Romania’s Military Training Revolution

E-Learning offers quick and efficient access to the newest information and knowledge, effective methods of teaching, learning and evaluation, permanent instruction and education. E-learning is, therefore, an alternative to permanent education now and in the communication society of the future. An informational society can only be built through research and investment projects, both in the field of IT and in the field of education. The Romanian Army, like any other modern army, needs to modernise its methods of teaching in order to reach the quality standards required by the constitution and by its status as a member state of NATO and the EU. These new standards call for conceiving, experimenting and implementing an Advanced Distributed Learning system that can go together with classic education systems and contribute to raising the quality of process of instruction for all militaries.
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Prove IT! Using evidence-based research to demonstrate e-learning effectiveness in police training environments

Back in 2004 when the Canadian Police Knowledge Network first introduced e-learning as a means of conducting police training, we met our fair share of skeptics. At that time, apart from a handful of progressive organizations, we were working within a highly conservative sector that was wholly immersed in traditional training regimes. But to be fair, with a lack of truly compelling evidence for how effective e-learning could be, we were asking the police community to take a leap of faith. Though we’ve come a long way since then, providing evidence that supports the elearning model in this sector remains a central element of CPKN’s strategic framework.
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Making Learning Real: technology, virtual space and best practice

These have been strange times indeed. For longer than I can remember, I can recall commentary and blanket media coverage on the impact of change. For decades the truism has been proclaimed that change is pervasive and unprecedented. Well, you wait for ages, and then all the buses come at once! So just as I was planning the next round of innovative project applications for creative learning and arranging coordination meetings for a range of new learning initiatives, Eyjafjallajokull decided to remind us that we have volcanoes nearby. And as the dust settled – or not as the case may be – Greece called in the IMF, the euro wobbled and the deepest recession since the 1930s worked its way through a panorama of disintegrating social and economic relationships.
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Training from crime scene to courtroom

Andrew Rosthorn talks to Scotland’s Assistant Chief Constable John Geates
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Understanding the threat to airline passengers

Do we really understand the complex dynamics of terrorist threats? If not, how can we train and respond effectively? In a report for the New Security Foundation, supported by the Critical Infrastructure Program of George Mason University, Alexander Woodcock and John Dockery examine the critical infrastructure surrounding the airline passenger industry and show how a variety of threats can expose unknown and unexpected vulnerabilities. Modelling Airline Passenger Security
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