Posted on July 23, 2009 by The Editor
Tuesday’s Belfast Telepgrah Business has an interesting article on engaging with social media. It has found that social networking has overtaken email in popularity and that two-thirds of those who go online visit a social networking site.
So why is this important? Well, if that is where your customers/clients/learners are then you may need to be there as [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2009 by The Editor
NIACE are organising an event on the 24th of July in Leicester to discuss the Digital Britain report.
Aim:
… to air both the opportunities and challenges for adult learners that NIACE has identified within the Digital Britain report.
Audience:
… anyone with a professional or personal interest in the impact of digital technologies on the [...]
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Posted on July 9, 2009 by The Editor
A recent report states that the public want public serivces online in five years.
Most are fed up having to queue, make trips or wait for hours on the phone with 84% saying it would save them time and 60% believing that they would have easier access to essential services if they were moved online.
Surprising 43% [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2009 by The Editor
The Digital Britain report took into account another review published at the same time by Baroness Estelle Morris, entitled ‘Independent Review of ICT User Skills‘, which proposes an ‘entitlement’ to digital life skills and calls for basic computing skills training (in England) as well as a focused strategy to address the gaps.
The term ‘Digital Life Skills’ is [...]
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