A (Really) Brief History of the English Language
Have you ever wondered how English, with approximately 750,000 words, developed into the wonderfully detailed and complex language that it is today? Unlike languages that developed within the boundaries of one country (or one distinct geographical region, like Iceland, Lithuania, and Latvia), English, since its beginnings 1,600 or so years ago, evolved by crossing boundaries […]
The-power-of-love-for-music
Music will definitely help you improve your English. We are surrounded by music and sounds and, yet, we don’t often realize how important it is, nowadays, to just “really” listen to a song and to visualize its lyrics in order to improve our knowledge of a certain language. Children grow up with rhymes. That is […]
Top Tips When Learning The English Language Online During The Pandemic
As uncertainty looms during the Covid-19 outbreak, society is pushed towards online platforms for education. Most of us will therefore be learning and studying for the comfort of our own home. Although this may appeal to many as winter approaches, causing the temperature to drop. It presents new challenges such as attempting to keep focused […]
eCom Scotland offers help to the UK’s training-starved Pharmacies
The digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, is offering help to the UK’s 12,000 or so retail pharmacies – in particular, to help meet pharmacists’ need for education and training on digital technologies. This need was revealed via recent surveys of early career pharmacy professionals, including students, with most respondents (87.3%) saying that they […]
eCom Scotland represented at this year’s NHS Scotland event
The digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, is among the exhibitors accompanying Scotland’s leading event for healthcare professionals: The NHS Scotland Event 2021, which is being held, virtually, from 22nd to 24th June. Scheduled to attract over 2,000 health and social care leaders, key decision makers and frontline staff from across NHS Scotland and its partners, […]
Gas Industry Should Embrace Innovative Learning Technologies, says eCom Scotland
Gas Industry Should Embrace Innovative Learning Technologies, says eCom Scotland The gas industry’s professional engineering institution, the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM), held its inaugural safety conference on 9th June. Supported by the Gas Industry Safety Group (GISG), the conference was held online. Conference delegate, Helen Robertson, of the digital learning and assessment specialist, […]
eCom Scotland takes a seat at the Top Table of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Tanya MacDonald, of the virtual reality development team at the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, has taken part in the recent Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality (VR/AR) Global Summit Online. Organised by the VR/AR Association and billed as ‘the largest and fastest growing immersive tech event in the world’, the Summit – held virtually, […]
eCom Scotland develops eLearning materials on complying with the UN Child Rights Convention
Following the news, in March, that Scotland is to become the first devolved nation in the world to directly incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law, a webinar has explored the legal and service delivery implications for the implementation of this Convention into Scottish law. In particular, […]
eCom Scotland is among the first to publicly support the Customer Excellence Pledge
The digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland has become one of the first companies in the world to sign up to the Customer Excellence Pledge. Aiming to identify learning system vendors that promise to provide elite customer service and support, the Customer Excellence Pledge is a program developed by the internationally-known Craig Weiss. Craig, […]
Applying VR-Delivered Learning to the Energy Decommissioning Sector
The value of using virtual reality in learning how to decommission energy installations – notably in the oil and gas industry – efficiently, effectively and above all, safely, is being further emphasised in a presentation on 20th May to delegates at Decom Week 2021. The event, which runs from 17th to 21st May, is organised by Decom North Sea, […]
