Redtray soars to new heights
Redtray, the blended learning company, has been ranked in the top ten of the 50 fastest growing digital media companies in the UK. Redtray’s 599 percent growth between 2004/5 and 2006/7 enabled the company to step in at eigth position – compared to ninth in 2007. In total, the top 50 companies in the 2008 […]
Help yourself to the elearning buffet
If Google is ‘white bread for the mind’ then elearning is the three course meal, isn’t it? Julian Dable says it’s time for elearning to become more bitesize if it’s to appeal to today’s information generation. Today’s generation has grown up with networked technology and ecommerce, lives its life on the web and has come […]
Spotlight: We shine the light this week on Clive Shepherd
Clive Shepherd says that if there’s one thing he’s learnt it’s that elearning is about people rather than technology. He talks to TrainingZone.co.uk about thinking big, especially for elearning. Name: Clive ShepherdAge: 55Job title: Independent elearning consultant and chair, eLearning Network For the past 10 years I have worked independently as a consultant, specialising in […]
Tech Talk: Technology editor John Stokdyk takes a look at the £100 laptop
The longstanding quest for the $100 personal computer broke through a significant barrier in February when UK PC manufacturer Elonex introduced a £100 laptop. John Stokdyk reports.The Elonex ONE comes with an open source word processor, instant messaging software, a photo editor and MP3 player and is one of several initiatives that are pushing the […]
A round-up of training news
Budget 2008: Extra £60m for skills New Enterprise Academy launched with Dragon Peter Jones The party is over for bosses who fail to meet recession challenge Silver surfers smash stereotype Investing in tomorrow’s leaders today Learning centre to go high tech with virtual reality suite New workplace scheme aims to boost ‘hit and miss’ training […]
A round-up of training news
Inquiry into the Google generation learning experience Recruiters say they’d like more training Major new training program to expand ‘talking’ therapies workforce Women-only management training pilot a runaway success Career crunch for women during economic slowdown? In brief Inquiry into the Google generation learning experienceA UK-wide inquiry into the widespread use of new technology by […]
How to: Add animations to your electronic training materials
Technology trainer Simon Hurst explains how he has enhanced his Microsoft Office tutorials by including screen animations. As a technology trainer for accountants, I write a lot of tutorials and handouts. But paper is not always up to the task of showing the actions someone might need to follow to complete a task in a […]
A round-up of training news
Coaching Roundtable Sign Statement of Shared Values Management Slog Reaps Few Rewards Work Bully May be the Boss Workers Leap at Chance to Train Sainsburys ‘Graduates’ Make an Impact Righttrack Rewards Two Top Delegates Dyslexia Website Tackles ‘Hidden Disability’ Free Direct Marketing ‘Guru’ Sessions Coaching Roundtable Sign Statement of Shared ValuesA major breakthrough in the […]
View to a Kill: Training in Virtual Worlds
TrainingZone.co.uk technology editor John Stokdyk meets ZeeGerman Zwerling as he steps into the exciting world of virtual training. Learning and training are likely to be the ‘killer application’ for computer-generated 3D worlds such as Second Life, delegates heard at the Learning Technologies event in London last week.Capgemini consultant Marco Tippmer made the claim during a […]
Training Games and Simulations – in Search of the ‘Wow!’
As a prelude to this week’s Learning Technologies event, technology editor John Stokdyk looks into the buzz surrounding the use of computer games and simulations for training purposes. For the past two years, TrainingZone.co.uk has documented rising interest in what is called ‘serious gaming’. At this week’s Learning Technologies event, 20 exhibitors identify themselves as […]
On this Day: Just How Significant is Online Learning?
The one topic which seemed to dominate the training and HRD agenda over the past year was online learning. The questions changed – how many people were using it?; which system to use?; would it be cost effective?; how to create greater acceptance?; who had the best content? – but the issue proved a recurring […]
A Survivor’s Guide to E-Learning
The eLearning Network is running a free Survivor’s Guide to eLearning at the Learning Technologies Exhibition at Olympia, London on 30 January. The event offers everyone working in elearning the opportunity to listen and learn from a range of experienced elearning campaigners as well as address some of their own particular issues and concerns.Clive Shepherd […]
Internet education plan gives m-learning a £30 million jump start
The UK government has triggered a major push by mobile companies to establish services for mobile learning (m-learning) with a £30 million universal internet access programme for schoolchildren. John Stokdyk reports.At the BETT education technology event on 9 January, minister for schools Jim Knight announced that a further £30 million was going into the universal […]
Through the Portal Into Interactive Learning
To prepare for his role as technology editor for TrainingZone, John Stokdyk embarks on a voyage of discovery into the interactive possibilities of the latest digital tools. The world of training can play with the preconceptions for anyone more used to frontline operations. Someone anticipating a quieter, less frenetic environment of worthy textbooks, classroom sessions […]
E-Learning at the Crossroads
Clive Shepherd, chair of the e-learning Network, looks back over the last 10 years of e-learning, and says we all need to ‘think outside the box’ if e-learning is to progress over the next decade. E-learning comes with baggage. The term may be only 10 years old but the concept goes back as far as […]
Police Service Technology Conference Scheduled
The Police Service’s foremost forum on learning methodologies and their associated technologies – the Policing Learning Technologies conference – takes place on 2 April.This attracts leading learning experts from the Police and the wider community, with more than 12 speakers and 120 delegates expected for the day.According to a conference spokesperson: “Learning methodologies and technologies […]
Marketing Institute Revises E-Learning Materials
The Institute of Direct Marketing (IDM) is updating its e-learning materials relating to its professional qualifications programme – leading to both diploma and certificate level qualifications.Trainer1 has been given the job of revising and updating the materials to take account of current marketing trends and developments in practice.Neil Morris, the IDM’s deputy managing director, commented: […]
International Learning Provider Awarded for Corporate Social Responsibility
Global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems(TIS), has received an award for corporate social responsibility.The Readers’ Digest Pegasus CSR Awards recognise outstanding work done by socially conscious companies in India. The awards identify best practices and innovations by Indian companies in fulfilling their responsibilities to diverse stakeholders. In this way, Readers’ Digest, the largest selling English […]
Growing Pains: The Emergence of E-Learning. By Annie Hayes
E-learning has enjoyed a love-hate relationship with most learning and development departments since its advent, and has experienced a fair few teething problems along the way; yet more and more are falling under its spell. Annie Hayes reports. If you are reading this you may already have a burgeoning interest in e-learning or at least […]
The eLearning Network Announces New Chairman
The eLearning Network (eLN), the association for users and developers of all forms of eLearning, has appointed Clive Shepherd its new chairman.“I’m proud to be given the chance to help steer the eLearning Network through an exciting period of growth and change. ELearning is growing rapidly, not only in its uptake but also in the […]
