E P I C T H I N K I N G
Issue 55: July 2006
This month:
1 . Consultant's Corner
2 . Hall of fame: Media & Design
3 . Feature: Did you know: 10 Facts about summer
4 . Feature: Are you ready for October 1st
5 . Blended Learning Course
6 . Epic Expansion: Exciting Employment Opportunities
at Epic
7 . Jobs: Latest Vacancies at Epic
CONSULTANT'S CORNER
1. Are we all Information Junkies?
A recent article in New Scientist highlights
how neuroscience took a step forwards in identifying what whets
our appetite to learn ….
Read more here
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HALL OF FAME
2. Media & design
By Donald Clark
As e-learning emerged from computer based training, some lessons
were successfully carried over, others were forgotten or ignored.
We are still woefully short of good research on what works and what
doesn’t work in screen-based learning.
Read more about Media
& design
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FEATURE
3. Did you know? Ten Facts about summer
It was once famously said "Only mad dogs and Englishmen go
out in the midday sun” ,yet many of us have no choice to but
to grin and bear it, (unless of course, you are one of the Queen’s
Guards, in which case you are not allowed to grin, and will be bearing
an oversized fur hat all day)
But for the rest of us.. click
here to find out ten things you may not know about summer…
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FEATURE
4.Are you ready for October 1st?
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 come into force
on 1 October 2006, Non-compliance with the legislation could result
in your company being fined*, and there is no upper limit to the
amount of compensation that can be claimed.
Read more about The Employment
Equality (Age) Regulations
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BLENDED LEARNING
COURSE -
5. Changes to workshop format
Learn how to develop
an Effective Blended Learning Programme. This unique course
from Epic, centred around a practical, hands-on workshop,
gives a step-by-step methodology for designing effective
blended programmes and tools to help with the decision-making
process.
Click
here for full course content and booking
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EPIC EXPANSION
6. Exciting Employment Opportunities at Epic
Epic’s approach to business development
is to work in partnership with clients. By taking this approach
we ensure our solutions consistently meet our clients needs
as we strive to go beyond client satisfaction to customer
enthusiasm. To maintain the high standards we have set for
ourselves we are interested in adding like-minded people
to our business development team. If you are skilled in
building client relationships and the design of blended
and e-learning/web solutions we would be interested to hear
from you.
For further information about these opportunities,
please contact Gillian Keenan the Human Resources Manager
on 01273 728686 or email gilliank@epic.co.uk
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JOBS
7. Job vacancies
Among other roles, Epic is looking for Sales
Executives. Do you have what it takes?
Check out the latest vacancies
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RETURN OF POST
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· a question to put to the Epic Thinking user base
· a response to any of the points raised here
· a suggestion for a topic you'd like to see covered
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