Mar 18
In sub-Saharan Africa half of schools either have few or no textbooks at all according to Sacmeq, a body which monitors educational quality in southern and eastern Africa.
A nursery and primary school in Kilgoris, South-West Kenya, is hoping to overcome the textbook shortages by using donated e-readers. The e-readers come loaded with textbooks in English and Kiswahli, and stories for primary school children. The e-readers are provided by a not-for-profit organisation, the Kilgoris project, which is partnered with Worldreader.
Head teacher Shadrack Lemiso says: “We have seen a lot of positive changes since we started using the Kindles. The children are very excited to learn and are often reading through their break. It helps them with their spelling and (English) language skills. Compared to other schools I have taught at, the children appear to be ahead.” The e-readers can be charged with small solar power packs should there be a power cut and further books can be downloaded where there is a good internet connectivity.
Mar 17
With an increased demand for interactive digital resources and online courses, a new website has been launched to allow companies to go to one site to find good quality, downloadable e-learning resources.
The site is the brainchild of Carolyn Lewis, professional e-trainer and learning technologist, and Managing Director of Vocational Innovation Ltd. Carolyn is an expert on virtual and blended delivery training. The site, eLearning Marketplace, is an online community where buyers and sellers can come together to upload or provide details of their online courses free of charge. When the material is quality checked it is posted on the website ready for purchase. Carolyn says: “I felt there was a gap in the market for buyers and sellers wanting a central source of digital training materials aimed at the post 16 education sector and employers so I have developed eLearning Marketplace to address this need.”
Mar 17
Macmillan cancer support group is to offer its staff mobile-learning courses to provide leadership and soft skills training.
The charity has approximately 500 hundred staff and will offer 23 courses via Apple, Android and Blackberry devices. The subjects cover; teamwork, time management, appraisals, managing change, coaching, interviewing and managing stress and assertiveness. Macmillan currently has a virtual learning environment called Learn Zone which contains education and support resources, advice and guidance, professional development tools and e-learning courses.
Lesley Maguire, Macmillan’s learning technology manager, said: “The mobile courses will benefit our staff and they’ll add value to the quality of service that our professionals provide to cancer sufferers.”
Mar 12
A report into permanent IT job placements revealed a rise for the fourth consecutive month in January 2013.
Temporary jobs also saw an increase for the sixth month running. Engineering / construction and IT / computing sectors proved to be the most demand job markets in the same month. The report – Report on Jobs – was conducted by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. The study also suggests that salaries have been rising for the last sixteen months and a factor contributing to this could be the deterioration in the availability of permanent staff. Areas of strong growth were seen in Northern England, followed by the Midlands but London and the South East saw only modest increases.
Mar 04
The British Agricultural and Garden Machinery Association have teamed up with Coventry University and its corporate development and education arm to offer leadership skills training to its members
Over nine months the members from agricultural businesses across the UK will work towards an award in leadership and management. Adam Wyatt, technical and training development manager at the Association said the course was a result of a need identified by members to increase the management skills of their workforce: “We represent around 650 members and we identified that many of them had people in management positions, or have been earmarked as managers in years to come, that have had very little or no leadership or management training before.” The training will result in a qualification accredited by the Chartered Management Institute.
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