Recommended links

CTAD

This is the most innovative learning materials company that I know of! They are especially hot on m-learning materials but have a highly creative approach and are leaders in the learning materials development field. Browse their site for inspirational ideas. Click here to read more.

Leadership compass

This is a great training company that provides customised training to business leaders. They that use a personal approach to learning. They have developed a mix of their own highly effective learning support materials. Click here to read more.

Cida learning

This is a company with lots of experience in learnership design and that really has expertise in learning process development particularly for soft skills training. They know how to innovate without spending lavishly. Click here to read more.

Cellcast

Know what a cellcast is? Click here to see the Cellcast company website and get ideas on how to host and build m-learning solutions.

M learning research

This is an interesting one! It is a link to a thesis describing a research project done by the University of Pretoria and the CSIR where learners upload to and download from an audio wiki to create a learning portfolio via their cellphones. The technology platform used has been developed by the CSIR and is available for free. Click here to read more.

Investing in e-learning

This is a link to a good article to read for perspective if you are thinking of investing in technology to support e-learning. Click here to read the article.

The strengths of instructional design

This is a link to an article explaining in some detail what instructional design is and what its strengths are.

Latest changes to the NQF and accreditation

Did you know that the NQF is now officially adding more levels or that SETAs will no longer be solely responsible for accrediation of training in SA.This is a link to one of the Skills Portal site's pages that discusses such important upcoming issues.

The Skills Portal

This is a great site to consult for news on training and development in SA. It has everything on it from extensive hosts of training providers and their contact details to jobs to training courses to the latest announcements from the ministeries of labour and education affecting training.

Instructional design in a nutshell

Need some quick definitions of instructional design? Look at this and this.

Cognitive load theory and learning design

A good article from an Open university in the Netherlands on how cognitive load theory can be used in learning design.

m-learning project blog

http://mobiled.uiah.fi/ - This is a link to a blog that gives you quick info about recent m-learning projects in South Africa, Finland and China and should give you some idea about what the possibilities are for learning on mobile phones.