In this issue
- Top Ten Tips - Learning design
- News - Epic unveils new rapid tool
- Views - Wikis, blogs or LMS? Free 'lite' paper
- Reviews - E-learning & Talent Management, ELN
- Hot off the Blog - Intel & Open Source, Vote Different
Top Ten Tips
Learning design
Want to make exciting, memorable learning that really works? Epic reveals the guiding principles used to produce effective, award-winning online learning.
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News
Rapid Create launched at HRD 2007
Rapid Create ticked most people's boxes for what's expected in a rapid authoring tool in terms of functionality, and exceeded expectations in terms of ease of use, functionality and accessibility support.
Views
New Epic 'lite' paper: Learning Communities
Web 2.0 technologies such as Wikis and Blogs offer Learning and HR professionals innovative ways to integrate informal, learner-centric models into their strategy, evolving beyond the traditional teacher/pupil dynamic epitomised by traditional LMS solutions. So what are the pros and cons of established versus Web 2.0 learning communities? How do they differ? And which platform would be best for your organisation?
Epic's new 'lite' paper, Learning Communities, provides a focused, concise overview of the key issues. Read it and you'll be better placed to understand the options, informing your decision-making process. The lite paper is available now in PDF format.
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Reviews
How Does E-learning Aid Talent Management? E-learning Network, London, 30 March 2007
'E-learning network events attract a mixed audience of buyers and suppliers,' writes John Helmer, 'but it was suppliers who turned out in force for this conference. Perhaps this reflects the progress of Talent Management as a buzzword along the 'Hype Cycle' - which Don Taylor of Infobasis characterised for us in its three phases of 'bandwagon, gravy train and car crash'. Talent Management is a bandwagon fast approaching the status of a gravy train - and already a few of the more nervous passengers might be wondering whether anyone thought to pack the air bags…'
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Hot off the Blog
What's cooking on the Epic Blog this week?
Training v e-learning part 2: thoughts on HRD2007
Training v e-learning: a zero-sum game?
Guerilla campaigning with Web 2.0
Intel launch open source e-learning 'stack'
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