The e.learning age BBB Campaign supports Next Generation Learning in the Workplace.    

 

Real life, real benefit

 

Thank you to all those who continue to contribute to the Bringing business benefits campaign. It continues to gain momentum, with case studies being sent to e.learning age direct as well as being sourced by our partner Towards Maturity. As previewed in our December/January issue, the campaign featured at Learning Technologies in January.

 

For the past eight years e.learning age has produced news, features and opinion on all aspects of learning development and technology and for the past five years it has supported and celebrated excellence with the E-Learning Awards.

This campaign, working with Toward Maturity’s Evidence for Change programme, will run in 2010 in print, online and through email updates to highlight key examples of how e-learning is making a real difference to organisations’ success.

We seek your stories and experiences – give us three key benefits from your e-learning campaign and we will include them in our findings. These are building into a body of work for reference and guidance and will help readers to embark on their own learning strategies. A dedicated publication will be produced and the BBB seal of approval will be offered to projects where real success can be proven. Below are another three business benefits case studies.

 

To participate send examples in no more than 200 words to Kate Vose.

 

 

Speedy does it

 

Thomson Reuters offers intelligent, information-based solutions, software tools, and applications for professionals in many industries. Constantly updating its solutions means speedy education is vital, making e-learning the only logical solution to keep pace. Fast and convenient, its content is as at least if not more rich and interactive than an in-person classroom experience.

 

Subject matter experts within Thomson Reuters use Adobe Captivate software to develop e-learning content for their financial products, including product demonstrations and overviews, audio to provide context and real examples of product use. Further, by combining Captivate with Adobe Flash Professional, employees can overlay rich interactivity, and include quizzes, simulations etc. Benefits include:

 

·   E-learning development accelerated by over 50%

·   Reduced development costs

·   Improved e-learning quality

·   Enhanced support for product launches with timely training.

 

 

Graduate stories

 

Middlesex University’s work based learning webcast project blends e-learning designs and technologies to allow successful graduates to share their stories online and by phone conference.

The monthly interactive webcast is a studio-based interview that encourages online and phone audiences to ask guests questions.

 

This informal approach to learner-generated content provides a peer-to-peer dialogue, with the live event digitally record to create e-learning resources for academics and students.

The Web 2.0 content is structured for search optimisation. Middlesex put the video, audio and text transcripts together so specific dialogue can be found.

 

The webcast project is part of the university’s professional social network design to integrate the webcast guest topic with ebook chapters and face-to-face events. The university says that this denouement of new media designs and tools opens new opportunities to its work based learners.

 

 

Central command

 

As one of the world’s leading advanced materials companies with over 10,000 employees, Morgan Crucible needed a centralised solution to manage its performance review process.

 

Marton House worked with the firm to develop a system on its LMS, DotNet, that incorporates the full functionality of Morgan Crucible’s performance review system. New features include: online learning materials, email reminders and feedback requests to deliver a fully functional performance review system that can be managed and tracked online. Benefits include:

 

  • A consistent approach to performance review processes and instant access to learning materials
  • A centralised system enabling managers and individuals to access, update and check progress at any time – offering significant time savings
  • Over 5,000 users able to access, update and use the system worldwide with features such as Request   Feedback – where individuals can request feedback from colleagues, managers, suppliers and business partners to add to their reviews.