Feature: Understand Your Goals
Renee Raper of Lighthouse looks at how to get to the heart of your organisation’s e-learning needs. E-learning is about learning and not technology, the technology is an enabler – we trainers must insist that the learning experience drives the technology decisions and not be hijacked by the IT and software. For example, we have […]
Case Study: The Evolution of E-Learning at the University of Birmingham
Founded in 1900, the University of Birmingham has 6,000 staff, around 29,000 students and an annual turnover in the region of £300m. Each year it attracts over 4,000 students from more than 100 countries. The support of new and flexible ways of learning and teaching is a crucial part of the University of Birmingham’s academic […]
E-Learning Awards Promise to Reward Excellence
The deadline for the receipt of entries in this year’s inaugural eLearning Awards is fast approaching. The awards, from the E-Learning Network (ELN) aim to recognise excellence in e-learning – crucially, from the perspective of learners.Vaughan Waller, chairman of the ELN, said: “Receiving an award judged by the industry’s accepted independent association – the ELN […]
Feature: Beat E-Learning Inertia
Tracy Lowles, Channel and Inside Sales Marketing Manager at Thomson NETg outlines a strategy to help overcome cultural resistance to e-learning. In many ways e-learning has revolutionised corporate learning by providing employees with the opportunity to incorporate easily accessible and flexible learning into day-to-day working schedules. Many leading organisations, such as BAE Systems, ICI and […]
Trainer’s Tip: How to Make the Case for E-Learning
Over two years ago, I introduced e-learning to the company I worked for. In making a case for investment, I made a clear case as to how e-learning would complement other forms of training in the organisation. E-learning is not for everyone as it depends on one’s learning style so, in writing the strategy, e-learning […]
Feature: Learning Styles in E-Learning
Using Learning Styles Analysis Dr Yvonne Walus explains how to tailor e-learning to the needs of the individual to optimise their ability to learn. The beauty of the technology available behind e-learning is that the method of teaching can be customised to the needs of the individual. E-learning has the potential to allow learning at […]
Feature: Getting Started with E-Learning – Eight Questions To Think About
From understanding the potential of e-learning to understanding how to measure its ROI, Dorman Woodall, director of Skillsoft Learning addresses the eight key questions to ask of your e-learning strategy. The face of corporate learning has changed. It is no longer possible to develop your human capital with a single approach. Today’s corporate environment calls […]
Case Study: Mecca Improves its Winning Ways with LMS
Once the exclusive preserve of the nation’s gaming grans, bingo is grabbing a wider audience today, prompting significant growth within the sector. One of the UK’s leading bingo brands is Mecca Bingo, where fast-moving expansion and development is being managed using a learning management system (LMS). Mecca Bingo has 120 clubs spread throughout the UK […]
Parkin Space: How to Select an LMS
This is to be read in conjunction with my frequent admonitions to not allow the Learning Management System (LMS) to define your learning processes, nor to make its selection the starting point of your strategy development, nor to assume that any LMS is adequate to manage the totality of the learning that might take place. […]
The Way I See It… Getting it Right – Not Getting Away With it
Charles Gould, Managing Director of BrightWave, believes that when it comes to e-learning style is being confused with subject matter. There are two distinct audiences that e-learning suppliers consider when they provide their clients with content. The obvious audience is the – usually – large number of potential learners. This is the audience that should […]
Case Study: Health and Safety Training at Scottish Power
Scottish Power is an international energy company providing electricity and/or gas services to around six million homes and businesses in the UK and the western US. Scottish Power has long made use of tutor led training in the classroom alongside generic on-line courses. However, with increasing pressures on staff time, a consequent rise in course […]
E-Learning – Still the Cinderella of Accountancy Training
Training consultant Viv Cole Speaks to our sistersite AccountingWEB and reveals some of the findings of the E-Learning Census, which tracks e-learning usage in accountancy.On the face of it there are several good reasons why accountancy firms should be keen to implement e-learning, however despite five years of trying, our research has found that e-learning […]
Coaching and E-Learning Grow as Demand for Skills Rises
Demand for skills is set to rise with coaching and e-learning continuing to gain favour as methods of training and development, according to a new survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. The CIPD says that although traditional forms of learning such as formal education courses and off-the-job instructor-led training are still used […]
The Way I See It… Bridging the Skills Gap
The UK skills gap is a serious problem for many companies. In a recent survey, the CBI warned of UK firms’ growing dissatisfaction with the quality of school leavers. Peter Nicol, EMEA vice president, OutStart, discusses the options. It’s the biggest business hangover of the decade: the UK skills gap is widening and a recent […]
Feature: Making E-Learning Accessible
Steven Price managing director of Cylix, looks at the key issues to bear in mind when developing accessible e-learning. Accessibility is now a major issue for e-learning. Under the Disability Discrimination Act, organisations have a legal responsibility to make “reasonable adjustments” in order to make their products and services accessible to people with disabilities. And […]
Parkin Space: Simulations in Learning
One of the so-far unfulfilled promises of e-learning is the proliferation of easily-created inexpensive simulations that help bring the application of learned skills into a realistic context. While there are plenty of low-end simulations in the field of software tools training, we are not seeing the same in soft skills training. Simulating the behaviour of […]
Euro University E-Learning Takes Off
Almost all – 93% – European universities plan to expand their use of e-learning over the next two years, according to a survey.The survey, commissioned by e-learning provider WebCT, also found that 74% of the 150 universities polled said e-learning already played a major role across a majority of university courses, or believed it would […]
Government Launches E-Learning Strategy
The government’s new e-learning strategy pledges to target socially-excluded groups, provide a personalised online learning space and e-portfolio for every learner and embed e-learning in work-based learning.Harnessing Technology: Transforming Learning and Children’s Services is the first joined-up approach to utilising technology across the education system, including schools, colleges, universities and adult and community learning organisations.Published […]
Lessons to be Learned from UKeU Failure
A skewed focus on technology over market analysis led to the failure of a scheme to offer UK university courses online, MPs have said. The e-University (UKeU) was scrapped last year, having attracted only 900 students – the initial target was 5,600 – at a cost of £50m. The Education and Skills Committee highly-critical report […]
Feature: The 24/7 Benefits of Online Mentoring
Alice Lamey, head of the online IT mentoring teams for SkillSoft, offers an insight into the challenges and successes of this form of learning support. Why opt for online-mentoring in the first place?The 24/7 availability and the depth and range of experience available are the two biggest benefits of online mentoring. For example, all our […]
