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01 August 2005 - Manchester City Council e-Learning venture

MKM is working with Manchester City Council (MCC) to create an online interactive training course for its staff in the Council’s Corporate Values.

The course, due to become active in September, will teach learners about the values and vision of MCC. It will ask them to think about their own experiences and evaluate their own ideas and values within MCC’s system of corporate values.

The course is already part of MCC’s training package for its employees. But transferring it from tutor-led workshops to an online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) will enable employees to fit the course into their working schedule, rather than having to take time out. Supervisors will be able to oversee the learners online, and ensure that the course profile fits each individual learner, according to their particular training needs, rather than having just one size that must fit all. The online system enables supervisors to track the progress of each learner and to gain an instant overall picture of how the training programme is progressing at any time.

MyKnowledgeMap has constructed the VLE for Manchester to our own VLE Standard. An earlier version of this is already successfully in use with Leeds City Council. It offers an adaptable system of training, with facilities for creating a core training package that can be added to or subtracted from very easily.