Online courses news stories

Educators
Zoho Corp launches new e-learning tool, TrainerCentral
"TrainerCentral offers all the necessary tools to build a website, set up a business, and create online courses, giving our trainers time to focus."

Online courses
Time for channel professionals to get serious about their career credentials
Few universities teach indirect or channel marketing, which is posing challenges for employers that want to expand channel services.

Phishing
IT Masters & CSU develop online phishing countermeasures short course
"Generally speaking, the security industry tends to minimise their profile to help reduce what we call the ‘honeypot effect’."

Education
AUT launches online course to support Kiwi entrepreneurship
The Practical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Paper (ENTR770) welcomed its first official intake of students on March 14.

Online courses
Learn how to bring data to life anywhere, anytime
Even if you have no previous experience with the programme, you can join the course as Dan starts you off from the very basics.

Open Polytechnic
New online course to help make Kiwi workplaces safer
Between 2011- 2016 the number of fatal work-related incidents have been at an all time high.

Employment
Businesses are recognising the power of upskilling
Online learning is quickly becoming the primary means of upskilling, providing measurable value to businesses and their tech pros.

Video
Teacher-focused online course provider raises $2.5 million in funding
"We're probably the largest online education company no one knows about," says Ankur Nagpal, Teachable founder.

Education
Online courses grow in popularity, user demand becomes more complex
The e-learning market is growing rapidly, with more Massive Open Online Courses as well as commercial online courses available around the world.

Online courses
eCoach: Making eLearning accessible for students
Futura Group has launched an eCoach Course Builder - a cloud-based platform that provides secondary school teachers with tools to build online courses

Creative HQ
Online course to support Kiwi entrepreneurs
“For those whose idea currently exists solely on the back of a napkin, it is hard to know where to start.”

New Zealand Schools
Computers help connect communities
A computer is a luxury not everyone can afford, but with the help of the Otago Polytechnic Digital Outreach Programme, those who need a helping hand will receive it.