Glasgow selects Brightwave learning suite for People Strategy
18 June 2008 | 
e-Learning specialist helps Scottish Council "Go for Gold"
Glasgow City Council has selected workplace communications, learning and performance specialist, Brightwave, to customise and implement a suite of e-learning tools as part of its new 'People Strategy' commitment to Developing and Learning.
GOLD, Glasgow's Online Learning Development suite, will enable staff at the Council to create, launch and report on in-house and 3rd party e-learning programmes. The solution, which is due to be rolled out next month to over 33,000 employees, includes tracking and management capabilities to enable the Council to take greater control in the design and delivery of its training needs.
"GOLD is a brand new ground-breaking opportunity for all our Council employees as part of our deep commitment to learning and development." explains Sandra Wilson, e-Learning Manager at Glasgow City Council. "e-Learning is an excellent way of ensuring everyone is up to date with all the key messages. Having the ability to create the content in-house gives us greater control over how and when we reach our employees. Using Brightwave's suite of tools we are able to make sure training is more accessible to staff as well as identify future training needs through the integrated tracking, feedback and evaluation."
Brightwave's comprehensive tool suite is aimed at any organisation with a desire to create high standard e-learning in-house without extensive technical knowhow.
Developed as a direct response to growing clients needs for a simple yet effective method of updating content, the suite comprises the BILD authoring/development environment and SCORM compliant Learning Management System, Launch and Track. Also included are a 360 feedback tool, and Evaluation Centre. The suite enables simple, often "just-in-time" course creation, implementation and maintenance as well as easy third party content integration.
"Our philosophy is all about listening to clients so we can provide the right learning and development experience. With Councils such as Glasgow, there is great need for continual training as policies and messages update constantly. More Councils should realise the power and knowledge they already have when it comes to training their employees. With our simple solutions their messages, as we have seen with other councils who use our tools, can go a long way effortlessly." explains Michael Dalglish, Senior Technologist at Brightwave.
Note to editors - About Brightwave
Brightwave is the UK's leading workplace e-learning specialist. Expert in developing quality e-learning solutions that achieve a positive measurable impact, Brightwave works in partnership with clients to provide a complete e-learning service, from bespoke content solutions to e-learning portals and platforms, capability building and consultancy. Focussed on ensuring success, Brightwave makes design decisions to meet business goals and places the learner experience at the centre of every project regardless of business area - from onboarding through to major business transformation.
Clients include: BBC, BP, British Airways, Bupa Health and Wellbeing UK, Pfizer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sky, Royal Bank of Scotland, Unilever, Vodafone and Waitrose as well as public and third sector organisations like; City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, National Trust, NSPCC, Renfrewshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council and The Home Office.Call us on 01273 827676 or email us to find out more about our corporate learning solutions and how we can help your business.
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