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14th March 2008

Trainer1 teams up at RBS Williams Formula 1

The world-renowned instructional design specialist, Neil Lasher - who is also the President of the ASTD Global Network UK and a committee member of the eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association for users and developers of e-learning - is running his International two-day Masterclass on a modern approach to instructional design again at the RBS Williams Formula 1 (F1) Conference Centre, in Grove, Oxfordshire.

In addition to learning about the basics of instructional design; learning styles; emotional significance, creative advantage and Lasher's 'Five 'A's of Learning' - a model of instructional design (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 'rapid' or 'workflow' e-learning - delegates receive a tour of the Conference Centre. This includes seeing all of Williams' F1 cars since 1977 and visiting the Williams F1 team's trophy museum.

Since the previous ID course at the Williams Formula 1 Conference Centre was over-subscribed, Lasher - who also heads up Trainer1, one of the UK's leading independent e-learning specialists - is running another course at the RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre on 1st and 2nd April.

To coincide with the start of the Formula 1 season this weekend, Lasher announced that, on 15th May, he will be running the first 'Advanced Instructional Design' course - at the same location. This one day course involves delegates initially going through a teambuilding exercise to become a 'pit crew' working on a real F1 car.

This advanced course is structured to provide highly memorable experiential learning which should remain in delegates' long term memory. By the end of the course, the delegates will have dissected the training they have received, discussing - among other things - the instructional design (ID) models and 'learning cycles' used, as well as determining the optimal ID model and the ideal 'blend' of learning delivery methods.

"Instead of merely looking at, and analysing, pieces of e-learning, the delegates on the Advanced Instructional Design course will experience the effects of their efforts," Lasher said. "This should be highly memorable - after all, when was the last time you got the chance to change the tyres on a F1 car under timed conditions?"

For some time, Lasher has been running the 'More Than Instructional Design' (MID) course around the world - notably in the UK, USA, Russia and Canada.

"Delegates receive tips on how to isolate the learning requirements, create the right blend to address different groups and styles, design a course map, identify opportunities for interactivity, learn to consider the correct intervention and practice using creativity," Lasher explained.


"We provide a process for structuring e-learning courseware to facilitate effective, performance-enhancing e-learning, taking you through the instructional design process," he added. "This course will benefit those responsible for assessing, designing and producing e-learning and blended programmes and/or who need to know how to assess online learning materials.


"The MID course is a fast and furious two days which leaves delegates invigorated, ready to create great e-learning, while the one day advanced course enables the delegates to learn and experience something that is very special indeed," promised Lasher.


To find out more about the Masterclasses and to book a place, visit www.trainer1.com

For further details of Lasher's ID secrets email neil@trainer1.com or visit www.trainer1.com

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Notes for Editors:

About the RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre

The RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre meets every conferencing expectation while also being one which invites its visitors to a world away from the routine environment of the workplace and into the enigmatic world of Formula One

Complimenting the working facilities is the Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection, available to delegates as an integral part of any event. The Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection houses over 40 of the team's seminal racing cars from over a quarter of a century of racing - and is not normally open to the public.

Further information from http://www.rbswilliamsf1conferences.com/index.html

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:

• Authoring tools - for the creation of content, meeting SCORM, AICC, LRN, XML, and QTI standards. 

• Learning and Knowledge Management tools - for the management and distribution of content, including accreditation and reporting of data within existing databases. 

• Delivery systems for workflow learning - CSL. 

• Tools and libraries to create multimedia content, including image editors, easy to use Flash production tools, libraries of sound, graphics and animation. 

• Specialist training events to assist trainers become self sufficient in e-learning design and production. 

• 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.

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Trainer1 Offices and HQ located at 26 Kimberley Court, Kimberley Road, London NW6 7SL
USA Satellite office is located at Trainer1 House, 331 Little Creek Drive, Nazareth, PA 18064
Neil Lasher, Trainer1, +44 (0) 20 7624 4844

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Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0) 1727 860405