As the countdown to Europe’s leading showcase of organisational and technology learning, Learning Technologies 2015 begins, Upside Learning invites L&D professionals to share their most pressing challenges pertaining to multi-device learning.

The participant to post the most pertinent challenge stands a chance to win the ‘highly sought after’ conference pass (valued at £1099). The pass entitles the winner to the 2 day conference, to be held on 28^th and 29^th January at Olympia Central, London, which is touted to be ‘the must-attend conference’ for all learning and development professionals. With a huge array of sessions to choose from, including keynote addresses, cafe sessions, panels, case studies and theory presentations, the winner will get a chance to listen to, and interact with, some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in workplace learning, gaining practical guidance for his/her challenges today, as well as insights into the big picture of learning tomorrow.

Upside Learning will be publishing answers to the challenges submitted on their blog (www.upsidelearning.com/blog). Alternatively, participants can also look forward to having their challenges addressed by Amit Garg at Upside Learning’s stand (# 146).

At the stand, visitors can also take a look at:

• UpsideLMS, the best value, responsive Learning Management System
• Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED), enabling faster and more reliable development of Responsive eLearning
• Multi-device Testing Lab, for thorough testing of Multi-device eLearning projects.

To participate and earn a chance to a free pass at the biggest L&D Exhibition & Conference, interested individuals can use #UpsidePass via Twitter and submit their multi-device challenges on or before 12^th January 2015.

More information about the event can be found here – http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/

It’s a great start to 2015 for Upside Learning as two of its leadership team members, Amit Garg and Jeevan Joshi, have been recognised amongst the most influential people in the corporate eLearning sector. Now in its sixth year, the top ten e-learning movers and shakers list 2015, features Amit in the 6^th position and Jeevan amongst the ‘Bubbling under’ category in the Asia-Pacific list.

These ‘movers and shakers‘ lists are compiled from a corporate online learning perspective, on the basis of a person’s perceived current influence on the online learning industry – as a practitioner, commentator, facilitator and/or thought leader. They have continuously helped to identify key influencers in the online learning industry across the world. The 2015 list that covers various regions – the World, North America, Europe, the UK and Asia-Pacific – contains the names of 38 people.

The judges focusing on the Asia-Pacific sector, said that “talking about ‘typical e-learning’ is no longer good enough. Practitioners are looking for information on innovation, new ways and new technologies in considered, cost-effective, meaningful implementations”.

Amit Garg was listed amongst the top ten eLearning movers and shakers for 2013 and 2014 in the World list, was on top of the Australia-Pacific list for 2013 and 2014, and continues to be amongst the top ten this year.

In line with the growing multi-device usage, Upside Learning proudly presents its first eBook of the year, “Tips for Designing, Testing and Delivering eLearning in a Multi-device World“. Based on Upside Learning’s vast experience and expertise in designing, testing and delivering multi-device eLearning, the eBook reveals tips that will help Instructional Designers, Graphic Designers, Programmers, Quality Analysts and training officers to design, test and choose a responsive LMS.

With the rising number of devices available, people move between devices to accomplish a goal. In learning context, learners now access learning via a number of different devices – desktops/laptops, tablets, phablets and smartphones – starting a course on one device and finishing it on another. This makes it imperative to have the information/learning materials available at the point-of-need or time-of-interest, which makes it more context based. The learning material/courseware hence has to be designed and tested across multiple devices, browsers, manufacturers, models and sizes, operating systems, connectivity modes and platforms. Same applies to the delivery platform which in most cases is a Learning Management System.

But in the wake of the emerging devices, browsers, manufacturers and other parameters and their combinations, a number of challenges pertaining to designing, testing and delivering multi-device eLearning come to the fore.

Upside Learning’s eBook, “Tips for Designing, Testing and Delivering eLearning in a Multi-device World“, covers the whole nine yards of these challenges while revealing tips for designing, testing and delivering eLearning for a contrasting variety of devices.

Key takeaways:

• The need for multi-device eLearning
• Pointers on designing multi-device eLearning
• Tips on multi-device testing
• Tips for selecting a responsive LMS

The eBook has been co-authored by Upside Learning’s Founders – Amit Gautam, Director – Technology Solutions, and Amit Garg, Director – Custom Learning Solutions. Gautam and Garg have to their credit several eBooks and blog posts, and webinars and learning sessions at various L&D conferences across the world.

The eBook is available for a free download here.

Upside Learning, a leading provider of learning technology solutions and Learning Technologies 2014’s number 1 company for ‘the most profitable conversation’, will be exhibiting and presenting at Learning Technologies 2015 in London on the 28^th-29^th January. Apart from being an enthusiastic participant, Upside Learning is also a LSG sponsor this year.

Learning Technologies, co-located with Learning and Skills, is Europe’s leading showcase of organisational learning and the technology. With more than 7,000 visitors, 150 free L&D seminars, 250 exhibitors, two exhibition halls packed with the latest learning technologies, innovation and best practice. It provides a unique and exciting environment for all those involved in workplace learning.

In line with the growing usage of multiple devices for learning and training in workplaces, Upside Learning’s theme for Learning Technologies this year is ‘Learning in a Multi-device World‘. At its stand # 146, the proud sponsor will play host to some innovative, multi-device learning technology solutions like:

• UpsideLMS, our best value, responsive Learning Management System
• Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED), enabling faster and more reliable development of Responsive eLearning
• Multi-device Testing Lab, for thorough testing of Multi-device eLearning projects

Visitors can see and experience the solutions first hand, view a demo, check out some pre-designed courses and discuss their multi-device training challenges with Upside Learning’s team.

Amit Garg, Co-founder and Director of Custom Learning Solutions of Upside Learning, will be presenting two learning sessions in the course of the two-day event. The first session, titled ‘Learning in a Multi-device world‘, to be held on 28^th January 2015 at 11:00 AM in Theatre 3 will touch upon the various challenges and solutions of delivering learning in today’s multi-device world.

The LSG session, ‘The why and how of moving your eLearning to HTML‘ on 29^th January 2015, 2:15 PM at Theatre 8, will address the shift of eLearning from Flash to HTML; providing insights on moving your eLearning, both existing and new, to HTML.

Apart from being rated as the number 1 company for “the most profitable conversation“, visitors at LT 2014 had rated Upside Learning as the 5^th company (of the 250+ there) whose material they remembered putting into their show bags!

Interested individuals can set an appointment by emailing on uk.sales@upsidelearning.com.

Keeping pace with the rising consumption of video content and the great potential it offers, Upside Learning has released its first set of 5 video case studies for Custom eLearning and mLearning. Earlier available on the Upside Learning website as text-based PDFs with course screengrabs, these case studies have been infused with new life in their video versions.

The video-based case studies now provide a quick walk-through of the projects, showcasing all the interactive and visual elements used within the course. The use of narrative style voice over provides a personalised touch to the video case studies and adds to the effectiveness.

Upside Learning plans on adding more video case studies over the course of the year.

The 5 Video Case Studies can be viewed here- https://upsidelearning.com/case-studies/

This year at Europe’s leading L&D conference, Learning Technologies 2016, to be held on 3^rd and 4^th of February in Olympia, London, more than 7,500 visitors, 150 free L&D seminars, 250 exhibitors will gather to participate in the biggest, fastest growing and the best attended show in the entire learning sector! And waiting to be explored at Upside Learning’s stand B15 will be the best of ‘engaging’ Custom Learning Solutions for the multi-device world and UpsideLMS, the best value, responsive, SaaS Learning Management System with 20 awards and recognitions.

Upside Learning’s ‘engaging’ learning solutions for the multi-device world are created with an inherent understanding that eLearning needs to not just work seamlessly across all devices but be effective too. Which is why, each of its Custom Learning Solutions, whether Custom eLearning or Custom mLearning or courses created using Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED), is designed with meaningful interactivities, relevant scenarios, effective feedback, user-friendly navigation and everything else that makes eLearning truly engaging. While its multi award-winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, which is a winner of 20 industry awards including most recent – Gold for Best Advance in Learning Management Technology and Silver for External Training from Brandon Hall, is better than ever as it brings additional advantages of speed, scalability, lower TCO and higher ROI. This cloud-based, SaaS LMS is the perfect fit for organisations large and small and training companies too.

Attendees at the event can attend the learning sessions that will be delivered by Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions & Co-founder of Upside Learning.

The schedules for the sessions are:

Day 1: Engaging eLearning in the Multi-device world

Time: 11:45 AM GMT – Theatre 12

Day 2: Finding the Right LMS for your Training Business

Time: 1:15 PM GMT – Theatre 4

Attendees can also discuss their learning requirements, concerns or challenges, with Upside Learning’s team at Stand B15, or pre–book a meeting with Amit Garg by sending an email specifying the preferred date and time to uk.sales@upsidelearning.com

Ethan Marcotte talked of Responsive Web Design as far back as 2010. The idea gained widespread acceptance and approval, and by 2012 many websites were going responsive. Not surprisingly, the idea caught on for eLearning as well, because it provided a practical solution for extending reach to different devices.

While many organisations welcomed the opportunity to deliver learning solutions optimised for different learner devices, the extent of custom coding and technical expertise required made this inaccessible for some. In response, it was only natural that a need for responsive authoring tools began to be felt to allow for quicker and simpler development of responsive eLearning courses by non-technical authors.

Some existing authoring tools released upgraded versions that generated responsive output. At the same time, many new tools entered the market catering specifically to that need. Suddenly, there were a lot of choices!

So how does one choose the right tool to fit specific business and learning needs? How should organisations evaluate a tool against their requirements? What factors should be considered?

In an attempt to help with this decision-making process, Upside Learning released a free eBook titled “Which Responsive Authoring Tools Will Work for Your eLearning Needs?” This eBook presents six cases, each illustrating a different business and learning requirement and tool recommendation. It shows how feature-specific information can be interpreted and linked to design requirements to facilitate tool selection and help make informed choices.

To download a free copy of the eBook – “Which Responsive Authoring Tools Will Work for Your eLearning Needs?“, click here.

The Upside Learning Showcase is an opportunity for people in the training industry to view samples of what’s latest in eLearning, and discuss possibilities. The best part is, all this happens in an exclusive, confidential one-on-one web conference. If possible, even requests for specific kinds of solutions, technologies or training challenges will be catered to.

The recognition of the need for such a focused conversation came from repeatedly hearing about experiences of training managers who try to balance experimenting with something new or innovative, with getting things done quickly or with limited resources.

Amit Garg, Co-Founder and Director of Upside Learning and an industry thought leader, understands this struggle. As an eLearning veteran, he’s had several such conversations with L&D teams to help them find innovative solutions that actually work for them. He says, “It’s hard to know what’s just gimmicky and what could actually yield significant value for an organisation. That’s why we have curated this collection, keeping in mind the kind of requirements and practical challenges that companies face on a daily basis.”

The samples featured span various instructional approaches, media and interactivity levels, technologies and delivery formats, based on contemporary and newly evolving corporate needs. And what makes it a step better, is that these aren’t just samples from commercial projects, there are even active prototypes from Upside’s own R&D. So you could be seeing things that aren’t yet common enough to be asked for by your competition!

Additionally, requests can be made while booking an appointment for particular areas of interest.

Interested? Register here to book your Showcase appointment now!

Upside Learning is a leading provider of learning solutions and services to organisations worldwide. Their focus has consistently been to help companies improve performance through engaging learning solutions.

Upside Learning are experts in custom eLearning, mobile learning and performance consultancy. They provide end-to-end design and development services, from consultancy and solutioning to multi-device testing and post-roll out support. Over a span of 13 years, they have won over 42 awards and recognitions for their engaging learning solutions.

Upside will be present at the ATD TechKnowledge conference in San Jose on the 24th and 25th of January, 2018. Visit them at booth 118 for a chance to get to know them and see how they can be of service to your company’s training efforts.

Continuing to build on its large base of customers in North America Upside Learning has brought on Vikram Tayde as AVP – Business Development for the US region.

Upside Learning, a leading service provider of end-to-end digital learning solutions for top-notch companies across the globe, has announced the appointment of Vikram Tayde as AVP Business Development for the US region, which accounts for 50% of Upside Learning’s business.

Vikram comes with an extensive experience spanning two decades across US and India in learning development, delivery, and management world. With veritable expertise in managing large programs in learning content development & IT development operations, he enjoys challenges that lie at the intersection of client success and learning delivery.

Amit Garg – Founder & Director of Upside Learning, commented, “We are confident that Vikram, with his extensive experience and expertise in the eLearning domain and his knowledge of the global learning industry, will help us increase our presence in US and by being closer to our clients from North America, it will help us deliver better service to them.”

About Upside Learning

Upside Learning provides learning solutions to organizations worldwide. Be it an Instructor-led Training, Bespoke Learning, Learning Consultancy, Performance Support Aid, eBook, or Game based learning, Upside Learning strives to add value to every learning solution it creates.

To support its specialized offerings, the company has a dedicated infrastructure, including the Testing Lab (which can handle virtually any browser and hardware combination), R&D and fully responsive content framework. In its 15 years, Upside Learning has won 48 awards (including 19 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards) and several accolades.

Learn more about Upside Learning at: www.upsidelearning.com