Content is king, right?  Well then the new queen in eLearning is social media.  When was the last time we thought about how the new generation wants to learn?  Beyond content, beyond access, beyond look and feel, but “delivery and learner extensions”.   eLearning is on the cusp of a new horizon, (in its own infancy, and growing fast) by providing the training online through a system that provides updates, access to current information, and in an environment that lives on your desktop.  No, its not a new LMS, its lightweight, portable applications extending the training with streams of relevant information, news, updates,social media, and more.  Today, those who embrace eLearning focus deeply on content, which is correct, but we now need to focus on extending that content for real world information, news, and updates.

Brookwood is developing a solution that extends training on a personal level, includes social media, and can be customized to meet the learners specific needs.  Our solution will empower the learner to go beyond what is provided to them by allowing them to customize their own personal training portal.  Check back in a week for news on a upcoming demo of this new solution.

Take your training to a new level of learning and information with a Broowood Solution.  

Check out our latest portfolio here:  http://brookwood.com/portfolio-d/

Ed Stengel Software Application Development, Training, eLearning

Adobe Captivate 4: Beyond the Essentials picks up where the Intro to Captivate 4 course leaves off. You will quickly learn Captivate’s higher-end functionality while improving your production skills via project templates, design templates, advanced actions and scripts. You will learn to collaborate with team members via Captivates’ powerful commenting features. You’ll enhance your users experience via variables that will make it seem like each eLearning lesson you produce has been customized for and is talking directly to your customer. After completing this course, you will have an excellent grasp of how to both record and produce eLearning lessons using Adobe Captivate 4.

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Laura Haas Uncategorized

So let’s see…. ecomonic crisis, automaker bankrupt, housing market slumps, interest rates drop, stocks fall and rise - again,  global warming, swine flu….  IF I close my eyes just for a moment, I would swear it was 1980 not 2009 (I guess I am telling my age with that comment)  The only difference is in 1980 we had the “ozone crisis” and the tail end of “coming of the ice age”… so why did I start today’s blog entry with something outside of eLearning?  Because I am a firm believer of the more things change the more they stay the same.  We all still have the same problems we did 29 years ago… and there is no reason today to stop moving forward in our training initiatives.  I am glad we crawled out of April and now I am running into May.  Why am I running you ask?  Well, its simple -  I am more busy than ever.  My recent webinar on Enterprise eLearning Design and Deployment had a great turn out and it seems we are back on track as a group, or in interest - for eLearning.

eLearning is one area, that if properly designed, can be a cornerstone of success for an organization.  eLearning can be central point for information and standardization of learning within the organization that can instantly provide resources where you need it most - or most often.  Why is it then most organizations are slow to adopt such a program?  …probably for the same myths or misconceptions I started today’s blog with.  Now that we are well on our way in May, what are the reasons your organization might hesitate on taking eLearning a step or two further?  Here is a simple, one question,  May eLearning checklist for you… 

Whithin your organization:  What is it that can be improved upon, eliminated, or reduced with a good eLearning program?  What you mght find might suprise you.

My suggestion is think big, start small and deign an initial program for a broad audience, and wide acceptance. 

We all crawl before we walk…this May I am off and running with eLearning solutions… are you?

Ed Stengel eLearning