Brendan O'Malley, University World News: Universities risk becoming irrelevant and irresponsible if they don’t equip staff to deal with the digital age, said Martin Bean, vice-chancellor of the Open University, in the 2014 Sir John Cass’s Foundation Lecture at the Cass Business School in London. Bean said he wanted to focus his 5 November lecture on the tyranny of … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2014
Facebook: Is It Still Worth It for Businesses to Keep Their Pages?
Deborah Sweeney - CEO, MyCorporation: As I’m sure every small business owner has noticed, Facebook reach has been dwindling significantly in the past couple months. In the Facebook page update email I receive on a weekly basis, my used-to-be green numbers are now an alarming shade of red, showing that my reach is accomplishing negative results- a very drastic change from our … [Read more...]
This Man Uses Twitter To Augment His Damaged Memory
Thomas Dixon lost his episodic memory in a traumatic brain injury, and Twitter is helping him get it back. John Paul Titlow (Associate Editor, FastCoLabs) writes: Thomas Dixon has no idea what he did yesterday. Sitting across from me at an outdoor cafe, he tries to jog his memory by doing what a lot of us do habitually: checking his iPhone. Specifically, he pulls up … [Read more...]
Diploma in Nursing and Patient Care
This free Alison online Diploma course in nursing studies provides an overview of the skills and techniques required in areas such as advanced patient hygiene procedures, environmental health and safety awareness for the practice nurse, the role of the nurse in diet therapy and how to ensure patient safety and comfort in the adult care setting. Advanced principles of hygiene … [Read more...]
Education study finds in favour of traditional teaching styles
Richard Adams, Education editor, The Guardian: Schools need to put more effort into evaluating what makes effective teaching, and ensure that discredited practices are rooted out from classrooms, according to a new study published by the Sutton Trust and Durham University. The study suggests that some schools and teachers continue using methods that cause little or no … [Read more...]
ALISON ABC IT – Computer Training Suite
ALISON ABC IT is free online self-certifiable IT course which comprehensively introduces the beginner and near beginner to IT literacy. ABC IT introduces the learner to the basic concepts of computing and teaches how computing can be an everyday feature of life and work. This IT online training course provides learners with the IT skills so necessary in today's workplace. It … [Read more...]
