The following testimonial from Portmarnock Community School describes their experience of using ALISON:
“Portmarnock Community School is in its third year of using ALISON to provide online interactive IT skills training to our students and have found it an excellent resource for delivering up to date training in ICT and other subject areas such as Business and enterprise. The advantages of the site are multiple
· The use of the resources minimizes the impact of the resource on the school budget
· Students are able to complete the courses at their own pace and redo tests or modules if they have failed or missed them without extra cost
· Students can catch up on classes missed due to extra curricular activities at home if required as the resource is available online at all times once students are registered
· Teachers can monitor and assess student progress through the management and group facility - invaluable for record keeping and awarding of credits.
· The resource has a range of courses available which can be part of school programs such as web development or use of multi media
· Customer service by the ALISON team is excellent and the site/resource has altered and changed in response to teacher requests and suggestions
The school has found ALISON to be an all round excellent resource which has solved completely many of the previous problems experienced by the school in attempting to deliver high quality ICT training which is appropriate both for the students and the school. I would strongly recommend use of the ALISON resource to any school interested in delivering high quality ICT programmes for their students.”
Gerry Breen, IT Coordinator, Portmarnock CS.