Thursday, 17th January, 2008 11:05 PM

Applications Closed for Position Below

We have now closed applications for the position below, but if you would like to send us your CV for any future positions then please do. Thanks for all the applications over 60!!!!.

Monday, 7th January, 2008 11:40 AM

Now Recruiting

Mediacorp Online Ltd is a company which operates in the e-learning market, providing a range of e-learning products and services to major corporate and public sector clients.
The company is looking for a web developer to join its development team. This is a good opportunity for a recently qualified graduate with strong theoretical and practical knowledge gained from a degree in a Computer Science-
related subject. The successful applicant will be a self-starter, who can work on their own initiative; a keen and quick learner who is confident of their own abilities, and who takes pride in their work. S/he must be able to create HTML pages and build Web sites from scratch, as well as launch and maintain them. Some knowledge of e-learning, in particular of e-learning standards is also required, along with the following skillset:

• Graphics development (preferably in Macromedia Fireworks)
• HTML
• CSS
• AJAX
• Javascript
• Macromedia Flash experience would also be beneficial.

The position could ultimately develop into a full-blown application development role, depending on the breadth of the successful applicant's experience, confidence and ambitions. For this, the successful applicant would also require some knowledge/experience of:

• MySQL
• ASP.NET (C#) and/or Java
• IIS and/or Tomcat

Salary: £17-20K (depending on experience)
Position Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Hamilton
Closing Date: 17th January, 2007

Please apply with your CV and a covering letter / e-mail to jobs@mediacorp.co.uk.
No agencies please.

Friday, 2nd November, 2007 15:42 PM

Work Experience Student

This week MediaCorp Online were joined by a 4th year pupil, Jenna Hillis from Cardinal Newman High School in Bellshill (My Former School) for a weeks work experience as a web developer. In an attempt to make the week as worth while as possible for her, we decided to set her an ambitious task of designing a web site on recycling, particulary local recycling. Recycling is something that high on the agenda here at MediaCorp Online so we though it would be a worthwhile project. We’ll here is the result of Jenna’s hard work http://www.recycle-lanarkshire.co.uk. We’d just like to say a big thank you to Jenna who really excelled herself particularly with Fireworks (Graphic design application from Abobe, not the sky rocket variety :)). Good luck in the future Jenna!!!!

Posted by: James Marshall
Comments Email: contact@mediacorp.co.uk

Thursday, 23rd August, 2007 10:48 AM

DigiTV Plugin for North Lanarkshire Council

One of our more cutting-edge developments just went live recently!. We’ve customised North Lanarkshire’s online PC booking and library item booking program for delivery via Digital TV, in conjunction with DigiTV (http://www.digitv.gov.uk/). As DigiTV announce in their May newsletter (http://www.digitv.gov.uk/site/content/view/82/60/), the application enables ‘a user to reserve a book from the comfort of their sofa. Better than that, this service will enable the user on TV to book a time slot on one of their library PC's.... this truly is digital inclusion in action.’ The application was part of a recent presentation given to Baroness Andrews, the Minister for Switchover from analog to digital television, and she was suitably impressed! The development uses a mixed platform base of Web server, digital tv and mobile telephones, and is the perfect example of Mediacorp Online being switched on to flexible learning.

Posted by: Ewan McGhee
Comments Email: contact@mediacorp.co.uk

Monday, 4th April, 2007 10:10 PM

Bothwellpark High School, Motherwell Lands End to John O’Groats (and back) Sponsored Cycle

Bothwellpark staff, pupils, parents, friends and supporters began (2nd April 2007) their next adventure to raise the funds required to purchase a new minibus for the school. Hot on the heels of last months sell out Variety Show in Motherwell Concert Hall they have got on their bikes and will spend the next 12 days between 10am and 4pm covering approximately 2,000 miles, the distance from Lands End to John O’Groats and back in the foyer of Asda, Motherwell. Pictured is James Marshall from MediaCorp who have supplied the school with t-shirts for the event, Vicki Greenhill from Amey who funded the 12 mountain bikes which are to be raffled off and David Graham from JJB who have supplied and built the bikes at a reduced rate. Brian Boyle, Asda manager & Joanne Shaw, Asda Events co-ordinator who have worked closely with the school over the last few months to ensure success with our fundraising are also pictured. Local Red Bull MotoGP Rookie Cup racer, Dean Brown, who lives next to the school also came along to lend his support as well as starting cyclists Ross Williamson a second year pupil at Bothwellpark and Brian Gilmour, Depute Head Teacher. Brian Gilmour said that the school would like to thank everybody who has supported this fundraising event either financially or through donating their time. Most of the people in the photograph today will be back at some point over the next twelve days to join in so there is a real community effort to this event which is exactly what we wanted.

Posted by: James Marshall
Comments Email: contact@mediacorp.co.uk

Monday, 27th March, 2007 21:05 PM

Backgate Cottage Web Site Launched

Intellidev, MediaCorp Online's web design brand are pleased to announce the launch of www.backgatecottage.co.uk. Backgate Cottage is a luxury, self catering holiday cottage available to rent all year round. During the development of this web site we closely adhered to the W3C guidelines for accessibility and all pages conform to the XHTML and CSS standards as well as WAI priority 1, providing a consistent user experience for all users accessing the site.
Click here to visit the site.

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Posted by: James Marshall
Comments Email: contact@mediacorp.co.uk

Monday, 19th March, 2007 11:15 AM

Studyit Online RSS Reader now supports Podcasts!

There’s been a lot of talk and usage over the last few years of podcasting. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, podcasting is essentially a standard way of broadcasting a series of audio, video or pdf files. Users can subscribe to podcasts in applications such as itunes and the latest podcast is downloaded automatically for viewing or listening too on your ipod, mobile phone, pc or similar device with a suitable media player.
Click here to find out more about it.

Studyit Online (our learning management sytem) now has a podcasting feature in which administrators can add and track itunes compliant podcasts. Learners can then open or subscibe to the podcasts straight for the learner home page. Administrators can also publish the podcasts to the itunes store for sharing. Podcasting is still relatively new in the corporate learning environment but were hoping this addition to Studyit will help our customers utilise the proven benefits. One of the more obvious benefits is it allows you to add a variety of high quality FREE learning content to your Studyit Online site. For more information please email us contact@mediacorp.co.uk

Article: Trend: Podcasting in Academic and Corporate Learning

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Posted by: James Marshall
Comments Email: contact@mediacorp.co.uk

Tuesday, 27th February, 2007 07:45 AM

New Web Site launched

Our new-look web site is now live, showcasing all our products and services. We’ll be adding more content over the next few months, so please check back. We’ll also keep you up-to-date with all that's happening right here on the blog. Both myself and Ewan will keep you posted on new product features in both Studyit Online and Proof Positive, as well as any other stuff that pops up.

Posted by: James Marshall
Comments Email: contact@mediacorp.co.uk