Chicken Soup for the Email Soul !!
I am planning to develop a email newsletter for local business contacts with regular good news stories about our local voluntary sector. “Charity finds homes for 1000th stray cat” for example. An email version of “chicken soup for the soul” one might say. In return we hope to highlight the work of the voluntary sector […]
Collaborate online for free!
If you want to bring a number of people scattered around the country (or even the world) together for a meeting, it can be a logistical nightmare. Hotels, trains, planes – any aspect of arranging a get-together can be fraught with difficulties. Bringing the meeting to the attendees is another option – videoconferencing has been […]
E-learning and basic skills
The latest report from the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training’s Electronic Training Village finds that a third of basic skills programmes are now encorporating some kind of online learning delivery, with another third planning to use it by the end of the year. The ETV survey found that hardware and internet access […]
Excel Resources
Many of TrainingZONE’s IT Training members will be using Excel on a regular basis. TrainingZONE would just like to inform our new members (and remind existing members) that we have some extremely helpful resources at our TrainingZONE’s Excel resource centre. There are some excellent tips on working with Excel spreadsheets, graphs and display graphics. You […]
Management – it’s a war zone out there!
The role of managers in the early part of the 21st century is filled with stresses and challenges, according to many commentators and the results of a number of surveys.But many hard-pressed managers would baulk at the idea of leading and motivating thousands of soldiers in armed combat! Major-General Patrick Cordingley DSO did just that, […]
Online interview: David Wilson, eLearnity
This week, TrainingZONE launches a whole new area of the site dedicated to features, news and comment on e-learning. In an live online interview from this week’s HRD 2001 exhibition and conference, TrainingZONE spoke with MD of e-learning consultancy eLearnity, who’ll be co-hosting the area with us. Stephanie Phillips Hi David – thanks for coming.David […]
Questionmark
Have you bought and used questionmark software? If so, what do you think? Do you use anything else?Any feedback would be great, thanksRickmarlings@fsmail.net rick martin Have you bought and used questionmark software? If so, what do you think? Do you use anything else?Any feedback would be great, thanksRickmarlings@fsmail.net rick martin
intranet training sites
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‘E-learning will change the way businesses develop their staff’ says Cisco Systems
Speaking today at the HTD 2001 conference, John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, will argue that existing models of learning and training are being overthrown. “Trainers who stay within their existing models will be the losers”, says Martin Sloman, author of The E-learning Revolution published today by the CIPD.Chambers believes that e-learning will change the […]
Conferences / Exhibitions
Can you recommend any e-learning conferences/exhibitions? Maria Goldsmith Can you recommend any e-learning conferences/exhibitions? Maria Goldsmith
Synchronous communications tool
I need a synchronous communications tool to run online training sessions. It must not require downloads and must offer:1. chat2. a whiteboardan optional extra might be sound and video.Does anyone know of such a tool that can be bought independently of a learning management system? Nav Chohan I need a synchronous communications tool to run […]
E-universities – the progress so far
It’s been quite a while since the announcement that the government were intending to launch e-universities, but is seems some work has been going on behind the scenes after all!Last February, we reported that the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFC) were to be responsible for a consortium of ‘e-universities’, formed from a collaboration between universities […]
E-learningZone – the information and advice resource centre for e-learning
A new independent resource centre is launched today providing advice and information on all aspects of e-learning. E-learningZone operates on the widely respected TrainingZONE.co.uk website and is provided in association with the David Wilson of eLearnity, the UK’s leading e-learning consultancy.E-learningZone provides users with a growing range of up-to-the minute briefings and resources covering: Strategy […]
New e-learning allows you to learn whilst you carry on your normal work
Now you can learn and engage in CPD whilst carrying out your ordinary work.A leading e-learning company is this week due to announce a scheme which could revolutionise the delivery of online learning – by enabling individual learning to occur in the background, without distracting the employee from their current work. The EasyLearner programme takes […]
The evolution of the IT training role alongside e-learning
E-Learning is a subject for debate in all Training Sectors. TrainingZone is monitoring e-learning and we have news items and reviews which can be found at Training Trends. The IT Training Page is seeking to report its own views and experiences of e-learning in relation to the IT Training and Education Sector.As an IT trainer, […]
ASTD’s Learning Circuits Express – 23 March 2001
Learning Circuits Express is a free information service provided by Learning Circuits, ASTD’s online magazine about e-learning (http://www.learningcircuits.org). Forward this newsletter to friends, co-workers, and colleagues to share the latest in e-learning news, trends, and community. CONTENTS1. If You Build It, Will They Come?2. 24 Hours in the Life of a Synchronous Trainer3. How Online […]
TrainingZONE world of exclusives!
Almost exactly a year since it launched at the HRD show last April, World of Training, which operates an online database of training courses, bringing together providers and training buyers, has been bought by trainer and author Nigel Linacre. In an exclusive interview with TrainingZONE, he announces his plans for the company and explains why […]
VNU and easycando launch new e-learning facility for finance professionals
A new online training and development site for finance professionals has been launched. Visitors to Accountancy Age, can immediately access a full online database of job-related skills training for the finance sector.AccountancyAge.com will initially offer hundreds of fundamental courses as diverse as creating a PowerPoint presentation, fine-tuning communication skills or learning e-commerce payment protocols. The […]
Lguide publish comprehensive guide to e-learning providers – at a cost!
US independent e-learning research and consultancy Lguide have produced a comprehensive report into the state and availability of e-learning today.Lguide say they put the report together because they “believe in the promise of e-learning, but feel that a great deal of work remains before the products available to consumers live up to that promise”. Amusingly, […]
Isao Okawa, Chief of Sega and Pioneer Investor in Japan, Dies at 74
Worthy of mention in the world of IT is the following report received from Saturday’s New York Times ‘Isao Okawa, president and chairman of the Sega Corporation and a pioneer among Japanese venture capitalists, died of heart disease yesterday in a Tokyo hospital, the company said.’ Wrote reporter MIKI TANIKAWA. Further details of Mr Okawa […]
