Digital content in an educational context
In this contributed piece, Tony Graham of MELTEC narrates his experiences of digital content as part of a pilot project with Kingston University. Many of the discussions and developments in the world of “e-learning” appear to revolve around learning environments or content which is compliant with the standards, which are, often changing. Very little is […]
The race to blend learning: Under starters orders or a false start?
Tim Drewitt, a director of blended learning providers Balance Learning, argues that, although blended learning solutions should be the backbone of training strategies, it’s essential to go back to the starting blocks before taking part in the blended learning race. Blended learning is in danger of not getting off to the best start for a […]
Blending online training and face-to-face for soft skills development
Greg Hoehner, Principal Consultant in e-learning course design at e-learning consultancy ICUS Pte Ltd, charts the recent development of e-learning techniques and their use in combination with other training delivery methods. If you would like a quick impression of the impact that e-learning is making in the world of training and development, try conducting a […]
June’s theme on TrainingZONE: Blended learning
In June TrainingZONE will be looking at blended learning, the combination of different delivery methods for training. We’re inviting TrainingZONE members to contribute features, points of view, opinion pieces, questions, answers and tips. Although the term ‘blended learning’ has become popular in the last few years, and has been most used to refer to training […]
Future of e-learning ‘hangs in the balance’
David Lush, creative director at e-learning company Gossip Multimedia, has delivered a warning to other e-learning providers that the fate of e-learning ‘hangs in the balance’ unless the quality of material produced improves.He said, “e-learning has became a generic tool of training departments desperate to save money and deliver compliance within an unrealistic timescale.”Making his […]
Qualifications fail to attract UK employees
UK employers are willing to invest, but employees don’t consider gaining qualifications a priority, according to a new study. The survey, undertaken by Taylor Nelson Sofres plc for UKeU, the UK government-backed company set up to provide online degrees from UK universities to students worldwide, examined the views of just over 1000 workers based in […]
Featured interview: Einstein Network
With our focus on blended approaches to learning this month, we’re showcasing Einstein Network, who are new to the TrainingZONE Partner Pages, as providers of electronic solutions for professional CPD. Here, MD Michael Brooks explains the philosophy and approach behind the Einstein programmes. TrainingZONE: What’s the philosophy behind Einstein Network?Michael Brooks: We have been producing […]
Peter Russian, Director of Development at Investors in People considers blended learning
In this contributed piece for TrainingZONE, Peter Russian, Director of Development at Investors in People UK considers the role of a blended approach as part of an overall organisational learning strategy. You have only to look at the diverse range of organisations working with the Investors in People Standard today, to realise it is futile […]
eConferencing enriches the Learning Blend – Learning on a Global Scale at the United Nations Development Programme
In this feature piece, Hal Richman describes how the United Nations Development Programme has been making use of a number of different technologies for their training programmes. A number of organisations and firms need to roll-out elements of enterprise-wide human resource management systems (such as performance appraisal) and training systems in a short period of […]
Special feature: UK HE – developing quality through e-learning
HE institutions are increasingly realising the role e-learning can play in helping them to meet their quality goals. Here, Tim Collin, European Director at WebCT, looks at some of the challenges currently affecting the Higher Education sector, and the role technology can play in helping it move forward. ‘With UK HE facing some of its […]
LSC Central London puts focus on e-learning
The Learning and Skills Council London Central has been offering employers who have yet to experience it the chance to try out some e-learning options.Two rooms at the offices of media company Bloomberg were kitted out with 60 PC’s to give interested employers a chance to try out various forms of computer-based learning, including the […]
Online learning offers a way around SARS
It may seem extreme, but the very lack of personal contact often cited as a problem when using e-learning is proving to be a distinct advantage in SARS-afflicted Hong Kong.Thousands of the city’s students are logging on to their studies using a system developed by the Interactive University based at Heriot-Watt University, Scotland. The system, […]
DIY e-learning
Sue Harley, Managing Director of IQdos, believes that e-learning providers have a crucial role to play as customers go the DIY route. I have been quoted before now as saying that 2003 will be the year of DIY e-learning, and undoubtedly the trend grows for companies to create, edit and publish their own bespoke learning […]
Has e-learning caused a learning revolution?
In the fourth and final part of his series of articles based on in-depth resesarch into the development of e-learning, Kieran Levis explores the real size of the market beneath the hype and the critiques.Kieran is the principal of Cortona Consulting and the author of The Business of (e)Learning, published by Screen Digest. The report […]
First sector skills councils get full licence
SEMTA (the Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies Alliance), and e-skills UK (which includes IT, telecoms and contact centres) have become the first two fully-licensed Sector Skills Councils in the UK. They now have five-year licences to research and develop ways in which businesses in their sectors can help plug the skills shortfalls in their workforces […]
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How big are e-learning markets?
Kieran Levis uses indepth research to explore the real size of the market beneath the hype and the critiques.Kieran is the principal of Cortona Consulting and the author of The Business of (e)Learning, published by Screen Digest. The report is based on a strategic analysis of the e-learning industry and a detailed study of the […]
An introduction to UKeU – interview
John Beaumont, Chief Executive of UKeU, talked to TrainingZONE about his organisation’s development and where it fits into the education and training market. TrainingZONE How did UKeU come into being? John Beaumont In February 2000 universities, the government and other groups were looking towards exploitation of ICT, and thinking that there were surely ways of […]
E-Learning – helping to provide equality in training
Jon Buttriss, Operations and Services Director at Netg looks at how e-learning has opened up opportunities for people previously denied them. One of e-Learning’s main benefits is the ability to train anywhere, at any time. This hasn’t just opened up new opportunities for staff out on the road and home-workers, but has also made learning […]
Accrediting e-learning
Jim Flood, Director of Learning at COROUS looks at the realities of an e-learning credit transfer system. One day, will e-learning have an option for the learner to pick up accredited learning points, much in the manner in which we pick up points on loyalty cards? Now the idea that bite size chunks of E-learning […]
