e-Learning
Social Care Associates and the Virtual Centre have designed and developed a multi award winning internet based e learning and online support programme, tailored to meet the needs for the public and private continued professional development (CPD). Our programme can facilitate professional supervision, peer support and the sharing of best practice both on national and international scale
This user-friendly technology has significant advantages within the fields of high quality e-learning and e-business support whilst also being able to reduce the organisation's costs.
Social Care Associates programmers have over 15 years experience in the design and delivery of on-line learning systems and 20 years experience in multi-media software development. To date, the award winning Virtual Centre programme maintains over 450 e- based learning platforms and support 350,000 users,
Current clients include:
- British Cabinet Office
- Multi-nationals,
- International health projects,
- National entrepreneurship: Junior, Secondary, Tertiary, HEI, Community
- Virtual business support, international incubators and enterprise support centres
- 6 complete Local Authority regions
- National and international Mentoring platforms
Like to know more?
Please contact one of our advisors who would be happy to discuss the advantages of this technology and how it can benefit of your organisation. Social Care Associates would also be happy to meet with you and give a full presentation.
Case studies
To read case studies pleae click here.
Cost and sustainability.
Social Care Associates understand the pressures placed upon organisations to ensure that costs are reduced, that's why cost is a key feature in the design of the programme. Social Care Associates have developed a strategy for organisations so that the programme can be virtually cost free with the potential to bring in revenue, please speak to one of our advisors who would be happy to discuss this more.
How would this technology benefit your organisation?
Every organisation is different, with different needs, that's why the flexibility and user friendliness the Virtual Learning programme is ideal for a whole range of users. By using this technology, organisations can:
- improve efficiency by reducing the time involved in traditional face to face development expanding beyond regional boundaries into national and international markets
- increase the speed of interactivity
- promote activity in previously uneconomic regions, e.g. rural & isolated communities
- facilitate academic and practitioner collaboration
- improve relationships with stakeholders and partners, through improved communications
- reduce the cost of creating, processing, distributing, storing and retrieving information
- reduce business costs through enhanced communication facilities.
- products and services are provided at lower cost and users can interact at their own convenience with appropriate individuals and groups, e.g. peers, mentors and experts
- comprehensive tracking and auditing of all usage and impact providing a transparent tool in evaluating training and development activities.
(Please click here to see case studies how the technology has been used to benefit organisations).
Benefits to the individual learner:
Virtual reach has a webcam facility that enables teacher and learners to interact in a more user friendly way. Virtual reach can also be used to mentor and support learners online outside of the formal learning environment, with a facility for users to coach and mentor each other. Please read our case studies to find out more.
learners, mentors and business advisers can interact 24 hours a day, all year round from any location with internet access.
The user can personalise their own area on virtual learning to suit their own needs which has no impact on others, as is the case with
Clients can receive personalised information instantaneously.
Users can participate in synchronous activities, nationally and internationally.
Individuals and groups can interact and network in electronic communities, exchanging ideas as well as comparing experiences
(please click here to see case studies how individuals have benefited from virtual learning).
How secure is virtual learning?
The virtual Learning programme has a triple encryption, three part authentication system, similar to that used in the banking industry.
What is the virtual Centre e-learning support package?
Virtual learning is much more than an e-learning support package, Virtual learning has the benefits of being able to interact with one another in one organisation as well as the ability to interact with another organisation, both nationally and internationally, sharing new ideas, learning and best practice.
