E-Learning Makes Way For Webcast And Webinar Technology To Flourish

The economic crisis that started in 2007 caused a ripple effect to all organization all over the world. The waves of the crisis have changed the way companies train their people for good. 

In order to cut costs but also increase efficiency of its workforce creative ways of delivering learning was discovered and this could be one of the many good things the crisis have taught organization in a global scale.

More than a third of programs for training were delivered electronically in 2009. Internet based training have thrived mainly because of its low costs. In 2008 training programs that were channeled electronically was at 23% but in 2009 that went up by 5%. The trend is seen to go up even higher as companies are seeing the advantages of online learning for their employees. The 2010 State of the Industry Report by the Society for Training and Development saw that 37% of training hours were facilitated through electronic means.

A webinar is a new word that simply means a conference involving two or more people in separate locations that use the internet as platform to make streaming of video, images, audio and other learning components possible.
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E-Learning Makes Way For Webcast And Webinar Technology To Flourish

The economic crisis that started in 2007 caused a ripple effect to all organization all over the world. The waves of the crisis have changed the way companies train their people for good. 

In order to cut costs but also increase efficiency of its workforce creative ways of delivering learning was discovered and this could be one of the many good things the crisis have taught organization in a global scale.

More than a third of programs for training were delivered electronically in 2009. Internet based training have thrived mainly because of its low costs. In 2008 training programs that were channeled electronically was at 23% but in 2009 that went up by 5%. The trend is seen to go up even higher as companies are seeing the advantages of online learning for their employees. The 2010 State of the Industry Report by the Society for Training and Development saw that 37% of training hours were facilitated through electronic means.

A webinar is a new word that simply means a conference involving two or more people in separate locations that use the internet as platform to make streaming of video, images, audio and other learning components possible.
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Source: NewsFormatics.com

Prfessor.com Introduces New Employee Business Training Online Program

Businesses can increase profits and cut training costs when they put courses online with new educational tools from Prfessor.com, the leading Internet-based interactive course curriculum designer.

Prfessor Review from Josh Walsh on Vimeo. 

Prfessor.com gives large corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations the most advanced interactive training tools needed to teach online and to create self-paced learning courses for employees and customers

Online learning is more effective for employees than face-to-face teaching, according to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education.

“Studies show that people like to be taught – especially through the Internet. Since the first grade, we’ve been conditioned so we learn things best in a course environment. It’s what’s comfortable to us,” said Jim Kukral, one of the owners of Prfessor.com. “If you have information to share with employees or customers, Prfessor.com is the answer, and you don’t need any tech skills either. Businesses can use Prfessor.com to create their own online training center.”

Businesses can use Prfessor.com for free to offer training to their employees or customers.

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Source: Small Business Trends

Prfessor.com Introduces New Employee Business Training Online Program

Businesses can increase profits and cut training costs when they put courses online with new educational tools from Prfessor.com, the leading Internet-based interactive course curriculum designer.

Prfessor Review from Josh Walsh on Vimeo. 

Prfessor.com gives large corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations the most advanced interactive training tools needed to teach online and to create self-paced learning courses for employees and customers

Online learning is more effective for employees than face-to-face teaching, according to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education.

“Studies show that people like to be taught – especially through the Internet. Since the first grade, we’ve been conditioned so we learn things best in a course environment. It’s what’s comfortable to us,” said Jim Kukral, one of the owners of Prfessor.com. “If you have information to share with employees or customers, Prfessor.com is the answer, and you don’t need any tech skills either. Businesses can use Prfessor.com to create their own online training center.”

Businesses can use Prfessor.com for free to offer training to their employees or customers.

Read more...

Related links

Five tips for being a successful online student

All Josh Walsh's videos on Vimeo

Source: Small Business Trends

'E-Learning' Report Shows Online Professional Development Aids Teachers and Students

"English and math teachers who took professional development courses online improved their instructional practices and boosted their subject knowledge scores, producing modest performance gains for their students, report Boston College researchers in one of the first large-scale randomized experiments to study the impact of online professional development for educators." writes ScienceDaily.

As teacher performance comes under increased scrutiny, the findings point to online professional development as a powerful option to improve teacher quality, according to the report from the Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, a unit of BC's Lynch School of Education and its Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Educational Policy (CSTEEP).

The researchers found improvement in instructional practices and content knowledge across all groups of teachers in the subjects of fourth and seventh grade English and fifth and eighth grade mathematics, according to the team, which included O'Dwyer, Lynch School Associate Professor Michael Russell, and research associates Jessica Masters, Sheralyn Dash, Raquel Magidin De Kramer, and Andrea Humez.
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e-Learning for Educators Effects of On-Line Professional Development on Teachers and their Students:
Findings from Four Randomized Trials (PDF)

Source:  ScienceDaily

'E-Learning' Report Shows Online Professional Development Aids Teachers and Students

"English and math teachers who took professional development courses online improved their instructional practices and boosted their subject knowledge scores, producing modest performance gains for their students, report Boston College researchers in one of the first large-scale randomized experiments to study the impact of online professional development for educators." writes ScienceDaily.

As teacher performance comes under increased scrutiny, the findings point to online professional development as a powerful option to improve teacher quality, according to the report from the Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative, a unit of BC's Lynch School of Education and its Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Educational Policy (CSTEEP).

The researchers found improvement in instructional practices and content knowledge across all groups of teachers in the subjects of fourth and seventh grade English and fifth and eighth grade mathematics, according to the team, which included O'Dwyer, Lynch School Associate Professor Michael Russell, and research associates Jessica Masters, Sheralyn Dash, Raquel Magidin De Kramer, and Andrea Humez.
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Related links
inTASC
e-Learning for Educators Effects of On-Line Professional Development on Teachers and their Students:
Findings from Four Randomized Trials (PDF)

Source:  ScienceDaily

Online Education Continues its Rapid Growth, Study Finds

The 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that online enrollment rose by almost one million students – the largest ever year-to-year increase since the study began eight years ago.

The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide finds approximately 5.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in Fall 2009, the most recent term for which figures are available.
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Class Differences: Online Education in the United States, 2010 (PDF)

Source: Faculty Focus

Online Education Continues its Rapid Growth, Study Finds

The 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that online enrollment rose by almost one million students – the largest ever year-to-year increase since the study began eight years ago.

The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide finds approximately 5.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in Fall 2009, the most recent term for which figures are available.
Read more...

Related link
Class Differences: Online Education in the United States, 2010 (PDF)

Source: Faculty Focus

Jackdaw from Open Elms: The App Store for E-Learning Has Arrived

Jackdaw is free e-learning authorware from Open Elms which produces elegant e-learning courses which can be used without cost and in addition sold online.



The options for developing engaging e-Learning and selling it online has to date been costly. As such great training material has remained in the hands and heads of the trainers and those fortunate enough to have sat in their classrooms. Jackdaw is free easy-to-use e-learning authoring software that aims to change this. The software, produced by Open Source e-learning experts, Open Elms, allows its users to create e-learning featuring video trainers in virtual 3D rooms.

Features:

· Free
· No coding necessary, intuitive course creation
· 3-D virtual learning room where learning takes place
· 100s of templates to chose from and customise
· Video presenters can be integrated into the e-learning
· Add tests to check on knowledge retention
· SCORM v1.2 compliance for easy integration with any LMS
· Collaborative development from the Jackdaw community
· Extendable system for designers with Adobe Flash (no coding necessary)
· Purchase additional courses from the Jackdaw AppStore
· Integrate existing video, PowerPoint, Captivate and Presenter
· Training, video production, support and hosting packages available
· Register to sell your courses on this site and keep 70% of revenue

The software is available for evaluation on demand else it can be downloaded from http://www.openelms.org/jackdaw

Source: PR.com

Jackdaw from Open Elms: The App Store for E-Learning Has Arrived

Jackdaw is free e-learning authorware from Open Elms which produces elegant e-learning courses which can be used without cost and in addition sold online.



The options for developing engaging e-Learning and selling it online has to date been costly. As such great training material has remained in the hands and heads of the trainers and those fortunate enough to have sat in their classrooms. Jackdaw is free easy-to-use e-learning authoring software that aims to change this. The software, produced by Open Source e-learning experts, Open Elms, allows its users to create e-learning featuring video trainers in virtual 3D rooms.

Features:

· Free
· No coding necessary, intuitive course creation
· 3-D virtual learning room where learning takes place
· 100s of templates to chose from and customise
· Video presenters can be integrated into the e-learning
· Add tests to check on knowledge retention
· SCORM v1.2 compliance for easy integration with any LMS
· Collaborative development from the Jackdaw community
· Extendable system for designers with Adobe Flash (no coding necessary)
· Purchase additional courses from the Jackdaw AppStore
· Integrate existing video, PowerPoint, Captivate and Presenter
· Training, video production, support and hosting packages available
· Register to sell your courses on this site and keep 70% of revenue

The software is available for evaluation on demand else it can be downloaded from http://www.openelms.org/jackdaw

Source: PR.com