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In this Issue:

• Online Assessment: Rethinking Testing Paradigms
• Ten Tips For Successful Software Simulations
• Dr. Parks Invited to Speak at ASTD’s International Conference 2005

In grade school, and later in college, I never looked forward to midterms and final exams. I was a highly visual learner and had the misfortune of literally thinking in pictures. As a consequence, I did much better on essay type exams than the more common multiple choice and true or false questions. It wasn’t until I moved onto graduate school, where complex abstract thinking was valued, that I began to perform well on tests. As a result, I was never a big fan of testing in general and didn’t see how online testing would be much different... Learn more

Have you ever needed to create system software training for your organization but were hesitant to adopt an e-Learning solution? Did you shy away from e-Learning due to the widespread belief that effective system software training can only take place in a classroom/computer lab environment? Maybe you think that in order for learners to perform hands-on practice activities, they need to perform the functions while using the actual system so they can fully experience the actual functionality in a training environment... Learn more

Dr. Eric Parks, President/CEO of ASK International, has been invited to speak at ASTD’s 2005 International Conference in Orlando, Florida. Join Dr. Parks on June 6th as he addresses the “Hidden Costs of e-Learning” - a presentation drawn from several articles located in the Knowledge Center on the ASK website (http://www.askintl.com/knowledge/KCFrames.asp). “The Hidden Costs of e-Learning” focuses on course maintenance – a cost often overlooked in the budgeting phase. Dr. Parks will examine the costs associated with publishing courses while highlighting the impacts of atrophy and content growth as the biggest challenge... Learn more