November 07, 2007
Posted by: Laura Overton
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The eLearn2work project in South Yorkshire is an action research project to understand how e-learning can help small businesses improve their productivity.
This video is a summary of the interview with Michael Thornton of Knowlegebase UK ( a lead partner in the project) is suitable for any education practioner looking to engage small businesses and work more effectively together.
He looks at
- How e-learning can help us respond to small business needs
- qualifications in small and micro businesses
- The benefits of educators and businesses working together
Related articles:
full audio podcast of interview
Related case studies and testimonies with small businesses from the e-learn2work project
Overview of initial research findings
This article was originally created by the Work based e-learning project at e-skills UK and is reproduced with kind permission.

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