Skills evolution
Donald H Taylor reports on Ufi’s vision of the future of technology-supported learning and asks: what happened to the employer? Founded in 1998, Ufi exists to provide resources and services for adult learning and development. Like that other great British invention, the Open University, it has made a great contribution to widening participation in learning […]
Social learning: An emerging trend
Elliot Masie reports from America on the rise in social learning and the challenges it poses for the global training community. Social learning happens when you are engaged in a learning process with others. Classically, social learning happened in a classroom through the process of group discussion or assigned projects. Informally, social learning happened outside […]
News round-up
Quality, not quantity in this week’s news round-up as Research into gender skills gap is launched . We can’t quite believe that it’s taken three decades for anyone to put any serious research into working out whether a difference in skills might be one of the issues behind the gender pay gap. The question is: […]
Compatible conferencing technology launched
Delivering training in online seminars to a group using both Macs and PCs is about to become easier thanks to the launch of a new combination of VoIP, phone and web conferencing which is compatible with both.The updated technology has been launched by Citrix Online. GoToMeeting and is tailored to provide training to small groups […]
Luminosity to shed new light on elearning strategies
A new elearning creation platform could be set to provide a new direction in the area as its creators say it will boost the volume and speed of content output while cutting costs.Launched by learning content and consultancy specialist CM Group, Luminosity is a web-based rapid development elearning platform. This means the author can work […]
Remote control? Training by distance
Oceans and air miles are no longer a problem thanks to virtual training. But is remote learning as effective as seeing the whites of the trainer’s eye? Annie Hayes looks at the challenges. What is remote training?Remote training has filled a need to drip-feed the time-poor yet knowledge-hungry modern executive with learning that doesn’t require […]
The future is bright – and blended
A new European training study by Cegos reveals that the UK is leading the way in making training practices more effective. Jeremy Blain shares the findings and explains the rise in blended and elearning. During an economic downturn, training can be among the first functions to be put under the microscope. But the good news […]
News commentary
This week’s news round-up is slightly different in that we’re permitting ourselves a comment or two…As you might expect, the economic downturn is exercising minds: from the predicted training budget squeeze to the secrets of success. A potential remedy could be coaching while organisations are urged not to inadvertently fire their brightest talent: Generation Y […]
Elearning projects down under
Industry sectors across Australia are taking a long term view of building the skills of their people by embedding elearning into workforce development.Preliminary funding of approximately $600,000 has been allocated to Australian industry groups and businesses to integrate elearning into their workforce training plans and practices.Five industry sectors – including stainless steel, medical technology, dairy, […]
2008 Software Satisfaction Awards : Help us find the UK’s best training tools
We’d love to have your votes for the Software Satisfaction Awards 2008, which give trainers the chance to rate the creative, learning management and HR tools they use. TrainingZone.co.uk technology editor John Stokdyk explains. Organised by TrainingZone.co.uk’s parent group Sift Media and the software trade body BASDA, the Software Satisfaction Awards set out to honour […]
Free places at blended learning week
OnTrack International is so passionate about blended learning that it’s set up a blended learning week, starting on 4 August, with a web-based seminar (or webinar) on a different topic taking place every day – and it’s offering 120 free places.The seminars, which last around an hour, are open to anyone – and for those […]
Getting to the Hart of learning technologies
Jane Hart reports on the first learning management system for Facebook; an elearning shop – a ‘marketplace’ for elearning courses; software that can help in recruitment and training and new products from Adobe. All these and more in her round-up of new learning technologies. First LMS for FacebookUdutu, a provider of web-based elearning software and […]
News round-up
A report reveals that the UK leads Europe in training; research shows that staff need training to feel motivated; John Denham pledges £300m in return for skills targets; and London gets £680m of funding to boost employment and skills. All these stories and more in our round-up of training news.Click on the following headlines or […]
UK leads Europe in training, says survey
The UK is leading the way in training practices, is training more staff and has embraced more innovative methods than any other European country, according to a survey.The study was conducted by European training provider Cegos Group and questioned training managers from 1,000 companies across the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. It found […]
Free workshop with Futuremedia on building learning communities
Elearning provider Futuremedia Learning will showcase its work with clients in a free workshop in London on Thursday. Learning Communities in Action is a knowledge-sharing workshop featuring client case studies and a presentation by the BUPA learning & development team.Speakers will talk about the key trends driving the development of online learning communities. A panel […]
Elearning on iPhone launched
Mohive says it is the first company in Europe to offer elearning on the Apple iPhone. “The introduction of Apples’ iPhone has dramatically boosted the potential for mobile learning in the markets we operate in,” says Mohive CEO Lars Unneberg. “Traditional barriers to effective mobile learning, like low quality video or clunky, unpredictable interfaces have […]
Linking learning to virtual worlds
OutStart founder and chief technology Officer John Alonso is speaking tomorrow in Hamburg, Germany to an international audience of training professionals about integrating virtual world simulations and learning content. Alonso has been invited to the Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC), a worldwide association of technology-based training pros who promote elearning standards across multiple industries.According […]
Simplicity: New technology – friend or foe?
In the week that Ufi’s futuristic vision of learning technologies was published, which predicts more use of machines, Trevor Gay – who is old enough to remember when a blackberry was a vital ingredient in his mum’s apple and blackberry tart – asks: Are we too dependent on new technologies? Be honest – how many […]
Futuristic report gives vision of learning technologies
A futuristic report, which gazes into what learning technologies will look like, is being launched today by professor Lord Robert Winston. It predicts we will all have digital personal assistants, learning will on the move, and palm held, and artifical intelligence and machines will have a greater influence in training. Imagine, for example, practising your […]
Elearning giant Epic bought by private investor
Elearning giant Epic has been bought by a private investor. Huveaux plc has signed the deal to sell Brighton based Epic to Andrew Brode for an undisclosed sum.Commenting on the acquisition Brode said: “I have watched with interest as the elearning industry has developed over the last decade and believe that it has now reached […]