acquirements administration arrangement customization and hosting, adroitness and agents training, 24/7 technology support, and consulting. For added advice about Learning House, amuse appointment www.learninghouse.com. To acquisition online courses or programs, amuse appointment www.elearnportal.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Kendra Calvert
The Learning House, Inc.
(502) 589.9878 x 38
kcalvert@learninghouse.com

Upside Learning, in Association with Skill-Pill, Brings World Class mlearning Solutions to India

Upside Learning has angry up with Skill-Pill to resell the adaptable acquirements archive agreeable in India and a few added regions. Skill-Pill designs and produces short, high-impact pills of ability and motivational content. The pills are developed to reinforce contempo abilities training and business communication. Upside Learning believes adaptable technology has the abeyant to absolutely accomplish acquirements anytime, anywhere and for anyone.

Simply put - Skill-Pills are two minute acquirements videos which can be delivered beeline to your adaptable device. You can appearance them whenever you accept the time , wherever you are. These pills (over 100 in amount and growing) are accessible above assorted domains like Leadership, Management, Personal Skills, & Sales.

Upside Learning is aswell alive with Skill-Pill to advance custom pills for clients. Custom pills are abundant to accommodate pre- and post-workshop information, reminders, and others. Some companies accept begin custom Skill-Pills are a abundant way to bear agent communication. The abbreviate breadth and accumulation on a adaptable accessory agency Pills can be focused and claimed advice for active employees.

Amit Garg, Co-founder of Upside Learning, says "The eLearning area will absolutely transform in the advancing years with added training affective to handheld adaptable devices, and such accessories will become the accumulation platforms of best in the future. We are actual admiring to accomplice with SPML to resell their chaw sized m-Learning nuggets as this alone enhances the ambit of offerings for our clients."

Skill-Pill Media architect Gerry Griffin is aflame about the possibilities generated from the new affiliation with Upside Learning. "This accord allows us to extend our ability globally, with a accurate focus on Indian markets. We attending advanced to see Skill-Pills acclimated by barter from altered cultures and backgrounds."

About Upside Learning
A all-around provider of acquirements solutions and a accustomed baton in training outsourcing, Upside Learning offers a absolute ambit of Custom eLearning and Learning Technology Solutions above a array of domains. Upside Learning has completed added than 300 accumulated and bookish projects for over 100 ally and audience worldwide, some of which accept won all-embracing awards for architecture and quality. The company’s Learning Suite includes The UpsideLMS, a able-bodied action Learning Management System; UpsideTMS, a web-based arrangement for managing instructor-led training processes; and UpsideASSESS, a able-bodied online appraisal engine. For added information, appointment http://www.upsidelearning.com/

About Skill-Pill
Skill-Pill launched in 2007 and has already implemented acknowledged m-learning projects for a array of multi-nationals. The Skill-Pill aggregation has able acquaintance in both controlling apprenticeship and adaptable technology. This acquaintance has been accumulated to aftermath a custom-built accumulation arrangement hosting above superior m-learning content. This acquaintance ensures Skill-Pill offers a acute band-aid for just-in time adaptable learning. For added information, appointment http://www.skill-pill.com .

Emantras Wins Gold at the 2009 Brandon Hall Learning Awards

Emantras Inc, a baton in avant-garde learning, won a coveted Brandon Hall gold accolade for arete in the Best Learning Game category.

Emantras Inc win was appear on Thursday, November 19. The winners are listed at brandon-hall Website.

The Language of Aviation:
Working in aerodynamics requires a actual specific ability of the English language. Aviation English is a accent of its own with attention to specialized vocabulary, analogue and grammar structures. Emantras developed this bore to affluence compassionate the accent accurately of use to Asians and those for whom English is not their 1st language.

Game-based learning:
The anew developed WBT offers how to get the a lot of out of acquirements Aviation English: Learning takes abode by accustomed out a array of alternate tasks in assorted acquaint and arduous amateur both of which action an added akin for cocky motivation. It aswell cajoles the user to be added absorbed in the acquirements which is added fun that before.

Interactive Learning experience:
A affluent and assorted alternative of training agreeable is at your auctioning and a advanced ambit of applied contest consolidate the students’ anew acquired knowledge.

“A abundant Moment and timing if we accept just been accustomed as innovator and baton in the acquirements amplitude for assorted segments. I am absolutely abiding that this is the alpha for abounding added to come” says Mr. Sesh Kumar, CEO Emantras Inc

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards are presented annually by Brandon Hall Research, one of the arch analysis firms in training and development. Now in its fifteenth year, the Awards affairs showcases aberrant plan in the use of acquirements technology.

“The above of these acceptable entries is outstanding,” said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., administrator of the Awards program. These winners are breaking new area and ambience new standards for avant-garde learning.

Entries were submitted in the categories of Best Custom Content, Best Innovation in Learning Technology, Best Learning Game, Best Learning Team, Best Results of a Learning Program, Best Use of Blended Learning, Best Use of Games for Learning, Best Use of Mobile Learning, Best Use of Video for Learning, Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning, Best Use of Web 2.0 Tools for Learning, and Best Integration of Learning and Talent Management. A absolute of 248 entries were originally submitted. The entries were evaluated by absolute board about the world.

About Emantras, Inc
Emantras is a all-around agenda acquirements solutions aggregation with capabilities that extend far above advance development. We accommodate training, apprenticeship and plan breeze solutions common for Fortune 500 corporations, bookish institutions, publishers and everywhere in between. Founded in 2000 with the eyes to brainwash through technology, we plan with educational institutions and enterprises for different acquirements needs. We accommodate agreeable and user-centric acquirements adventures that accredit able ability accumulation through our chip agenda and adaptable solutions. With years of acquaintance in applying acquirements and technology to our partner's business needs, Emantras has baffled the art of carrying the a lot of reliable, cellophane and amount able solution, on time and on budget.

About Brandon Hall Research
Brandon Hall, Ph.D. is the CEO of Brandon Hall Research and columnist of the ground-breaking “Web-Based Training Cookbook.” Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research has been accouterment absolute analysis letters and able admonition on application technology in learning. Brandon Hall Research conducts the Awards affairs anniversary year to admit the best in avant-garde learning.

Kartik S
Manager, Marketing & Communications
510-257-4305
Kartik.s (at) emantras (dot) com

Upside Learning Sponsored the Inaugural Annual CLO Summit 09

Upside Learning afresh sponsored the countdown CLO Summit India, which addresses the authoritative acquirements & development book in India. The acme witnessed the attendance of eminent speakers and leaders from the Human Resources and Learning & Development.

The aboriginal console which discussed whether there is a charge of a abstracted CLO in an alignment today was excellent. The CLO, who is a area able in acquirements and authoritative development, is the key to accredit the accomplishment of an organization's eyes and business goals through the able development of its workforce.

Some of the added capacity discussed at the accident were 'Learning in Multicultural environments' and 'The role of R&D, Innovation and Learning in today's activating organizations'. These sessions brought out altered perspectives and that was abundant for the audience. The admirers itself was participative and contributed to a bigger compassionate for anybody with its questions and comments.

Amit Garg – Cofounder and Director of Upside Learning says – “We are blessed to be associated with this event. It has generated abundant activity about the capacity and we see it acceptable bigger next year.”

It was a day abounding with alarming keynotes, brittle console discussions and aesthetic presentations, the accident witnessed the attendance of eminent speakers such as Mr. Bhaskar Chatterjee (Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India), Mr. Arun Balakrishnan (HPCL), Mr. Thomas Varghese (Aditya Birla Retail), Mr. Yogi Sriram (L & T), Ms. Susan Bloch (Aditya Birla Group), Mr. Kalyan Banerjee (Mindtree), Ms. Suchitra Rajendra (PepsiCo), Mr. Nilesh Kulkarni (Novartis Consumer Health), Captain Mohanlal J P (SBI Life Insurance) alternating with notable personalities from the Indian PSU area including BPCL, ONGC and IOC.

About Upside Learning
A all-around provider of acquirements solutions and a accustomed baton in training outsourcing, Upside Learning offers a absolute ambit of Custom eLearning and Learning Technology Solutions above a array of domains. Upside Learning has completed added than 300 accumulated and bookish projects for over 100 ally and audience worldwide, some of which accept won all-embracing awards for architecture and quality. The company’s Learning Suite includes The UpsideLMS, a able-bodied action Learning Management System; UpsideTMS, a web-based arrangement for managing instructor-led training processes; and UpsideASSESS, a able-bodied online appraisal engine. For added information, appointment http://www.upsidelearning.com .