The other day I was listening to the lunchtime news on the radio. Within the headlines were money laundering (football related), data protection (supermarket), and information security including hacking into websites (phone company).
It was only a few years ago that hackers used phishing emails to penetrate Sony Picture Entertainment and cause massive disruption […]
Every day we hear statistics about how cybercrime is increasing and how it’s a massive threat, however, our attitude towards this threat is often quite cavalier.
Making systems safer is of course important, but many cybercrimes often come about because people don’t follow simple rules. In many ways, we’re just not used to this sort of […]
Often people will say elearning, especially compliance training is boring. You probably know that for many it’s seen as a tick in the box exercise. Do the elearning, score 70% or better in the ‘test’ and the job’s done.
It’s no wonder elearning has a pretty low appeal amongst many of those who actually do it.
Here’s […]
When technology’s at its best, it’s invisible. I don’t know who said it first but I think it’s true and we certainly notice it when it breaks or lets us down. We’re getting used to an always on, always connected way of life and we want the internet in our pockets when we go out […]
I love this Woody Allen quote, “I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”
I think there’s a lesson to be learnt from this about elearning. So often we hear that a module has to be short, condensed and concise. 50-80 words on the screen. People don’t like […]
Have you ever thought about how much waste there is in elearning – and in training in general? It’s massive.
Learning Pool had a really good idea. They realised that there was a lot of duplication, and therefore waste, in the public sector with each authority commissioning and/or building their […]
I think everyone would agree that training, wherever possible, should be relevant. However, this isn’t always as easy as it might sound.
If you are making training materials for a large group of people within an organisation, or materials are ‘off the shelf’, then it’s hard to create situations and examples which are equally relevant to […]
Well, I actually think in some ways it should. Don’t get me wrong, I hate going to the dentist. Let me explain.
I think there are three main things I want from my dentist. First is that they know what they are doing, second they do it well, and third they make the experience as painless […]
Most elearning projects I’ve worked on have a pretty fixed budget. There might be a little wriggle room, but not much. So if projects are to be delivered on time and in budget, the slicker the process is, the more time there is to spend on the quality of the product.
I’ve seen projects where the […]
I think there is often an assumption that because a piece of information is in an elearning module that users will remember it. In fact, it’s likely that users retain very little of what’s contained in elearning modules. That’s not because the module is good or bad, but that we remember a lot less than […]