Accounting Web reviews Deloitte IAS Plus
This review of the Epic-designed e-learning package commissioned
by Deloitte to help the financial community get to grips with new
International Accounting Standards (IAS - but also called IFRS,
confusingly!) first appeared on the site of Accounting
Web.
Review: Deloitte IAS Plus - e-learning for free
Training consultant Viv Cole test drives the IFRS e-learning service
from Deloitte and discovers a powerful performer that can be yours
- for no cost.
Deloitte must have spent the cost of a F1 Ferrari on developing
IFRS e-learning and now they are giving it all away for free. This
level of altruism seems bizarre, but it does also make good commercial
sense. IFRS e-learning promotes Deloitte’s IFRS expertise, and lets
the firm avoid the risk that selling the modules would create unwanted
duties of care.
What do you get for your (no) money?
On www.iasplus.com
you can follow the Deloitte
IFRS e-learning logo to find modules that are designed to give
you a good basic grounding in each IFRS. Once you have waded through
the disclaimers, it is straightforward to download zipfiles of each
module (the files are approximately 3Mb each, so having a broadband
connection does help).
Some of the features to highlight are:
- a clearly presented and easy to navigate user interface
- good use of questions and feedback to develop your understanding
- a strong practical feel, with several scenarios where you need
to think of how to apply the standard in order to provide advice,
for example to a client
- the variety created by use of audio and graphics to represent
incoming phone calls, e-mails and faxes
- a Coach button to help you go into more depth if you choose.
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