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In this Issue:

• The Eye of the Knowledge Storm: The Coming Revolution in Workplace Learning
• Reusable Learning Objects - The Signs of the Times
• Learning Object Demonstration: "Just ASK: The Interactive Online Magazine Show"

In today’s business world, collapsing product life cycles, rising operating costs and increasing competition are battering organizations. As a result, businesses are demanding increased productivity from their employees and have resorted to outsourcing the work whenever possible. In essence, they are demanding more of their employees and expecting work to be completed at a faster rate. This relentless swirling storm is forcing us to rethink our work processes and pursue innovative and creative ways to enhance performance and organizational results. Yet even the most powerful of storms – a category five hurricane – has an eye in its center. The eye is the vortex of the storm where a calm clear sky resides while the storm rages around it. Four emerging technologies are forming a vortex not unlike the eye of a hurricane... Learn more

One of the major concepts of SCORM is the ability to break down a course into its smallest reusable-learning object, called a SCO (Sharable Content Object). This object could be an entire course or simply one lesson in a course, which can then be reused and combined with other SCOs to create a new course. Breaking lessons down into reusable learning objects or SCOs enables organizations to rework and deploy new courses quickly and easily... Learn more

This month ASK International is proud to announce the newest feature on the organization's website – “Demonstrations of Excellence” – featuring a sophisticated demonstration on the use of learning objects. “Just ASK: The Interactive Online Magazine Show,” is a theme-driven course that utilizes SCOs or SCORM-compliant “sharable content objects” for easy maintenance. Each SCO can be updated and reused to easily work with any e-Learning curriculum and LMS. This learning object demonstration was created as two separate SCOs, the first introducing the theme and use of the interactive tools and the second presenting a knowledge check where learners' results are scored and review links are provided... Learn more