Upside Learning And Track LS’ Joint Seminar On ‘The Role Of Technology In Learning And Development’ Proves A Huge Success

Upside Learning, a global leader in workplace learning technology solutions, in collaboration with its channel partner for Qatar, Track Learning Solutions, a leading provider of innovation learning solutions in the Middle East, recently conducted a seminar on ‘The Role of Technology in Learning and Development’. The seminar, which took place on 18^th November 2013 in Qatar, was attended by representatives of some of the top blue chip companies like RasGas, Qatar Airways, Dolphin Energy, Qatar Telecom and other government companies including educational institutions.The emergence of new technologies and trends in eLearning coupled with the lack of clear understanding about their implementation, strategy and other factors, triggered Upside Learning and Track LS to plan a half day seminar that could help organisation to gain an insight into their working and applications. While all the session topics sparked interest amongst the attendees, ‘Mobile Learning at the Workplace‘ in particular was a major drawing card for everyone. Some of the key topics covered in the seminar were:

eLearning on Tablets – What, Why & how
LMS Evaluation – a 9 step guide
New trends in Learning & Development Space

Amit Gautam, Director and Co–founder of Upside Learning, presented a session on Learning Management System, while Vivek Garg, Business Development Manager – Middle East and North Africa for Upside Learning, spoke about eLearning on tablets. Track Learning Solution representatives presented a couple of sessions on Catalog and English Language courses.

Talking about Mobile Learning, Amit Gautam commented, “Mobile technology has revolutionized the way we learn things in the workplace and our seminar provided a detailed understanding to help organisation tap into these innovative learning solutions”.

About TRACK Learning Solutions

With more than 10 years’ experience in the e–learning industry, Track Learning Solutions provide the latest Technology Based Learning Solutions in Middle East and North Africa and is recognised as a pioneer in providing global standard training and development for human resources.

Towards Maturity’s In–focus Report On mLearning, Sponsored By Upside Learning, Released

Latest addition to Towards Maturity’s extensive report library is its In–focus report on mLearning, titled “Mobile Learning at Work”. Released today, this report has been sponsored and supported by Upside Learning, one of Towards Maturity’s ambassadors.

‘Mobile Learning at Work’ is based on the core findings and analysis of the research data from Towards Maturity’s 2012 Benchmark Study released in November last year, and focuses on mobile learning at workplaces. The report examines key findings based on the responses received from participating companies from 37 nations belonging to a wide range of industries, sectors and sizes. With strong numerical data, the report also suggests how some companies are benefitting from mobile learning technologies, and lays a road ahead for organisations to adapt mobile learning.

Key topics covered in the report include:

Who is using mobile learning?
Audience demographics
Why go mobile?
Drivers for going mobile
Factors influencing mobile adoption
Maturity and mobile
Benefits of going mobile
Overcoming barriers
Challenges to implementing mobile learning

This is further supported by short case studies highlighting the effective use of mLearning technologies by various organisations. Upside Learning has also assisted in the making of this report by sharing inputs in the form of case studies, important tips relating to BYOD, unified learning to name a few.
Commenting on the release of the report, Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions at Upside Learning, said, “Mobile learning is now on the agenda of many organisations, but there is a lack of independent research and evidence in the market to help organisations plan and execute their strategies appropriately. The in–focus report offers deep insights into learning scenarios, debunking some of the myths hampering the adoption of this technology and helping organisation adopt mLearning in a way that delivers results. Sponsoring and supporting this report was a great learning opportunity for us too.”

Towards Maturity’s In–focus reports examine the practical implementation areas brought out in the Towards Maturity Benchmark Studies. Highlighting evolving learning trends, these reports share collective analysis of the data gathered through recent and past studies, insights on actions top learning companies are taking to embrace new learning technologies and suggestions on what actions other companies should take to make the most of such evolving learning trends.

About Towards Maturity
Towards Maturity is a benchmarking research company that provides independent expert advice and support to help organisations use learning technologies to accelerate business performance. It leverages the data of its in–depth Benchmark Study, the largest learning technology benchmark in Europe. Since 2003 over 2200 organisations have contributed to Towards Maturity’s leading benchmarks.

To learn more, visit http://towardsmaturity.org/

Upside Learning To Present ‘eLearning On Tablets – What, Why & How?’ Seminar At Learning Technologies Summer Forum

Upside Learning, a leading provider of workplace learning solutions, will be under the same roof as other attendees of Learning Technologies Summer Forum as a sponsor, exhibitor and speaker. The LT Summer forum will be held in East Hall in Olympia 2, London on 18 June, 2013 simultaneously with the Learning and Skills Group Conference which is themed on Learning Technologies’ January event.The event which is intended to explore and emphasize on learning in practice and facilitate knowledge exchange, will see Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions and Co–founder, Upside Learning, an acknowledged speaker and a mobile learning evangelist, sharing his insights on tablet learning in an interesting seminar titled ‘eLearning on Tablets – What, Why & How?’Today, tablets, including iPads, are not just stirring the mobile computing market, but the domino effect can be very well observed in the organisational learning and training domain. Increased dependency of the workforce on these devices is influencing the strategic decisions within organisation, almost compelling them to either deliver existing eLearni ng courseware on devices like iPads and other tablets, or create fresh tablet–compatible courseware for its mobile learners. Addressing these needs will be the seminar ‘eLearning on Tablets – What, Why & How?’ that will explain ‘what’ exactly eLearning on Tablets is and ‘why’ one should be considering it, concluded by the most important aspect – ‘How’ to do it for the best results. The seminar is scheduled on 18th June at 1PM BST in Theatre 3.Upside Learning’s complete learning technology portfolio will be available for a live demo at stand #25. It comprises innovative Custom Learning Solutions, including eLearning, mLearning and eLearning solutions for iPads (tablets), Upside2Go, a revolutionary mLearning platform which has undergone a couple of enhancements recently, and UpsideLMS, Upside Learning’s multi award–winning Learning Management System.As a part of the Learning and Skills Group Conference, Learning Technologies Summer Forum is free for LT conference delegates and LSG members. To attend this free event, please register here.

About the Learning and Skills Group

The Learning and Skills Group (LSG) is an international community of L&D professionals interested in organisational learning and learning technology and currently has over 6,000 members. It is also the official community of the Learning Technologies & Learning and Skills exhibitions and conference which runs each year at the end of January at Olympia 2 London.

Membership provides many benefits including online resources, free online events, collaborative tools and knowledge sharing opportunities – and enables interaction with other L&D professionals throughout the year.

Upside Learning To Showcase Workplace Solutions From Around The World At Learning Technologies 2014

Upside Learning, a global leader in workplace learning technology solutions, will be exhibiting and presenting at Learning Technologies in London on the 29^th-30^th January 2014.The Upside team will be at stand #112 showcasing a wide range of learning technology solutions and services, including the UpsideLMS, a multi-award winning Learning Management System; Upside2Go, a mobile learning platform for performance support and a portfolio of Custom Learning Solutions for desktops, tablets and mobiles.Upside Learning will also be presenting two free seminars. Amit Garg, Co-founder and Director of Custom Learning Solutions, will present a session on ‘Mobile And Tablet Learning Case Studies From Around The World’ on 29^th January 11 AM GMT at Theatre 3, showcasing a series of learning solutions built and delivered on tablets and smart phones for Upside clients across the world. The session will explore how and why these companies decided to use tablets and smart phones along with its impact and benefits.

Alan Samuel, Director of Client Solutions (Europe), will talk about ‘Keep Learning – How Can We Enable & Facilitate This’? on 30^th January 12:15 PM GMT at Theatre 10, to discuss how the learning community can facilitate and build learning environments that enable continuous learning in the workplace. This stems from the company’s ethos that learning is all around us and it never stops.

Amit, Alan and the Upside team will also be available for one-on-one meetings and discussions on your specific areas of interest. Interested individuals can book a meeting by sending Alan an email at alan.ukinfo@upsidelearning.com

Upside Learning To Showcase Its mLearning Solutions At ASTD TechKnowledge 2013

For Upside Learning, it’s ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 calling. The company will be in San Jose, California from January 30 – February 1, along with other 70 odd exhibitors and learning enthusiasts from world over, showcasing its wide range of mobile learning solutions.

As the mobile workforce continues to grow manifold, it’s imperative that the organisational L&D strategy matures to accommodate the changing learning needs of the learners. Upside Learning has been helping organisation to embrace these changing needs and adopt or transition to mLearning in the most efficient way. In line with this, Upside Learning has planned its itinerary for the three–day event, comprising a showcase of its wide range of innovative custom mLearning solutions, a learning session on mLearning implementation, interaction with attendees for addressing their queries, amongst other things.

Upside Learning’s Director of Technology Solutions (and Co–founder), Amit Gautam, will be presenting a learning session, titled ‘Mobile Learning Implementation: Need, Myths & Success Factors’, on 31^st January at 11:55 a.m. in Exhibitor Demo Area 1.

Furthermore, those who are planning to ‘mEnable’ their existing eLearning for iPads or create new content for iPad (or other tablet), can collect a free copy of ‘eLearning on iPads – 10 Bright Ideas’ from the company’s stand (#315). Attendees can also interact with Upside Learning’s representatives, including Amit Gautam, who will be present at the stand and discuss their eLearning or mLearning requirements or queries.

More details about Upside Learning’s activities at the event can be found at – https://upsidelearning.com/pressrelease/astd-ice-2013-beckons-upside-learning/

Upside Learning To Conduct Free ‘mEnablement And Going Mobile’ Consultancy And Q&A Sessions

With the increasing penetration of tablets in the workplace, almost every L&D team is being tasked with ‘going mobile’ and is suddenly faced with the challenge of making its existing eLearning portfolio available across multiple devices. Upside Learning, a leading provider of workplace learning technology solutions, has been helping its clients make this move through its easy, 3–step process of mEnablement – a simple, efficient and cost effective methodology to make the legacy eLearning courseware run on iPads and other tablets. The company will be leveraging this experience as it helps L&D managers and organisation understand the ‘What, Why & How’ of going mobile through its free sessions.The company has announced a total of 3 free consultancy sessions which will be held onsite at the interested individuals’ offices‚ between 17^th and 21^st June‚ and will be strictly on a ‘first come‚ first served’ basis. These no holds barred sessions will be conducted by Amit Garg, Director and Founder – Upside Learning, Sonal Sheth, AVP Bespoke Solutions – Upside Learning, and Alan Samuel, Director Client Solutions – Europe – Upside Learning.

To win one of the 3 free consultancy sessions, interested individuals can mail alan.ukinfo@upsidelearning.com with ‘mEnablement’ in the subject line on or before 16^th June.

Learning Technologies Summer Forum will be held in Olympia 2, London on 18 June, 2013. To attend this free event, please register here.

To support its theme of ‘eLearning on tablets and mEnablement’, which Upside Learning will be promoting at the upcoming Learning Technologies Summer Forum, the company has announced 3 free, 90 minute consultancy and Q&A sessions on ‘mEnablement and going Mobile’.In line with these sessions, the company will also be presenting an insightful seminar titled ‘eLearning on Tablets – What, Why & How?’ at the LT Summer Forum on 18^th June at 1PM BST in Theatre 3.

Upside Learning To Help Organisations Design eLearning For iPads Through A Session At Learning Technologies 2013

While designing eLearning for iPads may appear relatively straight forward, given somewhat similar display areas to laptops and PCs, the context in which the iPad will be used, the ever increasing usage on the move and the changing user preferences, makes designing for iPads different and challenging. Further, the dilemma over whether to convert existing eLearning courseware into tablet compatible format or to create fresh courseware adds to the challenge.

Some key topics to be covered in the session include:

Key factors to consider for designing fresh, effective eLearning for iPads
Simple and cost–effective solutions for ‘mEnabling’ existing eLearning for iPads
Few examples showing how Upside Learning’s clients are using eLearning for iPads

Upside Learning will be addressing these and other such significant challenges related to tablet learning at its Learning Technologies 2013’s learning session. Titled ‘Designing eLearning for iPads’ the session will be delivered by Upside Learning’s Co–founder and Director of Custom Learning Solutions, Amit Garg, and Director – Client Solutions (Europe), Alan Samuel. Designing eLearning for iPads is slated for 29^th January at 12:30 p.m. in Seminar Theatre 3.Commenting on the upcoming session, Amit Garg, said, “eLearning on iPads is seen as one of the fastest growing and upcoming trend in workplace learning, but when it comes to designing eLearning for iPads, the battle is still on. We see Learning Technologies as a perfect platform to share our views and experience pertaining to this topic, recommend some effective designing ideas and at the same time, learn what others are thinking about it.”

Besides attending this insightful learning session, attendees can get a copy of ‘eLearning on iPads – 10 Bright Ideas’ at Upside Learning’s stand #55. This leaflet will unveil the 10 key tips to be kept in mind while creating eLearning for iPads (and other tablets). The company is also giving a chance to a few, lucky individuals to get their mLearning related queries answered by Amit Garg. Interested individuals can mail their queries along with a suitable time to alan.ukinfo@upsidelearning.com.

To know more about Upside Learning’s session and other activities planned by the company for Learning Technologies 2013, please visit – Upside Learning

The Upside Learning Blog Hits 1 Million Views

With 2500+ subscribers and 575 posts, The Upside Learning Blog hit 1 million views on 15^th July 2013. The blog which is owned and maintained by Upside Learning, a leading provider of learning technology solutions, was started on 3^rd March 2009 as a platform to share thoughts and views pertaining to eLearning. Over a period of 4+ years, this has turned into a knowledge hub for people in the eLearning industry and otherwise to gain knowledge.

Today, the company has an internal blogging team of over 10 employees, apart from the founders – Amit Garg and Amit Gautam, who actively contribute to the blog. These employees with their diverse educational qualifications and work experience add a unique flavor to the posts. This is further underlined by their area of work in Upside Learning which helps them leverage their knowledge and expertise.

While sky is the limit for the various categories that are generally targeted on the blog, Mobile Learning, eLearning, Learning Management Systems, Blended Learning and Social Learning are some of the most popular ones. The blog carries over 140 posts on Mobile Learning alone.

Some other Upside Learning Blog stats worth noting:

1,000,000 Views All Time
2500+ Subscribers
1500+ Comments
31,624 Best Ever Views In A Month
1,693 Best Ever Views In A Single Day

The Upside Learning Blog can be accessed at https://blog.upsidelearning.com/

Upside Learning To Deliver A Session On Mobile Learning Implementation at ASTD TK 2013

Organisations, the world over, are increasingly adopting mLearning as a part of their L&D activities. While some have already implemented mobile learning, others are still battling with the common myths surrounding it or are unaware about the key elements to consider while implementing a mLearning solution. With a view to helping these organisation implement mLearning in way that works for them, Upside Learning will be presenting an insightful learning session titled ‘Mobile Learning Implementation: Need, Myths & Success Factors’ at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 in San Jose, CA. The session to be presented by Amit Gautam, Co–founder and Director of Technology Solutions at Upside Learning, is scheduled on 31^st January at 11:55 a.m. in Exhibitor Demo Area 1, Hall I.This 30 minute session will establish the need to consider mLearning, debunk the common myths surrounding it, and detail the 6 key strategic decision areas to be taken into consideration before implementing it in the workplace. It will conclude with a list of success factors that will ensure a successful mLearning implementation.Attendees at ASTD TK 2013 can also visit stand #315 where Upside Learning will be showcasing its wide range of mLearning solutions, including its revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning, Upside2Go, and some truly innovative Mobile Learning Solutions for smartphones, iPads and other tablets. A complimentary copy of ‘eLearning on iPads – 10 Bright Ideas’, unveiling the 10 key tips to be kept in mind while creating eLearning for iPads (and other tablets), will be also available at the stand.Upside Learning’s representatives will be present at the company’s stand (#315) throughout the event. Interested attendees can pre–arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team to discuss their learning problems/ requirements by sending an email with the preferred time and date at sales@upsidelearning.com

Passmore Duff Initiates Blended Learning With Upside Learning’s End–To–End Solutions

Based in Australia, Passmore Duff, a training company specialising in the field of workplace violence and critical incident risk management, has collaborated with Upside Learning for commencing a new chapter in blending learning. This marks a new beginning for Passmore Duff as it moves from its current internally hosted LMS platform, developed in 2004, to Upside Learning’s multi award–winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS. to deliver training to its clients. As a part of the relationship, Upside Learning will also help Passmore Duff to convert its existing ILT sessions into eLearning courses.

With an aim to make information and knowledge resources accessible to its clients anywhere and at anytime, Passmore Duff wanted to convert some of its ILT sessions into eLearning courses. These resources were to support the delivery of its nationally accredited competency based training programs. With 3000+ hours of custom learning developed and more than 500 projects completed, Upside Learning used its expertise and experience to develop Flash–based eLearning courseware for Passmore Duff.

UpsideLMS is now used for the delivery of these Flash–based and its other tailor–made eLearning courses, and also as a reinforcement tool for its ILT sessions, thus delivering a unique blended learning experience to its learners. The ILT sessions too are managed via UpsideLMS’ Classroom Training Module, which is complete with training scheduling, nomination workflows, venue and vendor management, and training costs management. Moreover, UpsideLMS’ 3 tier or multi–portal architecture (having a Client Manager, a Learner profile and a Site manager) enables Passmore Duff to create and host different portals for each of its clients. For its clients, it allows them to brand their individual portals according to their corporate identity as well as make use of it for delivering training to their workforce.

About Passmore Duff

Established in 1996, Passmore Duff is a training organisation, imparting specialised training services dealing with aggressive and violent behaviours, de-escalating aggression in the workplace as well as workplace conflict.

Passmore Duff’s advisory, planning and training services develop skills within organisation during critical incident risk management. It provides its clients with industry best practice as well as innovative approaches and techniques for managing these risks.

For more information, please log on to – http://www.workplaceviolence.com.au