Creating Better e-Learning Faster Using Form-based Instructional Templates

In an effort to meet the growing demand for e-Learning course consumption, e-Learning designers and developers have often turned to PowerPoint conversion methods to try to scale e-Learning course production. However, because converted PowerPoints are not generally accepted as effective learning experiences, this has led to the prevailing belief that there is an inescapable tradeoff between quality and quantity.

This white paper discusses how new web-based technologies allow you to break this trade-off. With form-based instructional templates, e-Learning developers and instructional designers can create effective learning experiences much faster than ever before.

In the Press

GeoLearning Recognizes Customer Achievements at the 2008 Summit on Learning & Performance

Learning leaders from Medical Staffing Network, Adecco Group North America, AMC Theatres, Wells Fargo and Sales Performance International recognized in five Customer Excellence Award categories.

DHS Designates E-Verify as Employment Eligibility Verification System for All Federal Contractors

The Department of Homeland Security today designated E-Verify, operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in partnership with the Social Security Administration, as the electronic employment eligibility verification system that all federal contractors must use as required by Executive Order 12989, as amended. E-Verify is a free Internet-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the legal status of new hires within seconds.

U.S. Army Partners with Simulearn to Train Soldiers in the Art of Influence

The Center for Army Leadership (CAL) has awarded a contract for SimuLearn Inc. to develop a custom simulation designed to enhance soldier soft-skills (http://www.simuLearn.net) and elevate their influence in the field.  

General Physics Partners with Macomb Community College to Offer Courses

Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation has partnered with Macomb Community College’s Workforce Development Institute to expand its service offering to include a new Maintenance and Reliability series of open enrollment courses in the southeast Michigan area.

SkillSoft PLC has announced that China’s top provider of e-learning technologies and education resources, Ambow Education Group, has signed a multi-million dollar agreement spanning several years with SkillSoft Asia Pacific (SkillSoft) as its exclusive distributor to the Chinese enterprise and government markets.

ImmigrationTracker Replaces INSZoom® at Jackson Lewis LLP

ImmigrationTracker, the documented leader in fully-integrated immigration software, has announced that Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the nation's leading workplace law firms, has replaced INSZoom® with ImmigrationTracker. 

Sheffield’s plans to become the elearning capital of Europe are a step closer, following the commencement of phase three of the digital campus’ development. The digital campus, run by city development company, Creative Sheffield, is located in front of Sheffield’s train station and will be home to more than 3,000 creative and digital industries sector workers.

Sony PSP to offer elearning tools

Sony PSP fans can now use tailored software to train following the launch of a new rapid elearning authoring tool.  Atlantic Link has developed the software to allow courses to be designed specifically for the Sony PSP Slim and Lite which can be deployed locally from the Memory Stick Duo or the Internet.

New Telemarketing Approach Ensures Affordable Direct Sales

Cox eLearning Consultants unveils unique methodology to help corporate education vendors perpetuate sales through economic slowdown.

“I’m frustrated.  We put so much effort into the development of that on-line sales training program and the field just didn’t take advantage of it.  Less than 50 percent of our reps took the course.  What a waste of company resources.”

The 'Case' Study: Using Technology for Training Efficiency (Part 1)

A wide variety of product technologies have cropped up over the past few years that have revolutionized the corporate training industry. This series aims to explore the impacts and capabilities of product technology in today’s training environment.

This installment takes a look at a few ways technology can be used to improve upon Instructor Led Training (ILT).

Humor: Dubious Achievements

"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."

Evoke News Commemorates Earth Week

To honor the passage of our first Earth Week we researched several ecologically themed websites to give you some we found most distinguished. We liked GreenTech Pastures for their concisely written articles and assessments of green technologies. Presented in blog format on ZD Net they provide credible information and supportive links. They are however, somewhat similar to the multitude of eco-conscious sites springing up around the web (some with communities and green markets), in that they focus primarily in the realm of corporate programs and consumerism. We were on the lookout for something a bit different.

E-learning today provides opportunities for businesses large and small. The ability to interact with people in multiple locations simultaneously, the means to archive information for future access, and the potential to reach multiple types of learners through different communication mediums are but a few of the advantages e-learning offers...

Notes from the Corporate Underground

My plan was to anonymously send a $40 floral arrangement to two unsuspecting employees every Monday morning - a Mr. Hatch Award.  They would be subjectively chosen, sometimes based on their commitment to the corporate common good or because they just happened to be in the right place at the right time...

Why Fund Training?  The Top Ten Reasons: From Good Nutrition to Preventing Nuclear Meltdown

When it comes to explaining the value of investing in training, it often seems that it is like religion.  It is hard to explain why people believe what they do and even harder to change those beliefs.  But executives do respond to cogent arguments, analogies and bottom-line results...

Outsourcing:  Getting the Right Start

You’re a training executive who plans to outsource an important initiative. You write the RFP, select your vendor and negotiate the contract. Now it’s time to launch the project...