by Marketing | 28 Oct, 2019 | eLearning
On this day (29 October) in 1960, Cassius Clay, more commonly known as Muhammad Ali, began his professional boxing career – a career that spanned across a 21-year period. The majority of us remember Ali as an untouchable icon, but not many of us know of the...
by Marketing | 25 Sep, 2019 | eLearning
On this day in 1825 (27th September 1825) a steam locomotive carried passengers on a public railway for the first time. This historic journey would not have taken place if it weren’t for the vision of Edward Pease, a woollen manufacturer, and the ingenuity of George...
by Marketing | 16 Sep, 2019 | eLearning
What is Interactive Video? In December 2018 Netflix released Bandersnatch – an interactive film which required the viewer to make various choices throughout in order to mould their own viewing experience. Although this, their fifth interactive film release, was a...
by Marketing | 28 Aug, 2019 | eLearning
On this day in 1997, Netflix was founded in California by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings. The original concept was to offer online movie rentals, delivering DVDs directly to their customers, and enabling those customers to circumvent the ‘blockbuster’ process of...
by Marketing | 6 Aug, 2019 | eLearning
During the month of July the Samaritans set a UK-wide challenge to run, jog, walk or cycle 26.2 miles to help raise life-changing funds. Eight members of the Learning Nexus team dusted off their running shoes, put some WD-40 on their bikes and aimed to complete this...
by Marketing | 24 Jul, 2019 | eLearning
On this day in 1965 Bob Dylan took to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival. To the untrained eye, it was just another set. However, if fans looked closely, they would’ve noticed that Bob Dylan had switched his usual acoustic guitar, synonymous with folk music, to a...
