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Hello,
Does anyone here know of a good tool that would allow students who log on to a training webinar to have access to thier own virtual environments to install and configure software applications? I could use VMware for the virtual environments but I don't know how each student would access their own vm. I was intending on using live meeting for the webinar.

Thanks.

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Here is a review from a teacher who uses Gogrok as a e-teaching aid:
http://gogrok.blogspot.com/2008/05/gogrok-...for-e-learning.html

As a teacher, Gogrok has helped me a lot on distance learning. When my students have questions on software usage or study subjects, I can easily operate on their computers through Gogrok to show them what to do or to solve their problems. For some class projects like web design, website development, and video editing, I can work through Gogrok with its remote desktop function to show the students the steps they need to know. The greatest part of Gogrok is its real-time interaction. The students can give their feedback to me right away during demonstration so that I am able to offer more detail or further instructions. I has benefited as well from the convenience of Gogrok when I am teaching electromagnetism. The students can now understand the operating procedures through online learning with Gogork. I concluded that Gogrok is a good remote desktop connection tool. It's my perfect teaching aid and makes my classes run smooth. Furthermore, Gogork has made online learning with more possibilities.



hope this will be helpful! :)

Here is a new collaboration freeware for E-Learning called Gogrok (http://www.gogrok.com). It enables users to have remote access capability while calling from Skype. If you are already a Skype user or considering adopting Skype as your E-Learning tool, Gogrok will be a good choice for you.

The difference between Gogrok and other real-time interactive software is its co-edit ability. Gogrok users can share almost any type of applications (word documents, excel, power point slides, web browser, AutoCAD drafts, an installation file for a hardware….etc, you name it!) to the people on their Skype contact list and work on it together. If you select a single file to work on, you and the people you invite will see the same file at the same time. Once you grant the editing right to the guests and then the real-time collaboration starts. If you select to share your desktop to the guests, they will see what you see on your computer screen at the same time.

The real-time co-editing ability makes the leaning process with more accessibility. Most of the remote desktop connection software are not very user-friendly in user interface design. But Gogrok is different because it aims at general users. You don’t have to be a computer geek to know how to operate this software. Gogrok allows you to work, share, or demonstrate on your computer with other people within only a few clicks.

If you want to know more about what Gogrok can do for you, visit Gogrok website: http://www.gogrok.com/ or search “Gogrok” on any search engine.

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Hi,

I am currently working on a WBT where the readability of the content is way too difficult to understand and there is too much content on the screens.

Does anyone have any "Best Practices or Guidelines" on how many words should be included on a content screen and how do you determine an appropriate "Reading Level" for users?

Thanks,
MS

Thanks for this thread. I was looking for a professional looking jeapardy game and I was almost going to buy one from a company called Learningware. I thought thiers was kinda of cheesey especially for the price but until I found the company in the the previous thread they where the best I could find. But I have tried a download version of My Quiz Show from C3 Visuals, and was amazed at the ease of use and the look of the game. I have not seen anything like it on the market. I have no ideal on how I missed them in my search. But thanks mcdlt for the heads up.

I found a great resource for immersive learning. There's a company that makes Jeopardy style training games for online or the classroom. their website is www.c3visuals.com They also have a "who wants to be a millionaire" type game. The graphics and sound are way beyond anything else i've seen. i've never had so much fun with my students. it was well worth the money...

Please see the job announcement below:
University of California, Berkeley
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Director,
UC Berkeley Extension Online
Job Code: CE-Online
Continuing Educator III
Salary Range: $69,696-$76,224
(Salary placement within range will be dependent on education and experience)
Closing Date: 7/7/07


UC Berkeley Extension, the self supporting outreach and lifelong learning arm of the University of California, Berkeley is seeking a highly motivated Director for Online Programs to provide leadership for a nationally-regarded distance education unit. The new Director of Online Programs will pioneer UC Berkeley Extension’s transition to a new learning management system and provide project management in its expansion of its online capabilities to achieve Extension’s strategic goals, which are to develop more fully online courses, develop hybrid courses, and provide web-enhancement to all of UC Berkeley Extension courses.

Currently, this unit supports more than 120 fully online and independent study courses and serves over 3500 students annually. Self-paced courses account for two-thirds of the courses and one-third of the courses are in fixed date format. The goal is to expand the online component to approximately 1500 of Extensions courses and 23 thousand enrollments within the next three years. In collaboration with the academic departments, the Director will set department directions and oversee the development of online course component production. S/he will supervise and manage a staff of approximately 8-9 employees in the design, production, implementation and support, and licensing of the online components for fully online, hybrid and web-enhanced courses.

Online Operations:
Provide project management, supervise and manage online operations and personnel to achieve the strategic goals of the online department and of UC Berkeley Extension. Work with academic departments to set priorities for course production for online, hybrid and web-enhanced course components. Schedule and monitor online component production goals. Collaborate with other departments including enrollment services, information systems, and financial services as needed to achieve strategic goals.

Online Technical Direction:
Research and evaluate open-source or commercial solutions for course enhancement. Serve as liaison to LMS vendor, representing the instructional needs of the academic departments. Coordinate the migration and implementation of LMS system working with appropriate internal departments to facilitate change management and development of new procedures. Provide training and documentation to department representatives on the LMS tools available to achieve strategic goals. Troubleshoot recurring technical and process problems and suggest solutions. Work to help identify areas for technical improvements in online, hybrid and web-enhanced component standards. Make appropriate recommendations regarding LMS tools and information architecture. Serve on cross-functional workgroups to identify and implement solutions that meet the needs of the academic departments for online, hybrid and web-enhanced courses. Work with staff to create an archive of learning objects designed in-house and apply appropriate metadata for retrieval.

Reporting/Data Analysis:
Work with information systems to enhance LMS reporting tools. Identify and maintain critical data. In consultation with appropriate academic department staff, provide enrollment analysis and recommendations regarding course development, revisions, scheduling, and course closure.

Technical Resource and Outreach:
Serve as key organizational resource on cutting edge distance learning trends and advances in LMS software. Create and maintain a library of "best practices in online education" resources for the use of academic programmers and instructors. Responsible for ensuring a close and productive relationship with the appropriate departments on the UC Berkeley campus and for developing external alliances outside of the UC system. Participate in organizational strategic planning and policy-making committees as appropriate.

Qualifications:
The candidate must possess a masters degree (doctorate preferred); strong evidence of vision and leadership in distance education; 5-10 years of progressively responsible management in an academic setting, preferably in distance education; a demonstrated understanding of the major academic, pedagogic, and technology concepts that impact technology-mediated and distributed learning; an ability to work collaboratively with academic and administrative leadership; change management skills; excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to represent the organization internally and externally; experience in a self-supporting environment, including experience developing and managing budgets; and experience in strategic project planning.

The position is a non-Senate, annually renewable academic position. Hiring salary is dependent upon qualifications. Send applications, including a cover letter and resume to Job: CE-Online, Human Resources, University Extension, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 110, Berkeley, CA 94704-7000, jobs@unex.berkeley.edu, or fax to 510-643-6995. For further information visit UC Berkeley Extension’s website www.unex.berkeley.edu or UC Berkeley’s Extension’s Online Department website at http://learn.berkeley.edu/index.html or call 510-642-0169.

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Please do me a favor. I would like to get your suggestions about the following
requirements of wiki. Is it enough to fulfill the collaborative work? Is it a feasible
solution for collaborative work for teachers and students?

The purpose of wiki collaboration space in e-Learning

1. To support both for teachers and students for collaborative work such as
research paper, article, group project, and group assignment.
2. To be a component of e-Learning system.
3. To be a customizable space for each group.

The requirements of Wiki Collaboration Space for e-Learning

To fulfill the purposes of wiki collaboration space:

· Fine-grained permissions that can be set per space, per invidiual.
· Support for groups and group rights.
· A space-wide blog.
· A comments feature on each page.
· Attachments on each page.
· Versioning for pages and attachments.
· Simplistic syndication into and out of the space (RSS).
· A space-wide repository for uploaded attachments, documents
· Support links with individual workspace.
· Support for freeze page.
· Replace wiki markups with WYSIWYG editor.
· View for users’ contributions in each page.
· A space should run individually for each group.
· Support links with other spaces.
· A hierarchical page mechanism (support the way to look desired information)
· Support for searching contents

Hi
I am a student and I have found a great site where one can learn from world's best teachers online. You can have a look if you are interested at tutorswithoutlimit.com

Edited by author 10-21-2006 02:20 AM
We've been following this forum searching for an online eLearning tool and have found a great one elsewhere.

We thought we would share this excellent eLearning tool that has satisfied our business requirements.

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You can help other users by sharing your knowledge and learning experience or post the problem for help on the discussion forum in PurpleTrain.Net. In the mean time, you might meet some new friends. How nice is that. :)

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Does anybody know anything about audience analysis? Please HELP!

Edited by author 02-09-2006 07:12 PM
Hi

I am a student doing a project on Electronic learning packages, I have to compare at least 4 good e Learning packages that are free to access. I am having trouble finding 4 free online elearnig packages devoted to marketing and I was wondering if any of you could help me out.

Thanks in advance

I am trying to find a simple, easy to use LMS or LCMS that does not require external hosting. We have a tight firewall and cannot use an ASP. Any suggestions?

Sorry, that was EZ LCMS at www.ezlcms.com.

Edited by author 11-09-2005 05:32 PM
You all should check out EZ LCMS. Its kind-of an introductory Learning Content Management System (LCMS) for smaller businesses with smaller budgets. It actually does pretty much everything eLearning, just without the Jacked up price and maintenance costs.

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hi,

can somebody help me doing an elearning evaluation. thanks.
i hope somebody will provide me some samples of elearning evaluation.

Greetings Colleagues,

I would like to find some information about assessment mechanisms in e-learning on the net. I will realy appreciate all answers. Thanks.

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Greetings Colleagues,

Just a quick note to inform you about an interesting conference in Paris that you might want to come to. If you do come, let me know so we can meet.
The conference is E-LEARN EXPO http://www.elearnexpo.com at the "Palais des Congres" on January 25rd and 26th, 2005. The exhibition is free, but paid registration is necessary for the conferences.

I will be chairing the International Case Studies session and Sally-Ann Moore, the Event Director, is now putting together the conference program and she has told me that there are opportunities available during both days for conference proposals from exhibitors and sponsors.

If your company has any interest in participating, let me know and I will help you do that under the best conditions.

Also, thanks to the organizers, I am happy to be able to extend to you a special 20% delegate discount for the conferences. If you are interested, please contact me and I will send you the appropriate registration form.
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Greetings Colleagues,

Just a quick note to inform you about an interesting conference in Paris that you might want to come to. If you do come, let me know so we can meet.

The conference is E-LEARN EXPO http://www.elearnexpo.com at the "Palais des Congres" on January 25rd and 26th, 2005. The exhibition is free, but paid registration is necessary for the conferences.

I will be chairing the International Case Studies session and Sally-Ann Moore, the Event Director, is now putting together the conference program and she has told me that there are opportunities available during both days for conference proposals from exhibitors and sponsors.

If your company has any interest in participating, let me know and I will help you do that under the best conditions.

Also, thanks to the organizers, I am happy to be able to extend to you a special 20% delegate discount for the conferences. If you are interested, please contact me and I will send you the appropriate registration form.

Best regards,

James Kigin
International Consultant
Suite #2
23 rue des Solitaires
75019 Paris, France
E-mail: jamesk@kigin.com
Global Cell Phone: +33 (0) 6 87 82 13 70
Web Site: www.kigin.com

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The 8th China International Fair on E-learning, co-sponsored by Education Management Information Centre, Ministry of Education, P.R.C and China International Enterprises Cooperative Corporation (CIECCO), organized by China Enterprises International Exhibitions & Advertising Co., Ltd. (CEIEAC), will be held at the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre in Beijing from November 12 to 14, 2004.

This Fair, will become an annual ceremony in the education field, after having been held successfully for seven times. It will present distance education and training, distance education and e-learning products, technique and services, and aims to provide a new communications platform for the rapidly-developing Chinese distance education market.

As the demand of both schools and enterprises for distance education keeps growing in China in recent years, this huge market is of great interest to relevant companies and online schools. Moreover, European Association for Distance Learning (EADL) has been invited to be an Overseas Supporter of the Fair.


Contact: Elan Wang, Johnson Chi
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Tel: 0086-10-88361773, 0086-10-88382247, Fax: 0086-10-88382248
Website: www.ceieac.net, E-mail: domestic2@ceieac.net, cn_elearning@yahoo.com

Edited by author 08-22-2004 02:49 AM
To whom it may concern,

I am so delighted to be able to access into this kind resource of providing information, discussion, consultation, experience exchange etc. I am a student at Kobe university, Japan. I am really interested in information technology. I would like to learn more about how to do business in IT. E-learning is one of my interests. I want know that can you provide me some case studies on doing business in IT? Full documents.

Thank you for your cooperation in advance.

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Well, this long untended forum is a sign of something, although of what I am not sure. Childish graffiti (thanks, Chicken). Automatic mail responders people forgot to cut off. Silly debate. Self-promotion. And a few legitimate questions. And even some decent responses to them.

If you want to grab anything from this board, now's the time to do it. The new Emergent Learning Forum has set up a double opt-in discussion board to serve its members. I expect to close this QuickTopic down in a few days.

Due to a glitch in the Trifus automated response system, this message board has recently received several erroneous postings. We have addressed the technical problem and apologize for any inconvenience.

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Is there anyway we can have this Trifus thing blocked? Then again maybe I can reroute all my junk email to their contact address on their website? If they were really looking for somebody they would have contacted people that have posted in the job wanted section. I know they haven't done that so...

They are using this as a free advertising section.

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Edited by author 01-29-2004 11:32 AM
I am looking for any advice regarding pricing models for e-learning at Coporate Universities. I have a client looking to re-engineer their corporate university from a cost-recovery model into a profit center. I would like to assist them with pricing strategies for delivering e-learning to their franchises across the country. These franchises already receive training and e-learning rolled up into an annual fee they pay for services from corporate, which include the university's training. While many of the courses this particular division produces require additional costs, they are finding it difficult to figure out the model for chargeback, particularly regarding e-learning. I'm interested in understanding if anyone else in a corporate university has been through the same type of scenario and has developed a pricing strategy for e-learning, particularly audiences that are "external" to corporate, but "internal" to the company (such as the case with the franchise model). I'm NOT interested in vendor e-learning pricing models, as I have plenty of information regarding that topic.

THANKS!
susan
susanm@licensedlearning.com

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Just to clarify. ASTD's CPT's Certification is a piggyback on ISPI's work. ISPI however didn't really know how to market it well. (full disclosure) I have my CPT, It is performance based, but its more like submitting a portfolio of work than a review by a boss. In fact I used work that I did a previous job as the core of my submission. For more on certification endorsed by both ASTD and ISPI visit
http://www.certifiedpt.org/ ( a jointly sponsored site)
 
I do think that given the two stories, the question remains for me.
If good ID does add value how can it be better positioned to be seen that way?


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The classic SME gone instructor. I have thought about this for years. The fix isn't easy. If an instructional designer can coach and help develop systems that are simple and fast for a SME to use then your onto something. Developing a good rep with the SME/ instructor types and then pushing for improved systems seems like the only way it will work.

Ahhhhh... Now that’s the spirit I'm familiar with!

Good news I may be employed though as we all know it isn't a done deal until the paperwork is finished.

I was one of the original students involved in becoming the 2nd official ISPI college chapter. So yes I'm familiar with ISPI. I like ISPI though over the years I feel that some of the original people who pushed for quality have been forgotten. ASTD's license/certificate idea is interesting I do remember looking into the details of it. I can't remember all of my thoughts at the time, but I remember there were some major snags that I disagreed with. For something like that to work in our community the license should not be a source of $ for the sponsor. It should be based on some type of performance rating system which can indicate areas of weakness and strengths like one of those Consumer report car reviews. An online rating for consultants would be very cool from both aspects. As a company looking for someone I could check out the list, flag the people with for instance Healthcare experience. As a consultant I can make sure that all of my areas and specialties are noted so customers will pick me. If I do a crummy job my customer can ding me for points on different aspects or if they really like me and I did a great job they can boost my rating X number of points.

For those of us whom have been salaried employees we could have previous employers, review us in different categories with our levels posted. Then we could send potential employers to see our breakdown/grade.

I think the most important thing is for all of us to continue doing our best in providing quality and to always/ ALWAYS listen to our client no matter if they are internal or external.
Accepting a "training" project only to discover it isn't a training issue (using needs assessment) be a Pro and offer non training solutions! Chances are they will love you for saving them big $'s and really want you to work with them again. Training is our passion, but we are also responsible for knowing when a solution isn’t training.

Have a good week everyone

Your instructional design story is frightening ("One of many")! Will we all have to create new titles for ourselves in order to find our next position? This would make it difficult to write a clear objective for the top of one's resume, too.

I guess in any field we'll run into potential employers who have been burned by someone else with the same title or credentials. It's really tough if they've been burned so much, though.

Maybe we should really get behind ASTD's efforts to create a credentialing system, so we can ask, "Was that a certified instructional designer?" and explain the difference in our own qualifications, methodologies, and potential to benefit the employer.

I agree with you about this discussion board needing life and having great potential if we'll all just use it. It also needs a filter to stop all those out-of-office replies from posting. What a nuisance they are.

Good luck finding a great employer, "One of many"!

Good story,
Have you tried posting this one on the International Society for Performance Improvement Web site? www.ispi.org Im sure it would provoke a reply. :-)
The flip side of this is of course, Subject Matter Experts, who won't use an intructional designer. Instead they come up with their own "training." In the case I am thinking of it is a 74 MINUTE streaming powerpoint presentation on the highly interesting topic of a corporate purchase order system .NO BREAKS, much less learning objectives or practice. nice....
So there you go. How do intstructional designers (or whatever we call ourselves on and offline) serve our clients. There is a good article by Sivasailam (Thiagi) Thiagarajan called Faster Better Cheaper that speaks to these ideas. http://www.thiagi.com/pfp/Generic/january2002.html#TrainingDesign
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This message board needs some life! How many people actually view it?
Yes I'm a member and have attended several meetings; this group is great and run by top notch people. Honestly!

It would be great to hear a little something from everyone on this message board. I don't think we as a professional group do enough conversing with each other.

Perhaps a subject which all of us have dealt with would trigger a little discussion?
Maybe a subject that has a little fire?

This is my attempt:
I have been fortunate to have worked for fairly long periods of time as a salaried employee developing and building online content for several years.

However since May I have spoke with many companies in the Bay Area and interviewed several. I won’t get into the details of my interview experiences.
Though I do want to share that some have been so horribly bad I couldn't see how any job candidate would consider the company serious about filling their position.
Then again jobs are scarce and face it all of us need a paycheck.

The meat of this message:
The perception many people have of an Instructional Designer is down right scary. This has always been a big snag in our field of work, but I thought I would bring it up.
I fully understand some of the perceptions I've encountered and have tried very hard to repackage and reintroduce aspects of instructional Design and what it has to offer.

But, my recent experience over the last 8 months really worries me. I can't tell you how many people I've talked with that felt that they or their team had been unable to work with, or were burned by an "Instructional Designer". Virtually every case has been related to the delivery of an end product or lack of delivery that completely missed the mark.
This has included everything from a fast paced training solution being needed ASAP and the Instructional designer saying sure give me a few months 6ish, let me storyboard it and see what I can do for you.

Ahhhh! So guess what? When I meet with this person the first thing they say is look I don't need an Instructional Designer I want someone to work with team X and help them create a quick training solution on demand. After asking a few questions I realize they are very bitter toward anything I may say which includes the word instructional design. Yikes!

Don't even get me started on "Instructional Designers" selling expensive, complicated education solutions to groups that really only need to document a linear process and provide a simple step by step check list and an effective method of distributing it. (Again faulty needs assessment and the wrong solution resulting in, "Dang that instructional designer guy is expensive and I have no idea what the heck he wants us to do, we just need to show team x what comes after step 1"

Now the flipside, for some reason when I've met with several people looking to hire a Instructional Designer and know about methodologies, processes and all that stuff we use. Their focus and concern is on a whole different level. In short the Instructional stuff is trivial (we already know it) is basically the attitude.

In a few instances the discussion has gone like this. Ok so we know all about Instructional Design and face it anyone can be taught enough of the basics to get by, we want to know if you can sell our product to customers and manage the projects being built for them.

Don't get me wrong, but doesn't an experienced Instructional Designer employ a process which includes managing projects from just about every aspect even the smallest details that many people don't think of? We are even concerned with good needs assessment, ROI, along with feedback systems to help judge value and success.
Plus many of us get down and dirty and create the actual material with our own hands! So what are we missing? Last I checked many teams and groups have several people to perform all of these tasks.

Why is it that we are constantly protecting our field and trying to prove our worth? Are we selling our selves wrong or by stroke of misfortune share a similar character flaw?

Having said all of that: You could say I'm really concerned how we are perceived by others.
If the outside business world thinks that we are all round pegs and they are dealing with slots of every shape I think all of us are in big trouble.

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want to know the job opportunities for analysts in lms and lcms .

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I work as Examinations officer for the British Council in Zimbabwe, but I am enqiring in my personal capacity

I know of British qualifications examinations examined in 100 countries for which there is inadequate tuition. City and Guilds for example is enjoying brisk business in India (over 100 miilion young and adult students) I plan to set up a website not only to sell notes but to offer a lot of links that have to do with student requirements.

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To profile the e-learning industry the major comeptitor, the users and the legislation

How to write a business plan, to present to a angel or venture capitalist

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 can anyone explain ,what does one do in lcmsdo,expain ,how do you go about with lcms.
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AN IMPORTANT UPDATE TO THE POSITION POSTED BY ME ON 12/05: VP OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - E LEARNING COMPANY
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Our client would ideally like to see candidates who have experience in this industry - marketing to K-12 schools. Please be sure to highlight any such experience in your email along with your resume.

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hello people, can someone please explain some of the follow terms and email me if you can. tnx
using learning objects,
integrating with VLE (or in America LMS) including mentoring, webinars, collaboration.

blended learning,
LCMS,
integration with SCORM /AICC standards etc

Hi. Thank you for writing! I will not be able to read my mails until Saturday 6.12. In urgent cases, please call or SMS me on +358 050 516 0658.
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Anne Ginther & Associates has been retained by an international leader in the e-learning market to find a VP of Professional Services.

This is a confidential search. The position may be open to several locations throughout the USA.

This award-winning company needs an individual who can manage the daily business operations of a 100 person services group - to include P&L responsibilities, a $14-$15 Million dollar budget, and someone who can successfully manage a group that is continuously growing and changing.

Official Description:

Plans and directs the companies services business unit. Oversees regional teams of professional trainers responsible for client training and client relationships. Includes responsibility for Services P&L.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Responsible for delivering 14-15 million dollars of service revenue
* Oversee management of a staff of approximately 100 people who offer services to the education market. The VP will work closely with his/her management team to align day-to day operations with the corporate strategic plan in a manner that maximizes customer satisfaction and provides opportunity for the sale of follow-on products and services.
* Collaborate with the sales organization to plan strategies and assign resources.
* Responsible for allocation of resources, including budget and personnel, and for planning for future growth of the Services organization within the corporate strategic framework.
* Sponsor the design, implementation and ongoing administration of all aspects of coaching, motivating, performance evaluating, employee development, hiring, and disciple working in collaboration with HR and other senior leaders.
* Develop, adjust and implement process improvements for delivery of Services.
* Create new, profitable Service Offerings

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* Bachelor's degree, Master's degree strongly preferred
* 12 to 15 years of experience in the delivery of services, with 5+ years of top level management experience,
* Proven ability to set objectives and measure progress, develop and implement operating procedures, assign responsibility for tasks and decisions, interpret corporate policy and contribute to strategic planning efforts.
* Proven ability to manage a P&L
* Proven ability to handle difficult and sensitive situations
* Ability to matrix manage with various support organizations.
* Highly skilled mentor with ability to coach and develop managers
* Ability to present to top level Executives.
* Ability to prioritize activities among conflicting requirements for time and resources.
* Ability to work collaboratively with Sales staff, technical support and clients to implement programs.
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Hi, I would suggest you strongly consider using what you have already built. Unless it is a must that you have no plugins, you will have a great deal more development involved to reproduce your product in another program.

Of the programs you listed, Flash requires a plug-in. The other two, I have not used for trianing development so I will not comment on them.

Good Luck

Hi,

I am from a company called Maximize Learning based in India. We have extensive experience in offering Web Based Training especially converting CD-ROM based training to Web-Based. As we are a Digital Studio, the Audio & Visual design is of extremely high quality. Let me know what kind of work you are looking at & I could give you some examples and suggest any approach towards high end web based training solution.
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I am looking for anyone who has had experience offering training via the Internet. Am looking to offer media rich training (photos, audio narration, text)via the WEB. Training module is already done in Authorware and available on CD-ROM. I want to offer it to all but want to maintain as much visual & audio quality as possible AND want to keep it simple for people to use (perfer no plug-ins). Am looking at using Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, etc...Any sugguestions? Thank you so much.

The Forum meeting Oct. 24 about elearning programs at UC Berkeley was excellent! Thanks so much for making it available online!

Will the handouts be posted on the eLearning Forum site soon? I'd very much like to see them.

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Thanks to those of you that sent me information about Learning Incentive Management providers, though there are not many out there. I decided to accept a position with UpSellUSA (see my previous posting) after getting a look at the LIM solution they developed for Microsoft Partner University. I was very impressed, to say the least and feel they are on the cutting edge of the LIM industry.
Thanks again for those of you that sent me emails,
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Quick note to say that I really enjoyed being an on-line attendee of today's "eLearning Forum" meeting. The moderators did a great job of making voices from cyberspace heard and Interwise worked well as a medium.

Thanks for the opportunity to participate remotely, I look forward to logging on to attend more meetings in the future.

Click2Learn and Docent merge. Anyone have ideas on how this will impact their clients moving forward?
Thoughts and comments on this topic appreciated. Thanks, Sally

Anyone who has outsourced elearning material to a vendor, please share with me your experience and let me know if you would recommend or not recommend this vendor. Please do not write me to advertize your services, as I am really looking for some recommendations.

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I will be out of the office until Monday, October 20, 2003. If your request is urgent, please contact Lorraine Grymala at lgrymala@nati.org or call 218-722-1503.
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Dear Steve,

I work as an e-tutor in a portuguese e-learning solutions provider and we've had some experience with e-Learning and e-Coaching. I can tell you that people who e-study with the assistance of a tutor (more so, when assistance is provided by a personal and exclusive coach) are more motivated to continue studying, show more interest and more active interactional behaviours and achieve better results. You can contact me on snoronha@depsi.pt, should you have any other questions. Thank you,

Hello,

I will be out of the office until Monday, October 20, 2003. If your request is urgent, please contact Lorraine Grymala at lgrymala@nati.org or call 218-722-1503.
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Has anyone had any experience with Coaching and ELearning. In particular, I am looking for information on people who has used ELearning and had access to a Coach (for assistance if required) at the same time

Anyone??

Steve Chorny
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I have been a business development executive in the elearning industry for about 4 years now, coming from the ILT technical education arena. I have worked directly with many vendors and corporations over the years, and have found the biggest challenge in the success of elearning to be course completion. Drop outs or lack of motivation is by far the biggest complaint among corporate training directors, CLOs and training providers. I was recently doing research on incentive programs, wondering if there was an EIM solution provider catering to the elearning or corporate training industry and offering a solution that would provide training incentives and award programs to motivate students to complete courses. I found one company in Seattle called Upsell USA, that tracks student progress, then awards points throughout training and offers rewards for points accrued. Rewards can be merchandise from their catalog, paid time off, gift certificates or corporate logo merchandise (provided by employer) and can be customized for each corporation, using their provided LMS or their own corporate LMS. When I saw they were exhibiting at Online Learning 2003, I visited their booth and was very impressed. Can anyone tell me if they are aware of any other Enterprise Incentive Management companies catering exclusively to the elearning or training industry? I know there are several that cater to sales organizations, but have not seen any others catering to and compatible with elearning.
Thanks so much,
Rhonda Taylor
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A very nice site to learn languages online with native speakers :
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We use LUVIT (www.luvit.com) as our course system.
That's a litte overkill system for our needs, thou. So, what I'm looking for, is a little, tiny system that would fullfill our needs.

This is what I'm looking for:
We do not need the possibility to upload documents. We have those on a separate web server. We just want to limit the access to those documents to a restricted user list.
Is there any software, maybe even freeware, that let the administrator build a menu for links to web pages and assign user access to them?

An easy system?

  
 
 
 
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 The Pros and the Cons
There has been a lot of hype about e-learning, however, we need to realize that e-learning is fundamentally an effective form of learning. Computing technologies can expand the reach and range of traditional residential colleges, universities, and organizational training programs. They enable learners to synthesize traditional learning with online experiences. Some learners seek a mixture of face-to-face experiences and network-based education. e-Learning programs can provide a more individualized, self-paced, self-directed learning experience. A network can expand the number of options for interaction among faculty and learners.

However, in a survey from the Masie Center (Learning At Our Desks), training professionals reported that only 29% e-learning would be done during work, the rest would be done after work, during lunch, etc. Why this may be fine for some workers, others see it as an intrusion into their time. Is this the message that we want e-learning to send...that it is to be performed on the worker's time?

Labor Savings
You might expect to save in training salaries when e-learning methodologies are introduced, however, both learners and managers both want a trainer assigned to the e-learning experience (see Roles and Expectations for e-Trainers). So while e-learning might enable trainers to make more effective use of their time, it will not eliminate them.

Cost Savings
e-Learning offers economies of scale. After a sometimes large front-end investment, the cost of usage per incremental student is apt to be low. Moreover, access to very large amounts of information can be obtained at low incremental cost (Using Information Technology to Enhance Academic Productivity). Technology-based solutions also tend to be more scalable than labor-intensive ones. One should expect that additional learners could be accommodated at lower cost with technology than with traditional training methods.

  

In the above article (Using Information Technology to Enhance Academic Productivity), William Massy and Robert Zemsky write, "... technology provides more flexibility than traditional teaching methods once one moves beyond minor changes that can be instituted by individual professors. The 'career' of a workstation may well be less than five years, whereas that of a professor often exceeds 30 years. Workstations don't get tenure, and delegations are less likely to wait on the provost when particular equipment items are 'laid off.' The 'retraining' of IT equipment (for example, reprogramming), while not inexpensive, is easier and more predictable than retraining a tenured professor. Within limits, departments will gain a larger zone of flexibility as the capital-labor ratio grows."
 

This statement should be particularly troubling to HRD professionals, leaders, and managers who declare "People are our most important asset!" For Massy and Zemsky's are now declaring, "People are our most important asset -- but only for a limited amount of time!" Also, the statement indicates that a person does not learn over a lifetime, that they suddenly become obsolete and must be retrained. Hummm...I thought e-learning and life-long-learning sort of went hand-in-hand, at least according to the e-learning zealots...

Systematic
Clark Aldrich, a senior analyst at consultancy the Gartner Group, says that in the past, corporate training efforts were ad hoc. He also believes that training in a classroom is often delivered "just-in-case" while e-learning via the Web or CD-ROM is delivered "just-in-time" (Traditional Training Fades In Favor Of E-Learning). Moreover, Aldrich says training has not been systematic. Typically there's little correlation between who needs training and who gets trained. Aldrich says under the traditional system, "training becomes a way to perpetuate, in some cases, bad habits and, in most cases, old habits."

As far as it not being systematic, Training magazine did an article on Instructional Development Design (The Attack on ISD), which is often used to develop classroom learning. In the article, ISD was reported as being too systematic.

Where Aldrich and the the ISD article go wrong is that they are blaming the messenger (in this case the tools), instead of the source. ISD, e-learning, c-learning, etc. are simply tools that help us with the development and delivery of a message, which in training, is the learning package. If a trainer cannot develop an effective learning package with ISD, what makes us believe that she is going to be able to do so with a medium such as e-learning? Lets stop blaming the tools and the media. Ineffective trainers will build crappy learning packages, no matter what wiz-bang tool or medium we hand them!

Also, there is no proof that one medium leads to "just-in-case" learning, while another medium provides "just-in-time" learning -- again, it depends upon the skills of the developer and trainer. In fact, a lot of e-learning is now and will continue to be "just-in-case" learning, which is a form of development (see Communities of Practice).

Drop Out Rates
While e-learning seems to answer a lot of learner's needs, drop-out rates are higher than those for campus-based learning. This is probably the one downside of distance learning that almost everyone agrees upon. Some people thrive on the social interaction of others and they quickly loose interest when they are placed in environments that lack such socializing events as being with others, peer pressure, the ability to do well in front of others, or spirits of competition or cooperation.



"Despite what's said about the electronic classroom, it's a lonely way to study," reports Lambert in the article, Distance Learning Goes the Distance. He suggests that not everyone is blessed with the discipline and motivation that distance learning requires.

Vicky Phillips, founder of Geteducated.com, a consulting agency for distance educators, estimates the online student dropout rate at around 35%. The average attrition rate for college freshman at U.S. universities is around 20% (The Virtual Classroom Vs. The Real One).

These higher drop-out rates are usually associated with the difficulty that learners have with maintaining the motivation to work their way through courses without feeling either lost or isolated to the point that they simply stop working on the material.

However, some drop out occurs because a learner quits once she has extracted the knowledge or skills required to perform her job. We need to view drop out rates from at least two sides:

The learner quits the program because the learning package did not fit her needs (failure of the learning package to retain learner).
The learner quits the program because she extracted what she needed from the learning package (no failure, the entire learning package was just more than she required).
Retention Rates
Note: retention in this section means what is remembered, NOT dropping out.

Millbank studied the effectiveness of a mix of audio plus video in corporate training. When he introduced real-time interactivity, the retention rate of the trainees was raised from about 20 percent (using ordinary classroom methods) to about 75 percent (Millbank, G. 1994. Writing multimedia training with integrated simulation. Paper presented at the Writersí Retreat on Interactive Technology and Equipment. Vancouver, BC: The University of British Columbia Continuing Studies. p. 75).

However, this mixture takes bandwidth, which is not plentiful in most organizations.

Its the Method, Not the Delivery System!
Jerald Schutte, a Sociology Professor at CSU-Northridge reported that students in his virtual class performed 20% better than students in his traditional class (Virtual Teaching in Higher Education: The New Intellectual Superhighway or Just Another Traffic Jam?) A lot of sources were quick to reference this source as being a prime example of the power of e-learning.

However, it is not the power of e-learning that brought about this achievement, but the methodology employed (Does Using Technology in Instruction Enhance Learning?). e-Learning is a medium, not a methodology. Note that some of the benefits of e-learning were significant in bringing about the increase in student performance, but the same results could have been achieved in the classroom if the same methodology was employed.

No Significant Difference
The No Significant Difference Phenomenon, compiles various writings on distance learning. The bulk of these writings suggest that the learning outcomes of students using technology at a distance are similar to the learning outcomes of students who participate in conventional classroom instruction.

The Whatís the Difference? report (available at The Institute for Higher Education Policy) discusses the quality and effectiveness of distance learning. Note that it is mostly a rebuttal of the No Significant Difference report.

A study completed by the U.S. Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences. That study, entitled Training Through Distance Learning: An Assessment of Research Findings (Site source and PDF source) was published in October 1999, and reviews a broad array of literature on the effectiveness of distance learning. The report found the quality of the research on distance learningís effectiveness was quite weak.

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* Convenient - As more and more people struggle to balance the demands of work and home, e-Learning allows people to learn from work, home and on the road.

* Relevant - Since courses and content deal with the most current topics, e-Learning ensures training is applicable to a person's career and business objectives.

* Immediate - Because training can be delivered via the Internet, e-Learning allows people to begin their training now, with just a few mouse clicks.

* Affordable - The bottom line is cost savings. Corporations save between 50-70% due to elimination of travel expenses according to Training Magazine.

Online training also eliminates lost opportunity expenses. The time spent away from the job traveling or sitting in a classroom cuts down on an employee’s productivity.

* Fun - By providing only the highest-quality interactive content, e-Learning not only effectively keeps people up-to-date, but interested as well.

Take a look at these e-learning benefit details, and I think you'll agree that e-learning is the new way of learning in the 21st century.

• Valuable courses that will raise your earning power - Learn from leading companies and experts right at home or at work; you don't need to travel anywhere to get online learning. And students can often get their employer to pay for computer training.

• Proven and Certified - CEU's - earn Continuing Education Units from accredited universities for successfully completing online learning. CEUs are currently awarded by both Ohio University and Otterbein College in Ohio. If the student completes a course with 70% or better, then the certificate of completion button appears on the scores page, so the student can print a professional certificate of completion. Microsoft approved courseware - e-learning prepares you for Microsoft certifications.

• Easy to Use - you only need an internet browser; HTML based and designed to load quick and get you learning fast; tested and proven online training designs with step by step, easy walk through's. Features include: Bookmarks where you are so you can easily return; Master index to search within all courses while in one course - easily move from one section of a course to a specific section within another course.

• Useful, effective help - Lots of help in the online courses, or in person from our staff.

• Great return on your investment - affordable online training - up to 93% cheaper than instructor led courses, e-learning is cost effective and easy on your pocketbook. Where else can you get access to a large library of online courses for 19 cents a day?

• Interactive - simulations have learners do what they are learning which leads to greater retention of covered material; accommodates different learning styles through audio, visual graphics, testing and printable exercises with PDF downloadable files for extra practice.

• Self Directed and Convenient- learn at your own pace, quickly or take your time. Focus on what you need - skip what you know or don't need. Or, repeat sections. You're always in control of learning where, when and how you want with unlimited access 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

• Complete lessons - learn subjects in depth - Course glossaries included, no dictionaries needed; Built in notes, tips, quick references, detail links, and simulations; with exercises and practice files that increase your retention, up your level of involvement and keep the material fresh.

• Pre and post skill assessments measure your progress - can be used before, mid-way, or after taking the course. First try, best try and online course grade are tracked. If passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered'. Scores page - there are direct links for the units, so if a student does not master a particular unit, they can go directly to retake that unit.

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 Potential Pros of Online Learning:

No time spent commuting to class

No travel costs

You can have a job while you take classes

You can learn when you need it (Just-In-Time)

Your learning options are not constrained by your geographic location

You can learn at your own pace

Learning can be fit into your busy schedule

Can be more effective for certain types of learners (shy, reflective, language challenged, those that need more time)

Often more student to student interaction

Can be more focused on the learner and less on the instructor

Instruction can be more customized and flexible (especially CBT)

Can lower costs for both learning providers and organizations that need training

Often less costs for students than traditional programs

Side benefits of learning new technologies and technical skills

Potential Cons of Online Learning:

Instructors need to learn to be effective online instructors

Hard for instructors to move traditional content online

More time consuming for instructors to provide individualized feedback (because more learners are often actively involved)

Equipment needs of students and learning providers

Technical training and support of learners and instructors

Academic honesty of online students

Types and effectiveness of assessments

Lack of face to face interaction

Equity of access to learners of all backgrounds and parts of society

Requires new skills and responsibilities from learners

Does not provide many social aspects of a true campus or traditional classroom
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09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
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09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Carl Crisostomo 265
 
08-18-2003 09:43 AM ET (US)
 Out of Office AutoReply: eLearning Forum

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Mary Lynn Monge 264
 
08-18-2003 09:42 AM ET (US)
 Lisa, I subscribe to a free discussion group (email listserv) from Brandon Hall on LMSs. There is often discussion there about inexpensive LMS solutions as well as about the problems that people have with the LMSs they've bought, etc. You might find it very helpful. You can subscribe (for free) here:
http://www.brandon-hall.com/disgroup.html (I have nothing to do with Brandon Hall except that I subscribe to a couple of their free listservs, which are useful.) I see on their web site that they are also selling a report on LMS solutions, but I don't know anything about it.
 
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chicken backside 271
 
09-03-2003 05:40 AM ET (US)
 e-learning
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* Convenient - As more and more people struggle to balance the demands of work and home, e-Learning allows people to learn from work, home and on the road.

* Relevant - Since courses and content deal with the most current topics, e-Learning ensures training is applicable to a person's career and business objectives.

* Immediate - Because training can be delivered via the Internet, e-Learning allows people to begin their training now, with just a few mouse clicks.

* Affordable - The bottom line is cost savings. Corporations save between 50-70% due to elimination of travel expenses according to Training Magazine.

Online training also eliminates lost opportunity expenses. The time spent away from the job traveling or sitting in a classroom cuts down on an employee’s productivity.

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Take a look at these e-learning benefit details, and I think you'll agree that e-learning is the new way of learning in the 21st century.

• Valuable courses that will raise your earning power - Learn from leading companies and experts right at home or at work; you don't need to travel anywhere to get online learning. And students can often get their employer to pay for computer training.

• Proven and Certified - CEU's - earn Continuing Education Units from accredited universities for successfully completing online learning. CEUs are currently awarded by both Ohio University and Otterbein College in Ohio. If the student completes a course with 70% or better, then the certificate of completion button appears on the scores page, so the student can print a professional certificate of completion. Microsoft approved courseware - e-learning prepares you for Microsoft certifications.

• Easy to Use - you only need an internet browser; HTML based and designed to load quick and get you learning fast; tested and proven online training designs with step by step, easy walk through's. Features include: Bookmarks where you are so you can easily return; Master index to search within all courses while in one course - easily move from one section of a course to a specific section within another course.

• Useful, effective help - Lots of help in the online courses, or in person from our staff.

• Great return on your investment - affordable online training - up to 93% cheaper than instructor led courses, e-learning is cost effective and easy on your pocketbook. Where else can you get access to a large library of online courses for 19 cents a day?

• Interactive - simulations have learners do what they are learning which leads to greater retention of covered material; accommodates different learning styles through audio, visual graphics, testing and printable exercises with PDF downloadable files for extra practice.

• Self Directed and Convenient- learn at your own pace, quickly or take your time. Focus on what you need - skip what you know or don't need. Or, repeat sections. You're always in control of learning where, when and how you want with unlimited access 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

• Complete lessons - learn subjects in depth - Course glossaries included, no dictionaries needed; Built in notes, tips, quick references, detail links, and simulations; with exercises and practice files that increase your retention, up your level of involvement and keep the material fresh.

• Pre and post skill assessments measure your progress - can be used before, mid-way, or after taking the course. First try, best try and online course grade are tracked. If passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered'. Scores page - there are direct links for the units, so if a student does not master a particular unit, they can go directly to retake that unit.

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chicken backside 270
 
09-03-2003 05:28 AM ET (US)
 Potential Pros of Online Learning:

No time spent commuting to class

No travel costs

You can have a job while you take classes

You can learn when you need it (Just-In-Time)

Your learning options are not constrained by your geographic location

You can learn at your own pace

Learning can be fit into your busy schedule

Can be more effective for certain types of learners (shy, reflective, language challenged, those that need more time)

Often more student to student interaction

Can be more focused on the learner and less on the instructor

Instruction can be more customized and flexible (especially CBT)

Can lower costs for both learning providers and organizations that need training

Often less costs for students than traditional programs

Side benefits of learning new technologies and technical skills

Potential Cons of Online Learning:

Instructors need to learn to be effective online instructors

Hard for instructors to move traditional content online

More time consuming for instructors to provide individualized feedback (because more learners are often actively involved)

Equipment needs of students and learning providers

Technical training and support of learners and instructors

Academic honesty of online students

Types and effectiveness of assessments

Lack of face to face interaction

Equity of access to learners of all backgrounds and parts of society

Requires new skills and responsibilities from learners

Does not provide many social aspects of a true campus or traditional classroom
chicken backside 269
 
09-03-2003 05:24 AM ET (US)
 Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
 
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The Pros and the Cons
There has been a lot of hype about e-learning, however, we need to realize that e-learning is fundamentally an effective form of learning. Computing technologies can expand the reach and range of traditional residential colleges, universities, and organizational training programs. They enable learners to synthesize traditional learning with online experiences. Some learners seek a mixture of face-to-face experiences and network-based education. e-Learning programs can provide a more individualized, self-paced, self-directed learning experience. A network can expand the number of options for interaction among faculty and learners.

However, in a survey from the Masie Center (Learning At Our Desks), training professionals reported that only 29% e-learning would be done during work, the rest would be done after work, during lunch, etc. Why this may be fine for some workers, others see it as an intrusion into their time. Is this the message that we want e-learning to send...that it is to be performed on the worker's time?

Labor Savings
You might expect to save in training salaries when e-learning methodologies are introduced, however, both learners and managers both want a trainer assigned to the e-learning experience (see Roles and Expectations for e-Trainers). So while e-learning might enable trainers to make more effective use of their time, it will not eliminate them.

Cost Savings
e-Learning offers economies of scale. After a sometimes large front-end investment, the cost of usage per incremental student is apt to be low. Moreover, access to very large amounts of information can be obtained at low incremental cost (Using Information Technology to Enhance Academic Productivity). Technology-based solutions also tend to be more scalable than labor-intensive ones. One should expect that additional learners could be accommodated at lower cost with technology than with traditional training methods.

  

In the above article (Using Information Technology to Enhance Academic Productivity), William Massy and Robert Zemsky write, "... technology provides more flexibility than traditional teaching methods once one moves beyond minor changes that can be instituted by individual professors. The 'career' of a workstation may well be less than five years, whereas that of a professor often exceeds 30 years. Workstations don't get tenure, and delegations are less likely to wait on the provost when particular equipment items are 'laid off.' The 'retraining' of IT equipment (for example, reprogramming), while not inexpensive, is easier and more predictable than retraining a tenured professor. Within limits, departments will gain a larger zone of flexibility as the capital-labor ratio grows."
 

This statement should be particularly troubling to HRD professionals, leaders, and managers who declare "People are our most important asset!" For Massy and Zemsky's are now declaring, "People are our most important asset -- but only for a limited amount of time!" Also, the statement indicates that a person does not learn over a lifetime, that they suddenly become obsolete and must be retrained. Hummm...I thought e-learning and life-long-learning sort of went hand-in-hand, at least according to the e-learning zealots...

Systematic
Clark Aldrich, a senior analyst at consultancy the Gartner Group, says that in the past, corporate training efforts were ad hoc. He also believes that training in a classroom is often delivered "just-in-case" while e-learning via the Web or CD-ROM is delivered "just-in-time" (Traditional Training Fades In Favor Of E-Learning). Moreover, Aldrich says training has not been systematic. Typically there's little correlation between who needs training and who gets trained. Aldrich says under the traditional system, "training becomes a way to perpetuate, in some cases, bad habits and, in most cases, old habits."

As far as it not being systematic, Training magazine did an article on Instructional Development Design (The Attack on ISD), which is often used to develop classroom learning. In the article, ISD was reported as being too systematic.

Where Aldrich and the the ISD article go wrong is that they are blaming the messenger (in this case the tools), instead of the source. ISD, e-learning, c-learning, etc. are simply tools that help us with the development and delivery of a message, which in training, is the learning package. If a trainer cannot develop an effective learning package with ISD, what makes us believe that she is going to be able to do so with a medium such as e-learning? Lets stop blaming the tools and the media. Ineffective trainers will build crappy learning packages, no matter what wiz-bang tool or medium we hand them!

Also, there is no proof that one medium leads to "just-in-case" learning, while another medium provides "just-in-time" learning -- again, it depends upon the skills of the developer and trainer. In fact, a lot of e-learning is now and will continue to be "just-in-case" learning, which is a form of development (see Communities of Practice).

Drop Out Rates
While e-learning seems to answer a lot of learner's needs, drop-out rates are higher than those for campus-based learning. This is probably the one downside of distance learning that almost everyone agrees upon. Some people thrive on the social interaction of others and they quickly loose interest when they are placed in environments that lack such socializing events as being with others, peer pressure, the ability to do well in front of others, or spirits of competition or cooperation.



"Despite what's said about the electronic classroom, it's a lonely way to study," reports Lambert in the article, Distance Learning Goes the Distance. He suggests that not everyone is blessed with the discipline and motivation that distance learning requires.

Vicky Phillips, founder of Geteducated.com, a consulting agency for distance educators, estimates the online student dropout rate at around 35%. The average attrition rate for college freshman at U.S. universities is around 20% (The Virtual Classroom Vs. The Real One).

These higher drop-out rates are usually associated with the difficulty that learners have with maintaining the motivation to work their way through courses without feeling either lost or isolated to the point that they simply stop working on the material.

However, some drop out occurs because a learner quits once she has extracted the knowledge or skills required to perform her job. We need to view drop out rates from at least two sides:

The learner quits the program because the learning package did not fit her needs (failure of the learning package to retain learner).
The learner quits the program because she extracted what she needed from the learning package (no failure, the entire learning package was just more than she required).
Retention Rates
Note: retention in this section means what is remembered, NOT dropping out.

Millbank studied the effectiveness of a mix of audio plus video in corporate training. When he introduced real-time interactivity, the retention rate of the trainees was raised from about 20 percent (using ordinary classroom methods) to about 75 percent (Millbank, G. 1994. Writing multimedia training with integrated simulation. Paper presented at the Writersí Retreat on Interactive Technology and Equipment. Vancouver, BC: The University of British Columbia Continuing Studies. p. 75).

However, this mixture takes bandwidth, which is not plentiful in most organizations.

Its the Method, Not the Delivery System!
Jerald Schutte, a Sociology Professor at CSU-Northridge reported that students in his virtual class performed 20% better than students in his traditional class (Virtual Teaching in Higher Education: The New Intellectual Superhighway or Just Another Traffic Jam?) A lot of sources were quick to reference this source as being a prime example of the power of e-learning.

However, it is not the power of e-learning that brought about this achievement, but the methodology employed (Does Using Technology in Instruction Enhance Learning?). e-Learning is a medium, not a methodology. Note that some of the benefits of e-learning were significant in bringing about the increase in student performance, but the same results could have been achieved in the classroom if the same methodology was employed.

No Significant Difference
The No Significant Difference Phenomenon, compiles various writings on distance learning. The bulk of these writings suggest that the learning outcomes of students using technology at a distance are similar to the learning outcomes of students who participate in conventional classroom instruction.

The Whatís the Difference? report (available at The Institute for Higher Education Policy) discusses the quality and effectiveness of distance learning. Note that it is mostly a rebuttal of the No Significant Difference report.

A study completed by the U.S. Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences. That study, entitled Training Through Distance Learning: An Assessment of Research Findings (Site source and PDF source) was published in October 1999, and reviews a broad array of literature on the effectiveness of distance learning. The report found the quality of the research on distance learningís effectiveness was quite weak.

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* Convenient - As more and more people struggle to balance the demands of work and home, e-Learning allows people to learn from work, home and on the road.

* Relevant - Since courses and content deal with the most current topics, e-Learning ensures training is applicable to a person's career and business objectives.

* Immediate - Because training can be delivered via the Internet, e-Learning allows people to begin their training now, with just a few mouse clicks.

* Affordable - The bottom line is cost savings. Corporations save between 50-70% due to elimination of travel expenses according to Training Magazine.

Online training also eliminates lost opportunity expenses. The time spent away from the job traveling or sitting in a classroom cuts down on an employee’s productivity.

* Fun - By providing only the highest-quality interactive content, e-Learning not only effectively keeps people up-to-date, but interested as well.

Take a look at these e-learning benefit details, and I think you'll agree that e-learning is the new way of learning in the 21st century.

• Valuable courses that will raise your earning power - Learn from leading companies and experts right at home or at work; you don't need to travel anywhere to get online learning. And students can often get their employer to pay for computer training.

• Proven and Certified - CEU's - earn Continuing Education Units from accredited universities for successfully completing online learning. CEUs are currently awarded by both Ohio University and Otterbein College in Ohio. If the student completes a course with 70% or better, then the certificate of completion button appears on the scores page, so the student can print a professional certificate of completion. Microsoft approved courseware - e-learning prepares you for Microsoft certifications.

• Easy to Use - you only need an internet browser; HTML based and designed to load quick and get you learning fast; tested and proven online training designs with step by step, easy walk through's. Features include: Bookmarks where you are so you can easily return; Master index to search within all courses while in one course - easily move from one section of a course to a specific section within another course.

• Useful, effective help - Lots of help in the online courses, or in person from our staff.

• Great return on your investment - affordable online training - up to 93% cheaper than instructor led courses, e-learning is cost effective and easy on your pocketbook. Where else can you get access to a large library of online courses for 19 cents a day?

• Interactive - simulations have learners do what they are learning which leads to greater retention of covered material; accommodates different learning styles through audio, visual graphics, testing and printable exercises with PDF downloadable files for extra practice.

• Self Directed and Convenient- learn at your own pace, quickly or take your time. Focus on what you need - skip what you know or don't need. Or, repeat sections. You're always in control of learning where, when and how you want with unlimited access 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

• Complete lessons - learn subjects in depth - Course glossaries included, no dictionaries needed; Built in notes, tips, quick references, detail links, and simulations; with exercises and practice files that increase your retention, up your level of involvement and keep the material fresh.

• Pre and post skill assessments measure your progress - can be used before, mid-way, or after taking the course. First try, best try and online course grade are tracked. If passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered'. Scores page - there are direct links for the units, so if a student does not master a particular unit, they can go directly to retake that unit.

E-Learning through e-Learning Center's Online Training is easy, fun, and affordable!
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09-03-2003 05:28 AM ET (US)
 Potential Pros of Online Learning:

No time spent commuting to class

No travel costs

You can have a job while you take classes

You can learn when you need it (Just-In-Time)

Your learning options are not constrained by your geographic location

You can learn at your own pace

Learning can be fit into your busy schedule

Can be more effective for certain types of learners (shy, reflective, language challenged, those that need more time)

Often more student to student interaction

Can be more focused on the learner and less on the instructor

Instruction can be more customized and flexible (especially CBT)

Can lower costs for both learning providers and organizations that need training

Often less costs for students than traditional programs

Side benefits of learning new technologies and technical skills

Potential Cons of Online Learning:

Instructors need to learn to be effective online instructors

Hard for instructors to move traditional content online

More time consuming for instructors to provide individualized feedback (because more learners are often actively involved)

Equipment needs of students and learning providers

Technical training and support of learners and instructors

Academic honesty of online students

Types and effectiveness of assessments

Lack of face to face interaction

Equity of access to learners of all backgrounds and parts of society

Requires new skills and responsibilities from learners

Does not provide many social aspects of a true campus or traditional classroom
chicken backside 269
 
09-03-2003 05:24 AM ET (US)
 Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Carl Crisostomo 265
 
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Your Benefits in using e-Learning are Huge!

* Convenient - As more and more people struggle to balance the demands of work and home, e-Learning allows people to learn from work, home and on the road.

* Relevant - Since courses and content deal with the most current topics, e-Learning ensures training is applicable to a person's career and business objectives.

* Immediate - Because training can be delivered via the Internet, e-Learning allows people to begin their training now, with just a few mouse clicks.

* Affordable - The bottom line is cost savings. Corporations save between 50-70% due to elimination of travel expenses according to Training Magazine.

Online training also eliminates lost opportunity expenses. The time spent away from the job traveling or sitting in a classroom cuts down on an employee’s productivity.

* Fun - By providing only the highest-quality interactive content, e-Learning not only effectively keeps people up-to-date, but interested as well.

Take a look at these e-learning benefit details, and I think you'll agree that e-learning is the new way of learning in the 21st century.

• Valuable courses that will raise your earning power - Learn from leading companies and experts right at home or at work; you don't need to travel anywhere to get online learning. And students can often get their employer to pay for computer training.

• Proven and Certified - CEU's - earn Continuing Education Units from accredited universities for successfully completing online learning. CEUs are currently awarded by both Ohio University and Otterbein College in Ohio. If the student completes a course with 70% or better, then the certificate of completion button appears on the scores page, so the student can print a professional certificate of completion. Microsoft approved courseware - e-learning prepares you for Microsoft certifications.

• Easy to Use - you only need an internet browser; HTML based and designed to load quick and get you learning fast; tested and proven online training designs with step by step, easy walk through's. Features include: Bookmarks where you are so you can easily return; Master index to search within all courses while in one course - easily move from one section of a course to a specific section within another course.

• Useful, effective help - Lots of help in the online courses, or in person from our staff.

• Great return on your investment - affordable online training - up to 93% cheaper than instructor led courses, e-learning is cost effective and easy on your pocketbook. Where else can you get access to a large library of online courses for 19 cents a day?

• Interactive - simulations have learners do what they are learning which leads to greater retention of covered material; accommodates different learning styles through audio, visual graphics, testing and printable exercises with PDF downloadable files for extra practice.

• Self Directed and Convenient- learn at your own pace, quickly or take your time. Focus on what you need - skip what you know or don't need. Or, repeat sections. You're always in control of learning where, when and how you want with unlimited access 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

• Complete lessons - learn subjects in depth - Course glossaries included, no dictionaries needed; Built in notes, tips, quick references, detail links, and simulations; with exercises and practice files that increase your retention, up your level of involvement and keep the material fresh.

• Pre and post skill assessments measure your progress - can be used before, mid-way, or after taking the course. First try, best try and online course grade are tracked. If passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered'. Scores page - there are direct links for the units, so if a student does not master a particular unit, they can go directly to retake that unit.

E-Learning through e-Learning Center's Online Training is easy, fun, and affordable!
We strive to make distance education relevant and interactive, so that people are successful and want to continue learning. Distance learning is designed to keep individuals and employees interested in a training and educational program by making online learning convenient, relevant, immediate, and fun.

Please click here to enroll for your online learning subscription

e-Learning is here and ready to use today. With online training, you can immediately start to improve your job skills, or the job skills of your team, department, or your entire company. Computer training allows you to start creating a better skilled, better performing workforce today.

If you still aren't sure that distance learning is right for you, take a look at what some of our clients have to say:

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Potential Pros of Online Learning:

No time spent commuting to class

No travel costs

You can have a job while you take classes

You can learn when you need it (Just-In-Time)

Your learning options are not constrained by your geographic location

You can learn at your own pace

Learning can be fit into your busy schedule

Can be more effective for certain types of learners (shy, reflective, language challenged, those that need more time)

Often more student to student interaction

Can be more focused on the learner and less on the instructor

Instruction can be more customized and flexible (especially CBT)

Can lower costs for both learning providers and organizations that need training

Often less costs for students than traditional programs

Side benefits of learning new technologies and technical skills

Potential Cons of Online Learning:

Instructors need to learn to be effective online instructors

Hard for instructors to move traditional content online

More time consuming for instructors to provide individualized feedback (because more learners are often actively involved)

Equipment needs of students and learning providers

Technical training and support of learners and instructors

Academic honesty of online students

Types and effectiveness of assessments

Lack of face to face interaction

Equity of access to learners of all backgrounds and parts of society

Requires new skills and responsibilities from learners

Does not provide many social aspects of a true campus or traditional classroom

Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
vShawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net
Shawn Torkelson 268
 
09-03-2003 12:44 AM ET (US)
 Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.
Noushin 267
 
09-02-2003 08:10 AM ET (US)
 Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx
michele wms-smith 266
 
09-01-2003 01:53 PM ET (US)
 Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net

Noushin:

I don't personally think it is extraordinarily important how you want to spell it just as long as your message gets across. For instance, on our company website we use e.Learning simply because it fits with the format of the text on the website we've built but in writing I typically use e-Learning. Of course when you start a sentence with it MS Word changes it to E-Learning but then again...that's good ole' Microsoft spell check so in the end, I'm not so sure it matters at all.

Hello
I have a question :
Should we write e-Learning , E-Learning , or E-learning , or it is not important ?
thanx

Hello,

Is anyone going to the Online Learning conference hosted by Vnulearning in September?
What do you feel about the certificate programs?
Have you every attended any in the past?

Michele
michelewms@earthlink.net

Out of Office AutoReply: eLearning Forum

I am out of the office until the 2nd September 2003.

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If you require any other type of assistance please contact my colleague Ed Stark, mail: ed@absolutelytraining.com, Tel: 0207 557 4686. STRIPMIME_JOINLINES

Lisa, I subscribe to a free discussion group (email listserv) from Brandon Hall on LMSs. There is often discussion there about inexpensive LMS solutions as well as about the problems that people have with the LMSs they've bought, etc. You might find it very helpful. You can subscribe (for free) here:
http://www.brandon-hall.com/disgroup.html (I have nothing to do with Brandon Hall except that I subscribe to a couple of their free listservs, which are useful.) I see on their web site that they are also selling a report on LMS solutions, but I don't know anything about it.

HI
I represent a company called INDELTA we are a e-learning solutions company supplying a lerning management system Called INDELTA learning Platform (ILP) We have been around for 8 years hand have several e-learning activities and support areas. You can learn more about us at www.indelta.com.au

I'm no longer a full-time employee--however, I will be doing some part-time work from home for the Finance Department. I will check this e-mail box occasionally, however, if this is of an urgent nature you can e-mail me at my new e-mail of connie.ott@ci.maple-valley.wa.us - Thanks for 7 great years. Connie

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Lisa,

I represent Akuter, Inc. We are a software vendor focusing on the Mid-Market. Our solution, Akuter Enterprise, includes an authoring tool, an LCMS, an LMS and reporting tools. The software has been designed for a low barrier of adoption and quick ROI, and is very affordable.
It would solve the problem you describe.
Please, fill free to call me for further information.

Best regards,

Chantal Couturier
Business Development
Akuter, Inc.
Tel: 650-947-0156
ccouturier@akuter.com

Edited by author 07-31-2003 01:21 AM
Lisa,

I am a Business Manager with Synapse SE and part of what we do is Custom e-Learning Solutions. We do license our LMS to those organizations looking to develop and host their own courseware developed internally.

We can license our LMS at the enterprise level in large user blocks or we have a small business program that allows an organization to simply license the full-features LMS for one low monthly fee, have us host the LMS on our servers and we have built-in courseware development tools for you to use. This small business option is available for organization with needs of up to 100 users and does include management reporting that can be customized according to your needs.

In addition to this we also offer custom courseware and assessment development, an off the shelf course catalog with over 11,000 hours of learning time in over 450 core curriculums and more...

You can download our LMS product datasheet at http://www.synapse-se.com/eg/education-group.html anytime and certainly feel free to give me a call or send me an email using my contact information below. I am very confident that we can help you with what you're looking to do.

Thanks Lisa!

Shawn Torkelson
Business Manager
Synapse SE Corporation
612.501.2620
storkelson@synapse-se.com
www.synapse-se.com

Hello Lisa,
I represent A.S.K. Learning. We are a custom elearning courseware developer and have a proprietary LMS. This LMS provides robust reporting and tracking. However, we do not sell it as a stand alone product but rather as part of our courseware development and delivery. It is quite inexpensive and easy to administer. If you are interested in a courseware developer partner and an LMS, we might be able to help you.
Please feel free to contact me for further information and discussion.
Warm regards,
Margie Herron
A.S.K. Learning-USA Sales
2180 Bryant Street
#208
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415-538-1444
email:margie.herron@usa.asklearning.com
www.asklearning.com/showcase
www.asklearning.com/portfolio


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Edited by author 07-30-2003 02:48 PM
My organization has developed a number of e-learning courses using HTML and Javascript. These courses are being hosted on our intranet. At the moment we do have quizes in our courses but they are only for the learner and we have no way of keeping track of who attends what course. We would like to keep track of who attends courses and have final evaluations/tests for the courses,in order to issue certification. Is there a LMS that does not cost a fortune and is easy to use, or is there another type of software we could use that would be able to meet our needs? Any advice or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

This is our new software for elearning.

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I'm urgently looking to hear from e-learning writers in the UK.

Online Content UK's clients often have e-learning requirements, so we're looking to expand our list of freelance e-learning writers.

Right now we're urgently seeking an e-learning writer with additional skills in general commercial copywriting who can work on-site in the north of England. If you're interested, or know someone who might be, please check out:
http://www.onlinecontentuk.org/job62elearnwrit.html

Regards

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Varley
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Just wanted to say that I thought the July 22 session Jay presented on Interwise was a great event, although you could probably hold a session on each meme mentioned in the presentation.

Thanks, Jay!

Sonia, my name is Shawn Torkelson and I am a Business Manager with Synapse SE. Part of what we do is customized e-Learning solutions and one of the things we would propose you do in a case like this where ongoing motivation is needed is to host offline instructor follow up seminars.

What this essentially entails is having an instructor personally come out onsite or via conference calling, etc. to talk with learners about how they have put their new training into practice, where they think they may need more training, ask questions about the subject matter they were trained in, etc. This keeps the information fresh in their minds and generally leads to higher information retention percentages.

Normally this type of thing is used for more high-level management training where the instructor acts as almost an executive coach but it can work for more basic functions as well. I'm not necessarily pitching our services to you but as an FYI, this is one of the supplemental training services that we as an online training company offer our clients.

Another avenue you can take is making use of pre and post learner assessments. If you have each user take a pre assessment before training begins, they will be able to see where their knowledge level is now and if you follow up their training with a post assessment they will be able to see that they effectively gained something from the training. Just this simple measure of success may be enough to trigger their drive to see just how much they can accomplish via self-paced training.

Feel free to contact me with any questions...thanks!

Shawn Torkelson
Business Manager
Synapse SE Corporation
612.501.2620
storkelson@synapse-se.com
www.synapse-se.com

Hello,
I work as an e-learning tutor in a training and e-learning solution provider company. There will be a reasonably big project beginning soon, involving almost 500 persons, at the same time, who are supposed to receive training in using MS Office Tools, comprehending 5 to 7 courses of 6 weeks each.
I would like to know if there are any e-learning specific energizing activities that can be held at the end of each course in order to consolidate the acquired knowledge and motivate learners to the next courses.
Thank you very much.

We weren't very happy with the remote component of the event either. The Board is focusing on fixing this. While it may not appear to be the case, don't assume that poor results equates to lack of effort.

Very disappointed with the 7/11 eL Forum event for remote users. Seems that not much effort is put into the remote experience (surprising for an eL forum). The lack of someone pushing slides made it extremely hard to follow the presenter... I signed off early since I wasn't really getting anything out of the experience. There should be better backup for the remote users for future events (ensure materials sent out ahead of time, have an agenda to make it easier to follow...)

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Hello Carl,
We. at A.S.K. Learning, can certainly assist you with creating eLearning courseware. Below you will find an outline of our services and links to our portfolios. We have developed several courses whose content relates to software or applications training. Please feel free to contact me. OVERVIEW:

A.S.K. Learning is a global company with offices in the U.S.,the
Asia-Pacific region, and Europe. We provide a portfolio of services including :

      Variety of custom instructor-led training programs with an emphasis on sales, direct sales, channel sales and technical sales training

      Custom eLearning courses

      Proprietary SCORM hosted LMS infrastructure or SCORM compliant courses for use on any SCORM compliant system

      Blended learning solutions including leader-led, virtual classrooms and eLearning

      ASP based Skills Assessment and Performance Appraisal Programs
eLEARNING:

Unlike most other eLearning suppliers, our sole product line is custom course development. We have deployed courses on multiple topics, in a variety of languages simultaneously. Many of our clients are leaders in their respective fields. Our courses can be delivered via a diverse array of electronic methods such as the Web, PDAs and laptops, recognizing the unique requirements and limitations of each method. The courses can be developed from a variety of materials from existing leader based training materials to simple notes.

CONTENT: ELEARNING and ILT:

The topics include but are not limited to:

      Sales and sales channel training, sales engineer training

      Human resources: employee orientation, employee development, cultural and diversity training , leadership training, change management

      Variety of soft skills training

      Product training

      Process and procedure training

      Customer service

      Finance and compensation related topics

The feedback from our clients and their end-users has been outstanding. We can support any of these as eLearning initiatives or ILT as a resource for custom course development working with the client's personnel. Additionally, we can host your eLearning courses through our own Learning Management System or create courses compatible with most standard LMS formats. Additionally, we have the ability to implement training, whether it is eLearning or instructor -lead, globally. We have localization firms for translation services and native language instructors located throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas.

SHOWCASE:

Please review our showcase at www.asklearning.com/portfolio and
www.asklearning.com/showcase. These sites provide examples of some of the eLearning courses we have developed and should provide you with some sense of our style. As a custom developer, we take our cue from the branding and market identity of our clients. This provides our clients with the benefit of our past experience, templates and creativity while maintaining the unique brand and style of the respective client. We work closely with each client to develop courses that not only exemplify quality learning techniques but reflect brand and style integrity. It is important to note that any of our courses, both instructor- led and eLearning, are custom developed or customized for the client. You do not select from a
pre-determined curriculum or catalog and therefore are not limited in content.



I look forward to discussing your needs in detail.

Warm regards,

Margie Herron
A.S.K. Learning-USA Sales
2180 Bryant Street
#208
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415-538-1444
email:margie.herron@usa.asklearning.com

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Hello,

I work for a procurement training company. We are looking to create some e-learning material to support our NVQ/SVQ courses. In addition we need to build some e-learning content to support the role out of a new e-Tendering tool within one of our database solutions. Can any body help?

Regards,
Carl

Out of Office AutoReply: eLearning Forum

I am out of the office until the 30th June
If you require assistance please contact my colleague Ed Stark, mail: ed@absolutelytraining.com, Tel: 0207 557 4686.

Friends, i would welcome your reactions to an online tool, FractalKey (http://www.fractalkey.com/). It can be used to manage stress, build emotional intelligence, understand aspects of the organizational-fractal, or in union with other technologies, build smart organizations.

Thanks, Pravir.

Edited by author 06-19-2003 02:05 PM
Dale,

To achieve something like that, I would recommend going with ActionScript - you can contact me directly to discuss this further.

Sandeep

I'm Marco, working for a big company in italy as e-learning manager.
I don't know if someone could help me.
Imagine to have to present report to the board committee.
Imagine that they ask for how many hours, people attended courses.
Is there some study that show a ratio between online-attendance time and classroom-attendance time?

An example: 2hours online is equal to 8 hours classroom.
regards marco

Thank you for your mail. I will not be able to read my mails from 6-10 June. In an emergency, please call or SMS on 050 516 0658. Br Peter

I was thinking about producing a web training simulation for a voting machine. There's a wheel that the voter turns and each digit of a four digit number successively changes (1 to 9) after each slight turn of the wheel. How would I simulate the turning of the wheel by dragging a computer mouse? And as I rotate the wheel, how would I make the numbers change? I guess I would have to program in the degrees of the circle to which the numbers would change. I would imagine using client-side JavaScript to accomplish this, or maybe ActionScript in Flash.

I'm a beginner with programming, but I wanted to see how I would accomplish this.

Leon,

In your quest for content in M-learning, check out AdvanceWork International (www.advancework.com). They have some amazing courses, particularly in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL), that are being used in Europe.

James Kigin
www.kigin.com

I am a Student studying a MSc in Business IT at Middlesex University in the UK. I am currently conducting a literature review of the current research into learning objects as part of my final project for my degree course. I am posting this message to ask if anyone has any articles or papers that may be of use, could you email them to me at leon@the-rodins.freeserve.co.uk.

The actual focus of my final project is an investigation into the practicalities of m-learning and I hope to search for and test some learning object content in a mobile environment and evaluate it against the same content in a 'traditional' e-learning environment. I currently work for a company called learndirect, which is the worlds largest government support e-learning organisation, and have access to learning centres and learners accross the UK. The learndirect products are a potential source for the content I intend to test, but if there is any other content readily available for this purpose please let me know. Thanks in anticipation

Leon Rodin

Hello, all!

I am a distance education student pursuing a BA through DePaul University and have the opportunity to design my core curriculum. In my research, most of the programs I have found are grad level so I'd like to lay a strong foundation for further study.

Does anyone have any advice or direction? If you know of an undergrad program to model, online courses that I could transfer back to DePaul or any other suggestions, I'd appreciate it!

I can be reached at maria5573@yahoo.com.

Maria
Rochester, MI

Greetings -
 
I thought I'd alert you to these excellent events.
 
East: The Conference Board's Conference on KM and Organizational Learning, June 4-5, 2003 at the Inter-Continental Barclay, New York, NY, is simply the best. I've gone for a number of years, and this particular event always far exceeds expectations. As you'll see from the attached brochure, they attract the best OL & eLearning leaders in the field. Use KM Cluster code ZD3 when registering for a substantial discount.

http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=378
 
 
West: The next PlaNetwork Conference: Networking a Sustainable Future looks very promising. I've never attended, but did go to the conference launch reception last week at the Exploratorium. Folks like Hazel Henderson, Douglas Engelbart and Leif Utne will join this exciting gathering of innovators. They will explore how social networks, information technologies and the Internet can play a key role in accelerating positive global change. June 6-8 at the Presidio in San Francisco, CA. You may register now online at:
 
http://www.planetwork.net
 
 
 
Finally, the KM Cluster Summer 2003 special, 2-day community summit is filling up fast! We'll be swarming the theme, "Analytics and Taxonomies." We have a potent line-up of practitioners, thought leaders, experts and some pioneering vendors. You may peruse the agenda and register as usual at:
 
http://www.kmcluster.com/Summer_2003_Agenda.htm
 
 
'Hope to see you in June at these great events!
 
 
Most cordially,
 
 
John
 
 
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F: 415.276.6074
AIM: jheuristic

Create the Future! Join the KM Cluster® --
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Edited by author 05-19-2003 09:14 PM
Alasdair,

That's a very broad question - since eLearning content varies as much as all digital media, the authoring tools vary from Microsoft Word & Power Point to Macromedia Flash, Director, and even richer applications.

In your third question, you mention Quicktime and Windows Media Player - these two are used for viewing mostly video (they have limited creation/editing capabilities as well).

Macromedia Flash is quickly becoming the major application used for most interactive, web-based learning.

Since Power Point is the tool of choice for executives, technologies like Macromedia Breeze that convert Power Point to web formats (like Flash's SWF) are probably the hottest authoring/conversion tools in eLearning right now.

One of the best places for you to start your research is off of the elearnspace site.

You can also contact me off of QuickTopic if you have further questions.

Best,

Sandeep Sood

Hi

I am trying to find out what the main tools are for creating on-line training modules. I have done some web searches but there seem to be thousands and thousands of companies offering tools for creating on-line training programmes. What I would like to know is

1. Who are the major players in this game?
2. Which of the smaller players are worth considering?
3. Which technologies are most suitable e.g. Flash, Windows Media Player, Quicktime? What their respective advantages / disadvantages.
4. How the tools described in 3 relate to the custom solutions described in 1 and 2. For example, do all these systems allow one to integrate one's own Flash movies or does one have to create one's movies using their custom software?

Any help on any of the above topics would be of great interest to me, including links to useful web resources.

Thank you

KM Cluster New York City
************************

The New York Spring 2003 KM Cluster is Thursday, May 8th, 2003, from 6:00pm-9:00pm, in midtown.

http://www.kmcluster.com/nyc/

The New York Spring 2003 KM Cluster will host:

Murray Christensen, Director of Learning & Development, Goldman Sachs, to discuss "Learning and KM."

Ron Miskie, Executive Director, CorporateTraining.biz, will discuss "KM and Culture."

Special guest, Ross Dawson, author of "LIVING NETWORKS," published by Financial Times Prentice Hall, March 2003, will join the Spring 2003 New York KM Cluster! View full details, reviews, and chapter downloads at:

http://www.livingnetworksbook.com.

Madanmohan Rao will also join the NYC event. Madanmohan is destinationKM's editor-at-large, is a KM consultant at QAI India and the editor of Leading with Knowledge: Learnings from Knowledge Management in Global InfoTech Companies


There is no fee, but you are required to register due to building security requirements. Please RSVP to nyc@kmcluster.com if you wish to attend. This is required by the security unit at the office building.

Yes. What specific kind of analysis are you looking
for?

Susan A. McKenna
McKenna's Marketing
www.mckennasmark.com

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Has anyone done any analysis and comparison for the major eLearning Technology providers among Smartforce, Saba, DigitalThink and etc? Thanks :)

Edited by author 04-24-2003 07:06 AM
Only a short information:
Workshop on e-Learning, 14./15. July 2003
Leipzig, Germany
Workshop-Home: http://elearning.htwk-leipzig.de/wel03/

Thank you for your interest.

I'd like to alert you to a new report on Knowledge Management in Education. You can download a free copy at:

http://www.iskme.org/monograph.html

While KM has gained widespread acceptance in the business community, KM practices are now beginning to find support in the field of education. The report, Knowledge Management in Education: Defining the Landscape, discusses where the knowledge management movement fits in the drive for greater accountability in education and identifies the challenges facing many institutions and schools.

I hope you'll find it useful.

Edited by author 04-13-2003 06:29 PM
Li-Fen: The only Cyber Learning I know of is a brand name for audiotape success courses.

Robert: I just posted a list of local eLearning companies at www.internettime.com.

Shiva: This is the wrong place for your message. You want the eLearning Work Wanted topic. It's http://www.quicktopic.com/9/H/TwkSUKG2RDphe

Please don't subscribe to this topic if you use auto-reply messages, e.g. "I am on vacation...."

Edited by author 04-07-2003 05:51 AM
I would like to know where I can find the definition of "Cyber Learning". I would appreciate any feedback which is sent to my email address: lhsu58@hotmail.com.

Li-Fen

Does anybody have any idea of where I can obtain a list of e-learning companies in Silicon Valley? I would appreciate any input or ideas you might have.

You can email me at: robertm@learn2action.com

Thank you!

Robert

Dear Sir,
 
I’m Shiva Kumar. R. I have more than three years of experience in the IT arena.
 
During my career I have held various challenging positions including senior Graphic designer and and senior Multimedia Programmer in IT companies. I design Web sites, graphics, icons, interfaces, 2D Animations, 3D walkthroughs, CD-ROM presentations, Product Demonstrations, etc.
 
I firmly believe that more than ‘hard work’ it is ‘smart work’ that ensures success. I look forward to working in an environment that is challenging and provides ample opportunities for exploiting my designing, visualization and creative abilities with latest web technologies and Multimedia.
 
If you have any projects related with multimedia / eLearning and you would like to offshore them you can contact me.
You can contact me at : shiva_multimedia@rediffmail.com, multimedia_team@hotmail.com
 
Thanks and warm regards,
 
Shiva Kumar

I´m working as e-learning manager for a pharmaceutical company here in Spain and I would like to know if you guys have e-learning experiences at this field.

Thanks in advance

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I am starting a new project and dont know how to start. i would like definition/explanation of the following: e-learning, CBT (Computer Aided/ assisted learning /Training), Virtual learnign environment, virtual class room. i would appreciate any reply regarding diffenitions to the above and how they relate to each other, so that i can start further research. thank you in advance

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hi
i am looking for white-papers/reports on the e-learning market in India. information about growth, players, pricing strategies etc. India specific. Can anybody help?

Message for Svend Hansen:
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hi friends

I want url of sites which are in elearning sites with flash is the core part in designing and scripting...

"Culture & KM" - KM Cluster Community

Register: http://www.mollyguard.com/event/4980898

There are two exciting additions to the Spring 2003 KM
Cluster, "Culture and KM" - March 28, 2003, in San Francisco, CA
USA as follows:

http://www.kmcluster.com/Spring_2003_Agenda.htm

Bruce Karney, Hewlett-Packard Services - Consulting and Integration,
will cover a recently completed HP Services manifesto
titled: "Building a Knowledge Culture: Communicating Expectations
about KM Behavior."

Eileen M. Clegg, Global Learning Resources and the Institute for the
Future, will provide facilitation and an introduction to "Visual
Journalism." For background on this potent technique, please visit
the event Web.

The following top experts and global thought leaders are confirmed:

Linda Linfield, Director, Culture and Development, Novell,
http://www.novell.com will lead a conversation on "Culture and KM."

Valdis Krebs, Consultant, Software Developer, http://www.orgnet.com
will introduce techniques and tools for "Social Network Analysis."

Susan D. Conway Ph D., Group Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation,
http://www.microsoft.com will introduce the information Workers
Productivity Council" (IWPC), a nonprofit research and best
practices organization for knowledge-intensive environments.

Ann Majchrzak, Ph.D., Professor of Information Systems, Marshall
School of Business, University of Southern California http://www-
rcf.usc.edu/~majchrza/ will present and discuss recently completed
research concerning "Far-Flung Teams."

-jtm
www.kmcluster.com

I´m looking for providers or organizations that have experiences in using PDA´s in e-learning activities.
I would appreciate white papers, links, business cases etc.
Best regards
Svend Hansen

Spring 2003 KM Cluster - "Culture and KM" www.kmcluster.com

Date: Mar 28, 2003, Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Location: KM Cluster, 1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111 USA http://www.kmcluster.com/

The purpose of "Culture and KM" is to examine the role of organizational culture in driving fundamental improvements in eLearning, knowledge management and enterprise collaboration.

Culture is widely recognized as the number one barrier to more effective knowledge management, eLearning and collaboration.

Join your colleagues from the Bay Area, Silicon Valley and beyond. To review the agenda please visit:

http://www.kmcluster.com/Spring_2003_Agenda.htm

Most cordially,

John

Hello there,

I am a web developer and have developed a new site for an eLearning provider

http://www.multimediamarketing.com

I would appreciate it if anyone who reads this would take the time to look at the site and provide some feedback (as scathing or positive as you like)

The feedback can be sent either via the pop up form on the site or preferably by downloading this form and emailing it to me.

http://www.multimediamarketing.com/feedback/feedback.doc

Thanks in advance

David Ashworth
david@multimediamarketing.com

Edited by author 02-12-2003 08:44 AM
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ONLINE EDUCA BARCELONA will be the third in a series of successful Online Educa Conferences organized in Spain. Last year's event attracted 467 e-learning professionals active in higher education,government, industry and commerce from 26 countries, with 40% from Latin America. Of a very high academic level as well as being of great interest to corporate e-learning professionals,
ONLINE EDUCA BARCELONA has become a key annual networking venue, enabling participants to enhance and exchange their knowledge and to develop multinational and cross-industry partnerships throughout Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Official Conference Languages are Spanish, Portuguese and
English.

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I'm a university student working on gender and Information Technology project. I need to collect answers from women in the 5 continents to the following 2 questions:
1- Being a "female Boss", how do you evaluate the collaboration of male subordinates? Please provide your experience.
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Edited by author 01-30-2003 02:31 PM
Michael Friedman,

You may like to contact Pradeep Shenoy (408) 241 8985 x 102 for your requirement.

I'll be back Friday January 31st. Should you need assistance prior to my return, please contact my supervisor, Roxanne Hagood at 837-3056.
Thanks!
Connie

hello, iam a student doing a research on the price and pricing strategies of lms and lcms. i woud be glad if someone could provide insight over the issue.

Edited by author 01-23-2003 10:02 AM
Ginger,
You might try the DEOS-l, the distance Education Online Symposium. they are hoseted by The American Center for the Study of Distance Education, The Pennsylvania State University. Go to http://lists.psu.edu/archives/deos-l.html to join the list

Hello! I am a graduate student working on a Masters of Science in Training Systems degree. We were required to join a listserv and this one looked interesting. However, I am totally new to listservs. Could someone please tell me the best way to check and comment at least weekly? Also, I need suggestion for 2 other helpful listservs in the area of educational technologies, any suggestions?

First off, my best wishes for the New Year to everybody.

Secondly, there is an interesting conference in Paris that you might want to come to. If you do come, let me know so we can meet.

The conference is E-LEARN EXPO http://www.elearnexpo.com at the "Palais des Congres" on January 23rd and 24th, 2003. The exhibition is free, but paid registration is necessary for the conferences.

I am personally chairing the International Case Studies session on Thursday January 23rd from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This session will be presenting proven strategies and approaches to deploying eLearning worldwide featuring leading international corporations.

Thanks to the organizers, I am happy to be able to extend to you a special 20% discount for the conferences. If you are interested, please contact me and I will send you the appropriate registration form.

Best regards,

James Kigin
International Consultant
Suite #2
23 rue des Solitaires
75019 Paris, France
E-mail: james@kigin.com
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"See What I Mean"-

Great article by Jay Cross in last month's issue of E-Learning. Can anyone suggest vendors that provide easy-to-use compelling visuals that are already in template form?
I don't want to start from scratch with regular authoring tools.

Thanks in advance.

I am new to WBT.can u help me out

jwb, Yes and yes. I'll encourage our new webmaster here to open up a blog with comments to continue discussions. We're also evaluating a number of async presentation vehicles.

Maria, eLearning Forum uses email to announce monthly F2F meetings or major additions to the site. It's not an email discussion list.

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Have you considered asynchronous communication that enables the participants to post their thoughts in a discussion at whatever time is convenient? The benefits are more thoughtful postings, the downside is there is not an opportunity for social connection. Still, for information sharing or analysis of ideas it is very effective.

Hi, I'm just signing on. This looks like an interesting forum and am looking forward to sharing information. I'm just finishing up my masters in instructional design for online learning and have done a few courses for my company. Lots to learn here!

Greetings. The email seems so sporadic. How is the list used?


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Hello everybody,

I am a Brazilian professional who is implementing a e-learning project related to customer service.
Does anyone has documents regarding it? Considering that here in Brazil e-learning is new training tool, we don't have much resources.

Thanks a lot

hi friends,
           i am a beginner to this field. hope i get the maximum out of this site. thanw for adding me

available research paper on multi channel learning november 2002 contact lritzel@prasena.com or visit www.prasena.com for free download from virtual university pages
ABSTRACT – In a growingly internetworked, global environment where knowledge becomes the single greatest economic asset, learning is an essential, life-long endeavor for all human beings. But the process of learning is being as deeply transformed as business by the cybernetization of our society. As it is possible to say that ‘eBusiness is business’ because modern business becomes indissociable from the use of electronic technologies, in the same fashion we can say that ‘eLearning is learning’ because modern learning becomes indissociable from the use of information and communication technologies – and not only the Internet. Learning today takes advantage of the multi-channel communication of multimedia contents. In such an environment, students are enabled to access universal knowledge and to get information straight from ‘the horse’s mouth’. Learning is therefore migrating from a passive education process – whereby students receive the information from few imposed sources – to that of investigative journalism – whereby students dig for the information from any source they may choose. In what becomes a student-centered activity, teachers become just one source of information. Should they restrict their contribution to transferring what they know, they risk redundancy. Teachers’ real added-value will come from the mentoring they can offer on how to find, select, analyze and synthesize information, and how to transform such information into knowledge. Finally, the learning ‘industry’ itself is deeply affected, since schools are facing an incredibly fast-growing competition from all horizons and the prospect of disintermediation, lest they become value-added aggregators of learning-focused e-communities. This revolution of learning may be daunting in its scope and speed, but on our ability to manage it, will depend our children’s capacity to survive in the Cybernetic Era.

Hi,
I'm a newby. I'm on multimedia developing. I'm engage on doing elearing tutorial for the company I'm working with right now. I'm using technology as a tool to deliver knowledge. I'm looking forward to learn and share with you any information that will help us all .

Hi

Just joined. I work at an education cooperative (secondary, tertiary and post-tertiary) near Valencia on the Spanish Mediterranean Coast. It is called Florida Centre de Formació. This is sometimes confusing!!

I coordinate our slowly increasing use of ICT to enhance learning, and extend its availability to people who for timetable or geographical reasons can't attend our F2F courses. We are particularly focussing on the pedagogical and social aspects.

Greetings to all

Hi Gray,

I was involved in the development of SCORM based LCMS and run time environment. Feel free to shoot me an email to discuss the nuances of the implementation.

Sudheer Battula
Sudheer@ynotlearn.com
http://www.ynotlearn.com

Is anyone developing online content using learning objects via a SCORM compliant LCMS? I am interested on your experience with LCMSs as well as with learning objects.

Streaming Courseware anyone

Does anyone know of any surveys or studies on the ROI, effectiveness and learner satisfaction of online language training?

I would like to know of any Best Practice or Case Studies in the corporate training market and the names of any companies that could eventually be interviewed.

This information will helpful in preparing for the upcoming Expolangues conference on elearning and language training that I will be moderating here in Paris on January 29th, 2003.

Thank you.

James Kigin
International Consultant
Paris, France
jameskigin@wanadoo.fr
www.kigin.com

I work at Frankston High School in Australia. We aim to lead the world in educational use of technology. We have a totally wireless network on both campuses. We have over 700 laptops on site that are maintained by our own staff. Our web designer works part-time and we have two technicians as well as a network technician.

My aim is to develop online curriculum to maximise the use of the laptops within the school. As such, I welcome input from anyone working in the area of online curriculum.

Yours,
Simon B

I joined the eLearning Forum today.

I've been working in the eLearning arena since the mid-nineties.

The company that I work for consults with clients regarding corporate learning strategies, blended learning environments, and elearning architecture.

I'm looking forward to participating in discussions.

Edited by author 10-26-2002 07:38 PM
Create more eLearning with less authoring using Elicitus.

I am pleased to join the forum and looking forward to some valuable input from you all.

I am writing to introduce, Elicitus, an award-winning eLearning authoring tool from Harbinger Knowledge Products. At the Online Learning Conference and Expo held at Anaheim, California this year, it got a perfect score for accurate conversion of legacy content in the product shootout. Designed specifically to make authoring experience a breeze, Elicitus enables users with no programming skills to generate powerful eLearning courses using existing and/or new content. The eLearning packages can be then easily disseminated through CDs, intranets or the web. Its key benefits are: Cuts content development cost substantially, puts online course creation within the capability of a desktop application user, and creates standards-compliant courses. Features include over 200 templates, 3-level course hierarchy, question repository, assessments and exercises, glossary, hyperlink connectivity, multimedia interactivity, aesthetic visual themes, ease of use, etc. at a very competitive price.

Experience it for yourself with a free evaluation copy at http://www.elicitus.com. You could write to us at seema@harbinger-systems.com.

Hello,

LearningMate is among the leading elearning firms in India and has operations in Singapore and the United States. It is about 100 people strong and growing and is managed by a group of dedicated professionals who have significant amount of elearning experience behind them. LearningMate's core competencies consist of proven skills in the areas of consulting, content and technology. Our list of clients range from the World Bank to major Govt bodies in Singapore. We are backed by the Carlyle group a 14 billion dollar fund and among the largest VC funds in the world. We are now seeking to expand our sales and marketing network by working/partnering with consultants, resellers, distributors or elearning companies who need massive infrastructure support and do not have the funds to invest in such a scale up. Our back end development office is 100 people strong skilled in the best elearning practices across consulting, content and technology.

If you need to talk to us about our partnership prgram please mail me at samudra.sen@learningmate.com.
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Edited by author 10-23-2002 05:24 PM
Hi everyone.
I work for a UK government agency called "learndirect scotland". We promote lifelong learning across Scotland and have established a network of over 360 quality assured learning centres to maximise access to learning.
Having read all of the messages on the forum so far I was surprised that there was so little mention of the one vital ingredient needed to make any eLearning programme successful- learning support staff.
I my experience it is the people skills of the learning centre staff or online tutor that makes the difference and ensures that eLearning really adds value to peoples lives.
We provide an accredited vocational qualification in Learning Centre Operations to evrryone who works in our learning centres to help them develop the skills they need to support learners. Do any of you know of similar training for LC staff?
Having an effective LMS, MLE, VLE.... is of course important but in the end learners will not take full advantage of such enabling technology without the guidance and support of other people.
I think eLearning is taking a lot of criticism at the moment and remaining focused on the learner is the key to avoiding ineffective eLearning.
I look forward to seeing what you all think... :-)
Best Regards
Alan

Hi,

We are a company that offers a full suite of eLearning tools, supporting the entire corporate training life cycle with completely browser-based software. Recently we have developmed SCORM Version 1.2 (or higher) conformant products and services. We would like institutions and companies to try/test our new product with you courses.

If anyone would like more information about our LMS and Run Time Environment (RTE), Please feel free to contact me at sudheer@ynotlearn.com

Thank You,
Sudheer Battula
http://www.ynotlearn.com
sudheer@ynotlearn.com

I am an elearning professional involved in all aspects of elearning. I just completed a 4 week virtual lab in which I was the instructor and students from all over US participated in the lab exercises over internet.

It was very good for all of us since we don't need to move out of our home/office and all we need was internet connection. But I faced some difficulties just because it was elearning. For example some students don't show up at the correct time (remember it is synchronous session) They are still having dinner, they are putting their babies to sleep and other reasons like that. I am sure we won't be dealing with such issues if the learning takes place in a traditional setting.

Looking back I am wondering what can be done to avoid such issues. elearning is great but it also brings its own new problems that we need to deal with. I would appreciate others' opinions/experiences on this.

codepainter@yahoo.com

Hi,
I am running a pilot program for the newest version of an eLearning LMS/LCMS. For $3,000-$5,000, you can own your own LMS through this pilot. We are in R&D, and are seeking feedback, recommendations and statistics on implementation. I need 10-25 schools, organizations or content providers for this pilot.

If anyone would like more information about the LMS or this pilot program, please feel free to contact me anytime.

Thank you,
Sara Golian
http://www.schoolanywhere.com
sara@schoolanywhere.com
(866) 707-3777

Hello! I have had a little exposure to this field as I was an account manager that supported an LMS for an automotive company. However, I lost the job when the company reorganized! This is a career change for me and at the same time I am trying to complete my BA online. I thought I would lay a foundation for elearning/design/implementation...I'm not sure! There seems to be a lot of master's programs but I need to lay a foundation first. Any advice would be appreciated as well as useful links!

Hello - I joined the forum this week. It's a wonderful e-learning resource and I hope it will stay on as kicking and alive as its topic. I am writing articles on e-learning in German periodicals now and then - so, if there are any questions about e-learning in Germany, feel free to contact me: edgarwang@web.de

Edited by author 09-25-2002 04:23 PM
Hello...

I have just joined the eLearning Forum and am looking forward to the meetings/discussions. I have been producing eLearning projects since ancient times - starting with early experiments in the late 1960's at Stanford University with Pat Suppes' group.

Recently, we've been helping develop the California Virtual Campus using a variety of Learning Management Systems (ie WebCT and Blackboard, etc), but with state supported higher education budgets getting tighter, we are hoping to learn more about what is happening on the commerical side of things.

My main interest is in developing collaborative project based learning with just-in-time knowlege objects over broadband networks using streaming technologies.

My only observation so far is that it's hard to follow the discussions on the Web interface of Quick Topic without threading the discussions... but it's always interesting to test out a new product.

Best wishes to you all and looking forward to meeting everybody either in person or in cyberspace.

marti@nLight.com
www.nLight.com

Hello,

I am new to this discussion. I have spent a bit of time looking through the discussion and have noticed 2 things: (a) I am the only person from the UK; (b) there is quite a bit of discussion on interactivity and its use in eLearning. This is quite a nice link: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/docs/interact/ on this subject in case anyone is interested.

To introduce myself. I have been working in IT for 5 years but became so interested in the potential that technology could provide to learners that I decided to do a Master's in Cognitive Science at COGS - Sussex University, UK. I did my thesis on Visual Learning or learning from interactive simulations but my approach was to design a portal that facilitated graphical communication. So rather than one designer creating content for many learners, it is a collaborative tool for peers of learners with access to experts to teach themselves - so to speak. Sorry for all that but if anyone is interested in this type of research then I would very much like to hear from you. Thanks, Howard Noble - howardnoble@mac.com PS some similar research can be found at: http://www.biocheminfo.org/klotho/ AND http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/res...le_representations/

Hi, my name is Brett Johnson and I am a new subscriber to the eLearning Forum.

I am looking for web articles on the impact of audio on learning (especially vis a vis other multi-media elements).

Thanks, Brett
brett.johnson@sun.com

How are reusable learning objects being used in game design? My interest is in applying instructional design to a game that supports knowledge acquisition in science for middle school level learners.

Hi Jay,

If you're going to be putting a group together to moderate the new BBS, I'd be happy to volunteer to be one of several moderators. I don't want to sign up to coordinate the entire effort at this point.

-- Doug

Dear Mr.leigh haller... our company specialises in conversion of story board to mulitimedia presentation using flash , dream weaver ,director and authorware.. pls have a look at our website www.i-tutorindia.com or send a mail to me at suganthan@i-tutorindia.com or itutor@vsnl.in

regards
suganthan

Edited by author 09-11-2002 12:17 PM
Katharine,

You'll find an LMS-overview at the site of Brandon Hall (http://www.brandonhall.com/public/publications/LMS2002/). This might work for you.

Best,
Jens

Edited by author 09-10-2002 08:50 PM
I need to complete an RFP process with individuals and/or Bay Area, USA firms who use Dreamweaver or Authorware to convert instructor-led content for 2 courses to the web for a client of mine. Content will be to storyboard stage. Full technical spec still pending. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to research firms/individuals with this niche and expertise?

Thanks in advance for your time and suggestions.

QuickTopic has served us well but we'll soon be migrating to a regular bulletin board set-up so we can deal with questions and answers in categories.

Any volunteers to monitor the new BBS and generally keep it alive?

I have amassed a lot of material on the business of e-learning and integrating e-forums into the enterprise. My question is in regard to LMS' - is there a current, definitive comparison of market-ready vendors and their capabilities?

Hi,all.

I am looking for a software,that can support different languages like Bulgarian language. We need to have software that can organize e-classroom with training courses and tests on English, French and Bulgarian languages.
Does anyone have idea?

ilia mihailov

Hi,all.

I am looking for a software,that can support different languages like Bulgarian language. We need to organize e-classroom with training courses and tests
Does anyone have idea?

ilia mihailov

Jay,

I agree with Becky - keep Impatica. Impatica's compression tool is very impressive - its downloaded audio files are fast and clear. I missed the first few minutes of Sam's presentation so the posted version allowed me to hear what I missed, and I ended up listening to the entire presentation again. Good work, Jay. Very good formatm intro and excellent presentation by Sam.

Cheers,

Randall

Do a website including WebCT as a feature, serve as a campus portal?

I vote yes, yes, yes to Impatica archived sessions. Sound was great and download was quick and painless.

Great work, Jay, in finding this tool.

Regards,
Becky
TriageTraining.com

Hi,all.

I am looking for a software,as it were SCORM Viewer, which let me view the SCORM contents
on the incompatible SCORM LMS.
Does anyone have idea?

sachi ohde

i wanted to know is there any american universities which offer doctrate, phd program in elearning . please do mail me at ramkris6@yahoo.com with the information , thanx in advance.

Tutormaker - New way to make online documents

There is a new web application for making online documents like tutorials, books and similar online learning materials. It is called Tutormaker. It's user friendly and anybody can easily use it. It's free, so you just have to open account for writing and you are ready to make your own online documents. Tutormaker provides an easy way for creating documents that are modified by more than one person, so more people can collaborate on the same document. And... you don't have to worry about web design of your document - it will always look good. You don't have to worry about numbering images, examples, headers... it is automatic. When your document is done table of content is automatically generated, every document has it's own search engine, every user can customize his own view settings like colors, fonts, themes..., you can easily insert your own files (web pages, images...) into the document and more.

You can try it at:
http://tutormaker.fsb.hr

Edited by author 08-02-2002 02:37 AM
Maria, I have a very jaded view on portals. Portals are no more than "front-ends". Typically, a portal should be able to launch a variety of applications. It's often useful if the portal provides personalized options. In ways, Yahoo is a portal. In fact, I attribute the popularity of the term to unclued executives in the early days of the web who could understand what Yahoo was and said to themselves, "That's what we need, our own in-house Yahoo."

I am out of the office until 9th August.
If you require assistance please contact my colleague Ed Stark, mail: ed@absolutelytraining.com, Tel: 0207 557 4686.

Edited by author 08-01-2002 06:45 PM
Hi, I'm confused in learning portals. First of all, I need to know the types of portals, and, under which type learning portal and educational portal goes? What about campus portal? and last, what types of portals other than corporate and EIP? Thanks to all in advance..

Hallo,

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elearning resources that may be of interest to members of this forum:

www.elearnspace.org

www.elearnspace.org/ern.html - Blog

Let me know if you have any comments/thoughts/suggestions.

Thanks
George

Ref: (Long) List of Custom Content Development Players

Dear Bhaskar

Do you still have the list? It would be really great if you could share it.

Thanks!

Hi Susan,

I'd be happy to organise an interview with Andy Key, CFO of Europe's leading custom web-based learning and communications developer, LINE Communications. Please email me on Lyndon.Johnson@esl.org.uk, and I will make the necessary arrangements.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Lyndon

Hello! I'm writing an article for an international magazine about the current state of elearning as it relates in importance to the needs of CFOs and treasurers within their corporations. If you can give me some direction--in terms of people to talk to and issues to address, that would be most helpful. Thanks.

Hello, I'm new to the Forum. I'm enrolled in the UoP Online MA/Edu E-Education program focused on Adult Learners. I'm looking forward to your group. When I visit SF in 2/03 I'd like to attend a mtg.

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Jeffrey, I don't know if you've been to www.brandon-hall.com/index.html, but it has a few resources that might help you in your search, some of which are free. There is a free listing of publicly-traded e-learning companies called the e-Learning Stock Tracker. It identifies company, type of service, and some financial information. There is a free market guide (more like a simple list) of public and private companies, each identified by category of service, e.g., technology/tools, services, and content. And then there is a directory of mostly US-based e-learning providers, which you can obtain for $99.

Hope this helps.

I am preparing a survey of eLearning providers. Is there a quick way of getting a list of all vendors in the field?

I need basic information such as types of courses, prices, features, especially do they provide hosting.

Thanks in advance.

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Kathryn,

Allen Interactions specializes in custom content development of eLearning using the Savvy iterative design process. If you're not familiar with our work, or would like more information on our process and projects, I would be happy to send you information and a demo CD. You can e-mail me at: lnedved@alleni.com.

Regards,

Laura

Hello, my name is Benay Dara-Abrams, and I am a new member of the eLearning Forum. I recently completed my PhD in Computer Science and Educational Psychology. My research question was "Can the Theory of Multiple Intelligences be used to support adaptation in an online learning environment?" In order to answer the research question, I developed a prototype Multi-Intelligent Online Learning system. My research is described at http://www.brainjolt.com/

I look forward to participating in the eLearning Forum and to meeting some of you on July 22.

Benay Dara-Abrams, PhD, Chief Learning Technologist & CEO, BrainJolt
benay@dara-abrams.com, http://www.brainjolt.com/

Hello elzha,

If I have got it right u are looking at ways of communicating / selling to the decision maker / right person about your products / services.
Some of the ways could be:
1. Have personalized mailer to each of these companies giving your services, their focus areas and how your services could help them in their activities / areas. This is a bit time consuming but has given me / our company very good responses. But, for this you need to have a "target client list" across the different segments.
2. Have a single emailer design that talks in general about your products / services and how these could help the target client / segment. You could identify different segments and have different customized mailers designed for these segments.
Hope this would give you some more ideas.
Rgds,
Bhargav.

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I am trying to contact Content Directors at eLearning companies, from content providers to delivery systems, regarding our XML-related products/services, etc. and keep on getting stuck in IT. Can anyone offer me some information on how to contact these guys?

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I am an adult back in school working towards a B.S. in Organizational Management. I am preparing for a short presentation on "why online learners drop out". I find this forum has some good information.
Can anyone offer some information in layman's terms (for one who has great difficulty in writing and a fear of presenting)on the subject?

We've let this discussion go freeform, in keeping with the mission and values of the eLearning Forum. Your Board just clarified these; see the link in the main column of www.elearningforum.com

Please go to
www.geocities.com/elearn1011
and give your opinion about elearning...
ThankX

hi Suzi Kwon,

The forum does not apply huge sized documents to be mailed as this is moderated.
Pl give me your personal id so that I cud send the document to you.
Rgds,
Bhargav.

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Dear Bhargav

Thank you for sending the document. I'm afraid I am not able to access it, though. If feasible, can you mail it to me at milogalt@yahoo.com?

Regards
Anant

I need help over here... ...
can u help me to fill in the questionaire papre for a research about the E-learning
Just easy only
please go to http://www.geocities.com/elearn1011/
and click next to sumit
PLZ...........

Thank you

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Hi all,
Am currently doing research into eLearning outside the enterprise (i.e. for customers, suppliers etc). Does anyone know of any case study based evidence on companies where this has been done, succesfully or otherwise?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.....

Hi Anant,

I am enclosing the entire document.
Guess it would help you.

Rgds,
Bhargav.

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Ref: (Long) List of Custom Content Development Players

Dear Bhaskar

It would be great if you can share your list with me as well.

Thanks so much.

Thanks for the link - I shall have a look at it. Here's what I think about interactivity in elearning...

The most annoying thing about 'interactivity' is when you have to keep answering questions to proceed through a tutorial. You might easily be only be in the mood for browsing the subject rather than hard-core learning and if someone keeps asking you questions it gets jolly annoying. If you want to have questions in your learning material - make them optional. All elearning should be as flexible as possible - especially for adult elearning. People don't have any patience for doing something they don't want to.

The best way to decide whether or not to include 'interactivity' is to produce a non-interactive program and see how people try and interact with it. You'll find that people like to explore diagrams at their own pace, browse back and forwards over subjects until they understand. They might get to a word they don't understand and say out-loud "what does that mean" - this would be a place for hyperlink, or 'hover-over' to describe new terminology. It's not very often that people get half way through a program and think - it would be great to ask me a really difficult question here...

Look forward to hearing your thoughts...

Ref: (Long) List of Custom Content Development Players

Dear Bhaskar

It would be great if you can share your list with me as well.

I had posted a query some days ago, on Consulting in e-Learning. I think a list of custom content players should help me.


Best Regards
Anant

Last week, the editors of e-learning magazine published my article, Stop Aiming for Interactivity!, which you may be interested in accessing at their website:

http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/arti...Detail.jsp?id=21297

The article is based on learning research and suggests that interactivity must be properly designed to produce benefits. Uninformed attempts to create interactivity can even hurt learning!

Perhaps we can get a discussion going on the topic of interactivity. And I'd love feedback, both pro and con.

--Will

Will Thalheimer, PhD
Work-Learning Research
http://www.work-learning.com

Hi Kathryn,
I am not sure if I am making your life easier by asking this.
But, I have a list (a long list) of companies who are totally into Custom Content Development.
Would that solve your problem a wee bit.Do let me know if you would like to have it. Rgds,
Bhargav.

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Hi Kathryn, You might think about simply repurposing your instructor led material, if it's powerpoint, to Flash. I've been using a product from www.wanadu.com that has the great fidelity of conversion including audio, animations and hyperlinks - and a great price - I was using their hosted version but they came out with a $995 product a couple of weeks ago that beats paying flash or experts or ild's.

Hi all, I am looking into custom content development vendors for product training both internally and externally. My big concerns are short (4 weeks or less) development time and minimizing expense. I would like the content to be interactive and iterative. Anyone have suggestions?

I am establishing an elearning program at Frankston High School in Australia. I would really appreciate any advice, assistance or interest from anyone who has experience to share regarding potential pitfalls, etc.
Thanks...

dear all,

i would like know you ppl view regarding the development learning object. as we know, learning object is competency based rather than content based. does comptency based is better than content based? does competency based is suitable in subject based course?
thank your very much for your views...