Engagement and ROI -

Katherine Laux speaks out on Learner Centred Design

Katherine Laux, Head of Design, gave an overview of how maximise return on investment and learner engagement by Epic's Learner-Centred Design approach. Dr Leo Plugge from SURF (Netherlands) came to the session. Dr Plugge is well-known internationally for his educational research. He cited Epic's approach in his keynote address to the Education plenary. In answering the issue 'How we can increase the effect of educational research', he named Epic's approach first in a list of key thinkers from leading Universities, CETL and the Worldbank. Download a media copy of Katherine's presentation, Learner Centred Design: Engagement and ROI.

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Flash Create -

Believe the hype

Last month, we offered you the top 10 tips for ‘Rapid e-learning’. We warned that e-learning developed using a ‘Rapid’ approach might require you to compromise on quality. With these words of warning ringing in our ears, let’s take a frank look at

Latest Leadership thinking -

Is e-learning green?

"The subject for this month was going to be an incisive look at the world of social learning, but then an interesting opportunity crossed my desk: to research and recommend a conducive environment for e-learning. Right up our street, I thought, we are always trying to develop the most powerful learning culture for our clients, advocating creative blends of online solutions – and then I realised that this opportunity was about the heating, lighting, ventilation and furniture, not the interesting stuff of business impact and culture. Shame: whilst very important, this is not exactly our mainstay of expertise. Anyway, that thought set me off on a ‘fingertip learning’ experience and I began to realise there is a significant issue with these latest social, informal approaches we are using for e-learning – and it’s one that affects us all… "

On the 12th day of Absence… -

Discover the latest absence statistics

Discover the latest absence statistics, and the effects for your company, top 10 tips on how to reduce the absence problem affecting over 1.2 million people in the UK plus a FREE online demo of Epic’s Absence Management e-learning course…

2006: The year of the Moodle -

The meteoric rise of Moodle

What is Moodle? Is it here to stay? Take a look at our objective analysis and the effects Moodle has upon the LMS market.

Online Educa e-learning -

What's hot in e-learning for Defence and Security

Julie Read, Business Development Director of Epic, recently attended the Online Educa e-learning for Defence and Security Forum, which was held in Berlin and hosted by the New Security Programme.

How much per hour? -

E-Learning Network conference Review

How much per hour and similar questions were posed at the latest eLN conference in November, which examined the issue of e-learning development costs.

Did you know? -

Fun Festive Facts

Christmas is coming… the goose is getting fat, or is it? And why do we eat goose at Christmas anyway? We’ve put together some fun festive facts to impress your friends and family with around the table this year.

Epic's Winning Christmas Card -

Epic gets festive…

This year our company Christmas card was designed by our very own Flash developer, Keith Port.

Epic Exhibit at Learning Technologies -

It's showtime…

Epic are delighted to announce they will be exhibiting at Learning Technologies at the London Olympia on 31st January and 1st February 2007. Ask us for your free ticket to the show and come along and see us at stand 63. Katherine Laux will be giving her talk on Learner-Centred Design: Engagement and ROI.

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Guy Wilkins,
NTL