News from Learning and Performance Institute

    • IT Training Awards 2010 celebrates outstanding achievements

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      The Institute of IT Training's Training Awards 2010 were presented at a glittering gala dinner held at The Dorchester in London last night. A capacity audience of over 450 people attend this year's awards, held at The Dorchester, Park Lane.

    • Bob Mosher on Performance Support - free webcast for IITT Members

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      If there is only one event that you should attend this year then this is the one. The IITT has organised a follow-up to Bob Mosher's Keynote at the IITT National Conference & Exhibition and has announced the 90 minute event will take place on 24th February.

    • The Institute of IT Training announce the Launch of www.thetrainingprofessional.com

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      The IITT is delighted to announce that their brand new website, with a new modernised style, is now live. The Training Professional is a comprehensive resource for training professionals and potential buyers of quality training services and suppliers - meeting the demands of the Learning & Development sector.

    • Dr. Itiel Dror to Speak at IITT Trainers Conference 2009

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      The Institute of IT Training is delighted to announce that Dr. Itiel Dror will be speaking at the IITT Trainers Conference 2009 Networking Dinner. Dr. Dror of Cognitive Consultants is renowned for his work on human cognition and the brain. Whether it’s improving aircraft recognition for the US Air Force or helping enhance decision making by forensic scientists and city traders, Dr. Dror challenges conventional thinking. His work on learning extends from e-learning to note-taking, but always has, at its centre, the best use of the human brain. He will be taking a provocative and amusing look at the way we use the brain – for learning, for thinking, and all too often for making well intentioned mistakes.

    • Over 90% completion rate for Institute's blended learning project

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      Although there are few statistics on e-learning usage, those numbers that do exist have previously tended to be dismal. According to a Corporate University Xchange study of 4,148 online learners, e-learning dropout rates typically stand at about 70 percent compared with an average of 15 percent for classroom training.

    • IT training top 50 providers published

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      IT Training magazine's IT Skills Research Programme has just published its table of the Top 50 IT training providers.

    • Paul Chapman – one in a thousand!

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      At e-Learning Manchester 2002, the Institute of IT Training announced that Certified e-Learning Professional booking number 1,000 was actually made by Paul Chapman of Vega Group Plc, who is currently working towards the CeLP e-Learning Consultant Certificate and the Diploma in e-Learning.

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