In response to the challenge to make learning more flexible while at the same time maintaining the positive qualities of classroom and campus‐based settings, the TeleTOP Initiative at the University of Twente has grown from a faculty initiative to an internationally recognised Web‐based...

Notes that changing workplace demands are calling for a wide range of skills and competences from the workforce. The question for trainers and educationists is how these can best be developed. Advances in technology mean that it can now be an effective tool in learning and development. Many...

edge ellison is only the second law firm in the UK to receive an accreditation from the Institute of IT Training for its internal IT training programme. The award is based on an industry Code of Practice and is consistent with the objectives of Investors in People and ISO but goes much deeper...

IT training has assumed a pivotal role in the corporate world. Yet official bodies such as the Institute of IT Training claim that much of the investment will be wasted because courses are poorly conceived, over‐reliant on technical input, and fail to take into account the basic drivers which...

Considers the issues faced by training and HR managers wanting to use electronic distribution of training courses and materials. Provides strategies that will embrace the disparate technologies that will exist throughout an organization and be ready to accept new technologies as they appear....

Managers now view e‐learning as an important instrument for obtaining skill‐based organisational outcomes. Not all organisations are likely to implement this training strategy, however, because there are significant trade‐offs involved in terms of both costs and benefits. This article...

As employees become more globally and technically savvy, it is inevitable that e‐learning finds its way into the practice of intercultural training. After a decade of providing customized face‐to‐face intercultural training, Cendant Mobility’s intercultural experts are responding to the...

Blended solutions for training are growing in popularity, but are they more than just a combination of a range of “real” learning techniques? Is it a learning approach in its own right? Clerical Medical put the new approach to the test. Attracted by the possibility of shortening...

TATA Interactive Systems (TIS), which has one of the world’s largest teams for the design and development of custom‐built e‐learning solutions, is committed to achieving the most exacting quality standards. Towards the end of last year, TIS became the first company providing custom‐built...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively investigate, through literature review of past studies and an in‐field case study, three different hypotheses regarding women working in the IT sector and their career and promotional aspirations. Design/methodology/approach – An...