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The Technology for Learning Peer Award Seminar
Wednesday 22 June 2011, London
Finalists share from their experience about the potential for savings and for transforming Learning & Development’s role within a business; using it as a powerful sales tool and even for brand promotion; e-learning’s special suitability for compliance training; overcoming resistance to technology and knowing when best to not use it; being more interactive, realistic, blended and concise; the cultural, language and time-zone challenges of a global implementation; the importance of budgeting sufficient time and allocating key personnel to achieve a successful implementation; working with subject matter experts who record their knowledge and maintaining their modules; and incorporating social media, simulation and virtual workshops.
The “Technology for Learning” Co-Chairs
Henry Stewart
Founder and CEO
Happy |
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Laura Overton
Managing Director
Towards Maturity |
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The “Technology for Learning” Peer Award Finalists Shortlist
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| A blended approach that has transformed staff induction, despite facing resistance to it from across all tiers of staffing. Ramsay created, trialled and implemented a suite of e-learning modules covering company and compliance topics. |
Presented by
Sarah Browne MCIPD
Group HR & Dev. Manager
Ramsay Health Care UK |
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| A relaunched online elearning programme to promote the Royal Caribbean brand across the Travel Trade. After establishing a reputation for innovative e-learning, direct competitors started catching up. Hence the neeed to continue to innovate. |
Presented by
Michelle Russell
UK & Ireland Training Manager
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line |
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| A flexible web-based portal for individuals, managers and trainers across regions and cultures in a global company. This resource incorporates videos, activities and tools around effectiveness, offering an alternative to “traditional” e-Learning. |
Presented by
Anne Williams
EMEA Learning Content Manager
Thomson Reuters |
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| An online system featuring interactive, flexible and inclusive virtual learning. This project explores the role of technology in creating an innovative blended learning design, linking learning resources and text discussion with face-to-face / webinar events. |
Presented by
Dr Anthony ‘Skip’ Basiel
Sr. Learning Dev. Tutor
Middlesex University |
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| Have you thought about an ice-breaker that can be used on a web-conference and also in a classroom? As our company embraced virtual training the use of web cams made visual ice-breakers a winner and generated some interesting discussions! |
Presented by
Georgina Havers
Principal Training Specialist
PPD |
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| An Open Source software development that allows for any platform to use a common toolset. This allows institutions to rethink the relationship between online ‘tools’ (the things which do things for us) and ‘platforms’ (the software that contains tools). |
Presented by
Mark Johnson
Reader in Educational Technology
University of Bolton |
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