eLearning WMB are carbon reducers, with a net carbon reduction of 500 times more than the company emits.  The management team wants to do more where possible and as such contributed a day last year to brainstorm carbon reduction ideas.  The following idea - a wind turbine which works 24/7 with no wind - is being freely made public in the hope that it may one day be built. Premise WInd power as you know has the ability to power the world (at least the UK) but the problem is that they only can run 70% of the time.  If there was a way of ensuring wind turbines ran 24/7 then this c ..read more

Open eLMS has been recognised as the Learning Management System category leader, based on consistently high user reviews by this market leading user review site.  Similar acclaim is also experienced from Capterra with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.   The reasons for Open eLMS positive reviews are many, but these fall into two main categories which underlie the LMS’s design credo: Comprehensiveness and Ease of Use.   Comprehensiveness The feature list of Open eLMS is too long for this mailing, but it is extremely rare when Open eLMS cannot meet all a client’s needs from day one.  F ..read more

The new version of Open eLMS is out - code name Aphrodite.  We could say something cheesy like “Aphrodite was the goddess of Love and you will love this LMS”, but there is no need.  As usual we will let Open eLMS speak for itself.   The quarterly improvements are too numerous to list in this article, but a full list of new features are available on the site.  Thanks to feedback from our wonderful clients and the skills of our ergonomic designers we have produced something that truly meets the company’s credo of combining comprehensiveness and ease of use.   eLearning ..read more

The International Data Corporation (IDC) - the premier global provider of market intelligence - forecasts that spending on e-signature technology will grow annually by at least 20% over the next five years.     e-signature solutions and form creation provide dramatic cost-effective productivity improvements, for instance one global bank has reduced the average time for circulating and approving procurements from 2-3 days to minutes.   So how is this relevant to Learning Management Systems such as Open eLMS?     Legal Compliance Learning is often the fundamen ..read more

We invite you to have a look at this video made by Estio, which demonstrates how any instructor can use the system to provide an totally blended smart classroom solution, whether the session is face to face, remote or a mixture of the two. Your browser does not support the video tag. Estio Training are a large training provider based in Leeds with a UK wide client base. In 2019 Estio saw that the training landscape was changing. Whilst clients loved the personal contact that their trainers provided, the company saw huge benefits in bringing this training onilne onto the same system where ..read more

Open eLMS has been providing cutting edge learning management solutions across education and industry. It has taken the best ideas from each field and brought them together into a learning management solution: Open eLMS. Drawing from these experiences it has compiled 15 technologies and approaches which have been shown to add real value to ensure highly effective student management. 1. LMS/VLE The best way to deliver, track and report on your learning performance and outcomes is with the use of a Learning Management System (or LMS), which is a repository for all learning. A Virtual Learning ..read more

Gamification within elearning has been described as an important way to tap into your learners natural desire for socialising, competition, achievement and status. Advocates say gamification rewards players for engaging with learning resources, and can boost their performance whilst offering tangible value for both individuals and businesses. There are some who remain cautious about the true impact gamification can have on the ROI of learning and development - after all, isn’t it just a virtual pat on the back? Well, there will no doubt be employees who see it this way, but don’t underestimat ..read more

This workshop covers blended learning, how it is being used currently, and where it needs to go in order to reach its full potential. Andrew Howie, director of eLearning WMB, presented this insightful talk at the The 7th Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC). Your browser does not support the video tag ..read more

Apprenticeship standard achievement rate fails to maintain growth over 2020. According to an article posted recently in FEWeek, the achievement rate for standards based apprenticeships failed to reach 60% this year, representing a slight decrease when compared to the year before. Despite the difficulties of the last year, the achievement rate still grew by 11% between 2018/19 and 2019/20 years, from 46.9% - 58.7%. Meanwhile the achievement rate of frameworks did in fact fall, if only by 1% Standards and frameworks are delivered in different ways, including differences in the way assessments o ..read more

Apprenticeships remain a hot topic at the moment, particularly in the wake of the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic which has unsettled the status quo of how training and learning is approached and delivered. Apprenticeships in particular rely on effective teaching to communicate practical skills and knowledge, and so can be particularly challenging to deliver, both in “normal” circumstances where a training provider may not always be physically present, and especially during the coronavirus pandemic. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of learning technologies that ..read more