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8th September 2008

More instructional design courses from Trainer1's Neil Lasher

Neil Lasher, managing director of the vendor neutral e-learning specialist, Trainer1, is running further instructional design (ID) public masterclasses in October and November at the RBS Williams Formula 1 (F1) Conference Centre, in Grove, Oxfordshire. Lasher's ID clients include the Open University, 24 Scottish Councils and the British Army as well as organisations in the USA, Canada and Russia.

Lasher is also running 'Ultimate Instructional Design' at the same venue. This one day course not only outlines the key elements in a modern approach to ID but also involves delegates going through a teambuilding exercise to become a 'pit crew' working on a real F1 car.

Among the organisations which have recently commissioned Lasher to run this course exclusively for them is the Boehringer Ingelheim group - one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies.

'Ultimate Instructional Design' delegates also receive a tour of the Conference Centre, seeing all of Williams' F1 cars since 1977 and visiting the Williams F1 team's trophy museum. 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.

"This advanced course is structured to provide highly memorable experiential learning which should remain in delegates' long term memory," commented Lasher. "By the end of the course, the delegates dissect the training they have received, discussing - among other things - the 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 experienced the effects of their efforts," he continued.

In his ID courses, Lasher outlines various ID theories, including those of Gagne, Kolb and Race as well as the 'ADDIE', 'ASSURE' and 'UVID' models.

The two day public masterclasses 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. They help delegates to create precise, reliable and cost-effective learning for the most demanding of professionals.

"We provide delegates with a process for structuring e-learning courseware to facilitate effective, performance-enhancing e-learning," said Lasher. "This course takes you through the ID process by working on a real project.

"Delegates receive tips on how to isolate the learning requirements, create the right blend to address different learning styles, design a course map, identify opportunities for interactivity and practise scriptwriting," he added. "Delegates can find out if they are suited to creating e-learning materials and the course takes the novice from the 'toe in the water' stage to 'full immersion' in the world of e-learning."

"However, the tips and techniques that the course explores are applicable to ID for all forms of learning delivery - not merely e-learning. It is this cross-platform applicability that is attracting an increasing number of delegates on our 'public courses'," Lasher revealed.

For further information and to book online for these ID courses, visit Trainer1's website ( www.trainer.com ).

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Notes for Editors:

About Boehringer Ingelheim

Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 135 affiliates in 47 countries and 39,800 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.

In 2007, Boehringer Ingelheim posted net sales of 10.9 billion euro, while spending one fifth of net sales in its largest business segment prescription medicines on research and development.

About ADDIE, ASSURE and UVID instructional design theories

• Assessment; design; development; implement; evaluate (ADDIE);

• Analyse learners; stimulate; select media; utilise media; require learner participation; evaluate response (ASSURE), and

• Understand; visualise; idealise; deliver (UVID).

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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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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