Making our clients happy We pride ourselves on a number of things at Capytech. First are our innovative and well designed e-learning and technology products. Another area is the agile way that we manage our projects, getting our clients involved in the development from the earliest stages. Lastly comes our pride in our customer service. We love making our clients …
Onboarding using E-Learning
Onboarding using E-Learning Onboarding is a process that presents significant opportunities for many businesses in the UAE. Now, I know onboarding is not directly related to sales, your products, or service delivery. Many regard it as being an internal administrative process, but it is not just administrative. Instead, it gives you an opportunity to lay foundations for new employees so …
IT Departments Can’t Do E-Learning
IT Departments Can’t Do E-Learning IT departments can do lots of things. They can operate IT infrastructures with limited budgets and can manage the integration of systems built on completely different platforms. They are also resourceful and are skilled at dealing with individuals of all levels of IT ability. One thing they can’t do, however, is e-learning. Is that a …
Questions to Answer When Starting an E-Learning Project
Questions to Answer When Starting an E-Learning Project To ensure an e-learning project runs as smoothly as possible, you will have to provide information and/or make decisions. This will help the e-learning provider deliver a course that meets your objectives and expectations. What are the sorts of things you will be asked, though? Below are the main questions I ask …
Learning Styles and Getting the Most from Them
Learning Styles and Getting the Most from Them Learning styles is an educational concept that you may not have heard of. That said, it is something you have probably used repeatedly throughout your life – to both learn and to teach. It basically describes how we learn. Most education professionals (including me) agree there are four main styles. Visual – …
What is microlearning?
What Is Microlearning? Microlearning is a term that is more misunderstood than it should be. Among people not involved in the e-learning industry or the education sector, that is understandable. After all, there are probably things in your industry that would confuse me. What frustrates me, however, is when people involved in the e-learning industry misunderstand microlearning. That misunderstanding is …
Why You Should Outsource E-Learning Development
Why You Should Outsource E-Learning Development Should you outsource e-learning development? Maybe you have training staff or IT staff in-house – wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to get them to do it? The problem with the in-house approach is the range of skills that is required to deliver good e-learning. Of course, if you give anyone with some IT …
What is E-Learning?
What Is E-Learning? What is e-learning – this is a question that should be easy to answer. The “e” is for electronic after all, so it is any sort of learning that is delivered electronically, right? For me, that isn’t really true. After all, a DVD is a method of electronic delivery, but courses delivered on DVD are not e-learning …
E-Learning – the death of teacher/student collaboration?
E-Learning – the death of teacher/student collaboration? Day 1 of a new job and amongst the usual swathes of induction literature, a list of 5 mandatory courses to be completed by the end of my first month. Courses which can be completed online as and when I see fit. This is fairly standard practice for large organisations. It was a national …
E-Learning concerns in the UAE
E-Learning concerns in the UAE There is a lot of interest in e-learning in the UAE, as well as the wider GCC region, but there are also some challenges to its adoption. One of the key elements that I’m often asked about refers to student motivation – what stops a student from just clicking ‘next -> next -> next’ and …