E P I C T H I N K I N G
Issue 34: September 2004
This month:
1. New white paper -
Defence and e-learning
2. Book review: Outsourcing
Training & Education by Garry J. Derose
3. Article: NCSL tailors
education to pupils' needs
4. Article: Breakthrough
leadership transorms schools
5. News: Joint
product launch with AchieveGlobal
DEFENCE
AND E-LEARNING
1. Introduction
The military is a powerful and ever-present force in training,
exploring avenues that are rarely tackled in other sectors. We all
have a lot to learn from military training, especially from their
research in leadership and team building but also in the use of
simulations. They have a long history of using simulators and are
now pioneering complex performance simulation.
We are now entering a new era, with an emerging military-entertainment
complex. In training especially, e-learning, simulations and
games are being developed by teams of military experts in collaboration
with e-learning, TV, movie, games and simulation companies. These
two different worlds are colliding and colluding to create some
of the most innovative and successful e-learning initiatives on
the planet.
Read up on the latest training initiatives from the military sector
and see how they could be applied to your industry.
Read
more
To get your free copy
contact us
top
BOOK REVIEW
2. Outsourcing Training & Education
Author: Garry J. Derose
Review by Donald Clark
To outsource or not to outsource; that is the question? The eternal
debate about how much training is and will be outsourced rumbles
on. In practice huge amounts of training have been and will continue
to be outsourced, so this book will always have a big audience.
He starts by showing that training and education are already outsourced
and that from 60% of small companies to 90% of large companies outsource
to some degree, and that the expectation is that outsourcing will
continue. Couldn’t agree more.
Read
the rest of the review
top
ARTICLE
3. NCSL tailors education to pupils' needs
The National College for School Leadership (NCSL) has issued a
supplement to their magazine for school leaders entitled “Personalised
Learning – Tailoring Solutions for Every Pupil”. The
NCSL is very active in the area of personalisation, focusing on
pupils’ individual learning styles, motivation and needs.
The article focuses not on what personalised learning is, but rather
how personalised learning is becoming a reality in schools, and
how this can bring a dramatic shift in the education system.
Read more of this article
top
ARTICLE
4a. Breakthrough leadership
transforms schools - HTI publishes survey
Heads, Teachers and Industry (HTI) has published
an exploratory study by the Hay Group entitled “No Barriers,
No Boundaries – Breakthrough Leadership that Transforms
Schools”. The study investigates a small group of headteachers
who achieved breakthrough results to find the common practices
that enabled them to be successful.
Read the
rest of the article
top
NEWS: EPIC AND ACHIEVEGLOBAL
JOINT PRODUCT LAUNCH - NOVEMBER 4TH
You want a productive, high-calibre and customer-focused
sales force. You know this will mean providing training in
professional sales techniques.
BUT
-
It costs
-
It’s time off the road
-
Will they really learn and will it really
be best practice?
-
Will results really improve when they are
back in the field?
-
Will the training focus on your business and
products?
If only these weren’t issues.
Now they needn’t be.
AchieveGlobal in conjunction with Epic (the
leading e-learning software designer) is launching a blended
approach to sales development supported by a new e-learning
capability.
We are officially launching this new development
on Thursday 4th November and we invite you to attend an event
that will give you the opportunity to see for yourself the
world’s most successful sales training programme, Professional
Selling Skills as it is offered to the market online for the
first time anywhere in the world.
The event will also be a forum to hear from
industry experts on new developments in the technology to
support adult learning. As well as hearing from a large pharmaceutical
organisation on how they have developed Professional Selling
Skills online for their own salesforce.
REGISTER TODAY!
Cost: Free
Where: The Oxford Belfry, Oxfordshire
When: Thursday 4th November 2004
The day will begin at 10am with a buffet lunch
at 12.30
Contact us at marketing@epic.co.uk
to book your place
top
BLENDED LEARNING COURSE
- BOOK NOW
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
top
RETURN OF POST
If you have:
* 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
mail
us right now
HOUSEKEEPING
Fed up with your colleagues
reading this newsletter over your shoulder? Tell them to get
their own...
To
subscribe click here putting 'subscribe' in the subject
field
To
unsubscribe click here putting 'unsubscribe' in the subject
field
Epic provides a full range
of services and facilities from consultancy to delivery of e-learning
and e-government solutions. EpiCentre, part of Epic provides
a dedicated testing and localisation service.
To
order our 12-page corporate brochure email click here
and put 'brochure' in the subject line
CONFIDENTIALITY
This email and any attachments
are private and confidential and may also be subject to legal
privilege. If you are not the named recipient, please notify
the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another
person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information
in any medium. Internet communications are not secure and Epic
is not responsible for their misuse by third parties, or for
any possible alteration or data corruption in transmission.
You should not rely solely on the contents that should be checked
against hard copy.
top
|
