In today’s day and age where mobile devices and mobile technologies have become ubiquitous in nearly every aspect of our daily lives, it’s no surprise that Mobile Learning is emerging as the future of learning. And one company that has made robust investments in this new learning media is Upside Learning. At the upcoming CIPD HRD 2012 expo, to be held on 25^th and 26^th April at Olympia, London, the company’s focus on mobile learning will be evident as it exhibits its wide range of mobile learning solutions.

Visitors at Upside Learning’s booth (#671) can get a taste of some of the company’s wide range of custom mobile learning offerings that include micro courses, quizzes and games, mbooks, mobile videos, augmented reality apps and custom mobile apps for different smartphones and tablets. Upside2Go, Upside Learning’s revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning available on iOS, BlackBerry and Android, will also be on display.

Visitors can also check out Upside Learning’s Custom eLearning Solutions and the recently released version (version 5.0) of its two-time Brandon Hall award-winning Learning Management System – UpsideLMS.

Attendees at the expo can also attend a session on mobile learning to be delivered by Amit Garg, Director of Custom eLearning Solutions at Upside Learning. Titled ‘Implementing Mobile Learning In Workplace – Benefits, Strategy & Success Factors’, this session will be held on the concluding day of the conference and exhibition i.e. 26^th April at 10.15 a.m. BST.

The company’s representatives will be present at booth (#671) throughout the event. To pre-arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team, send an email specifying your preferred time and date to sales@upsidelearning.com

Since the announcement of its channel partnership programs for its solutions and services last year, Upside Learning has been working towards creating a strong network of partners across the globe. In the past 3 quarters alone, the company has added 4 partners in the Middle East. Strengthening these efforts further, the company has recently signed a channel partnership agreement with TRACK Learning Solutions, a learning provider of innovative eLearning solutions in Kuwait.

Track Learning Solutions is a leading provider of eLearning solutions in the Middle East. It helps Human Resources, Training & Development and IT managers to implement effective learning solutions in their organisation which improve the retention rate for their employees and increase training ROI.

Now as part of this partnership, TRACK LS and and Upside Learning will jointly assist organisation in increasing their learning and training effectiveness, and improving human performance and potential through its wide range of learning solutions and services. These include UpsideLMS (Upside Learning’s best value Learning Management System), Upside2Go (Upside Learning’s revolutionary Mobile Learning platform), custom eLearning development services and mobile learning solutions.

Fouad Mohsen, AGM at TRACK LS commented, “We are thrilled to be a part of Upside Learning’s channel partner network. Our partnership with Upside Learning, coupled with their world renowned solutions and services, dovetails succinctly with Track Learning Solutions’ suite of eLearning solutions.”

About TRACK Learning Solutions

TRACK LS holds the industry’s leading position by delivering innovative e-Learning solutions using latest technologies that is re-shaping the Training Delivery which in turn has direct impact on development of human resource within organisation. It is committed to the highest level of service and support, becoming a true learning partner to help organisation achieve long-term growth and competitive advantage through the increased performance of people.

Over the weekend of June 30 and July 01, we shifted from our Koregaon Park offices into new, larger premises in Warje, off the Pune-Bangalore highway. Our new office is spread out over 2 floors covering a total area of 14,000 square feet. We now have a combined seating capacity of 300, which is about three times that of our previous workplace.

At the same time, we have also upgraded our infrastructure to increase capacity and speed. The Warje office is set up with 24/7 high-speed Internet connectivity over 2 lines of 2 Mbps bandwidth each, with a backup line of 1 Mbps bandwidth. In order to promote better security, we have also installed a bio-metric attendance system to control access into the workspace. Meanwhile, the work areas are modern, spacious, and comfortable.

Upside Learning today is probably one of the fastest growing eLearning companies in India. This new space provides us the scalability options to meet the needs of our growing client list.

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June 2009 – Upside Learning emerged with winning entries in the Apex Annual Awards for Publication Excellence Competition for the third year running. This year, we won two Apex 2009 Awards of Excellence. These awards were for a white paper on adopting digital game-based learning, and a custom eLearning solution for potential Branch Managers of a major chain of builders merchants.

The white paper, “Do You Need Games In Your Elearning Mix?”, was entered in the Special Purpose Brochures, Manuals, and Reports sub-category of the Brochures, Manuals, and Reports category.

Recognizing that today’s workplace generation of gamers has different expectations, the white paper recommends the use of games to interest this learning audience. The author advocates casual games as a good first step for organization setting out to include games in their eLearning mix. He then goes on to describe several types of casual games and explains what kinds of learning they can help achieve. You can download a copy of the complete white paper from here.

The “Branch Manager Commercial Skills” eLearning solution was entered in the Web and Electronic Publications sub-category of the Electronic and Video Publications category.

Targeted at potential Branch Managers of a major builders merchants chain, it is presented within the context of a typical branch manager’s day, with a clear focus on practice and application of the skills and knowledge that a branch manager must possess. The program is game-like in approach. The learner, in the shoes of a branch manager, is set a challenge to earn a target amount of money for the branch by the end of the ‘day’. This can be achieved through good performance on quizzes for ‘activities’ undertaken by branch managers as a part of a normal working day.

The Apex Awards are sponsored by the editors of Writing That Works, a newsletter published by Communications Concepts, Inc.
(www.apexawards.com). These awards are presented annually to recognize excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence. This year, there were 11 major categories and 122 sub-categories. The Awards of Excellence recognize exceptional entries within these sub-categories.

This year’s competition had around 3785 entries in total. There were 378 entries in the Brochures, Manuals, and Reports category, out of which 21 won Awards of Excellence in the Special Purpose Brochures, Manuals, and Reports sub-category. The Video and Electronic Publications category had 193 entries, out of which 6 won Awards of Excellence in the Web and Electronic Publications sub-category.

Upside Learning recently sponsored the inaugural CLO Summit India, which addresses the organizational learning & development scenario in India. The summit witnessed the presence of eminent speakers and leaders from the Human Resources and Learning & Development.

The first panel which discussed whether there is a need of a separate CLO in an organization today was excellent. The CLO, who is a domain expert in learning and organizational development, is the key to enable the achievement of an organization’s vision and business goals through the proper development of its workforce.

Some of the other subjects discussed at the event were ‘Learning in Multicultural environments’ and ‘The role of R&D, Innovation and Learning in today’s dynamic organization’. These sessions brought out different perspectives and that was great for the audience. The audience itself was participative and contributed to a better understanding for everyone with its questions and comments.

It was a day filled with inspiring keynotes, crisp panel discussions and stimulating presentations, the event witnessed the presence 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) along with notable personalities from the Indian PSU sector including BPCL, ONGC and IOC.

Upside Learning has been short listed as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 2009 Award, which recognises the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world based on their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health.

The 200 finalists for the 2009 edition of the Red Herring Global 100 Award have been selected from a pool of 1200 regional recipients or finalists of the Red Herring 100 Awards in 2007, 2008, or 2009, ranging from Asia, Europe, and North America. The nominees were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This global recognition after having recently won the Red Herring 100 Asia 2008 Award is testimony to the specialist position that Upside Learning has been able to build in the areas of eLearning development and Learning Technology solutions.

Amit Garg, Director of Content Solutions at Upside Learning, says, “We are very happy to be included in the final list of 200 global companies. I would like to congratulate each and every member of Upside Learning who made this possible for us in an otherwise difficult year.”

Technology Solutions Director Amit Gautam adds, “It’s a great recognition to be one of the 200 global finalists. Everyone at Upside shares the excitement and the feeling of achievement as the year that just passed was definitely a challenging one.

This is the third recognition for Upside Learning in 2009, following its selection as a winner in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009 Program and the receipt of two Apex 2009 Awards of Excellence.

Come May 22^nd, Upside Learning will participate in the world’s largest training association’s annual expo – ASTD International Conference and Expo 2011 (ASTD ICE 2011). Every year, this premier event welcomes over 8,000 professionals, from various walks of learning and development, from more than 70 countries across the globe.

Featuring more than 250 educational sessions from industry-leading experts and a world-class expo filled with the latest products and services from top suppliers, ASTD ICE 2011 would be bigger in scale as compared to its February counterpart, where Upside Learning was a silver sponsor. The company hopes to repeat the success it achieved earlier at the February event in this May event too.

Attendees at ASTD ICE 2011 can look forward to experiencing Upside Learning’s entire range of award-winning solutions and services at the company’s booth (#649). These would include some of the latest offerings in Custom eLearning Development and Mobile Learning. Besides this, visitors can also explore UpsideLMS, the company’s multi award-winning, best value Learning Management System. They can get a firsthand view of its 160+ features and learn how these can benefit their organization in delivering training in a cost-effective and efficient manner.

Furthermore, visitors can interact with the team, gain practical insights and ideas on the role that eLearning can play in building a strong training function, and discuss their learning problems and requirements. As learners continue to seek knowledge beyond formal modes and turn to newer technologies, the Upside Learning team will also demonstrate the value of these new technologies and suggest solutions on how they can be leveraged to make learning more effective.

One of the major attractions on display would be the company’s latest revolutionary platform for mobile learning designed specially for the mobile workforce – Upside2Go. Launched at ASTD TechKnowledge, within a short span of 3 months, Upside2Go has won appreciation for its innovativeness and effectiveness, specifically in addressing needs of the mobile workforce, from some of the biggest corporates in the US and other markets. It has also been recognized as ‘Best New Product Debut’ at the same expo by an independent ex-Brandon Hall consultant. Visitors can get a firsthand experience of this revolutionary product and can also see it working in live environment.

“ASTD ICE 2011 would be very significant for us in enabling direct engagement with potential clients and gaining a better understanding of how we can help them.”, said Amit Gautam, Director of Technology Solutions at Upside Learning. Further, he added, “We are excited to demonstrate some of our latest offerings to professionals and experts alike from workplace learning and development domain.”

Upside learning’s representatives will be present at booth number 649 throughout the event. To pre-arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team, send an email specifying your preferred time and date to sales@upsidelearning.com.

Announcing its special expo offer for ASTD International Conference and Expo 2011 (ASTD ICE 2011), Upside Learning revealed today the prize to be won at the event. The company would be giving away a Kindle Reader (Wi-Fi version) absolutely free to a lucky visitor at the expo to be held from 23^rd May to 25^th May in Orlando, Florida.

One winner will be chosen via random draw, and announcement of the winner thereof will be done post the event. The company’s representative will contact the winner personally via email.

Besides participating in the offer, attendees can experience Upside Learning’s entire range of award-winning solutions and services (UpsideLMS, Mobile Learning Solutions, Upside2Go and Custom eLearning), interact with the team, and discuss their learning problems and requirements.

Overall, in this 3 day expo, filled with the latest products and services from top suppliers, visitors can figure out how technology will give an edge to learning at their companies, with their clients, and to their own future as learning professionals.

Upside learning’s representatives will be present throughout the event and can be found at booth no. 649. To pre-arrange a meeting with a member of the Upside Learning team during the conference, drop a mail at sales@upsidelearning.com.