ASTD’s Learning Circuits Express – 9 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. E-Learning Weathers a Bear Market 2. Introducing WML 3. Do You Have Stats Appeal?4. Try It! (You Might […]
Struggling with evaluating Return on Investment? read on…
Return on Investment (ROI) is very much a hot topic these days in business – if you invest, the reasoning goes, you need to be able to quantify exactly the benefits from that investment. This theory is being increasingly extended in organisations looking to become more accountable and more efficient to company training budgets. However, […]
IBM Watch – February
This is a series of pages devoted to breaking news and updates from IBM. We’ll summarise announcements from IBM and add links to our own comments. So, if you need to keep on top of relevant IT announcements from IBM, you can do so by regularly visiting this page. The page will be replaced each […]
Steps in avoiding information overload
In this months e.business review magazine, Mike Thompson from the Butler Group writes about the obvious information overload that the internet provides, however, what is not so obvious are the solutions that he recommends to deal with this issue effectively.Organisations need to consider implementing a Business Intelligence (BI) strategy and like all strategies it needs […]
Terrorism Act unlikely to deter hackers
The new Terrorism Act 2000 recently introduced by the government which includes the act of computer hacking for the first time is unlikely to deter most ordinary hackers, state legal and technical experts.What this new legislation does is in fact highlight that the government is now realising how e-security is a real threat to UK […]
Microsoft e-mail software opens way to viruses
Microsoft have admitted that their e-mail programmes cannot handle birthday data in electronic cards without leaving a way open for viruses.All that is needed is for a piece of code to be placed in the data of the birthday field of the card and then send it to the e-mail victim. As soon as the […]
Delay on publication of employment code for e-mail use
The Information Commission, formerly known as the Data Protection Commission has delayed their draft publication of their employment code stating that monitoring of staff’s e-mail messages could in fact be contravening the rights to privacy under the law.A draft document is available on the commission’s website but this does not include any guidance concerning software […]
Company profile:ebc
Manchester and Milton Keynes-based ebc have been producing video-based training since the early 1990’s. Last year, the company took the decision to move away from video to internet and CDROM formats, launching into the e-learning market. CEO Jonathan Satchell, who bought the company in 1997, spoke to TrainingZONE about the company’s new strategy. TrainingZONE: First […]
Microsoft Watch – February
This is the continuation in a series of pages devoted to breaking news and updates from Microsoft. We’ll summarise announcements from Microsoft and add links to our own comments. So, if you need to keep on top of relevant IT announcements from Microsoft, you can do so by regularly visiting this page. The page will […]
Online learning and learning outcomes
In this article for TrainingZONE, David Groom of online learning developers Nelson Groom discusses how different types of learning outcome require different types of online learning. Diffused and focused learningOnline learning is either a sinister threat to high quality training or the elixir of eternal knowledge. Nothing seems to divide the professional training community with […]
Garage technicians learn the nuts and bolts of cyberspace
A new online Assessment System is being launched to help drive up standards of car servicing and repair by allowing NVQ and SVQ candidates to test their knowledge and diagnostic skills on the internet.The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is offering the facility on its own website. A series of tests is being made […]
Web users not familiar with using search engines
A study conducted by Alexa Research has found that a large number of people who are familiar with the use of the internet are not good at using search engines.Alexa Research who are a web intelligence and traffic measurement service, found that millions of internet users enter the name of the site into the search […]
Happy Computers win IITT award 2001 for Training Company of the Year
Happy Computers received the prestigious Training Company of the Year award from the Institute of IT Trainers (IITT) at this years ceremony held at the Dorchester Hotel in London.The company who are based in London offer IT training mainly around Microsoft Office solutions and state that one of the reasons for their success at this […]
Be careful of Anna Kournikova Virus
Within a few hours, a computer virus appearing as a photo of Anna Kournikova has brought down servers throughout Europe and North America. It worked almost as quickly as the Virus ‘I Love You’ that caused millions of dollars worth of damage last May.This virus is referred to as a worm because it can automatically […]
CSSA urge government for tax benefits in IT training
Following a call upon the government last month from the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), the Industry trade body, Computing Services and Software Association (CSSA) are also urging the government to introduce tax benefits for companies and their employees to invest in IT training.Tim Conway, who spoke at the Learning Technologies show […]
Novell IT training courses face sharp fall in demand
Many IT professionals are no longer approaching Novell for training in their products and now appear to be turning to competitors such as Microsoft and Unix and this could also be seen as a sign for less demand being made for Novells traditional networking products.Previously Novell had around 17% marketshare of the training market and […]
ASTD’s Learning Circuits Express – 9 February 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. Get Ready for M-Learning2. ASTD/Masie Center Study Gauges Learner Preferences3. So, You’re Thinking About Getting an LMS?4. Digital […]
Product Review: Microsoft Office XP
Many reports have already been written covering the latest release of Microsoft products with much gusto, usually from beta-testers who manage to get copies of these developments and are then eager to be the first to pass on any exciting changes to those of us who are waiting with anticipation to find out what these […]
More companies making inroads into m-learning
A few weeks ago we reported on the future trends for mobile or m-learning. The reality of this comes a step closer this week, with training provider KnowledgePool linking up with Vodafone to develop WAP technology courses.The initial courses will be made available to corporate customers, who will also be able to attend training sessions […]
Xebec McGraw-Hill offering free half-day seminars
Xebec McGraw-Hill are offering a series of free half-day seminars about how to improve your competitive edge through interactive training. They believe that interactive training will enable individuals to learn specific business and management skills in private, at their own pace and without having to leave the workplace.These free half-day seminars are taking place in […]
