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Trainer1
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24th July 2006
Trainer1 launches 'ekademi'
Trainer1, one of the UK's leading independent e-learning specialists,
in collaboration with By-Design, has established 'ekademi' to help
those who are producing e-learning materials to become proficient in
all the knowledge and skills required for these e-learning materials to
be successful. ekademi was launched simultaneously in the UK and the
USA - with a well attended and well received course on instructional
design (ID) being run in Atlanta, GA, at the end of June, and the next
UK version at the end of August.
The courses offered by Trainer1's ekademi cover such topics as:
Executive Summary
An executive level introduction to the different models of e-learning
with their respective benefits and a high level overview of the
technical implications inherent in each.
How to convert classroom-delivered material to an effective
e-learning format
In this fast-paced one day event, delegates learn techniques to bring
e-learning 'alive'.
Better e-learning design
A comprehensive two-day course to ensure that the content delegates
create is not just a 'page turner'. This course looks at how the brain
and the eye work whose message will be received and remembered.
More than instructional design
This two-day course covers every aspect of ID in e-learning and goes on
to explain how some of the layout designs can have instructional links.
It concludes with a realistic workshop that provides delegates with
practice in using ID principles to create actual e-learning materials.
JumpStart
This comprehensive development and training package guarantees that
delegates can get an interactive training and testing centre up and
running, containing delegates' company-specific training, in one week.
ekademi courses being run in the USA over the next few months have been
scheduled for Portland, OR, and Dallas, TX. These courses are receiving
support from such organisations as Nestle, General Motors, Bayer,
Hewlett Packard and Procter & Gamble.
"All ekademi courses are 'classroom-based' - even though they relate to
e-learning!" explained Neil Lasher, managing director of Trainer1 and
the author of the recently published 'The four 'A's of Learning', a new
model of ID which encapsulates the lessons of 20 years of designing
e-learning and related materials to produce a model for ID specifically
relating to task-based and workflow e-learning.
"The courses are designed to further delegates' understanding and
creation of e-learning, helping them to become both proficient and
self-sufficient in producing effective e-learning materials," Lasher
continued. "They help delegates to create precise, reliable, and
cost-effective learning for the most demanding of professionals,
feedback received from clients has been wonderful."
Those who want to take the 'ultimate step' towards self-sufficiency in
e-learning materials development can attend a five day masterclass,
called 'e-learning JumpStart'. Lasher commented: "This masterclass not
only covers how to create e-learning materials using Lectora, one of
the most widely-used authoring tools on the market, but delegates also
receive 'hand-holding' help to create their own e-learning materials.
"The whole range of ekademi courses gives delegates a chance to find
out if they are suited to creating e-learning materials and takes the
novice from the 'toe in the water' stage to 'full immersion' in the
world of e-learning," he added.
The Trainer1 ekademi caters not only for e-learning novices but also
for those who are experienced e-learning developers, since there are
always new development techniques and styles to learn in such a
fast-moving sector as is e-learning.
Lasher explained: "In the early days of e-learning, there were
'courses'. Then learning content was split into 'chunks', or learning
objects.
"In the last year or so, we have seen the rapid rise of informal
learning, with its ever-decreasing, discrete pieces of learning
content," he said.
"And, as technology continues to develop, the ekademi courses will
reflect this - allowing ekademi members to stay at the leading edge of
e-learning design and development while delegating the time and effort
required to research into these technological developments to
Trainer1."
All ekademi course delegates become members of the ekademi - allowing
them on-going access to on-demand coaching and mentoring from ekademi
staff. And those who complete an ekademi course receive a certificate,
which they can add to their continuing professional development (CPD)
portfolio.
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Notes for Editors:
About
ekademi
There are five ekademi courses:
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Executive
summary (one day): An executive level introduction to the different
models of e-learning with their respective benefits and a high level
overview of the technical implications inherent in each.
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Convert
classroom to e-learning (one day): Techniques to bring e-learning alive
in the way you do in the classroom.
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Better
e-learning design (two days): Ensuring that the content you create is
not just a 'page turner', this course looks at how the brain and the
eye work together in relation to screen usage to help you in designing
courses where your message will be received and remembered.
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More than
instructional design - instructional design for e-learning (two days):
Covers every aspect of instructional design (ID) in e-learning and goes
on to explain how some of the layout design can have instructional
links. It concludes with a realistic workshop that provides delegates
with some real practice in using ID principles to create e-learning
materials. This is an instructional design course with a difference.
This course is a must if you want to know why people read and remember
some things and not others.
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E-learning Jump Start - hands on building e-learning (five days): A
development and training package that guarantees you're getting an
interactive training and testing centre up and running, with your
company specific training, in one week. It also provides the tools and
training you require to edit and create your own training courses.
The Basic
JumpStart Package Includes: one day on site planning, followed by five
days on site training and one day skills gap training (six weeks later)
for up to eight people (software licenses can be added to meet your
requirements).
About Trainer1
Trainer1 is an independent e-learning specialist and creator of sophisticated courseware for learning, with a long experience in computer delivered learning. In particular, Trainer1 has developed, supplies and supports:
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Authoring tools - for the creation of content, meeting SCORM, AICC, LRN, XML, and QTI standards.
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Learning and Knowledge Management tools - for the management and distribution of content, including accreditation and reporting of data within existing databases.
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Delivery systems for workflow learning - CSL.
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Tools and libraries to create multimedia content, including image editors, easy to use Flash production tools, libraries of sound, graphics and animation.
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Specialist training events to assist trainers become self sufficient in e-learning design and production.
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Development services in the creation and maintenance of learning content.
Trainer1's client list includes major corporates such as ABN AMRO, Alliance & Leicester, Kraft Foods, Mitsubishi Corporation, Specsavers and Camelot, along with public sector clients including the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Department for International Development, Kings College Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability and many local authorities.
Trainer1 is privately owned and remains a small, friendly company providing high quality product combined with personal service to Blue Chip Companies, as well as small and medium sized enterprises. Trainer1 is a member of many e-learning organisations and works with standards bodies to ensure technology is meeting the needs of users worldwide, as well as the guidelines determined by the governing groups in the e-learning industry.
Further information from:
Neil Lasher, Trainer1, 020 7264 4844
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, 01727 860405
www.trainer1.com
