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Vision Education with two new clients: Oxford University Press and Berlitz Japan

We have some great news for you! VE with two new clients: Oxford University Press and Berlitz Japan. The partnership is part of our SAAS (Software as a Service) model. Both providers rely on our world-leading and highly flexible technical platform.

What convinced our new education partners?

“Our technical platform, on which our two own apps “LearnMatch” and “LearnMatch Business” are also operated, convinced our new customers,” says Manfred Kastner, founder of Vision Education. With the successful concept of flexibility and the extensive possibilities, the platform was able to win over our partners in the language learning industry.

With the “Oxford English Vocabulary Trainer 2”, OUP acts as its own publisher worldwide. The Vision Education team was responsible for creating the app and integrating OUP’s high-quality content into the app. The app is available worldwide and already has a large number of users. OUP, as the largest university publisher in the world, embodies the vision: “Education can change lives”, and therefore OUP actively shapes the future of education.

The partnership with Berlitz Japan is based on the business part of the Vision Education platform – the “LearnMatch Business” app and was implemented in cooperation with a Japanese distribution partner. The focus here is particularly on children who want to learn English in a playful way. Children can pick up the nuances of a foreign language much easier and faster and are quite capable of speaking without an accent. Therefore, the focus of this collaboration is primarily on pronunciation exercises and an adequate implementation and presentation of the corresponding content.

What are the aims of Oxford University Press?

OUP aims to provide academic and pedagogical resources and services of the highest quality and to make them available worldwide. Oxford University Press holds to the transformative power of education to foster potential and progress. OUP has a long and storied history dating back to the days of printing. Today, the university publisher has offices in 50 countries and is the largest university publisher in the world.

Berlitz Japan- another customer with a long tradition

For over 140 years, Berlitz has been providing language instruction and cultural training to open doors to a new world for students. The Berlitz Method is a proven, task-based technique that gives students the confidence and skills to speak a new language immediately. Intensive exposure to the new language and culture allows for total immersion and the experience of living abroad. The intensive classes focus on speaking the language. To this day, this is one of the most effective methods of language learning.

Justifiably proud of their achievements!

VE with the two new clients, Berlitz Japan and Oxford University Press, continues the successful growth of the B2B track. Working with such renowned and historic figures in education is an incredible achievement of which we are particularly proud. Our COO, Alfred Hofer, is incredibly pleased to welcome further renowned partners for our B2B and SAAS services and expects even more in the medium term who will recognize the successful concept in time and use the leading technology accordingly. The future is innovative, and, after all, one must never stop reinventing oneself.

30. September 2021 Master Admin Cooperations, Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Professions Comments Off

Partnership with the Austrian Construction Guild

Vision Education is delighted by its partnership with the Austrian Construction Guild. Thanks to its ‘LearnMatch Business’ language-learning tool, it is now offering specialist German vocabulary for the construction industry.

The construction trade is, without question, one of the most important drivers of the Austrian economy. One of the core points of the Federal Guild of Construction’s mission statement revolves around the transfer of knowledge. As part of further training courses, special attention is paid to teaching German in an industry-specific way. ‘LearnMatch Business’ is considerably improving and, at the same time, making the communication among employees at the construction industry’s professional association much easier.

Multilingualism on construction sites? No problem!

The construction industry is indisputably one of the sectors of the country’s economy that are known for their international workforce. According to the monthly figures published by the BUAK (the Construction Workers’ Leave and Severance Fund), in 2019, a total of around 130,000 people were employed by Austrian companies. 37% (about 50,000) of these employees come from countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Poland, or Hungary.

This makes construction sites a place of multilingualism. German is nevertheless considered to be the primary language of communication there. The technical vocabulary offered by LearnMatch Business was created in close collaboration with the Austrian construction industry. It offers the ideal industry-specific solution in this regard. Ultimately it guarantees that work can proceed smoothly. The language that is being learned, German, is taught bilingually with 17 different native languages.

Digital learning to boost both understanding and productivity

Thanks to the partnership WITH the Austrian Construction Guild and Vision Education, employees from an array of countries can receive tailor-made vocabulary and language training in their own native tongue. The ‘LearnMatch’ app’s intuitive and playful user interface enables them to quickly learn basic vocabulary related to everyday life. But they can also build up specialist vocabulary.

As the saying goes: if you want to build a tall tower, you need to spend a long time on the foundation. And in this case, the foundation is the language we have in common.

6. July 2020 Master Admin Awards, Cooperations, Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Professions, Society Comments Off

Vision Education and Enzler Reinigungen AG work clean

Switzerland is not only famous for cheese, chocolate and watches. No! It also has a name for its cleanliness. Enzler Reinigungen AG makes an important contribution to this. And now Vision Education and Enzler Reinigungen work clean together. We are very much looking forward to offering our users exclusive content in our mobile language learning app through Enzler, our new partner. With LearnMatch, the industry solution for technical German in the cleaning sector, this partnership with Enzler Reinigungen AG makes a significant contribution to improving internal communication and productivity. “We are confident that Vision Education’s leading language app will significantly increase the quality of our dual education programme. Our employees’ qualifications are of central importance to us,” says Peter Helbling, Managing Director of Enzler Reinigungen AG.

Enzler Reinigungen AG gets things straight

For 85 years, qualified cleaning staff throughout Switzerland have been contributing to perfect cleanliness. Enzler Reinigungen AG consistently positions itself at the top of the Swiss cleaning companies. As one of the most traditional cleaning companies in Switzerland, Karl Enzler is the third generation of his family to manage the company. Since 1935, this independent company has developed steadily. Now it is one of the leading companies in the industry. Enzler Reinigungen AG has a comprehensive cleaning know-how with the most modern means and specialised cleaning techniques. This enables their cleaning specialists to meet growing demands in the field of cleaning and hygiene.

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Highly qualified employees for extraordinary services

More than 2,700 employees in over 900 properties throughout Switzerland ensure that the most diverse requirements for cleaning properties are met. Enzler Reinigungen AG knows the industry-specific and legal regulations. Therefore their customers are offered a comprehensive, high-quality and specialised hygiene service. The range of services includes maintenance cleaning, industrial cleaning, construction and special cleaning. Furthermore, facade cleaning, indoor pool cleaning and housekeeping are also being offered by Enzler Reinigungen AG.

Sustainable use of resources is a top priority

Part of Enzler’s ecological responsibility is the efficient use of necessary cleaning agents. This also ensures the long-term maintenance of the value of infrastructure and real estate. For the sake of the environment, the use of chemical cleaning products is avoided wherever possible. If the use of such chemicals is unavoidable, care is taken to ensure correct application and dosage. For this service, Enzler Reinigungen AG was certified according to ISO 14001:2015.

The cooperation between Vision Education and Enzler Reinigungen AG is an important step for the future of the building cleaning industry. We are pleased to be able to make a contribution together.

CLEANING TIP from Enzler Reinigungen AG

Tomatoes against mosquitoes – If you plant a tomato in a large pot and place it in the sunniest part of your seat, the pests will flee from the smell of the plant.

6. July 2020 Master Admin Cooperations, Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Professions, Society Comments Off

Partnership with HOLZMANN Medien

The partnership with Holzmann Medien is particularly important for Vision Education. A strong product requires strong partnerships. Through our new contract with Holzmann Medien, we have partnered with one of the leading specialist publishers in the German-speaking world. With its focus on crafts, small and medium-sized businesses and healthcare, this specialist publisher is the ideal partner for our innovative language solutions. ‘Rationell reinigen’ − its leading industry magazine − recommends the LearnMatch app for the building cleaning industry.

Holzmann Medien – where tradition goes hand in hand with innovation!

For over 80 years, Holzmann Medien has been one of the 50 largest business and specialist publishers in Germany. With specialist media in the trade, construction, smart engineering, cleaning, health and hotel industries, Holzmann Medien marries innovativation, quality and strength! There is no contradiction between tradition and innovation. On the contrary, Holzmann Medien combines the two in a perfect marriage.

A company based on strong principles

The creed of Holzmann Medien is: “Continuing education, training and further education really help people move forward”. Lifelong learning is a common faith within the company. All employees are firmly convinced that they are creating something valuable, whether as an educational coach for their readers or as a fair partner for customers and business partners. How do they achieve this? At Holzmann Medien, this is achieved through state-of-the-art tools such as online learning, apps and communities. However, the familiar books and magazines of their established brands are not neglected. The synergies between tradition and innovation result in increased trust and partnership, which in turn lead to enhanced user values and networks.

The vision: Specialist media of today build the success of tomorrow

Offline and online, but always with its finger on the pulse of digital transformation, Holzmann Medien designs the leading media of tomorrow. The dynamic family business works passionately on the future of new digital and analogue traditional media. Quality journalism for specialists is freed by the motto: “Strong brands for strong minds“. Holzmann Medien is focused on sustainable growth, innovative business models and the networking of its target groups.

We are looking forward with excitement and anticipation to our future growth in partnership with Holzmann Medien.

24. April 2020 Master Admin Cooperations, Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Media, Professions, Society Comments Off

LearnMatch makes your holiday a dream holiday

LearnMatch makes your holiday a dream holiday – in a particularly innovative way. How? It’s very simple. No communication problems at reception, in the restaurant or at the hotel bar because staff have your language at their fingertips. LearnMatch has taken care of that and we count on your help to announce the good news to all hotels and restaurants. Why? So that soon every unique holiday experience runs smoothly. The best part? Never again having to explain with hands and feet that you need a hairdryer. And … never again having to worry about the waiter not understanding the food order. With LearnMatch, every business in the industry becomes a new tourist magnet. Why? Because tourists appreciate good service, and that includes the communication skills of the employees.

Tourism as an essential economic factor

With its new language learning solution for the hotel and tourism industry, Vision Education is breaking new ground! Our LearnMatch app is primarily designed as an international export product for countries in which tourism plays a significant role in the economy. The composition of the mother tongues integrated within the app is designed to match the needs of these locations.

The complete tourism industry solution

Within the two main sections, hotel and gastronomy, the new comprehensive set of vocabulary covers all areas, including topic blocks such as reception, housekeeping, service and kitchen. With more than 1,500 learning words and example sentences, our app now contains the most comprehensive technical vocabulary ever created for use within the LearnMatch Business App. The hotel vocabulary is made up of over 1,000 and the gastronomy vocabulary of over 500 learning words.

The hotel and gastronomy industry

Our two modules are available as either integrated or individual content, with the main learning languages being English and German. In summary, the tourism content is an international solution for countries where tourism is an important economic factor. Vision Education are bringing LearnMatch to countries such as Spain, Croatia, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. That way in the future, communication between holidaymakers and hotel and catering businesses can run as smoothly as possible. LearnMatch makes your holiday a dream holiday – effortlessly.

LearnMatch is reliant on WORD OF MOUTH. Please spread the news that we are coming to support the tourism industry with LearnMatch. Our hope is that the industry will soon regain its previous momentum and come out of the crisis reaching ever-greater heights.

24. April 2020 Master Admin Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Professions, Society Comments Off

LearnMatch App shines in new splendor

LearnMatch App shines in a new splendor and design. Learning through play has always been very important to us. It has increasingly proven to be the right way to motivate learning. With the redesign of both the LearnMatch App and the LearnMatch Business App, this trend was continued with a stronger focus on the user experience. State-of-the-art design meets optimized functionality: all exercise types now have an even larger and more legible font size, and the content and navigation through the app is now even more intuitive and user-friendly.

Design Innovations

The LearnMatch App now features a consistent design, simplified and clear user interface with only 5 main areas (Training, Dictionary, LiveMatch, Ticker and Profile) and Lino, our language trainer. The easier handling of the app increases the fun factor. At the request of our users, we have also adapted the font size and made it easier to read. Due to the new design the LearnMatch App shines in new splendor, but also the fun factor didn’t get neglected.

Monthly contests

Up to now there have been new prizes to win every month in the Kicker Challenge. Because our audience is getting bigger and bigger worldwide, we have now agreed on prizes within the app to make it logistically better and easier to implement. Diligent practice is now more important than ever.

Motivation as the most important driving force

Also new are the various training animations. Thus, learners are increasingly motivated to have more fun during training. The learning experience is really cool because of the direct feedback.

Practice when and most importantly WHAT you want

From now on, our users can choose the vocabulary they want to practice or not practice. This allows us to focus more on individual wishes and needs.

Record progress continuously

With the new design, the progress in learning each word is continuously recorded. You can also see how many words are ready to be repeated. Above all, the progress in the individual sub-chapters is also displayed. Last but not least it remains to say that there are now learning stars for the learned vocabulary and points, which in turn are important for the ranking.

We can’t wait to see how the app’s new features are received by our loyal users and are looking forward to any kind of feedback.

23. April 2020 Master Admin Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Society Comments Off

With LearnMatch against Coronavirus

Vision Education helps with LearnMatch in the fight against Coronavirus. Covid-19 presents us all with an unprecedented challenge. Providing continuous educational opportunities for students has become an urgent concern. Millions of children are forced to stay at home with their families. Parents, many of whom have to work from home, manage family and work in parallel. No easy task!

For this reason, we wish to help those affected. We want to help you to ensure that children are kept meaningfully occupied outside school, can learn and have a lot of fun at the same time.

In every crisis there is always an opportunity to do good. This is no exception! We want to ensure the continuation of education with modern media, and have decided to help children in these challenging times to learn languages online in a playful way, together with their friends and family. Our aim is to motivate children to stay at home and immerse themselves in the digital learning world.

FIGHT THE VIRUS LiveMatch enables children and parents to immerse themselves in the exciting world of languages and have fun at the same time. Just click on the following link (ideally on a smartphone or tablet): https://fight-corona.weblearnmatch.com/ Together with LearnMatch against Coronavirus.

Learn and do good at the same time! It has never been easier to save the world! Any one of us can be one of tomorrow’s superheroes. LearnMatch makes it possible!

23. April 2020 Master Admin Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Society, Uncategorized Comments Off

Vision Education once again makes the shortlist

Vision Education once again makes the shortlist for a major international awards ceremony. Amazing achievements in learning technologies were celebrated at the glittering gala ceremony held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in London, UK on 27 November 2019. At the Learning Technologies Awards, we took second place in the category ‘Best use of mobile learning’. We found ourselves in good company, rubbing shoulders with Mobile Coach, Yap Books, m-Spine and Digital Chefs. Being surrounded by such inspiring business minds was a truly enriching experience for us.

What are the Learning Technologies Awards?

The Learning Technologies Awards represent a huge network of talent and creativity. They are arguably the most prestigious and credible awards within the UK’s learning & development industry. The awards recognize global commitment, enthusiasm and passion for learning technologies: being shortlisted is an achievement to be proud of. Finalists are selected by an independent judging panel composed of experts and organized by the eLearning Network.

Learning Technologies Award

This particular award recognizes organizations working within the field of learning technologies that have achieved exceptional outcomes within their customers’ organizations as a direct result of the content of the learning technologies that they have developed. Furthermore, it recognizes learning technologies companies that have made a positive contribution to their range of services or products, backed up by excellent customer service.

Learning Technologies Awards 2019

Over 150 participants from various countries gathered to reflect on ideas, innovations and technologies. The awards were presented in a variety of categories, including ‘Best learning technologies project – international commercial sector’, ‘Best learning technologies project – public & non-profit sector’, ‘Best use of mobile learning’, ‘Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies’, ‘Best use of learning technologies to ensure compliance’, ‘Best learning game’, ‘Most innovative new learning technologies product – international’, ‘Best learning platform implementation’, and even ‘Learning developer of the year’. Vision Education was nominated in the category ‘Best use of mobile learning’.

We warmly congratulate the winners in each category. In addition, we look forward to remaining connected with them in the years to come. Together, we can play our part in making this world a better place: we are sure of it.

10. December 2019 Master Admin Awards, Education tools, Events, Languages, Livelong learning, Media, Society Comments Off

Eat the Ball – new generation bread

Don’t play with your food, wasn’t that what they said?

We love languages. But we also have other passions. Food. Good food. We really enjoy eating – big time. Eat the Ball means that we can now pursue this passion. Our new partner gets you salivating while also awakening your “hunger for languages”. We’re delighted by this cooperation!

What is Eat the Ball?

Eat the Ball is an innovative Austrian company based in Salzburg. In 2012, they launched the world’s first branded bread, establishing a new category of functional branded bread at the same time.

How did it all start?

It all started in 2007 with a question: Why are there no real bread brands? The answer was sobering. Highly important foods, such as bread, are only marketed within generic categories. Marketing of genuine, distinguishable branded products with individual quality characteristics? Error 404, not found.

Who’s behind Eat the Ball?

The question they asked in 2007 kept bothering Michael Hobel and Norbert Kraihamer. Their interest in bread and brands kept buzzing around their brains for years. In 2012, they decided to launch Eat the Ball in Austria. In 2013, they took their first steps towards Germany and the USA. Their goal is to establish the world’s first real bread brand.

How is Eat the Ball bread made?

Eat the Ball is made using the innovative technology pro.ferment.iced®, which enables bread to be produced in special shapes. This is a patented production process that relies on slow cooking processes at low temperatures. It results in a completely natural bread from Austria that stays fresh for longer. Before Eat the Ball, there had basically been no recent innovations on the bread market. This is why EtB is also referred to as “new generation bread”.

An important contribution to sustainability in the food industry

Bread is not particularly popular among today’s generation. As a result, EtB would like to jazz up this staple food of years gone by, especially for their young target group. Eat the Ball’s new bread-making technology is also making an important contribution to sustainability. The bread’s shelf life is an important step in the fight against food waste: the patented production process makes bread that naturally stays fresh for longer and contains valuable nutrients.

We share the same vision for future generations. That is also why we wanted to collaborate with people whose values are the same as ours. We can’t wait to see what the future has in store for us.

25. October 2019 Master Admin Cooperations, Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Society Comments Off

EDVEC – our new education partner!

We have ventured to undertake an overseas cooperation – again! This time, we’ve gone all the way to the other side of the world. We would like to introduce you to another highly valuable cooperation partner.

Edvec publishes a range of educational materials for over 1,200 educational institutions all over Japan. The materials are focused on English language learning. However, Edvec is not limited to English language materials. Educational Venture Corporation was established in 1997. Ever since then, the corporation has been providing educational materials and software, as well as classroom management tools and teacher training programs. Their materials are used by clients all over the world. The main focus and specialisation are the development and delivery of 4-skills, self-study, English, Japanese and Chinese language training programs. Additionally, Edvec also provides maths programs for K-12 learners.

Their best-selling language learning program is MyET (My English Tutor). MyET is a self-study listening and speaking training app that is used all over the world. It analyses spoken language and provides feedback. Users become more fluent and confident when speaking. Nihongo dojo is their newest program. It aims to help people learn Japanese online through self-study.

Edvec has actively engaged in the global market in education since 2015. At present, it proudly collaborates with educational providers in Austria, Germany, the UK, Canada, the USA, France, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and India. Their main goal is to provide their clients with the highest quality educational products. Furthermore, their mission is to provide support and expert consulting services. Their consulting services are based on the latest academic research.

Together with Edvec, we believe that learning is a lifelong process. Development empowers every person to grow on an individual level and contribute positively to society. Our joint goal is to support learning at home, at school, in the workplace or in the community. How? By meeting the ever-changing need of our customers. Ultimately, our vision is to help our customers realise their goals through education.

But what is the most effective way to learn? When the process is embedded in a playful and emotive context: that’s when learning takes place almost automatically. With the support of Edvec, we would like to continue spreading this recipe for success worldwide. As a result, we are very much looking forward to our forthcoming cooperation.

18. October 2019 Master Admin Cooperations, Education tools, Languages, Livelong learning, Society Comments Off