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e-learning developer TNA (Tim
Neill Associates Ltd) create top quality bespoke eLearning
solutions, interactive assessments of staff knowledge and
competence, technical product training & simulations and
corporate induction.
Since 1988, our UK team has
been developing engaging, effective programs that always exceed
our clients’ expectations. National Grid, BSkyB, London
Underground, B&Q, Phones 4U, Nestlé, Imperial Tobacco
... these and many other blue chip companies trust TNA to
bring their projects from concept to delivery.
Stunning graphics, innovative techniques, maintainable content,
value for money. Combine these with a ‘can do’
attitude, a passion for quality and great working relationships
and TNA could be the perfect development partner for your
next outsourced project.
eLearning contract awarded for the Gulf Centre for Aviation
Studies (GCAS)
Cambridge-based air transport training specialists
Virtual Aviation
College have awarded TNA Ltd another major eLearning contract.
This time it’s for their client, the Gulf Centre for
Aviation Studies (GCAS) in Abu Dhabi.
We’re developing four interactive courses
on:
Virtual Aviation College staff are providing
all of the subject matter expertise. The courses (created
in Adobe Flash and SCORM-compliant) will be launched from
a Learning Management System. The project started in February
2011 and will be completed in four months.
This will be the third major eLearning project
for Middle Eastern clients entrusted to us by the Virtual
Aviation College. Previous projects have been on 'Ramp Safety'for
ground handling staff at Dubai Airport and topics including
Health, Safety and Security Awareness for general airport
staff.
 Phones
4u interactive 3D 'Virtual Learning Academy' nears completion
After six months of development, the 3D Academy
is virtually complete and working and Phones 4u training academy
team are busy loading content into the various rooms.
Staff will explore the Academy to visit themed
‘rooms’ in a game-style virtual world, interacting
with objects to access content such as videos, audio interviews,
product demos, images, documents, funky games and training
modules.
Phones 4u are able to maintain all content -
without programming - using a novel, custom-built
‘Content Editing Dashboard’. The creation by TNA
Ltd of a bespoke content management system (CMS) has been
a major task within the project.
The EKP Learning Management System
from NetDimensions has also now been installed to track the
completion of formaleLearning courses and may be launched
directly from the 3D Academy Online.
Modelled on the amazing, state-of-the-art Phones 4u facility
at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham, the Virtual Academy will bring
together for the first time online, a diverse range of material
to help people in stores, head office, the customer service
call centre and Phones 4u Direct, gain and maintain all the
knowledge they need for their jobs ... a one-stop shop for
all their needs, at any time.
(Above: Screen shot from the entrance to the The Lab)
Preliminary Press Release here.
 On-line
refresher training and re-certification for Gas Engineers
National Grid (Distribution) is using a system developed
by TNA for the on-line re-certification of gas engineers on
the Safe Control of Operations (SCO). Engineers must be re-certified
every five years, a process traditionally carried out using
hand-marked quiz papers, a time-consuming and expensive business.
The new internet-based system (hosted and managed
by TNA) selects and marks questions selectd at random from
a large pool, based on the engineer’s authorisation
level and areas of responsibility. Successful applicants may
print a personalised certificate; those not reaching the pass
level receive a topic revision list before re-taking the exam.
The system is accessible to both National Grid and to other
UK Distribution Networks, with Administrator access for export
of their respective employees’ results. The assessments
are being carried out at our client’s training centres
across the UK.
The program includes an on-line eLearning refresher
course on the SCO procedures, to prepare engineers for their
re-certification exam. This course may be taken at home or
at the exam centre. Work started in April 2010 and was completed
in August 2010.
Interactive
load-balancing simulation
for National Grid
Work is almost complete on an exciting new interactive
simulation project for the National Grid’s Control Centre.
National Grid is planning to install ‘series compensation’
capacitor banks on the interconnection between England and
Scotland, and in North Wales, to enable the power flows to
be maximised whilst still maintaining system stability.
The simulator developed by TNA gives Control
Centre staff an opportunity to understand this new technology
using a variety of scenarios before the equipment is actually
installed.
The simulator runs through a 24 hour cycle,
stopping at 3 hourly intervals for the user to assess the
current consumer demand on the network and to adjust the amount
of compensation being applied in each leg of the interconnection
and the power generation output. Power flows in each section
of the network are displayed on meters, together with the
network frequency, nominally 50Hz.
The user then continues to step through the
cycle, repeating the process at 3 hour points, to keep the
loads balanced and within operating limits without overloading
any of the transmission lines and with the frequency as near
to 50Hz as possible.
A powerful feature of the simulator is that
all the data used is held in separate (editable) .xml files
which means that National Grid may easily create any number
of new scenarios.
The simulator is browser-based and may be run
either in ‘free’ mode for general practice and
learning, or in ‘assessment’ mode, where actions
taken and their overall outcomes may be gauged, a score awarded
and the results logged in a database, also developed by TNA.
A brief eLearning course on the theory behind
‘Series Compensation’ and an Administration program
accompanies the simulation.
New eLearning project delivered for Middle Eastern airport
staff
TNA has completed a major contract for Cambridge-based
air transport training specialists Virtual
Aviation College for a large suite of eLearning
courses for a major Middle Eastern airport.
Topics include Airport Induction, Security and
Safety Awareness, Occupational Health & Safety and Safety
Management Systems.
Virtual Aviation College staff provided all subject matter
expertise. The courses are AICC/SCORM compliant and are launched
from our client's EKP' Learning Management System from NetDimensions.
 Safety
procedures eLearning on 'Work on or near High Voltage Overhead
Lines'
A new course dealing with Overhead Line Working
is now in use by National Grid.
The course is based on the formal National Grid
Safety Instructions and is being used by National Grid engineers
and contractors. Each procedure is explained with illustrations
and animations before the learner carries out the sequence
using an interactive toolbox to
apply and remove items of equipment. The program marks their
actions and provides corrective feedback. Users select their
level of authorisation and the program automatically selects
appropriate content and final assessment questions ... more
on National Grid projects.
 Interactive
3D tour of the new Victoria Line infrastructure, systems and
stock
The Victoria Line is to be upgraded with new
trains, Service Control Centre and high-tech infrastructure
to securely monitor and control that network.
To help illustrate the features and facilities
of this major investment, TNA modelled (in photo-realistic
3D) every element of the new system to produce a narrated,
interactive ‘flying eye’ journey.
We visit the new high security control room,
fly along fibre optic cables into equipment cabinets, into
tunnels to examine the new communications and signalling systems
before entering the carriages. The user may pause at each
location to select highlighted equipment for a narrated description. |
Pharmaceutical Company eInduction
Staff Induction
program completed … more
National Grid
Orders several new eLearning modules … more
New 'Meeting Management' product launched
… more
Meet the amazing Shake-o-Matic 4000,
a V-twin engined triple cocktail shaker... more
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eLearning papers Conference
papers and articles by Tim Neill ...
Including Tim's keynote presentation
at Shanghai's 'Enterprise Learning' conference entitled 'Serious about Games'... more
Le Mans Cobra fault-finding exercise
Prototype technical assessment of engineer's competence ... more
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