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It's Alive! The Hidden Costs of e-Learning
e-Learning course design,
development and hosting have become easier, faster and more
affordable over the last five-years. As designers, developers
and publishers, we are getting better at estimating the
development and deployment costs of e-Learning. Most
companies can estimate the time and effort it will take to
produce one hour of Web-Based-Training; the same goes for
virtual classroom and hosting costs. However, if asked to
estimate the time and effort associated with updates or fixes
to an already published course over a 5-year period, most of
us would not have a clue where to begin. This article
addresses what I view as a major hidden cost of e-Learning –
maintenance of course materials over time. Why
are course content changes and the resulting maintenance costs
so comprehensive? Experience reveals a few key factors…
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TRAINING GOES
MOBILE
ASK has added a new webinar to
its roster with "Is Mobile-Training Right for Your
Organization?" Motivated by the fact that cellular phones,
PDAs, Pocket PCs and broadband wireless connectivity are
changing the way we communicate, companies are deploying
technology to the mobile worker on devices that are integrated
with voice, sound and multimedia capabilities. This workshop
examines the technical and design challenges associated with
the deployment of e-Learning on a Pocket PC. Coupled with the
TeraLearn Learning Content Management System, this course
provides specific examples of how to publish quality WBT on a
wireless handheld device using popular Microsoft Office
products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel). Join Dr. Eric Parks,
founder and CEO of ASK International, as he identifies the
technical challenges associated with M-Training including
screen size, memory, color depth and user input. Discuss the
questions that must be addressed in order to deploy e-Learning
in a highly restrictive environment and learn how to
deploy effective M-Training to the appropriate end-user
audience...
learn more Register to attend by Clicking Here
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5 Technical Specs
Every Organization Must Address
The implementation of e-Learning requires a multitude of
pre-production planning by the developers design team.
Certain technical specifications must be addressed with
customers to ensure a streamlined pre-production process. The
five most common technical specifications are listed below in
no particular order. In fact, Nick Arentz, senior member of
the ASK Technology Team, says 'They each go hand-in-hand in
contributing to successful program designs from the technical
perspective.' Arentz adds, 'Most of the issues that the
programming team and I encounter are related to the
capabilities and limitations of the delivery technology and
environment.' With these technological parameters in mind,
Designers have the ability to facilitate a quality e-Learning
program that will satisfy the training team and ensure the
transfer of knowledge to the end-user...
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ASTD International
Conference and Exposition Raffle Winners
ASK announces the winners of the Expo Booth raffle held at the
60th annual ASTD International Conference and Exposition from
May 24th-26th, 2004 in Washington DC. Winners will enjoy a
one-year license for popular PowerPoint conversion tools to
facilitate the creation of Web-Based-
Training.
Congratulations to Carrie Shade of Wells
Fargo Investments,
the winner of a one-year license for PresentationPro's
PowerCONVERTER, which converts PowerPoint files to streaming
FLASH….
Congratulations to Glen
Forbes of Enterprise Rent-a-Car, the winner of a one-year
license for Impatica for PowerPoint. Glen can now convert
PowerPoint slides to HTML for upload to the Internet….
If you would like to learn more about PPT
for WBT, the
Knowledge Center hosts several articles on this popular
topic and you can register to attend a free webinar, "From
Storyboard to Deployment Using PPT," by clicking on Workshops
... learn more
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Meet Dr. Parks:
10/15 – 10/17
Advisory Board
Training Technical Solutions
Training Magazine Event
Salt Lake City, UT
11/05 – 11/08
E-Learning Guild
San Jose, CA
No Cost
Weekly Webinars
e-Learning Success Skills
Emerging Training Technologies
From Storyboard to
Deployment Using
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