One thousandth enrolment on the CeLP Programme

To date, over one thousand bookings have been received from individuals now working towards a Certificate or Diploma within the new Certified e-Learning Professional Programme (CeLP) offered by the Training Foundation.

CeLP represents the world’s first comprehensive online certification programme for e-Learning professionals and consists of more than 300 learner hours of collaborative self-study materials with tutorial support.

Speaking at the CIPD HRD 2002 Exhibition in London, Adrian Snook, Director of Corporate Development for The Training Foundation commented: “Whilst the programme builds on the previous huge success of our On-Line Trainer and On-Line Tutor courses, we were nevertheless surprised by the level of demand in the eleven weeks since the CeLP programme was launched at Learning Technologies 2002”.

CeLP Programme Director Clive Shepherd added: "The success of CeLP is not only a just reward for the team that spent thousands of hours designing and developing the programme over the past 18 months - it also indicates how enthusiastic trainers are to upgrade their skills, so that they can play a full part in the ongoing development of e-Learning.”

Independent Industry commentator Vaughan Waller, Chairman of The e-Learning Network, also greeted the announcement with enthusiasm. “This development indicates that the UK e-Learning industry is finally maturing. The Government is launching major initiatives such as the new e-Learning Task Force and people are no longer seeing e-Learning as a fad, but as a viable career option."

Organisations quoted as enrolling students include Prudential, Open University, Corporation of London, Shell, Spring, KPMG, Pearson Education, University of Wolverhampton, Learning Skills Council, Clerical Medical, UfI, Royal London Mutual Insurance and Bacon & Woodrow.

April 16th, 2002