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Greetings!Welcome to the August issue of the ASK International e-Learning newsletter. This issue contains an original article by Lisa Ahrons, Project Manger for ASK International. We hope that you find the articles useful and if there is a topic that you would like addressed in a future publication, please let us know.In this Issue:
Developing Expertise Within Your Organization Lisa Ahrons, Project Manager, ASK International The decision to create e-Learning in-house versus outsourcing requires a careful look at the time and resources your organization will need to dedicate to the effort, as well as the benefits associated with in-house production. In general, some potential benefits include time savings, ROI, development of internal expertise and decrease in production costs. With so many benefits, why can e-Learning be so difficult to implement? A few reasons include:
These challenges are difficult
to overcome for organizations that are new to e-Learning, as
such mentoring is a practical solution...
Learn More Eric R. Parks, Ph.D, CEO/founder, ASK International As the 1983 program chair for the Orange County Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (OCASTD), I wanted to truly understand how executives viewed training and how as training professionals we could better communicate this value in our respective organizations. I arranged to have the President/CEO from a local Fortune 500 business speak to the chapter at our monthly dinner meeting. In welcoming the CEO from one of the nation’s largest Health Insurance Providers, I was wondering how he viewed the value of training. As he stepped up to the podium and looked at the audience of over 150 ASTD members, he said, “Smilers and Filers is what we call you behind your backs in the Board Room.” The audience was stunned. He went on to explain that training and trainers are viewed by executives as risk adverse, compliance oriented, HR-types providing limited impact on the bottom line. He was a strong believer in training, but he said that most training organizations failed to communicate how training solves organizational needs... Learn more The e-Learning Cost Conundrum Dr. Eric Parks, President and founder of ASK International, will speak at the Orange County California ASTD Chapter’s Special Interest Group Meeting at UC Irvine on September 8, 2004. The presentation, Calculating the Total Cost of e-Learning, highlights the fact that most e-Learning vendors are struggling to understand the costs associated with e-Learning and are in turn losing money. This state of affairs makes cost-analysis a particularly challenging component if you are depending on vendor estimates for budget proposals or cost allocation. Join Dr. Parks as he presents examples on how to gather, analyze and project the costs associated with the design, development and deployment of e-Learning. Genie Z. Laborde, Ph. D.,
Founder and CEO of International Dialogue Education
Associates, Inc., describes Calculating the Total Cost of
e-Learning as “absorbing and practical. The
information reflected years of experience in e-Learning. [Dr.
Parks] is generous with his time and information...
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