Online training enhances weight loss
Community-wide weight-loss campaigns can be enhanced by incorporating behavioural interventions delivered over the Internet at little cost, researchers in Rhode Island found, reveals MedPage Today.
Weight loss was significantly greater (6.8 lbs versus 2.6 lbs, P<0.01) when video lessons, daily self-monitoring, and automated feedback were added to a 12-week community intervention called Shape Up RI, according to Rena Wing, PhD, of Brown University in Providence.
The proportion of participants who lost at least 5% of their excess body weight was significantly greater as well (36.6% versus 11.1%, P<0.01), the researchers reported online in the American Journal of Public Health.
E-learning to boost teacher training
Plans are underway in Brunei to initiate a pilot project to train teachers in using e-learning to develop innovative multimedia learning materials in classrooms, reports BruDirect.
Seameo Voctech will push for nationwide training for all teachers in Brunei if the pilot project, dubbed 'Seameo Voctech E-Learning Academy' is successful, its information communications technology specialist told The Brunei Times.
Benjamin Quito said that Seameo Voctech, the Department of Technical Education and the Ministry of Education are in the process of planning the training programme, and will meet on the third week of November to initiate the project.
College gets online certification
Ozarks Technical Community College has been certified as an approved continuing education provider for its professional development Supervision and Leadership online program, an OTC news release said, writes News-Leader.
The Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) made the certification. HRCI is a partner of the Society for Human Resource Management.
The certificate is offered online through OTC Online's e-learning outreach office and the College's Community Enrichment Centre.
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