From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Collaboration key to government’s learning strategy

by Learning Pool on February 25, 2010

What is collaborative learning?

Collaborative learning occurs as a result of interaction between peers engaged in the completion of a common task.
Learning can occur either in an immersive environment like a classroom or in a virtual space such as an online discussion forum.
The social aspect of learning is at the heart of a collaborative approach. With the growing rise [...]

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Travels of an e-learning trailblazer

by Learning Pool on February 22, 2010

In my job I travel a bit and when I am out and about I see lots of signs. Some have caught my eye and stuck with me so I thought I would share them with you.
These signs seem to go pretty much unnoticed. I am talking out the signs seen on the borders for [...]

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Timely e-learning whatever the weather

by Learning Pool on February 17, 2010

With sleet and snow making a reappearance this week, particularly for parts of central England and Wales, there has never been a better time to consider working from home for all or part of your job.
However, be warned it’s not just a matter of making sure the ICT works, sorting out your health and safety [...]

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Learning Pool SW customers network at Exeter City Council

by Learning Pool on February 15, 2010

Early February 2010 saw a group of professional L&D managers from councils all over SW England gather together to share e-learning ideas, issues and plans, all facilitated by Learning Pool.
The meeting, kindly hosted by Ian and June at Exeter City Council, was for like minded local government e-learning people and featured presentations, discussions, networking and [...]

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Why do councils still use Internet Explorer 6?

by Learning Pool on February 8, 2010

Many of you will be familiar with the debate raging on the web right now about how rubbish Internet Explorer is. Just in case, here’s a summary of the argument:
It ignores internet standards so when companies develop for the web, they actually need to break standardized code to make sites run on IE6. This is bad [...]

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Modern Governor builds an e-learning community at NGA Conference

by Learning Pool on February 3, 2010

National Governors’ Association (NGA) events are always eagerly anticipated by the Modern Governor team– we get to meet the rather fabulous NGA team, check out a lovely venue and catch up with our customers and their colleagues.
Banner up, badges on and computers set up, we were ready for the day.
Our first chat of the day was with National Co-ordinators of [...]

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