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Totara 2.5 released

Totara 2.5 has been officially released. There’s a variety of new features and enhancements. This release also inherits all the goodness of Moodle 2.5 functionality.

Performance management

Empowering organisations with the capacity to measure and manage staff performance provides the knowledge to put the best people where they are needed. Totara 2.5 includes a new performance management module. Put simply, its purpose it to make it easy for organisations to improve employee performance.

5 training ideas for adult learners

Customising training to the appropriate learner is equally important as designing the right content. Knowing who your learners are and how they learn will help you develop effective training. We’ve shortlisted 5 ideas to consider when developing training for adult learners.

Social media and e-learning

Social media has integrated into every aspect of our daily lives: business and social. Learning and development professionals can use social tools to create effective and interactive solutions for their organisation. We look at how social media can support e-learning.

Blended learning

Blended learning may not be new but remains relevant to many learning and development professionals. It comprises of face to face learning, web-based technologies such as web-conferencing as well as e-learning.

Beyond Moodle 2.6

At the recent iMoot Conference, Moodle Founder and Lead Developer, Martin Dougiamas, outlined the future for Moodle.

How to support critical thinking online

Teaching students to think critically is a skill taught traditionally in the classroom; however, with sophisticated technology and problem-based learning trainers can provide viable solutions to help support learners to think critically.

Blooms taxonomy

Blooms Taxonomy refers to the classification of the different objectives that serve not only as a measurement tool but also as learning objectives. A 2001 study by Andrerson and Krathwol sets out a revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.

6 ways to create engaging e-learning

Designing e-learning that engages the learner and creates a positive learning experience requires expert knowledge and skill. We share six ideas instructional designers need to consider.