client news
London, UK: 4th October 2007
Echelon brings centralised e-publishing of distance learning to Online
Info 2007
A model for the central design and publishing of online
qualification-based university and professional learning materials within
the UK Government's 'Pathway to Professions' initiative is one of the
learning design themes of Echelon Learning's stand (662) at December's
Online Information exhibition and conference.
Web-based 'Urban Design Skills' (UDS) learning has been commissioned from
Echelon by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) to act as a central
resource for universities and institutes participating in the government
sponsored Pathway to Professions initiative.
The major cost in developing blended or distance learning courses for CPD,
Diploma, Certificate or Masters qualifications lies in development and
editing of the content. Origination costs for UDS learning are split
eight ways between the universities and institutes involved, with editing
handled centrally via a content management system and distribution
centralised via the web.
Echelon has commissioned and published the learning so that it is
consistent, attractive to use and easy to access.
Publishing is via a proprietary content management system offering a
capability for interactive questions and hidden feedback. Distribution is
via a 'lite' learning management system which allows for storage, search
and usage tracking capabilities via the web.
Echelon specialises in developing and publishing a blend of proprietary
and generic content for qualification, CPD and online performance
support.
Clients include organisations ranging from institutes such as the RTPI,
CIPS and the IIA, business schools and universities (Ashridge, Southbank
University, Westminster Kingsway College) and corporate clients including
BUPA, Moat, and Vodafone. Echelon's virtual resource of 2,000 generic
business and management modules can be accessed at
www.learningmatters.com
The company sees the Urban Design Skills distance learning project as an
important model for broader future application.
"It brings a centralised, easily edited and updated resource of
professionally published material at a cost which can be reduced
commensurately by the number of bodies sharing it," says director David
Hill.
The world's leading event for online content and information management
solutions, Online Information 2007 takes place from December 4-6th at
Olympia, Grand Hall, London.
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Released October 2007 on behalf of Echelon Publishing by BLP&PR
Media contact: Peter Muir Tel + 44 (0)1296 715228; Email:
echelon@pmpr.co.uk
Sales contact: David Hill Tel + 44 (0)20 8568 1500; Email:
david@echelonl.com
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About Echelon Learning
Echelon Learning is a consultancy-led publishing house that integrates
electronically-delivered knowledge and learning into the development of
management skills and business performance. Its consulting division has
won four national training awards for customer service initiatives.
Echelon Learning is a consultancy-led publishing house that integrates
electronically-delivered knowledge and learning into the development of
management skills and business performance.
Echelon Consulting spearheads the company's service with the development
of new content in meeting clients' requirements. This is usually derived
from analysing employee knowledge and learning needs captured during
client learning programmes.
Where appropriate, Echelon Publishing then offers this new content to a
wider audience by publishing the material in generic format. This is made
available in the form of easy to use 'learning nuggets' and is
complimented with business development information licensed exclusively
from one of the market's best-known providers, Bloomsbury.
Echelon e-Learning provides the electronic systems which enable content
to be published, distributed and usage tracked, and offers work-based
solutions to a global audience. Echelon's blended learning based on a
bespoke site populated with material selected to support specific
courses, builds knowledge prior to the event and refreshes application
when back at the desk.
About Echelon Publishing
Echelon technologies help organisations place solutions at people's
fingertips, whether solving everyday business and work-related problems
or helping gain qualifications and continued professional development.
Echelon:
Has a content management
system enabling informational or learning material to be developed or
converted into XML so that it can be published and distributed in text
and/or via the web.
Has a learning management system to provide ready access via the web to
highly structured information, which is easily searched and retrieved,
and whose usage can be tracked and learning logged.
Publishes and/or reformats content for professional bodies and commercial
organisations to help students and employees maintain or develop
requisite skills throughout their careers.
Supports people from the outset of their careers in working with
professional bodies to develop and deliver the learning content required
by students in preparing for examination.
Frees up the knowledge and learning contained within a business so that
people have ready access to these resources in helping them to solve
problems or develop their careers.
Works with a number of blue chip organisations and professional bodies,
including:
COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL
BUPA Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
Coventry Building Society Chartered Institute of Public Finance
Accountants
Lincoln Financial Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
Moat House Hotels Construction Industry Training Board
Modernisation Agency (NHS) Institute of Chartered Secretaries &
Administrators
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Institute of Chartered Accountants in E & W
NHS Logistics Institute of Civil Engineers
Vodafone Royal Town Planning Institute
