Brighton (UK), January 2007 - The new British fire safety regulations have come into force and put greater onus on employers and the self-employed to conduct risk assessments. For many, that means eLearning. It doesn't, however, have to mean a commitment to bespoke development or a generic offering. Kineo has developed a new method to deliver quality, customised eLearning in rapid time at a fraction of the traditional cost: Flatpack eLearning.
With the new regulations, many organisations may be looking at their existing provisions for fire safety awareness and will come to realise that some action needs to be taken. So far, the eLearning options have been limited. Commission a bespoke piece of eLearning from scratch? For most organisations, this is cost prohibitive, and most of the content is not sufficiently specific to their business to warrant it.
Purchase a generic product? This doesn't deliver on the specifics that make a difference: personal guidance from the organisation's health and safety officers or an explanation of specific procedures for individual premises, including specific examples and advice that relates to the company. Therefore, for many organisations, it would seem that the options are limited and not without compromise.
Kineo's research with their clients has shown that buyers of eLearning want lower cost, more direct control over content and updates, and faster delivery. Kineo Flatpack eLearning delivers on these needs. Flatpacks provide everything required to build high quality eLearning out of the box quickly, at a fraction of the cost of bespoke eLearning, but with all the flexibility. Flatpacks contain a complete script, professionally designed graphics, and a high quality set of templates and quiz questions that can be rapidly assembled in any eLearning authoring tool, including Articulate, Breeze, Atlantic Link and many others.
Kineo's Managing Partner, Steve Rayson said: "We've seen a huge upsurge in the number of companies buying authoring tools to take more direct control of their eLearning development and to control costs. The question is - how can the development of quality eLearning using a tool be ensured? We believe our Flatpacks provide a solid foundation. The unique aspect of Flatpacks is that, unlike most off-the-shelf eLearning, you can customise messages and add or remove content to meet your organisation's needs. For many organisations that have not been able to afford bespoke eLearning in the past, this opens doors. Flatpacks provide a way in: a lower-cost option with flexibility and control."
The Fire Safety Awareness Flatpack offers a thirty-minute training course that covers all key aspects of fire safety and the new regulations. In addition, the eLearning has a whole section that can be adapted to an organisation's specific policies and procedures, such as evacuation instructions, fire officer information, and building specific instructions - to make this course truly customised to the organisation.
