Futuremedia acquires IQdos
e-learning technology provider Futuremedia Plc has announced it is taking over customised e-learning provider IQdos in a $450,000 share deal.The combined company aims to offer a more complete technology-led learning and development solution by integrating IQdos programmes, products and consultancy with Futuremedia’s technology, courseware services and provision of managed eLearning platforms and solutions. Best known […]
E-Skills UK, BCS, IEE AND IMIS join forces to form the SFIA foundation
e-skills UK, the British Computer Society, the Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute for the Management of Information Systems have announced they will be working together to encourage the use of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) within organisations. Operating as The SFIA Foundation, the four organisations will develop and promote the […]
Government launches consultation on e-learning strategy
Hot on the heels of the government’s Skills Strategy (it was actually announced the day before), the government has unveiled a set of proposals for consultation on the future use of technology within learning. The government’s aim is to provide all learners with access to the latest technology for training they undertake through a unified […]
e-learning merger as fuel acquires Wide Learning
Having just secured a funding injection of £1.4m, e-learning providers fuel have announced they have acquired fellow providers Wide Learning. Both companies are established names in the market, but while fuel specialises in bespoke content for corporate induction, and product, sales and software applications training for a wide range of markets, Wide Learning has specialised […]
Universities to launch worldwide MBA
A consortium of universities have launched a global MBA aimed at the Asian market. Universitas 21 Global, a group of 16 research-led universities from around the world, have launched the programme, which they say is aimed at addressing an estimated US$111 billion global demand for higher education, in a joint venture with Thomson Learning. Students […]
The perfect mix – What e-learning can bring to a blended learning solution
Richard Standen, Director of e-learning specialists Connected Learning Limited argues that we need to change our attitude towards e-learning and look at it as part of and not the whole solution to training needs. In this piece, he explores the changing role of e Learning creation and what this brings to the mix. E-learning is […]
Making a blend from e-learning
Mark Weber, CEO of Atticmedia, examines how to strike a balance between traditional learning and e-learning. “Blended Training”, or the mixing of e-learning with traditional training programmes, has definitely been one of those buzzwords that has increased in popularity recently. Cynically, though, one could say that it is an acceptance from the e-learning purists that […]
A blended approach to cross-platform content
Piers Lea, CEO of LINE Communications, looks at the growth of technology and how it is being used in a variety of forms for delivering training. E-learning and the growth of technologye-learning as a legitimate business tool has grown hugely over the last two years, with an initial influx of US-based technology providers followed some […]
Blended learning at Siemens: A Training Manager’s view
Nick Shackleton-Jones, e-learning manager at Siemens Communications, describes the training needs behind the adoption of a blended learning approach and explains how this was successfully achieved. Background to the training need.Siemens Communications, a division of Siemens plc, is one of the UK’s leading communications suppliers. With a large Services portfolio and half of the organisation […]
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 […]