E-Learning Academy

Welcome to Connect Thinking^® E-learning Academy. The purpose of the Academy is to provide learning professionals who are new to e-learning with practical information, instruction and online support.

The Academy will support learning and development teams and subject matter experts to develop e-learning skills and knowledge in three ways:

Connect Think Learn

CONNECT: with the Academy’s e-coach and fellow Academy members (membership can be anonymous)
THINK: about what e-learning means to your organisation specifically.  Every organisation’s culture is unique.
LEARN: how to best advance strategies and solutions that meet your organisation’s needs.



Think of the Academy as an online space for e-learning train the trainer. You will have access to e-learning resources and online courses written for the corporate trainer. Importantly, you will have access to online coaching from a practicing e-learning expert. To find out more about the benefits of becoming an Academy member, visit
the Membership page.

Who is the E-Learning Academy e-coach?

Alison Bickford is Director and Principal Consultant of CONNECT THINKING^®. Alison has been working in the organisational learning technology space since 2002. Her expertise embraces learning design in all forms of technology platforms. At the heart of her practice is a pragmatic approach to learning technology implementation and consolidation. In today’s organisational milieu, Alison helps practitioners to develop learning solutions that provide tangible benefits to the business, HR strategy and the learner.

Alison began her formal studies in learning technologies in 2003. Alison has a Graduate Diploma in Facilitating and Managing E-Learning, a Master of Arts in E-Learning and is writing her doctoral thesis entitled Examination of virtual learning spaces within a corporate context: Design and practice implications. For more information, visit Alison’s profile on LinkedIn.