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Some one once said “pursue knowledge without prejudice.” Actually this was Scientist and genius Richard Ferynman.
How many times have elearning managers or Chief Learning Officers come across instances when the intrinsic rewards of learning and e-learning have collided with meeting business goals and objectives regarding employee or staff advancement and education. What do you in that case? How do you convince upper management that learning and continuing to pursue human capital development is a strategic and competitive advantage?
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If you are like most folks, you have written up your New Year’s resolutions and pin them nicely on your mirror or desktop or even in your private journal. Bravo …now here’s a little bit of prediction(s) of my own for the New Year - 2007.
Huge Growth in e learning and Training Budgets
I bet you are thinking we at eLeaP are laughing all the way to the bank .. we not so fast. The reason(s) of this predicted growth in e learning and training budgets can be summed up as follows:
Full disclosure: my company eLeaP provides an easy to use, comprehensive eLearning Management Platform.
My comments are not necessarily addressed to the techno wiz kids who come up with the best learning management systems or online learning solutions … my comments to anybody who is interested in putting the fun back into elearning and web-based training. Yes I know …. we live in the 24 hour news cycle and production lines. We need to push out learning courses at will. We need to have a system to allow us post new product specs, competitive analysis, sales presentations etc. Believe me I understand that … I will be out of business if all of these things did not happen.
BUT and a BIG BUT, are we really doing this for our company objectives of saving money and moving new hires or employees through the assembly line training system (whether we are actually imparting knowledge or not), or even satisfying the training department’s innate need to justify budgets? If I have offended anyone, I apologize. I am trying to make a point.
My Point: Make eLearning Fun. Use Simple but creative learning objects to make eLearning and Web-based training enjoyable and fun again!
How? Take a silly video of yourself, slap it into YouTube, and import it into your training course. After all if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is definitely worth a heck of a lot more!
How? Use interactive elearning management system (LMS) features such as forums and Whiteboards to engage in informal and blended learning. You will be surprised at the wealth of knowledge and information that is bottled up in people’s heads ….waiting to be unleashed.
How? How about simple cartons, jokes, and humor to liven up your elearning courses.
How? Ask for feedback from your course takers or users. They will tell you exactly what “floats their boats”. Use that info in your next course development.
How? Shameless plug coming up: Talk to Don at eLeaP. You will amazed at how easy you can implement all of the above using eLeaP Learning Management Platform.
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I have had the privilege of engaging in discussions on e-learning and workplace e-learning programs with so many business people, owners of companies, professionals, and regular employees.
Some of the common questions I get include:
>> Answer: While I see the obvious business case for keeping overheads down and doing more with less, I think the issue of not training employees wrecks more havoc on the competitive advantage any company possesses. Imagine having to compete in a global world, where your services are pitted against those of local, regional, national and now international competitors. Well you can stop imagining. This is the current scope of the competitive landscape. In short, you need a system that automates and leverages some of the advantages of elearning and SCORM objectives. Elearning using a system such as eLeaP allows you to create content courses once and having the ability to reuse the same elearning courses over and over again. You can do this with eLeaP because you can manage users - adding and deleting users at will.
>> Answer: Simple. Look for a system that is simple, robust, scalable and secure. You will not want to spend your valuable time trying to learn how to use an learning management system. You don’t want your staff to spend hard earned work hours stuck in system that keeps breaking down. And last but not least you need an elearning management system that will grow with your company. Need more info: check out this page on elearning system.
>> Answer: Change can be disruptive. Change needs to be planned for and executed in phases. Yes I can understand the trepidation in certain companies or organizations. But you have to remember, they said that about the Internet .. that it was just a passing fad and will fade away. They said the same thing about using Email for communications … My point is why don’t you place your company on the cutting edge of technology. e-Learning might be new but the medium is not… That is why elearning companies that give you a chance to try their systems should be given your business. Try eLeaP free for 15 days. See how you and your staff like the learning management system. Try it with a select group of early adopters in your organization. But what ever you do, try some variant of elearning because it is here to stay .. just like the Internet or Email. Still not comfortable with eLearning, talk to Don over at the eLeaP Learning Management Systems company.
I thought this would make for a neat entry. Doing online demonstrations of eLeaP LMS/LCMS presents us with the greatest opportunity to get clean unvarnished feedback, criticisms and accolades.
Here is is a typical demonstration:
Me: Have you been able to successfully log into our online demo interface?
Prospect: Yes. It was rather easy. I had to load this small program on my browswer, add my name and here I am.
Me: Good. Well lets get started … First a little bit of background on eLeaP and our company. Started with a simple but powerful idea… Give companies the tools they need to enhance the quality of their workforce. Give flexibility, scalability, simplicity and security.
Prospect: Sounds interesting. I like simplicity and security
Me: Note to self (make sure marketing copy stresses simplicity and security). Ok simply go to your unique URL (in this case we will use https://demo.2leap.com), click the “login” link, enter your user name and password and access your eLeaP user account.
Prospect: Huuum… so I get my own unique URL. Can I email this to my employees or trainees?
Me: Well yes you can. In fact, you can create a simple web link from your website to your secure eLeaP account URL. Do you have any more questions about the log in process?
Prospect: Nope, keep going.
Me: Ok thanks. Once you login the system detects your profile and automatically places your assigned courses on your welcome page. By the way, you as the company administrator can edit the welcome page and also brand eLeaP with your own logo and text.
Prospect: Wow, can you show me. I mean do I have to learn how to program to do this?
Me: I can show you and no you don’t need any programming skills. Simply click [My Account] and then [Company Profile] and simply type in your text and upload your logo to customize your training system. Let me demonstrate ..
Prospect: I like this system already. It really is simple to use.
Me: Thanks. Lets go through a course we created. I am going to access one of my assigned courses as your end-user would. Here we go…This is a course about “Creating Lasting Family Connections” courtesy of COPES, Inc. Lets see how easy it is to navigate this course and access all the features of the course .. such as glossary, FAQ’s, Web resources, White Boards, Feedback Forms, My Stuff for personal portfolio building.
Prospect: Wow. This is neat. But how easy is it to create a course such as this?
Me: Glad you asked. Here we go, click on [Courses] then [Add Course]. Simply complete the course meta data information and submit and you will launched into our Content Management Interface. Simply add course chapters and lessons, click details to add course content to your lessons. Do you have multimedia files? Simply use the Flash file upload feature or the Media file upload button to add flash video files or Mpg or even PodCasts..
Prospect: Can I attach files to my courses?
Me: Why yes. Click on the [Upload file] button, navigate and upload your file.
Prospect: This is simple. This is simple. I can’t believe how simple it is.
Me: We invested serious resources in creating a system that truly makes the task of creating online trainings easy and fun. Join us next time for the second part of this demonstration.
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Louisville, Kentucky September 14, 2006 — Telania, Inc. a leading provider of custom software development applications and learning technology today announced the release of its flagship eLearning application - eLeaPâ„¢ Learning/Training Management System. Click here to read full press release.
For the NPR fans out there check out Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan as he discusses online learning.
“More and more students are earning their college degrees at the keyboard, as higher education goes online. Neal Conan leads a discussion on the popularity, promise and problems of attending college via the Internet. ” NPR
** eLeaP believes that one of the bed rocks of the Internet Revolution is self development and empowerment. We believe anyone who wants to learn should have the tools and platforms needed to realize their full potential. That is why eLeaP will soon be rolling out myeLeaP - a learning and human capital development tool for individuals, schools and non-profits. Stay tuned.
Donatus Weobong
One of my favorite email marketing vendors Vertical Response has been recognized by Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing companies. This is exciting news as Vertical Response and eLeaP share some common traits: Great product, Outstanding Customer support.
Read more about this incredible achieve at Vertical Response blog.
Don’t be fooled by our simplicity, eLeaP packs a powerful punch under the hood.
Our users agree “.. eLeaP is simply the most easy to use LMS/LCMS system out there.”
From the signup process to creating your first course through the easy course builder system to creating single or bulk users and assigning quizzes from your library of quiz questions eLeaP makes your life a little bit stress free.
Customize your training portal? Of course. How about interactive features for your users? Rich user features galore.
Are you still doubting our claims? Here is an idea, signup for a free trial account, put eLeaP LMS/LCMS to the test, invite some of your trainees or employees to try eLeaP. If you are satisfied, walk away. No hurt feeling right?
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eLeaP is simply the best elearning platform. Its secure, easy to use, full of rich powerful features and its backed by the latest in web technology.
