Connaught Compliance Training Services, one of the leading providers of IOSH and NEBOSH courses in the UK have invested in a new e-learning department.
The department is headed by James Durkan, a graduate in Psychology and a specialist in e-learning. James completed his M.A in e-learning Design and Development at the National University in Limerick, Ireland and has recently been working with the University of Glamorgan. He will be heading the growing team at Connaught, converting the classroom courses into e-learning programmes via the company's Blackboard system, a system which is favoured by universities across the world.
James will be assisted by Grace Capper, a graduate from Bath in Graphic Communication who will be transforming the course materials from hard-copy into interactive programmes using her animations, interactions and designs; Martin Close, multimedia developer, who has specialised in e-learning and Joanne Pagett who was previously a training officer with Rhondda Cynon Taf who has a PGCE and MBA.
The first course presented by the e-learning team is the IOSH Managing Safely course. Click here for more info The NEBOSH General Certificate will soon be available via e-learning followed by NEBOSH'S new 3-day level 2 award in Safety in the Workplace
James Durkan is passionate about the new department. He said, "E-learning gives incredible opportunities to motivated people who want to move at their own pace. Our system gives plenty of support and encouragement and problem areas can be discussed in discussion forums and emails. Whatever your reasons for undertaking a training course, studying through e-learning allows you to fit it around your own unique circumstances and work at a pace with which you feel comfortable."
"As students across the world recognise, Blackboard is user friendly and easy to navigate but probably the biggest benefit for companies who send staff on training courses is that by using Blackboard, you can monitor your staff interaction and time spent on the programme, with detailed statistics that cannot be provided as easily in a classroom environment." | 
