Free ELearning

Steve Rayson www.kineo.co.uk More for Less Free Tools and Case Studies

Kineo helping internal teams at…

Developments

Opensource

Freeware

Free online hosted tools & content

The Opportunity

No single tool does everything

Opportunity to mix and match tools to deliver low cost learning solutions – Smart Thinking

Interoperability - Integrate/Mash Up

What I will cover

Outline some tools & case studies

Live Demo

Free Tools for E-learning

Moodle & Moodle tools

eXe

Surveymonkey

Slideshare

Audacity

RSS

Free hosting – You Tube

HTML

Other Free Tools

Open Office

Freemind

MySQL

GIMP

Moodle & Free Tools – The Critics

Not really free

Free software not really making an impact

Lot of talk, not much happening

Not robust

Moodle – Is it free?

LMS choices

Moodle

Ilias

Sakai

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E-learning Guild Research

Medium & Small Companies

SurveyMonkey

Ideal for feedback, surveys

Basic free, 100 responses, 10 questions

Fully customisable look and feel

Integrate into your e-learning – Case Study

C&W New Way of Management

NEW WAY OF MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO OF FEEDBACK WEEKS 1 – 9 FEEDBACK FOR : STEVE RAYSON Throughout the New Way of Management e-learning programme we asked you to work through each module, then detail ‘ What you are currently doing to meet expectations?’ ‘ What you will do going forward to meet them? ‘ What assistance do you require to help to get there? As part of the conclusion for the New Way of Management on-line modules, it’s time to review this information with your manager in preparation for your Straight Talking review. Week 1 - Driving People Performance First I am new to the management team and currently only acting on a temp basis, however I have: 1) Set monthly 1:1 with all the team members 2) Asked them all to define their roles 3) Created a skills matrix for all to complete to identify strengths and areas of training. Although I will have two formal Straight Talking sessions, I will also add this an an agenda item at the monthly 1:1 to make sure that objectives and PDP are kept up to date. I have noted the point regarding making a formal record of the meeting, currently we just take notes but nothing is published so i will take this on. Help: I would like help on understanding the Straight Talking Process and specifically how we as a company are able to determine the recommendations. How does someone go from "Solid Performer" to "Outstanding" as the influence budget restraints may have on determining the final marking. Finally: The main issue I have is finding rooms! Week 2 - Making Development Happen As mentioned before, I am currently only a temp team leader, however over 60% of the team is new starters, with 80% of these new in the mast few months. I have set up a "buddy" system and aligned experienced team members with a new starter to help them through the

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