Tagged: E-learning
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Medical IT firms have a tough act to follow News
01.07.2008 Companies entering the ‘Best Use of Information Technology’ category in this year’s Irish Healthcare Awards will have to come up with something special to equal the innovative...Categories: R&DTags: E-learning, -
ThirdForce revenues jump 35pc to €22.8m News
16.04.2008 Irish e-learning player ThirdForce saw operating profits for 2007 jump 160pc to €2.6m following its acquisition last year of US company Mindleaders.Categories: BusinessTags: E-learning, -
Belfast firm launches healthcare training site News
12.03.2008 A video-based e-learning site for healthcare professionals developed by Belfast company StreamOn has been launched.Tags: E-learning, Healthcare -
Nearly 40pc of Europeans ‘digital illiterates’ News
10.09.2007 Efforts to bridge the digital divide in Europe got a boost last Friday as the European Commission proposed a long-term e-skills agenda.Categories: Government, R&DTags: E-learning, EU -
Irish college awards world’s first online MSc News
09.08.2007 Twenty seven people from over 11 different companies became the world’s first MSc graduates from an online college as they were awarded a Masters in Pharmaceutical Medicine with...Categories: R&DTags: E-learning, -
Lawyers to get upskilled via their MP3 players News
23.07.2007 Members of the legal profession who face compulsory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) can soon meet their obligations from any location by downloading lectures onto...Categories: R&DTags: E-learning -
Riverdeep buys US publisher for US$4bn News
17.07.2007 In what has been described as the third largest acquisition in Irish corporate history, unstoppable businessman Barry O’Callaghan’s Riverdeep has acquired Reed Elsevier’s US...Tags: E-learning, Riverdeep -
One51 buys a stake in ThirdForce News
22.06.2007 Former IAWS chairman and agribusiness mogul Philip Lynch’s One51 Capital has taken a 3.12pc stake in fast-growing Irish e-learning firm ThirdForce valued at around €1.5m that...Tags: E-learning, Training -
Enovation adapts Moodle for second-level News
30.05.2007 Irish e-learning company Enovation Solutions has announced the availability of a package of educational software for second-level schools.Tags: E-learning -
ThirdForce may acquire US e-learning player News
08.05.2007 Irish e-learning firm ThirdForce has confirmed it is considering plans to acquire a private US e-learning company called MindLeaders, it said in a statement to the Irish Stock...Tags: E-learning -
Ireland drops in digital readiness ranking News
27.04.2007 Ireland has dropped from its position of No 16 to No 21 in e-readiness, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2007 report, released yesterday.Categories: -
Revenues, but also losses, rise at ThirdForce News
05.04.2007 Irish AIM-listed e-learning company ThirdForce has reported a 33pc increase in revenues for 2006 to €16.8m for 2006. However, pre-tax losses at the company reached €1.4m, up...Tags: E-learning -
Teachers offered free digital grinds software News
26.03.2007 Galway-based software company Outstanding Solutions is to provide €60,000 worth of higher-level maths software to teachers around the country.Categories: R&DTags: E-learning -
Heritage building site hits two-million mark News
28.02.2007 A website cataloguing the historic buildings and gardens of Ireland has received two million hits from 60,000 visitors since it was redeveloped last September.Categories: Government, New Media -
Digital divide widens for disadvantaged schools News
05.02.2007 Students in deprived areas of Ireland are at a marked disadvantage when it comes to computer literacy compared to their counterparts in more affluent areas, an online exam...Categories: R&DTags: E-learning, Education -
ThirdForce in €1m UK government deal News
25.10.2006 Irish e-learning software firm ThirdForce has won a €1m contract to provide training materials to one of the UK’s key national suppliers of care and support services.Tags: E-learning, Education, -
Thirdforce profit drop reflects acquisition strategy News
12.09.2006 E-learning courseware and testing provider Thirdforce has reported increased revenue but a lower operating profit for January-June 2006 compared to the same period in 2005.Categories: BusinessTags: E-learning -
Catering for e-learning News
27.07.2006 Connie McDonnell, general manager at Ibis Hotel in Galway, has seen enough of the benefits of e-learning in her work environment to try it for herself.Categories: R&DTags: E-learning -
IT Tralee to launch “flagship” e-learning course News
26.05.2006 Institute of Technology (IT) Tralee is to launch a new Masters in Educational Technologies programme beginning in September 2006. The faculty is aiming to use cutting-edge...Categories: R&DTags: E-learning, Education -
Horizon confirms talks to acquire WBT News
23.05.2006 Irish technology services firm Horizon Technology Group confirmed yesterday that it has entered into talks to acquire Irish e-learning software company WBT Systems.Tags: E-learning