Hi everyone,
It's been a little while since I've popped in and shared something but I hope everyone is doing well.
I've been working on a big project at DPG since the start of the year moving our online community from a Ning 2.0 (same platform that thi
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There hasn't been a great deal of activity in this group recently.
I've changed roles and left RBS now to head up community development, online learning and social media management at DPG plc.
It's been a massive change moving from a very co
Read more…I've been hearing the phrase "what matters most" for a while... I think as budgets shrink and resource gets tighter we've seen a much more strategic view in and around learning & HR toadd as much value as we can within our business.
This is a good t
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I have been asked to re-write our CPD Policy. The current policy is permeated by 'training' and this is something that I would like to address by recasting with a distinct 'learning' focus, particularly in recognising that learning happ
Read more…I know there is a group on social learning but I'm interesting in hearing from members of this group who have plans to or are using socia media or collaborative platforms to support learning or to enhance how you work / communicate across your busine
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Like some of you I have just returned from the LSG conference that was held @Olympia on Tuesday. I really enjoyed the day and met up with people that I have been tweeting with over the last few months as well as met new people who all sh
Read more…I am currently thinking about the development of my design team and wonder if anyone has any guide as to courses/curriculum that would be suitable for a design team with mixed ability and has not had any design development before.We don't have a rapi
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I am supporting an AV rollout at the University and visualisers will be increasingly available. I was wondering whether anybody can give me examples of good use of a visualiser in teaching?
thank you
Read more…We went through a process a few years ago of creating a four week induction with 80% generic / 20% bespoke content depending on the products and brands our new starters were dealing with.
We used a variety of training methods / media including MP3's,
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Does anyone have any quick and dirty guidelines to the issues surrounding accessibility? i.e. ideal screen resolution, provision of training 'transcript', etc.
I'm thinking particularly of the problems that might occur if Flash content is incr
Read more…Hi everyone,Hope you're all well. This group has been going for some time and it's fantastic to see new members joining all the time. I really hope you have benefited from some discussions and shared or learned something new from this group.I've been
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I think this forum is a mainly UK-based forum and not sure whether UK has similar issues but here goes....
In South Africa our staff whop are members of regulatory bodies often have to record and submit evidence of continuing professional deve
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Does anyone have experience of doing an e-learning/learning technology skills audit in a large L&D community (500+ and cross cultures)?
I would be grateful for some initial guidance on
- skill level descriptors (e.g basic, intermediate, expert,
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I know SharePoint has been discussed in the social learning group but I was hoping to hear any success stories from this group around using SP for learning purposes.
I'm just about to start a pilot using SP to support on-the job / informal learning:
HiI read an article this morning that was discussing the increase in video chat using tools such as Skype. With online conferencing and delivery tools such as Adobe Connect, WebEx and GotoMeeting offering video support I was wondering how many organi
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Has anyone experience of models that have worked - or not - where experienced people or SMEs transfer expertise and develop less experienced people on specific issues ? Sometimes this is known as a "task force".
If the players are not in the s
Read more…Web 2.0 technologies, social media, rapid tools, VLEs and much more have changed the way we learn but have L&D departments changed with it? If we want to resource learning properly, what does the ideal L&D department look like? If yours is pretty cl
Read more…My company is currently in the process of introducing a new claims system and I am involved in designing the new training for the roll out.
What is the view on whether e-learning should be presented in screens of fixed size or with a scrollbar? Has anyone come across any evidence or research to show that one is a better method of delivery that the other?
We currently use Verdana 10 as the default for content within elearning modules (produced using Seminar), however I have been asked to find out about best practice type face and font sizes from a diversity perspective.
The suggestion from our diversi
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