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Online learning has quickly been adopted as the preferred method of learning for many individuals. A wide range of courses, flexibility, opportunities to advance your career, and discover new hobbies or subjects. These are just a few of the reasons why online learning is gaining popularity. This month, we’re shining our Alison Learner Spotlight on…

This month Alison is celebrating its 14th birthday. While the last 14 years have seen the company grow enormously, one thing has stayed the same: we remain as committed to breaking down barriers in education today as we were in 2007. Every day we strive to source and publish the best and most up-to-date courses…

Online learning has quickly been adopted as the preferred method of learning for many individuals. A wide range of courses, flexibility, opportunities to advance your career, and discover new hobbies or subjects. These are just a few of the reasons why online learning is gaining popularity. This month, we’re shining our Alison Learner Spotlight on…

Microlearning has gained popularity in recent years due to its effectiveness in employee training. It offers several benefits that can enhance learning outcomes and overall employee development. In this article, we’ll discuss the benefits of using microlearning for employee training. What is microlearning? Microlearning is an approach to learning and training that involves delivering information…

Thanks to advances in technology, education is within reach of anyone, wherever they are in the world. This means that obstacles that made learning difficult before are no longer in the way of individuals pursuing their dreams and taking leaps in their careers and goals. At the recent eLearning Africa Conference, Alison, along with many…

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Empowerment Challenge, a series of engaging and self-improving tasks designed to empower our Learners by encouraging their personal and professional development.  Participants can track their empowerment journey by using the #EmpoweredByAlison hashtag, which also allows you to follow the progress of other Learners across the world through our social…

One week down, one week to go! We’ve reached the halfway point of our Empowerment Challenge and we’ve already seen Learners from around the world pledge their commitment to upskilling, self-education and starting the new year with a bang! Last week’s tasks emphasised personal development and this week we build on that momentum by channelling…

You’ve asked and we’ve listened! We are thrilled to announce that the Alison iOS App is finally here. In December 2020, we proudly launched our much anticipated online learning app for Android. The app proved a huge hit (nearly 700 000 downloads in just over six months!) and introduced thousands of new students to the…

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go.” – Dr Seuss If we’re honest, studying is not always easy to do. There’s an aspect of fun, excitement, the adventure of learning something new, discovering new skills to win at something and…

In June 2020, the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) hosted its virtual conference on “Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined”. Alison Founder and CEO, Mike Feerick, was invited to speak at the conference. Here is an excerpt from his talk on disrupting the traditional global education system. The education system is in crisis. Covid-19 isn’t the…