Drawing on research from eLearnity into current industry best practice, this webinar investigates how, practically, to demonstrate value. The webinar will include discussion of models including those of Kirkpatrick, Phillips and Kearns, and explore ways of demonstrating value within delegates’ own organisations.

• The range of existing value models
• What does current industry practice show us?
• Who sets the measure for value?
• Balancing quantative and qualitative measures
• Understanding the right approach for you
  

This webinar offers a short introduction to collaborative technologies such as blogs, wikis and RSS feeds, and discusses how you can use them to support learning in your organisation. Barry Sampson will examine:

• Getting blogging fast
• Giving yourself a 'dashboard' view
• The benefits of wikis for business and learning
• Implementation tips
• How collaborative tools can support learning - and how they can't

Virtual worlds are 'Marmite' technologies - you either love them or think they're a flash in the pan. This webinar is for those seeking to go beyond an immediate reaction and investigate what they can offer. Marco Tippmer of Capgemini will investigate where virtual environments can add value to learning, and will include a tour of Second Life:

• Technology and terminology introduction
• Setting up avatars and navigating the virtual environment
• A short guided tour of Second Life, focusing on learning
• An introduction to virtual world development
• Where might virtual worlds be useful in your workplace?

Jane Hart spends her working life examining learning technologies. In this webinar, she reveals 25 tools that she considers essential for the learning and development professional - and they are all free! In this webinar will get crucial information on all 25 tools, and the resources you need to let you experiment with them. The tools on show range from Wordpress to Moodle and include:

• Design tools
• Information sharing tools
• Productivity tools
• Collaborative tools
• Course management tools

Moodle sounds almost too good to be true: a free LMS. How does that work? The answer is that while there may be no cost for the software, you need expertise to make it work well. That expertise isn't always free, but in this webinar Kineo's Steve Rayson shares some techniques to adopt, and some approaches to bear in mind when deploying Moodle. Steve will illustrate his presentation with real-world examples, and will consider:

• What is Moodle and who uses it?
  
• What you get with Moodle - and what you don't
  
• How you can use Moodle - Example implementations
  
• Licence free but costs you will incur
  
• 5 top tips and 5 key mistakes to avoid
  
• Moodle community support
  

Learning technologies have evolved. They are no longer just a way to pump training materials out to employees, or of tracking certification compliance. With new web 2.0 technologies, training managers now have systems focused on building individual performance, something at the heart of any organisation. And, says e2train’s Martin Belton, that represents a great opportunity:

• Learning tools: from training delivery to performance management
• Change management 2.0 – change done the right way
• Identifying and working with your ‘unofficial’ change managers
• Assembling the right tool set – including collaboration technologies
• Becoming a hero in your organisation

We all know learning is important for both individuals and companies – but does the boss care? Most likely not. He or she is focused on making the company a success. So how do you make CEOs take learning seriously? By making them realise that it’s an essential part of that success. And those CEOs that do get it will make knowledge transfer accountable to the business. In this presentation, Certpoint CEO Ara Ohanian explains how learning technologies are an essential part of making a business ‘wired for speed’ - within the enterprise and beyond:

• Today’s rapidly changing business environment
• The problem of ‘information for experts’
• Success through knowledge distribution
• Why line managers are key to success
• How new web 2.0 learners change the 'push' paradigm to 'pull'
  

Every organisation needs one, yet very few have one. If there is one way to make your mark professionally, it is to build a learning and development strategy for your organisation that helps it meet its goals. This webinar provides the ideal opportunity to pick up, and share, tips on developing a successful L&D strategy with Gordon Bull, who did this at both American Express and Vodafone.

• Why the 'good enough' strategy is best
• Identifying and targeting organisational goals
• Gathering political support for your strategy
• Presenting your strategy
• Next steps

End user IT skills are essential for most working adults in the UK today, and in this presentation Genny Dixon of e-skills UK outlines how the ITQ qualification helps develop these skills. If you are responsible for training IT end-users you'll want to know about this - funding could be available. But as well as explaining, Genny is on a fact-finding mission, so expect an interactive session with discussion about the skills the IT user needs today and tomorrow.

• The changing face of IT user skills
• The new ITQ qualification
• Building skills for work
• Skills for Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies
• Getting involved in the change process

How can you help classroom trainers become comfortable with technology-supported learning? Often they are unsure about producing materials for online use, and reluctant to interact online. In this webinar, online learning specialist Phil Green will explore how to draw on trainers' existing experience to:

• Use familiar office tools to create credible interactive learning
• Create satisfying activities and user-controlled scenarios for learning
• Design assessments that go beyond testing
• Ensure learners receive meaningful, well-structured feedback
• Build trainer confidence