Making the real world accessible

The Petofi Literary Museum in Budapest used ThingLink to create an interactive schools museum tour, which quickly expanded into a collaborative virtual schools visit to the six major national collections in Budapest.

Topics: Featured, cultural preservation, creativity, digital skills, contextual learning

The year 2020 has accelerated the adoption of new solutions for online learning and publishing at an unprecedented pace. At ThingLink, the increased demand shows as a sharp 50% increase in new monthly signups.  Over 100,000 new users login to ThingLink every month to create engaging visual experiences for their students, employees or customers. For may, ThingLink has become a home for hundreds, even thousands of interactive images and videos. Our new interface offers them improved options for arranging and managing this content.

Topics: Featured, Visual Web, How To, Product Marketing, online learning, distance learning, creativity, digital skills, contextual learning, feature update

The Finnish education and media technology company ThingLink and the educational transformational company Mahattattva in India are today announcing a partnership in the area of professional development and teacher training in India.  

Topics: edtech, partners, india, teacher training, digitalindia, PD

ThingLink education and business subscriptions are now available in Italy via MR Digital by Monti & Russo. MR Digital, a systems integrator originating from 1954 in Lombardia, provides hardware, software, and complete educational technology solutions for schools in Italy. Partners include global technology companies such as Samsung, Acer, Google, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft.  

Topics: edtech, partners, Italy

ThingLink, an award-winning Finnish education and interactive media technology for contextual learning in the cloud was included in FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Higher Education Committee to explore various synergies and work together to find solutions to the current needs of teacher training and technology integration in India. For ThingLink, this opportunity opens a gateway to work with FICCI member organizations to learn about the potential application of smart visual media and 360 degree virtual learning environments in all education verticals including vocational training and workforce development. 

Topics: edtech, india, higher education, teacher training, contextual learning

ThingLink's Return to Learn Webinar!

We hope this finds you well and you’ve all enjoyed a break over the summer.   We would like to invite you to join us in a ‘Return to Learn Webinar’ to hear more about the plans and developments for ThingLink, and to hear ideas from the community. We have been incredibly impressed with the examples shared across our communities and felt a webinar would be a good opportunity to share them with you all.

Topics: 21st century learning, partners, digital skills

One of the main topics we will be talking about this semester is helping young people visualize their interests and skills using a combination of different media. An interactive resume including text, images, videos, and student's voice can complement a traditional text-based CV and give young people new means to express themselves in a creative way.  

Topics: 21st century learning, featured users, student-centered learning, teaching, future skills

ThingLink user:  Wilhelmsen (click to explore live page) -Wilhelmsen is a global maritime industry group, employing more than 21,000 people across 75 nations. The Wilhelmsen group operates the largest maritime network in the world, with over 2200 locations.  As the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, industries around the world are facing a multitude of new problems daily.  The first key problem Wilhelmsen faces is making a large mass of information easily accessible to their 21,000 employees on specific restrictions and updates to key global ports. 

Topics: Featured, Visual Web, Map, Brand, Tour Creator

To help educators overcome some of the practical challenges related to blended learning environments, ThingLink launches a new course in the Microsoft Education Centre called "Creating Visual Learning Materials". 

In this beginner-level introductory course aimed at teachers and education professionals, educators will learn how they can create visual learning materials to engage their students and publish to school communities to keep connected.

Topics: How To, education, edtech, online learning, remote learning, Office 365, Microsoft Teams, creativity, teaching, training

On May 27, 2020, ThingLink has updated its Terms of Service, Privacy policy and other legal documents regulating your use of ThingLink. You can always find the full text of these documents by going to thinglink.com/terms and thinglink.com/privacy. Below you will find a short summary of the main changes.

Topics: Policy, TOS