- NHS Organisations are Implementing Totara
The key features of Totara that will be of interest to all NHS organisations looking for a solution for Performance Appraisal, Evidence Gathering and Learning Management.
- Open Standards to provide efficient learning processes
Open standards can help you to collaborate between organisations, and improve the way in which your current learning and talent systems work internally.
- Do you need an e-learning strategy?
Is e-learning driving your learning strategy?
- "The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change"
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your engagement and involvement with the e-KSF and the Knowledge and Skills Framework over the last few years.
- A Summary of Your Options for Recording Performance Appraisal
A summary of our performance management articles relating to recording performance appraisal and discussions with NHS clients.
- Our Totara Partnership
I’m really excited to announce our new partnership with Totara LMS. Totara is a new, powerful, open source learning and e-learning management system. We have been tracking the development of the system since it was first released, and I’ve been increasingly impressed byaaa - A Focus on Mahara for Recording Performance Appraisal
A versatile, online portfolio system gives you the ability to design your own appraisal processes and workflows within an extremely configurable, Open Source framework.
- Sharing quality e-learning resources
Pukka Films create a great video-learning resource to help managers to understand how to act in cases of Industrial Action.
- BETT Education Technology show - lessons for healthcare?
Reflections on a huge technology/education exhibition in London
- e-learning readiness toolkit
A very useful NHS resource to support e-learning implementation
- A Focus on Microsoft SharePoint for Recording Performance Appraisal
A highly configurable, licence free tool for NHS organisations looking to create a bespoke, flexible and cost effective appraisal and learning solution.
- Wow what a year it's been!
A review of 2011 and links to some recent articles we think will be of interest!
- A Focus on the Totara Open Source Solution for Recording Performance Appraisal
A powerful and cost-effective enterprise wide performance management and learning solution for NHS organisations.
- Mahara cookbook
Ellen Murphy has recently published an updated “Mahara Cookbook”
- Medical Revalidation - Systems Challenge
What is your organisation doing about a single, flexible system of recording evidence and tracking competence, which can apply to all staff groups?
- Using the Balanced Scorecard - practical advice for healthcare
The practical use of balanced scorecards in healthcare.
- UK government toolkit encourages use of open source systems
Did you realise that the UK government strongly encourages the procurement of open source systems?
- A Focus on ESR and Oracle for Recording Performance Appraisal: Certainty, or uncertainty?
Should ESR be the central system for recording performance appraisal or a core data repository which accepts data from bespoke localised solutions?
- Collaboration using e-Learning Technology
Navigating through the technological options raised by the Framework for Technology Enhanced Learning.
- Department of Health Framework for Technology Enhanced Learning
The Department of Health published a new framework last week. Here’s what we think.
- The Minimalist Approach to Recording Performance Appraisal
We’re seeing a “minimalist” approach to recording performance appraisal and development review outcomes at the moment, with the pendulum swinging away from time-consuming, detailed recording of targets, competencies and achievements.
- NHS appraisal system options – what we’re hearing
Common themes arising from our recent performance appraisal discussions with NHS clients
- Our Online Poll - Performance Management Systems
Contribute to our online poll to tell us which systems you are considering for managing performance in your organisation.
- Breadth Versus Depth
NHS KSF users – are you simplifying the wrong thing?
- Creating, corralling or connecting?
Is it possible to create a culture where we trust learners to find their own learning?
- How to buy a learning platform
A nice post from eLearning24/7, with some additional thoughts from us.
- My reflections on the European Totara conference
The Open Source mission: “To fundamentally change the marketplace for learning management systems”
- 70:20:10 (or: half of what you teach people, is forgotten within an hour)
What does this mean for your learning strategy?
- The Medical Revalidation Challenge
Implications for systems
- Project Tin Can - the future of e-learning is now
We have been talking to our friends Rustici over in the USA about an exciting development in the world of e-learning.
- Best of breed or one size fits all?
If you’re thinking about a complete overhaul of your systems then we think there are a few key questions and observations.
- Does this signal a return to local pay structures for the NHS?
If you’re leading HR in the NHS, have you thought about the challenges and opportunities this might give you?
- I think you'll like what we're talking about on our new website!
Think….is evolving!
- The EnABLEd online-learning content development toolkit
Our e-learning development methodology
- SCORM based online-learning
An introduction to SCORM for HR and Learning and Development Professionals
- The Business Case for Electronic Performance and Development Review (e-PADR)
Seven key reasons to make best use of technology and streamline e-PADR
- HR and Management Control in the NHS
Models for integrating Performance Appraisal and Development Review (PADR)
- Performance Appraisal and Development Review
Discussing the benefits of Performance Appraisal, IF interviews are well structured!