Ambitious social enterprise providing free IT skills
As organisations’ IT training budgets continue to be cut, an ambitious social-enterprise is offering an innovative free solution. The online course-provider ALISON.com has just announced details of an introductory Information Technology course released to the public.
With IT training budgets cut, the interactive course provider;
ALISON.com is beginning to offer a
solution. The website offers a suite of free high-quality
interactive courses on a range of IT and digital literacy topics.
The website recently launched a free foundation course on essential
computer skills entitled "Introduction to Information
Technology".
The course is an ideal introduction to the world of computers and
IT in an increasingly digital world. The course practically
examines a multitude of topics including data, problem solving,
biometrics and security and more.
According to the latest Irish Computer Society (ICS) survey, 20%
of ICS members will be cutting their training budgets in 2010. In
another survey, Irish IT managers and executives revealed that
their companies are cutting IT budgets by up to half this
year.
These reports coincide with a recent research report which
suggests that within five years, 90% of jobs will require IT
skills. The study, entitled "Post Crisis: e-Skills are Needed to
Drive Europe's Innovation Society" argued that European
organisations must invest in training their staff in emerging
"smart " IT technologies.
If companies wish to continue to be competitive they must embrace
new technologies and ensure the employees have the skills to work
in an increasingly IT-driven world. That's the view of Global
Knowledge country manager Steven Purcell. "In the last year, a lot
of companies, like everyone in the economy, sat on their budgets
and did not spend money on anything - either new technologies or
training. Companies are now beginning to look at how they can get
the best out of their staff and their systems".
In spite of the need for employees to be digitally literate,
straitened economic circumstances are forcing companies and
organisations to cut their IT training budgets. While many
companies cannot afford to invest in IT skills training in the
current economic climate, they can also ill-afford to upskill their
staff or risk being left behind. Companies and organisations which
embrace "smart" IT technologic have proven to be more efficient,
more productive and more cost-effective.
ALISON.com offers a catalogue of
free self-paced courses in life skills and workplace training to
satisfy the need for upskilling without the excessive expenses. The
free course-provider recently launched a foundation course on
essential computer skills entitled "Introduction to Information
Technology".
Introduction to Information Technology