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BL/ELL/09/07 12 June 2007
Business benefits from online learning centre update
This month's (June 2007) update of the web's foremost Virtual Learning
Centre (VLC) for business and management content -
www.learningmatters.com - sees the self-learning section
republished in a more interactive format for online use.
An example is available free of charge at
www.learningmatters.com/idx/23719/
Revisions and upgrades
to its site by Echelon Publishing incorporate the reprocessing of over
450 of its 2,000+ bite-size learning modules into interactive html as
well as adding 60 newly authored modules to the site.
Users can now input responses to self-assessment questions online and
benefit from immediate feedback prior to downloading and storing the
material in print.
"The updated format provides greater interactivity than previously,
allowing customers to explore and refine their knowledge online and
benefit instantly from hidden feedback," says Echelon director David
Hill.
The Learningmatters VLC is used in a number of ways by retail learners,
and by organisations wishing to support their employees, students or
members.
Individuals and purchasers of Bloomsbury's Business: the Ultimate
Resource have access to the whole resource via credit card or account.
Over 10,000 purchases have been transacted this way since launch five
years ago.
The Institute of Civil Engineering's training arm, Thomas Telford
Training, is now sourcing the entire updated suite of self-development
content for its own construction industry professional membership.
Vodafone has selected a portfolio of performance improvement modules to
underpin the Six Sigma initiative for its UK operatives.
The Institute of Hospitality focuses solely on offering training
material for members (front-line operatives such as bar room staff,
cleaning supervisors) to enable them to undertake and cascade training.
Into Enterprise - an EU funded initiative in the North West - offers
400 modules from Learning Matters to support the competencies for small
and medium-sized enterprises, while leading international business
school, Ashridge, has selected 200 best practice essays to support its
own learning courses.
Further information at
www.echelonpublishing.co.uk
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Released June 2007 on behalf of Echelon Publishing by BLP&PR
Media contact: Peter Muir Tel + 44 (0)1296 715228
Email: echelon@pmpr.co.uk
Sales contact: David
Hill Tel + 44 (0)20 8568 1500
Email: david@echelonl.com
Editor Note:
Learningmatters.com is the web's primary Virtual Learning Centre for
business and management material. Published in bite-size chunks, it is
stocked with 2,000+ modules of learning from major publishers as
Bloomsbury, Echelon & John Wiley. It features content from the world's
leading business gurus including Bennis, Goleman, Handy & Drucker.
Users can purchase learning materials by credit card, by opening an
account or corporately through an annual licence. Accounts can be set
up from as little as £100.
About Echelon Learning
Echelon Learning is a consultancy-led publishing house that
integrates electronically-delivered knowledge and learning into the
development of management skills and business performance.
Echelon Consulting spearheads the company's service with the
development of new content in meeting clients' requirements. This is
usually derived from analysing employee knowledge and learning needs
captured during client learning programmes.
Where appropriate, Echelon Publishing then offers this new content to a
wider audience by publishing the material in generic format. This is
made available in the form of easy to use 'learning nuggets' and is
complimented with business development information licensed exclusively
from one of the market's best-known providers, Bloomsbury.
Echelon e-Learning provides the electronic systems which enable content
to be published, distributed and usage tracked, and offers work-based
solutions to a global audience. Now
Echelon's blended learning based on a bespoke site populated with
material selected to support specific courses, builds knowledge prior
to the event and refreshes application when back at the desk.
About Echelon Publishing
Echelon technologies help organisations place solutions at people's
fingertips, whether solving everyday business and work-related problems
or helping gain qualifications and continued professional development.
Echelon:
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Has a content management system
enabling informational or learning material to be developed or
converted into XML so that it can be published and distributed in text
and/or via the web.
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Has a learning management system
to provide ready access via the web to highly structured information,
which is easily searched and retrieved, and whose usage can be tracked
and learning logged.
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Publishes and/or reformats
content for professional bodies and commercial organisations to help
students and employees maintain or develop requisite skills throughout
their careers.
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Supports people from the outset
of their careers in working with professional bodies to develop and
deliver the learning content required by students in preparing for
examination.
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Frees up the knowledge and
learning contained within a business so that people have ready access
to these resources in helping them to solve problems or develop their
careers.
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Works with a number of blue chip
organisations and professional bodies, including:
COMMERCIAL
BUPA
Coventry Building Society
Lincoln Financial
Moat House Hotels
Modernisation Agency (NHS)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
NHS Logistics
Vodafone
INSTITUTIONAL
Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
Construction Industry Training Board
Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Institute of Chartered Accountants in E & W
Institute of Civil Engineers
Royal Town Planning Institute
