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This month we're breaking barriers: barriers geographical, conceptual and attitudinal. Like the boundaries and frontiers that can be overcome with virtual teamworking. Like the barriers between reality and virtual reality. Like the barriers to e-learning adoption within organisations... And then when we've completely kicked over the traces, we'll look at how you put boundaries in place where you need them.
The Barrier-breaking Issue
- Top Ten Tips - Virtual Teamworking with Steve Barden
- Reviews - Learning in Second Life, by John Helmer and Mark Aberdour
- News - Breaking the barriers to e-learning with Howard Hills
- Views - 'No bombs, no knives, no sticks, no small dogs' by Dominic Mason
- But enough about you... - 10 things you didn't know about Epic
- Hot off the Blog - What's new on the blog this week
Top Ten Tips
Virtual teamworking
'The core of any successful business is teamwork. From the top down, every layer needs high-performing, focused and complementary teams who work together for a common purpose. However, one dynamic is often overlooked in the wealth of literature on teams and their development...'
Steve Barden, Head of Consulting at Epic, gives you Ten Top Tips for managing virtual teams.
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Reviews
Learning in Second Life
Epic Thinking makes a concerted assault on the internet's hottest virtual hangout, with two separate reports - from differing perspectives - on Second Life's potential as a learning environment.
1. Learning Content Types in SL - Mark Abedour walks through the various media that can deliver learning in Second Life and shows examples of their use.
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2. My SL Hell - John Helmer gets bags under his eyes and samples first hand some experiential learning in SL.
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News
Breaking the barriers to e-learning
'Directing effort at the barriers that matter is the cost-effective way to ensure that e-learning will break barriers (writes Howard Hills). 'So what are the most significant barriers to E-learning perceived by users over the next three years..?'
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Views
"No bombs, no knives, no sticks, no small dogs"
'In the world of e-learning, as in the world of football, it's easily proven that everyone does need certain boundaries... The learner is a human being, just like you and me, and wants to operate by a few simple tenets...'
Dominic Mason, leading learning consultant, tackles the tricky business of setting boundaries for learners.
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But enough about you...
10 things you didn't know about Epic
In recent times, the range of products and services we offer clients has multiplied. Did you know, for example, that we can book face-to-face training for you as an outsourced service - or that our catalogue of off-the-shelf learning content runs to over 200 courses..?
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Hot off the Blog
What's cooking on the Epic Blog this week?
Where's the leading edge? (Maybe not where you think!)
Sloodle receives £80K funding in major 3D elearning research drive
OpenElms LMS takes the plunge into open source
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Don't miss... Rapid Roadshows
We're running a series of complimentary breakfast briefings up and down the country where you can find out all about Epic's new accessible e-learning creation tool, Rapid Create, and the capability building services we offer around it. First date is in Coventry:
Ricoh Stadium, 25th July, 7.30am to 9am
Book your place now! Email marketing@epic.co.uk.
Coming soon: London, September
The relationship between the client and customer has been really well managed and Epic has striven to deliver exactly what we wanted all the way through our partnership. Working with Epic has been a pleasure and we're confident that the toolkit we have created will have a major positive impact within our organisation.
Matt Pollard, Project Manager, Home Office
In next month's Epic Thinking: The Carbon Issue
Our August issue will be themed around the topic of sustainability in learning and communications: how can you lessen your carbon footprint? We're interested in hearing from any readers who feel their organisations are setting the pace in this area.
Email marketing@epic.co.uk and give us your anecdotes, words of wisdom, case studies, rants, etc. for publication in next month's issue.
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