Now or never: winning the battle for internet consumers – review
Title: Now or Never: How companies must change to win the battle for internet consumersAuthor: Mary ModahlPublisher: HarperCollins, 2000ISBN: 1-58799-041-5Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.In the aftermath of the burst dot com bubble, the issue of what to do about the Web rears higher than ever for large companies who rely on […]
E-learningZone Newswire – July 2002: Computer games and training, e-learning communities, conference and book reviews
============================================================== TrainingZONE E-LearningZone Newswire July 2002 https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/zones/elearningzone==============================================================RESOURCES: Choosing collaboration tools, putting courses onlineNEWS UPDATE: Learning from games, e-learning communities, tips and guidance, conference reviews, BBC criticisedANY ANSWERS: CMC, drop-out rates, HR development intranetREVIEWS: Successful content, designing online materials, secrets of online training***************************************************************COROUS ‘CREATES’ ONLINE LEARNING SOFTWARE—————————————————————–New from COROUS, the Open University’s corporate arm: Create, a […]
E-learning – A trainer’s experience
As part of my own training to facilitate online learning I have recently completed an e-tutoring course, these are some thoughts based on my experience. Pre-course commencementAn E-trainer should start planning a course in advance; much of the material can be re-used for subsequent courses. An E-trainer is often required to act as a mentor […]
Will the corporates of tomorrow have a lot to thank Nintendo for? – feature
This feature article was provided by Karina Ward, Marketing Communications Manager at NETg. Picture the scene. It’s 2020 and Corporate X is celebrating its growth from being an also-ran just five years ago, to being the multinational gorilla it is today. The CEO begins his ‘thank you’ speech to his employees: “We’re the leaders in […]
E-learning resources: community in E-learning, and European policy
For those with an interest in e-learning, here are a couple of things that might be of interest.The European Commission has made a statement on its policy for boosting the community’s e-learning.There’s also an interesting article in the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning on Building a sense of Community at a […]
Communities and e-learning – interview feature
Dr Gilly Salmon, leading author and expert on e-learning, talks to TrainingZONE about learning communities in computer-based training. TrainingZONE What are the main principles that contribute to a successful e-learning programme?Dr Gilly Salmon The key principles are that groups of online participants wish to work together and that they need the support of a teacher, […]
Special Exclusive offer to TrainingZONE users
TrainingZONE author Bryan Edwards has put together a fully designed one day course for a trainer or line manager to pick up and deliver to develop team working skills. The Team Leadership Skills course contains tutor course notes, full colour overheads / Powerpoint slides, a delegate manual, exercises and role plays – everything you need, […]
Designing computer-based learning materials – review
Title: Designing Computer-Based Learning MaterialsAuthor: Alan ClarkePublisher: Gower, AldershotFormat: Hardback, 196 pagesISBN: 0566083205Price: £45Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.For a long time, there has been a need for accessible books in real English (rather than the American variety) about the design of learning materials and experiences (or instructional design, the rather stern […]
The secrets of successful online training – review
Title: The Secrets of Successful Online LearningAuthor: Laurel AlexanderPublishers: Management BooksPrice £12.99ISBN 1-85252-376-XBuy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.This 230-page book sets out to offer realistic and practical advice about online training. It is aimed at HR personnel and learning professionals who are looking for information to help them integrate eLearning into their […]
E-learning London – exhibition review
E-learning London proved to be a busy event, justifying the move to a bigger venue this year. In spite of market uncertainties and the focussed nature of the show’s subject, it kept buzzing for both days. E-learning providers can take comfort from this: although spending is currently restricted in many areas by the downturn, the […]
Content critical – review
Title: Content Critical: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through High-Quality Web ContentAuthors: Gerry McGovern and Rob NortonPublisher: Pearson Professional Education Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002Format: Paperback, 224 ppPrice: £219918.00ISBN: 027365604XBuy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.The greatest ideas are the most obvious. Gerry McGovern and Rob Norton have produced a book crammed full of obvious […]
BBC under fire for e-learning plans
The BBC is being criticised for its plans to use the licence fee to offer free online interactive learning packages to schools. Other e-learning providers have expressed concern about the effect on the market of a major provider who does not need to make a profit from its services.This situation is another in a line […]
SmartForce and SkillSoft to merge
SmartForce and SkillSoft have announced an agreement to merge in a stock-for-stock transaction. The combination will create a major player in corporate e-Learning. The two portfolios should complement each other, with SmartForce’s focus on IT, enterprise applications, sales and CRM e-Learning products, and SkillSoft’s suite of business and professional e-Learning solutions, including management, leadership, communication, […]
Delivering Digitally: managing the transition to the knowledge media – review
Name: Delivering Digitally: managing the transition to the knowledge mediaAuthors: Alistair Inglis, Peter Ling and Vera JoostenPublisher: Kogan Page, London, 2002Price: £19.99ISBN: 0749434716Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.I missed the first edition of this book, sadly, but found this new edition to be absolutely essential reading for anyone with an interest in […]
Blended learning in the collaborative business – Training Solutions preview
Dave Simonds, director of Education at SAP UK, Ireland and South Africa and member of SAP’s Global Education Steering Committee will be speaking at Training Solutions. Here he talks to TrainingZONE about how blended learning and learning management can be extended out to customers, partners and suppliers in collaborative businesses, justifying the costs through extended […]
Can computers teach us people skills? – e-learning feature
This feature article was provided by Karina Ward, Marketing Communications Manager at NETg. Do you ever get the feeling that history books of the future will be a lot thicker than history books of the past? The pace of change – particularly technological development – has increased exponentially in the last century. We moved from […]
E-learning at the BBC – Training Solutions Feature
Gareth Jones, Head of New Media Innovation and Learning at the BBC, will be speaking at Training Solutions. We take a look at how the corporation have organised their learning management. The BBC have fifteen years of experience of developing interactive learning products: laser discs, CD-Roms, and then online modes in the last three years. […]
The web content style guide – review
Title: The Web Content Style GuideAuthors: Gerry McGovern, Rob Norton and Catherine O’DowdPublisher: Pearson Professional Education Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002Format: Paperback, 246 ppPrice: £18.00ISBN: 0273656058Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.The Web Content Style Guide aims to fulfil several functions for the writer or editor of online content, and it succeeds convincingly. […]
What are your experiences of e-learning? Let us know
The e-learning industry continues to invent and reinvent “innovative solutions”, though it’s clear that technology alone only goes so far. The really interesting perspectives on e-learning are those of corporate training managers who have tested out approaches, modified them, rejected some, and found out how to fit technologically-assisted training into their in-house programmes.We are interested […]
20 ways to do e-mentoring and e-coaching – feature
This feature was contributed by by Jo-Ann Driscoll and Amy Finn, Ph.D. of Centra Software, Inc. Okay – you have a live Web-based training delivery mechanism in house that you use for training within your organization. It works great – people don’t have to travel to get to your training; your trainers don’t have to […]
