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7 Technical Pitfalls to Avoid when Creating eLearning Content

Creating high end eLearning content is a time consuming process. Therefore, it’s important not to undermine the final results by making mistakes during the design and development phase. Some of the more easily avoidable mistakes are:

1. Omitting interactive eLearning elements

2. Under-utilising tables when organising information and text

3. Not designing a logical or intuitive navigational flow

4. Not providing learners with control over auditory elements

5. Overdoing the graphical content!

6. Not having a responsive design

7. Including obsolete resource links

Read the full article exploring each of technical mistakes listed above at http://elearningindustry.com/7-technical-pitfalls-can-ruin-elearning-experience.

ISME encourages Irish consumers to support their local economy by shopping local this Christmas

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) has said Irish shoppers should support their local economy by shopping at local SMEs and buy Irish quality products.

They have asked consumers to consider the economic value of their purchases and the effect that local shopping can have on local job creation by keeping money circulating in their community.

According to their research, every €10 spent locally on Irish products generates €24 of benefit to the local community while 45 cents of every euro spent is reinvested locally in comparison to only 15 cents for the foreign multiples.

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Survey shows 97% of Irish firms are planning on increasing salaries in 2016

A new survey carried out by consultants Mercer forecasts a rise by over 2% in Irish salaries in 2016.

Mercer surveyed 135 organisations and 97% said they were planning on increasing salaries in the next year.

Firms in the life sciences, hi tech and services industries are forecasting the largest increase of between 2.5% and nearly 3%.

As well as pay, some firms are attracting and retaining staff with benefits including pensions, health insurance and flexible working hours.

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68% of Irish companies plan to invest in 2016

The PwC 2015 SME Pulse Survey has been launched today. It is carried out amongst Ireland’s SME community defined as having less than 250 employees and is the second year of the survey.
The survey highlights that fewer SMEs when compared to last year expect overall costs to increase in the year ahead. The top economic and policy threat now is political change (68%).  The next greatest concern is inadequate business infrastructure (66%).

Other concerns have eased substantially such as the Government’s response to debt burdens, increasing tax burdens, exchange rate volatility and over-regulation, while nearly two- thirds (63%) remain concerned about cyber threats.

Nine out of ten (91%) Irish SMEs are confident about the prospects for the Irish economy in the year ahead, up from 87% last year.  Furthermore, one in eight (81%) are favourable about their own business. This reflected in the significant surge in capital investment being made, with over two-thirds (68%) now planning to invest in their business when compared to 51% last year.

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Survey shows half of Irish people couldn’t survive Christmas without boradband

A new research released today by Irish telecoms provider, Pure Telecom shows half of people claiming they couldn’t survive Christmas without broadband or internet.

Furthermore, 85% of people said they will purchase at least one present online, while the average person expects to buy six presents online. In total, Irish shoppers will spend €852 million online this festive season, averaging €247 per person.

The survey also found that women are more likely to say they couldn’t survive Christmas without broadband, with 52% claiming Christmas would be a disaster without it, compare to 48%of men.

More than one in five (21%) will rely on the internet to watch their festive flicks, with 14% saying they will use a streaming service such as Netflix, while 7% will download movies from the likes of Apple or Amazon.

Pure Telecom found that almost half (48%) of people expect that there will be at least one internet-connected device under their tree this Christmas. One third expect their households to be unwrapping one or two internet-connected devices on the 25th, while a sizeable 15% expect that figure will reach three or more. Almost one third (32%) of parents said they will be give at least one of their children an internet-connected device for Christmas.

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