Al-Futtaim Training Centre makes New Horizons its UAE eLearning Partner.

Al-Futtaim Training Centre has signed an agreement with New Horizons, selecting them as their eLearning Solutions partner in the UAE. New Horizons will be providing round the clock employee development for Al-Futtaim employees using their award winning eLearning courses.

Brett Preston, General Manager, Group Learning & Development at Al-Futtaim mentioned that it is vital for organisations to continually develop their employees and retain top talent. eLearning adds value and complements other training activities offered to Al-Futtaim employees, while building a self directed learning culture throughout the organization. “At Al-Futtaim, we are constantly looking for innovative solutions to improve employee productivity and these new programmes offered by New Horizons aligns to this mission.” stated Mr Preston.

New Horizons offers more than 4,000 courses in areas of Business and Professional Development, Everyday Desktop use software and IT Skills.

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Why is eLearning in UAE such a success?

There are multiple reasons for eLearning success in UAE, however listed below are some “No Brainer” ones.

Statistics reveal that more than 80% of the UAE’s population has access to the internet and uses it on a periodic basis.  As per the World Bank’s World Development Indicators, UAE has more than 3.7 million Internet Users as of June 2011.

In today’s fast paced and challenging economic times, eLearning is a strategic part of any growing and profitable business in UAE. Not only does it give employers a chance to economically train their employees and retain top talent, it has also won the hearts of employees who perceive this as an investment in them from their employers.

 In a recent survey on eLearning benefits conducted by New Horizons eLearning in the UAE, more than 75% of learners believed that eLearning has increased their productivity and has made them smarter.

Around 70% of the learners would recommend eLearning to a friend or family.

If you’d like to know more about the solutions New Horizons offer and how they can help improve your employee productivity, please request for a meeting with our eLearning consultants.

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eLearning Boosts Staff Training Retention

Recent studies highlight the importance of companies adopting a blended learning approach to training, with teaching aligned to real-world performance. Find out how businesses can create effective staff training solutions using eLearning.

Research by sales training experts Huthwaite has found that 87% of learning from a simple classroom workshop was lost within 30 days, however, if the learning was supported by retrieval practice and assessments learners showed more than 100% improvement in performance.

As these figures show businesses can no longer afford to simply offer classroom training in the belief that their staff are fully trained, as a month later all training is forgotten. A far better option is to incorporate eLearning as part of a wider, blended learning solution. 

eLearning is a powerful, stand alone learning seminar which delivers concise staff training where and when it is needed, combining teaching methods described above to ensure maximum retention is achieved.

The Huthwaite study also found that for performance to remain at the same level in the long term it learners should be encouraged to go through online modules twice in the two months following the initial course, and once every three months thereafter.

Creating and delivering eLearning is an extremely effective way of providing targeted, powerful training in the most cost-efficient way for your staff.


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Learning Time Reduced Through eLearning

Learning time can be reduced by 40-60% on average when using eLearning compared with the traditional classroom technique, according to a new study from Brandon Hall Research.

Additionally, retention of the information learnt is higher as found in an independent study by J.D. Fletcher in his Multimedia Review, which showed retention averages increased by 25% over traditional methods when eLearning was used.

This fits in with research carried out on methods of training by U.S Department of Education who found on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. 

eLearning platforms, which incorporate these two aspects of learning, are at the forefront of training methods, merging both in a systematic and user-friendly way. 

For businesses one of the benefits are that employees are not just sat in front of a computer and told to read reams of information – instead, it is possible for a person or representative image to appear on the screen to run them through individual learning modules, followed by a mixture of tests, quizzes and extra reading.

The demand for eLearning services for teaching areas such as online sales and product knowledge has grown significantly, as the business world looks for affordable ways to meet training demands. 

eLearning is an extremely effective way of providing targeted, powerful training in the most cost efficient way.

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Why should you give eLearning a chance?

The world has changed dramatically over the past few years. All thanks to the Internet - Social networking and data / resource sharing websites have become a part of a global culture which knows no boundaries. This rapid change has brought eLearning in the limelight and increased its acceptability in all geographic regions and cultures.

elearning today means a differentiated, personalized learning experience, with rich learning content that has humor, personality and context. Learners can be given a box of 'building blocks' to assemble learning in whatever shape they want.

Far-sighted organizations are now giving access to video clips, blogs, podcasts and performance support tools like eLearning courses to their employees to get them trained and keep them well informed about company / department and employee goals.

All you need to ensure is an environment in your workplace where people can work and learn almost seamlessly. Once the organization gets acclimatized to self-learning, the next step is self-improvement… and this is what you wanted.

Give eLearning a chance!

OSN launches eLearning for employees in partnership with New Horizons

Dubai, July 3^rd 2011:  OSN, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa has signed an agreement with New Horizons to implement eLearning across all its locations for its employees.

The investment in staff at OSN further demonstrates OSN’s commitment to bringing customers a bigger and better premium entertainment service and cement OSN’s position as the ultimate entertainment destination in the MENA region.

New Horizons will offer employee’s courses in professional business and information technology including eLearning for MS Office to ensure OSN employees stay right at the cutting edge. 

The new eLearning initiative, will offer a wide range of training and capacity-building resources to provide targeted training that will meet the diverse needs of OSN employees and will enable each member of staff to gain new skills and build on existing ones.

Learning & Development Director, Mike Tomlisson said: “Our employees are crucial to the success of OSN, by investing in development programmes we can help our staff perform at their best and reach their full potential. Technology supported learning offers tremendous potential for those who are seeking to developing skills and their careers at OSN. The aim of eLearning is to create an environment that empowers employees and provides them with the flexibility to learn new skills at their own pace across all regions.” 

New Horizons now offers internationally accepted MindLeaders elearning modules around the region, covering 4000 IT and business management subjects.

Why does eLearning Fail?

Recently, while speaking at a Human Capital conference in Dubai, I got asked this question that does eLearning Fail? And if it does, Why?

So I threw the question back at the audience and got some very genuine answers. Something like – "Lack of Executive Sponsorship" and "Expectation misunderstandings" etc. But I told them this..

This is true btw.

At a meeting with an experienced Training Manager,  the guy says.. I like your solutions and theoretically it all looks fine, but we have tried eLearning and it doesn’t work.

We just complete the courses because the management wants but the learners don’t get a good learning experience and aren’t satisfied.. Surprised I asked him if there was a language or a cultural barrier and he replied No.. the main reason is that they gave us eLearning for MS Office 2007 and the learners have MS Office 2003 installed on their machines.. So what’s the point of eLearning? It simply doesn’t work???

“eLearning fails because of Lack of planning and an ordinary Training Needs Analysis!”

New Horizons steps up and promotes collaboration in Learning and Development in the UAE

New Horizons - the largest training company in UAE; reiterated its commitment to the growth of Human Capital in UAE and stressed on the need for collaboration among Learning and Development Professionals in UAE at an event held at the Mina Salam Hotel, Madinat Jumeirah on the 11^th of May 2011.

The event which was designed to be a round-table talk focusing on the eLearning Best Practices in UAE, featured Presentations on successful eLearning programs from organizations like Petrofac, ADCO and Commercial Bank of Dubai.

Around 60 Learning and Development professionals from Govt. and the Private Sector participated in the session which was full of creative ideas and trusted best practices for implementing eLearning.

eLearning which comes naturally in response to the growing trend of computer and internet usage in the UAE give organizations the perfect flexibility and standardization of learning resources while keep in light on the Training Budget.

Dr. Santhosh from Petrofac is of the opinion that a well thought change management process is vital for setting an e-learning culture within any organisation. He went on to say that “e-Learning can be used as an effective intervention tool to augment the process of learning and development for an organisation. Apart from satisfying the competency requirement of an employee with stand alone courses, the strategy can be more oriented towards blending e-Learning with traditional classroom training.”

Whereas Firas Mahmoud from ADCO thinks that, the IT Infrastructure in the organization is an integral part for e-Learning implementation. He feels that, the encouraging and problem-free user-experience for the learner is the main success factor for the initiative to thrive in the organization.

He says: ”We don’t want the Learner to be discouraged by  a slow connection, or a missing  Java plug-in, risking they will never come back to take e-Learning”.

To accomplish this, the e-learning project team should inspect whether the current IT infrastructure can support the e-Learning strategic plan or not. The speaker demonstrated the different Infrastructure components for  IT and e-Learning, and how they related to e-Learning implementation, he concentrated on the Learning Management system (LMS) solutions and options.

Najia Maqsood who presented in detail about the successful CBD eLearning program; said

“eLearning is best to facilitate round the clock development of our people. Learning that is dynamic, at fingertips and is not confined inside the four walls of a classroom. ”

Surprised at the turnout and interest of the participants, Najia joyfully described her experience as “exhilarating”. She emphasized that the growth of human capital in any organization is key for keeping your business profitable in these tough economic times.

Najia further added that “Collaboration is the key: bringing it together to make an impact and New Horizons have done just that by creating a platform where HR/ L&D professionals like ourselves can share ideas, views, challenges faced in implementing and creating acceptance for innovative tools like e-learning.

New Horizons are the leading eLearning content and solutions provider in the UAE. They are behind many successful eLearning  programs in UAE which includes Govt. organizations, Oil and gas companies, media and entertainment businesses, Multinationals and large UAE businesses.

To have a look at their products and services, you can reach them by email eLearning@newhorizons.ae or just give them a call 04 - 396-22 22 

New Horizons eLearning Breakfast

New Horizons invite top companies for an eLearning Breakfast.

In this breakfast session lasting a couple of hours, the participants get a brief about New Horizons eLearning and the courses on offer. The participants get a 2 week trial access, this way they can login from anywhere and try out more courses if they wish.

Not only this is an excellent chance to try out New Horizons eLearning courses at their state of the art facility, but also proves an opportunity to network with other HR and Training Managers, who are looking to implement eLearning.

If you’d like to be a part of our next eLearning breakfast, send us an email now and get to know about the next event and the courses on offer.

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