Almost 2 years after Upside Learning’s website donned a new look to reflect its new corporate identity, the company announced today the launch of its revamped website.

The new website is designed with a fresh, clean, user–friendly format which offers quick and easy access to the key sections that today’s consumers desire. New banners and crisp copy have been used to aid understanding and encourage user interaction. The main aim of the website is to help visitors get a clear understanding of what Upside Learning brings to the table, with convenient ways for prospective clients to learn about the company’s solutions and services.

Among its new features are – a floating share tab with popular social media links on all the pages, shorter forms (for requesting demos and setting up a call) on all solutions and services pages, and floating tabs on its solutions (UpsideLMS and Upside2Go) pages. A new section dedicated to the industries served has also been added.

On the technical front, the website has been developed using HTML 5 structuring, CSS, jQuery and XML.

To access the all new Upside Learning website, go to – www.upsidelearning.com

Going a step beyond SCORM, Upside Learning has now integrated Tin Can API into its proprietary courseware framework for custom eLearning and mobile learning. These Tin Can compliant courses can be developed for desktops, as well as mobile devices, including tablets.

As a leading provider of world–class learning technology solutions, Upside Learning has always adhered to the latest learning standards in creating and delivering eLearning and mLearning solutions. Integrating Tin Can API into its solutions was only a natural progression for the company.

Integrating Tin Can into its proprietary courseware framework enables Upside Learning to create custom learning courses for desktops and mobile devices (including tablets), tailor–made to its client’s requirements. Clients can thereafter track and report their learners’ actions carried through these courses. These actions, defined in a simple noun–verb–object format, can help an organisation get a comprehensive view of their learners’ learning activities – be it completing a course, watching a video, taking an assessment or something as simple as opening a course. Further, these statements can be sent to any LRS (Learning Record Store). LRSs can share data and transcripts with one another, ensuring that the learners’ experiences follow them from one LRS (or organisation) to another.

At the recently concluded DevLearn 2012, held in Las Vegas, USA, Upside Learning’s integration of Tin Can API into its proprietary framework was demonstrated as a part of the Watershed showcase. Watershed is an application created for DevLearn 2012 to act as a single LRS endpoint for all Tin Can statements being generated at the event.

Future plans for the company include integration of this new standard into its other learning solutions like UpsideLMS and Upside2Go.

Upside Learning’s growth story continues as the company recorded a staggering 97% YOY growth for Q1–Q2 in FY 2012. The high YOY growth highlights the growing adoption of the company’s wide range of learning solutions, especially its multi award–winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, and Custom Learning solutions, which include tailor–made solutions for desktops and mobile devices.

While the increasing sale of its solutions and services has been a driving force for the company’s growth, another key driving force is the rapidly growing partner network. New partnerships in regions like the UK, Middle East, Thailand over the past couple of months have enabled Upside Learning to widen its global reach.

Upside Learning has always believed in innovating itself and its products and services. True to this and with a view to enhancing its growth further, the company has chalked out a promising product roadmap for its solutions – UpsideLMS and Upside2Go, its revolutionary mLearning platform. The coming quarters will see several enhancements in both these products.

The company has recently appointed a Director of Client Solutions for the UK and Europe. This appointment will bolster the company’s efforts in extending its reach in the UK and Europe regions, thereby strengthening its growth.

Recently Upside Learning has also won a Brandon Hall Award for one of its custom eLearning projects. This underlines the company’s commitment towards providing world class learning solutions and services.

Visitors at DevLearn 2012 have an opportunity to can get a firsthand experience of Upside Learning’s innovative learning solutions as the company showcases its custom eLearning project and mLearning project. These projects will be showcased at the eLearning DemoFest during the three–day expo.

The two unique and innovative projects, called DC Walkthrough Game for Vocollect (custom eLearning) and Jangro – Upside2Go System (mLearning), will be showcased at table no. 56 and 32, respectively. Winner of a Bronze award for Best Extended Enterprise Learning Program under the 2012 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards in Learning, the custom eLearning project for VoCollect University was developed to offer VCT, WBT and ILT, and ranges from technical to sales training. Whereas, Jangro – Upside2Go System is a unique solution that allows administrators to deliver training on desktops and mobile devices via a unified learning management system. This is brought about by the seamless integration of UpsideLMS, Upside Learning–s multi award–winning Learning Management System, and Upside2Go, the company’s revolutionary mobile learning platform.

Visitors can interact with the company representatives at the expo at table No. 56 and 32 and learn more about its solutions and services. They can also discuss their learning requirements and get answers to some of their major learning problems.

The eLearning DemoFest is slated for November 1 from 4–7 PDT and will be conducted during the three day DevLearn 2012 Conference and Expo which runs from October 31–November 2, 2012.

In continuance with its past participations, Upside Learning is all geared up for this year’s CLO Summit, India, one of the largest gatherings of L&D professionals in India. Apart from showcasing its award–winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, the company’s Director of Custom Learning Solutions, Amit Garg, will be participating in a power session on Mobile Learning.

Based on the theme ‘organizational Learning: Impacting Business. Changing the Game’, the CLO Summit, India focuses on the role of L&D in improving organizational functions. Eminent industry experts are invited to deliver sessions on different topics related to learning and development in organization. One such power session will see Amit Garg discuss the future trends and tools in Learning and Development under the track ‘Mobile Social and E–Learning’ along with other speakers in the panel. The session is slated for 1^st November at 1.30 PM.

Amit commented, “Mobile Learning is an emerging learning trend in India. Training departments are now trying to find the best possible options and strategies in implementing it in their organization. Our discussions emerging out of the power session will help organization get acquainted with the future trends in mobile learning and help them get started with it quickly.”

Visitors can drop by booth # B4 to get a first–hand experience of Upside Learning’s award’winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS and interact with the team. Interested individuals can drop a line at info@upsidelearning.com and set a meeting with the team member.

CLO Summit, India is slated for November 1 & 2 in Mumbai, India.

Continuing with it endeavour to help organisation understand and implement mLearning better, Upside Learning will be conducting a webinar on mobile learning later this month. Titled, ‘Busting Mobile Learning Myths’, the webinar will identify and bust the common myths surrounding mLearning that hold back its adoption at the workplace.

Earlier, the company has presented a webinar on mLearning, titled ‘No Escaping Mobile Learning’. Exploring various reasons that make escaping mobile learning impossible for organisation, the webinar had identified the key drivers accelerating mobile learning adoption. ‘Busting Mobile Learning Myths’ is a logical extension to this webinar. It will uncover the most common mobile learning myths related to content delivery, security issues, SCORM compliancy, device specification and much more. This is a must–attend session for organisation thinking of leveraging mobile learning in their workplace as it will help them in understanding the realities behind these myths and making better decisions when adopting it.

The webinar will be presented by Amit Garg, Founder & Director of Upside Learning, along with Abhijit Kadle, Sr. Manager – Instructional Design at Upside Learning.

‘Busting Mobile Learning Myths’ will be held on 22^nd October, 2012 at 11 AM EDT. The free 45 minute webinar will be followed by a 15 minute Q&A session with the webinar hosts.

Consistently surpassing its past achievements, Upside Learning has won a Bronze for Best Extended Enterprise Learning Program under the 2012 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards in Learning.

The company’s winning entry, a range of custom learning solutions, has been developed for VoCollect, the number one developer and manufacturer of voice solutions. Called the VoCollect University, the courses offered include VCT, WBT and ILT; and ranges from technical to sales training. The primary goal of the VoCollect University was to provide all individuals using Vocollect products and services (namely the employees, partners and end–users) the required training to use the products safely and efficiently. The delivery of this training was carried out in various forms, and its programs can be best described as holistic blended training programs carefully designed and delivered for maximum learning impact.

The judging panel for the awards consisted of several veteran, independent senior industry experts along with Brandon Hall Group’s Sr. Analysts and Executive Leadership. The winning entries were selected based upon different criteria’s, which included: fit to the need, design of the program, functionality, Innovation, and overall measurable benefits.

“This years’ winner should be very proud of their achievements especially based on the rigorous judging process all submissions underwent,” said Mike Cooke, Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group, Inc. “We are honored to recognize the award winners who exemplify a high standard of performance in their organization and demonstrate clear, measurable business results through these innovative programs.”

In its 18^th year now, the prestigious Brandon Hall Excellence Awards in Learning are held annually to acknowledge best technologies, innovations, strategies that deliver astounding results in the learning domain.

About Brandon Hall Group

Having worked with more than 10,000 clients globally and after 20 years of delivering world–class solutions, Brandon Hall Group is the preeminent research and analyst organization focused on developing research–driven solutions to drive organizational performance for emerging and large organization. Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership, research, data and expertise In Learning and Development, Talent Management, Sales Effectiveness, Marketing Impact, and Executive Management.

To learn more, visit www.brandonhall.com

The second edition of MobiMOOC has started on 8^th September, and will run until 30^th September. Of the many impressive weekly sessions lined up for these 3 weeks is the Corporate mLearning week starting from 24^th September. And facilitating this is Amit Garg, Co–founder and Director of Custom Learning Solutions at Upside Learning.

The entire week will see Amit sharing his expertise on mobile learning, and its role and necessity in the corporate world today. Some of the MOOC topics that will be covered by Amit include:

• The potential of mLearning
  • Why is Mobile unique?
  • What is Mobile Learning?
  • What can mLearning help a corporate in?
  • Why escaping mobile learning is impossible?
• Busting the myths of mLearning
• Getting started – Key elements in implementing mLearning in workplace

Below is the schedule for Amit‚s webinars during the Corporate mLearning week:

Webinar Topic : Understanding Mobile Learning

Date/Time : Monday, 24 September 2012 | 10.30 AM, Brussels time

Webinar Topic : How to implement mLearning in workplace

Date/Time : Tuesday, 25 September 2012 | 3.00 PM, Brussels time

Webinar Topic : Future of mLearning in workplace

Date/Time : Friday, 28 September 2012 | 3.00 PM, Brussels time

Through these webinars, participants will be able to understand and appreciate the potential of mLearning in the workplace, understand the key elements of mLearning implementation strategy, identify the myths related to mobile learning and learn how mLearning can actually be implemented in the workplace through examples.

Talking about his selection as a course coordinator for MobiMOOC, Amit Garg commented, “MobiMOOC 2012 has a very impressive faculty to conduct the weekly sessions on mobile learning and related topics. I feel absolutely honored to be included amongst them and I look forward to interacting and learning from the participants of these sessions.”

Organised by Inge Ignatia de Waard, and already running in its second week, MobiMOOC 2012 is divided into three weeks with each week covering different course topics related to mLearning. A unique initiative exclusively on mobile learning, it invites industry experts to share their knowledge on mobile learning and embark discussion and open dialogue between the audiences. All the courses conducted on this open platform are freely available to everyone.

Interested individuals can register for MobiMOOC 2012 by becoming a member of the Google group.