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The home page of this site (from the educational publishers Hobsons), has main links through to: advice on the site, an explanation of opportunities available in the UK, a search facility, and site membership.
The Course search took me through 6 separate pages before I found details of post grad courses in Marketing by distance learning. Even then, I was faced with a table (with unexplained codes) comparing the institutions.
To get detailed information on these you need to be a member of the site, and perhaps if I was I might have found information about the courses themselves.
Perhaps the most useful features of this site are the chat rooms, one for talking to other site users, and one for getting advice. Registered site members can email their questions to a “UK study advisor, or put their questions to a particular institution.”
The colourful home page of this site, run in association with the Open University, has large arrow links on the right to take you to the “ICDL Home Page,” and to a “Free-text search.” These unfortunately don't work. The links on the left, do though, and go to the Hobsons home page and an article by Ros Morpeth from accredited provider NEC.
To search for a course, you select a subject area. You're then taken to a page on which you enter your details and request information from providers that offer courses in that subject. It would be useful to be able to search within this group, particularly for the level of study required. Perhaps the free-text search normally performs this function.
The site claims to have the largest Global Database of Distance and Open Learning courses, however, when you compare with those who appear on the learndirect listing, or on the ICDL site, this claim seems a little extravagant. And the search facilities do not come close to those offered by www.scottishlearndirect.com.
The Forum for Technology in Training
www.forumtt.org.uk
The Forum is a non-profit making organisation, established 1982. Its membership is drawn from major users in most sectors, as well as suppliers, academics, and consultants.
The site lists as objectives: The promotion of performance improvement through greater and more effective use of technology in training; To enable members to meet and exchange experience and views for mutual benefit; Share the knowledge and experience of the members within UK plc; Broaden the base of information sharing outside of the membership focusing on medium to large businesses, central and local government, and educational institutions; and Liaison with other organisations in the dissemination of information and sharing of expertise.
The attractive, easy to navigate site, has details of membership, the services provided, other links, and a members only area.
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