e-Learning: Approaches to Implementation

Technology in schools: what the research says

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Cisco examines the intricacies of successful technology implementation in schools. The main purpose is to look at research and provide educators with an overview of technological trends that experts...

• Publisher:
• Cisco Systems, Inc.

• Tags:
• schools,
• experts,
• examines,
• education

Teradata University Network: A Resource for Preparing and Teaching Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Courses

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By (re-)using teaching materials, cases, assignments / solutions, and software resources provided by Teradata University Network (TUN), a free Internet portal for database, data warehousing and business intelligence, lecturers can...

• Publisher:
• University of St. Gallen

• Tags:
• courseware

Escape From the Computer Lab: Education in Mobile Wireless Networks

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As mobile wireless network technology becomes widespread, the importance of education about this new form of communication is becoming critical. One of the benefits of mobile computing education is that...

• Publisher:
• University of California

• Tags:
• courseware,
• education,
• courses,
• mobile computing

CCNA Curriculum No Barrier to Motivated Blind Student

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Tony McCloskey did something rather unusual, even though he already had a degree in electrical engineering; he enrolled in the Cisco Networking Academy Program and obtained his Cisco Certified Network...

• Publisher:
• Cisco Systems

• Tags:
• courseware,
• cisco,
• academy,
• jaws

Reusability 2.0: The Key to Publishing Learning

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What would a person do if he or she had to develop and deliver personalized training to 900,000 employees, located in 34,000 different locations globally with a complex set of...

• Publisher:
• Chapman Alliance

• Tags:
• courseware,
• training,
• location,
• learning

Implementing Blended Learning - Why Blended Learning?

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Blended learning has become the standard term for the use of a wide range of learning technologies and methods in the workplace. Examples include the traditional classroom, web-based tutorials, web-based...

• Publisher:
• Forum Corporation

• Tags:
• courseware

Driving Business Results Through Workplace Learning: Forum’s Approach to Learning Strategy

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Without a path, without a plan, learning happens through trial and error. Therefore, a company needs to provide signs that tell people where they are headed: “Here’s our purpose, here...

• Publisher:
• Forum Corporation

• Tags:
• courseware,
• focusing,
• signs,
• learning

e-Learning: a Forum Perspective

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The buzz of e-Learning has intensified as new players continue to enter the arena. Numerous new suppliers have emerged, offering a variety of content, technology, and service solutions. As assurances...

• Publisher:
• Forum Corporation

• Tags:
• courseware,
• learning,
• marketplace,
• focusing

e-Learning: Adoption Rates and Barriers

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An increasing number of companies are adopting e-Learning. But in their rush to take advantage of e-Learning’s benefits and promises, companies are finding that there are significant barriers to adoption,...

• Publisher:
• Forum Corporation

• Tags:
• courseware,
• learning,
• forum corporation,
• adoption

e-Learning: Approaches to Implementation

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A mix of classroom and web is being embraced as the future of workplace learning, but the best methods for implementing a blended solution are not yet well understood. Flexibility, cultural...

• Publisher:
• Forum Corporation

• Tags:
• courseware,
• learning,
• forum corporation,
• methods

BBC e-learning plans 'will cost business £400m'

While the BBC claims it has public support for its £170m proposal and does fall under its public service remit, alternative providers claim the Corporation has an unfair advantage, with deep pockets lined with licence fee money.

• Channel:
• WebWatch

Tech trepidation holding back e-government

On the podium: blended learning, with over 60 per cent of existing users saying they'll put more of their money where their mouth is in the future. The public sector seems reluctant to give up its dependence on the face-to-face approach entirely...

• Channel:
• Law & Policy
• Tags:
• government e-learning,
• e-learning,
• e-gov,
• e-government

Teachers fear computers in the classroom

Schools are failing to take advantage of IT in the classroom as teachers worry computers will interfere with traditional book-based learning, according to a new academic study. Humanities and creative subjects suffer worst from a lack of IT-based...

• Channel:
• Skills & Careers
• Tags:
• school,
• teachers

Teachers want computer games in the classroom

Marius Frank, headmaster at Bedminster Down school in Bristol, who has already embraced computer games in the classroom, said he is intrigued to see how pupils will react to something so often regarded as the enemy of homework.

• Channel:
• Public Sector
• Tags:
• computer games,
• schools

Leader: Bored at work? Change job - not career

Whether those teachers are in the classroom, offices, down the pub or on the sports field - no one could live without them. Or you could take a job that requires someone who understands the bridge between business and technology - in fact IT is...

• Channel:
• Public Sector
• Tags:
• teachers

Microsoft gets partners for e-skills push

Speaking in Edinburgh on the eve of the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum, Nigel Haynes, CEO of Fairbridge, said: "There's a myth that every young person is good on computers. The partnerships announced today are part of the European Alliance on...

• Channel:
• Skills & Careers
• Tags:
• it skills shortage,
• it skills gap,
• e-government,
• digital divide