On 18 October 2010, new guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) will be published by the American Heart Association (AHA). The latest CPR and ECC Guidelines came out in 2005, so over 4 years of research has gone in to the updated guidelines.
According to AHA documentation the '2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC are based strictly on the science consensus reached by physicians, nurses, scientists, researchers and EMS professionals from around the world.' The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) - a body of seven international resuscitation organizations - AHA, ERC, IAHF, HSFC, ANZCOR, RCSA, RCA - consider 'conflict of interest of the utmost importance in maintaining the integrity of the evidence evaluation process.'
What do the changes mean?
Lately I've spoken to many health professionals in the compliance industry, who have been gearing up for these changes all year. Many indicate this is an opportunity to shift some of the classroom learning to online using a learning management system and feel it would be a mistake not to move online as many competitors are already making the switch.
No hints have been given as to exactly what the updates will be. However, as with the last update in 2005, they will inevitably involve practical change. For compliance purposes there may well be new techniques to learn and it will be necessary to acquire new training material. For more information it's worth checking out the 6 August Press Release from AHA available here.
The document below also gives a very useful overview on why things are changing, who makes the changes and what you can expect from the new guidelines:
There's a great new post up from Jeff Goldman (@minutebio) called 'My e-Learning Don'ts' and it's definitely worth skimming his top 10 list to make sure you're not committing any of the major design faux pas.
Here are my top 3 from Jeff's list:
Don't:
There's more being added in the comments section so take a look at the full post and add your 10 cents worth, from a designer or learner perspective.
You may think this has been a long time coming, but to be honest it has really only been a highly requested feature in the past few months. So without further ado, allow me to introduce the latest new feature rolling out today to all Litmos accounts - Custom Timezones.
How does it work?
Well, with our new custom timezones feature all users, administrators and learners, can set their own custom timezone based on their location. This means that all course completion times/dates, messages and reporting information will show up in the timezone that is relevant to them.
How do learners that already have a Litmos account select a timezone?
Learners who already have a Litmos account will remain to be on UTC / GMT unless they choose to change to a new timezone which can be done via the 'Settings' menu in their account.
How do current training admins set their timezone?
There are two options here:
I have run in to this problem a few times lately and some clients have recently asked the question too:
"How can I get my Captivate project to play faster? It seems to take forever to start as it has to completely download before it begins."I asked around a little and received a few answers to do with large audio files and differences in the way a .zip file can be packaged up, but it was Nelson Swartz of DVPRO Studios that first alerted me to the default settings of Captivate's preloader.
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