by Derek Akerman | Jan 16, 2020 | Blogs, eLearning
Why should an organisation provide training for their employees? We all know that training is an opportunity to upskill and improve the knowledge base of all employees, but many employers in the current climate find development opportunities expensive, and training is...
by Faith Edwards | Sep 20, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Time We spend a lot of our time at work and therefore the shift in todays society on the views of self-care have truly heightened. Over the past few years, there’s been a huge shift in focusing on employees’ mental health and wellbeing. An active change (and...
by Faith Edwards | Sep 12, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Mental Health Awareness Mental health awareness at work has been hot across all our offices the last few months. For instance, from raising money for Mind with our charity month in July; example courses on staying Hydrated during the heatwave; and ensuring we have a...
by Karen Faragalla | Sep 3, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning, Webinars
Back to Work I am pretty sure we have all noticed how over the past six weeks things have slowed down a little. The traffic to work is a bit calmer, the staff car park is a little emptier, you send an email and receive a multitude of out of office replies. Yes, it has...
by Tracey Adams | Aug 29, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning, Events, News
ROLL UP, ROLL UP!!! September is GLAD month. Join us for a month of learning! Throughout September we will be holding a number of free webinars, free mini U4 virtual sessions, special offers on training and eLearning bundles and the main event, our open day in our...
by Faith Edwards | Jul 19, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Effective Use of No Colour - shades of grey With design in elearning, and any other UX/UI principles, we wanted to think about the use of colour/branding and the effectiveness it can have on the success of training.From a designer’s perspective, my initial reaction is...
by Faith Edwards | Jul 9, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Staying hydrated is good for your Mind! Here at Embridge we have been focusing a lot on mental health and well-being at work. With our own charity event, ‘150+ miles in 31 days’ for our ten-year anniversary being held this month to get us all moving and raising money...
by Karen Faragalla | Jun 1, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Do Learning Styles Exist? When I was 12, my school made me fill out a form purporting to be able to tell me my learning styles. The possible outcomes were auditory, visual or kinaesthetic. My teacher said that how you learn and revise should be different, depending on...
by Tracey Adams | May 15, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Flow: Getting Learners in the Zone Hungarian psychologist Csikszentmihalyi called the phenomenon flow in an impactful paper in 1975. He classes flow as a state of full immersion, involvement and enjoyment in the process of an activity. Author: GLAD team I’ve recently...
by Tracey Adams | May 14, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Learning at Work Week – Every day’s a school day! What a tiny 5 letter word and yet it carries such a monumentally powerful meaning. Learning at Work Week – Every day’s a school day! ‘Learn’– verbTo gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) through study,...
by Tracey Adams | Feb 11, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Learning Technologies 2019 Learning Technologies has to be one of the biggest UK exhibitions and conferences in the UK. Held over two days and attracting over 8500 visitors this is certainly one for the calendar.It is a busy time for the Embridge Global Learning And...
by Karen Faragalla | Feb 7, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning
Creating a Conduct Risk Culture Elearning is the answer. In this case study, we look at how bespoke elearning transformed the conduct risk culture at a global financial firm. The client Instinet is one of the largest agency-only financial brokers, best known as one...
by Tracey Adams | Jan 15, 2019 | eLearning, News
GLAD eLearning Catalogue Our GLAD training team engage with users through a number of different delivery mediums providing a range of both standard and bespoke programmes. Here we have the GLAD elearning catalogue which outlines some of the standard courses...
by Tracey Adams | Jan 2, 2019 | Blogs, eLearning, News
Vacancy: Global Learning & Development Manager: The position: Global Learning & Development Manager is required to provide strategic leadership of the business’s Training Division and Global Learning & Development (‘GLAD’) division. The Global Learning...
by Tracey Adams | Dec 24, 2018 | Blogs, eLearning, News
Thank you for your support & custom during 2018. Wishing you and your families a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2019. From all the team at Embridge Consulting The Queen’s CEO’s speech. Embridge Consulting have once again had another record year. We...
by Tracey Adams | Dec 24, 2018 | Blogs, eLearning
As 2018 draws to a close, the conversations around the GLAD team start to become reflective. The team are discussing what we have achieved this year. At the start of 2018, we released some additions to our of ‘Off the Shelf’ library, including the one thing that we...
by Faith Edwards | Dec 19, 2018 | Blogs, eLearning
Microlearning - how to make a long story short As far as elearning trends go, microlearning was one of the biggest for 2017 and continues even now into 2019. The term describes the use of elearning in small, bite-sized, managed ways. Essentially the exact same...
by Tracey Adams | Jul 12, 2018 | eLearning
Quality Check Review: Why is it important to review your work?The general rule of thumb for any work you produce, publish and showcase, whether it’s your own content or a project for a client, is to ensure there are no mistakes in them and that it works! The only way...
by Tracey Adams | Jul 9, 2018 | eLearning
Why use a template when developing elearning?One way of developing your elearning content rapidly is to use a template. Using rapid authoring tools like Articulate and Captivate to create elearning is only quick if you use the tools in certain ways.What is a...
by Tracey Adams | May 22, 2018 | eLearning
Bespoke or Off the shelf eLearningWhen it comes to using eLearning to train your employees there are two most common routes. Off the shelf, elearning courses are ready to go, pre-written and quick to set up. Bespoke courses written especially for your organisation....
