KnowledgeShift Converts careLearning Compliance Content for Tablet Users

KnowledgeShift continues to help companies deploy mobile learning content.

2012-01-10

WHEATON, IL, January 10, 2012 (Press-News.org) Due to an increase in tablet and mobile devices, careLearning, a leader in Internet-based learning for healthcare organizations, asked KnowledgeShift to convert their extensive library of compliance courses from Flash to a mobile friendly version to ensure that their clients with tablets would be able to view all of their content regardless of which device they were accessing it from.

"We know that more and more employees in healthcare and other industries are being armed with tablets or other mobile devices that don't support Flash," states Nancy Munro, CEO of KnowledgeShift. "There's a dramatic increase in traditional work activities like reading email, searches and enterprise applications that are being accessed on mobile devices today. We are helping our clients focus on how to optimize their content for accessibility on all platforms. By 2012 more web content will be viewed from a mobile device instead of a computer.

KnowledgeShift supports services for distribution of learning both in traditional and non-traditional platforms. For further information, please contact us as (630)221-8759.

Website: http://www.knowledgeshift.net

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