These new courses, which cover health and safety issues along with business-development topics, have been developed by Safety Media. They are available online from the Course Wall on Learning Light’s eLearning Centre website.

David Patterson, a Director of Learning Light, commented, “Since sixty to seventy percent of all eLearning materials in the world relate to health and safety or compliance, these courses from Safety Media offer an excellent start to those wanting to establish or augment a corporate eLearning resources repository.

"In line with Learning Light’s ethos and operating policy, all these new courses meet the quality criteria encapsulated in the eLearning content-evaluation tool (ELCET) developed at the end of last year by Learning Light in association with The Virtual College," he added.

"In our experience, many organisations have difficulty in specifying and procuring effective generic eLearning materials, hence the need for ELCET. And, since ELCET makes assessing potential learning materials for Learning Light’s eLearning Centre website much easier, it should also help anyone who has to evaluate eLearning materials for use in their organisation," he continued.

All of the Safety Media courses are certified as meeting continuing professional development (CPD) criteria. Most of the courses are also approved by Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA).

The Course Wall courses are provided in three formats: interactive courses, videos, and short videos. They can be completed in any internet-enabled location using a laptop, mobile phone, or tablet.