From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Making an impact in the South West of England

by learningpool on November 24, 2008

Our very own nugget of Welsh gold, Ben Jones, went on tour last week.  Whilst his trip did not necessarily create the same hype and expectation as the new Guns N’Roses album he did, nevertheless, manage to make quite an impact on his 3 day tour of duty.  And hopefully lived up to expectations a [...]

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How to be an informed SCORM buyer

by learningpool on November 20, 2008

We’ve been driven batty these past few weeks by the problems that some of our customers have been experiencing because of SCORM.  Or, to be more precise, what they’ve been told is SCORM by other less reputable e-learning companies.
So we thought we’d write up what to look for when buying a SCORM course so that [...]

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Web 2.0 for life, not just an election campaign

by learningpool on November 19, 2008

President Elect, Barack Obama, continues to use Web 2.0 technology as he launches the first of his weekly podcasts this week.
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The use of blogs, podcasts, Twitter and other features designed to keep the electorate engaged is very interesting for the objective by stander to observe as Obama creates his administration and gets ready for office.
Of course our [...]

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Interesting things to do with balloons

by learningpool on November 17, 2008

I read this very interesting article today that gives ten top tips on how to get the most out of e-learning. 
There are some obvious ones here and some easy ones (and some holy grail ones).
Dr Jo Cheeseman says you should:

focus on performance
put measurements in place
give learners control
communicate it
blend it
make it easy to access
make it visually [...]

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And the winner is…

by learningpool on November 14, 2008

This week has been one of highs and lows on the pat on the back front.
We were thrilled to be recognised as the best new start up business in Northern Ireland by winning the regional heat of the prestigious Seedcorn competition for best emerging international company.   
 But then we were saddened to hear that GMPA [...]

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Feel the connection

by learningpool on November 12, 2008

One of my pet hates (and I have a great many) is reporters standing outside of buildings. 
 
Let me clarify.  You are watching the news and the newsreader announces that we can now go live to a reporter at the scene. This is quite often a person with a microphone standing outside a closed, darkened building.
 
You [...]

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The Human Touch

by learningpool on November 11, 2008

Have you met Lisa who works for National Rail Enquiries yet?  She’s very clever.  She’s lifelike, works quite well and is supposed to take the place of a real person, even if she does have a permanently puzzled expression (although, maybe I would if I worked for National Rail Enquiries).
 
The more we use the web the more, [...]

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Easy, like Sunday morning

by learningpool on November 10, 2008

I turn the computer on.
 
Norton tells me I should update.
 
Google wants me to take a tour of the new features as it’s updated the browser and it all looks different.  I roll the mouse over a link and a pop up jumps out so I can’t see the text.  I disable it but it [...]

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