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Taking Advantage of the Online Evolution Change
in continuing education means finding ways to do
more with less. Learn how you can establish
an eLearning Center utilizing contracted services
and minimal resources.
Stephen Austin Gatlin President CEO Gatlin
Education Services www.gatlineducation.com
Richard Thomas Bothel Executive
Director Continuing and Distance Education Lamar
University www.bothel.com
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Its easier to invent the future, than predict
it.

• Alan Kay a Xerox Fellow, Chief Scientist of
  Atari, Apple Fellow, and Disney Fellow. In 2001
  he founded Viewpoints Research Institute, a
  non-profit organization dedicated to children and
  learning. He is currently a Senior Fellow at HP
  Labs, an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at
  UCLA and a Visiting Professor at Kyoto
  University. He has been elected a Fellow of the
  American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the
  National Academy of Engineering, the Royal
  Society of Arts, and the Computer History Museum.

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By the end of this session you will agree that???

• eLearning provides an outstanding opportunity for
  everyone.
• It is not difficult to overcome the cost and
  developmental barriers to elearning.
• You can show everyone how elearning will make
  them successful
• Business
• Personal
• Your institution can have an operational
  eLearning Center in less than 60 days.

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Initial eLearning Characteristics

• High development costs
• Expensive technology infrastructure
• High dropout rates
• People Unwilling to take Web courses
• Overall dissatisfaction with the opportunity

The Keys to Successful eLearning Adoption, April,
2003, Innovatia.
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Dissatisfaction with eLearning

• Non-Human
• Traditional paradigms
• Piecemeal Approach
• Proprietary Systems

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• E-Learning is nota panacea
• BUT IT IS GREAT !

Dan Bobinskis Answers for the Workplace August
16, 2004. http//www.management-issues.com
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The future is bright!

• No matter what the economy, people will always
  need to be trained. eLearning is not going
  away.Will Thalheimer

• Current 13 preference for eLearning to
  build on
• Multi-Billion dollar industry

Thalheimer, W. (2003, 12-2) Changing e-learning
market is par for the course. Mass High Tech
The Journal of New England Technology
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HU

• McDonalds trains so many people that it has
  surpassed the US Army as the nations largest
  training organization.
• Over 3-5 years will reduce training time by
  40-60 with JIT online learning
• HU offers a career-route map for employees

http//www.fortune.com
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Impact Trends

• The Internet continues to growin three years
  147.4 to 345.6 million
• Expansion of lifelong learning
• 21 growth in self-help books
• 87 go online to pursue hobby/interest
• Corporate training continues to grow2003 15
  billion outsourced

Facts, Figures and Forces Behind eLearningAugust
2000--Learnframe
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Emergence of New Economy

• Old Economy
• Skills
• Labor vs Management
• Business vs. Environment
• Security
• Monopolies
• Job Preservation
• Wages
• Plant, Equipment
• National
• Status Quo
• Standardization
• Top-Down
• Hierarchical
• Regulation
• Zero Sum
• Sues
• Standing Still

• New Economy
• Lifelong Learning
• Teams
• Encourage Growth
• Risk Taking
• Competition
• Job Creation
• Ownership, Options
• Intellectual Property
• Global
• Speed, Change
• Custom, Choice
• Distributed
• Networked
• Public/Private Partnerships
• Win-Win
• Invests
• Moving Ahead

The Book of KnowledgeInvesting in the Growing
Education and Training Industry, Merrill
Lynch/1999-2000
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eLearning Solutions

• Open Architecture
• Personalization
• Universal Standards
• Paradigm Shift- Learning comes to you
• Move to Lower Cost

Peg Maddocks, Strategies of the future
E-Learning E-Communications, Cisco Systems,
2001
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Cost

• How do you find low cost elearning solutions?

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The Cost of Instructor-Led LearningBased on 800
Students

• Design and Development 59, 560
• Delivery 1,026,920
• Admin/Maint 5,168
• Total Cost 1,091,648

Kevin Kruse, Measuring the Cost of eLearning,
www.e-learning.com, retrieved 9-2005
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The Cost of eLearningBased on 800 Students

• Design and Development 350,000
• Delivery 134,400
• Admin and Maint 16,000
• Total Cost 500,600

Kevin Kruse, Measuring the Cost of eLearning,
www.e-learning.com, retrieved 9-2005
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Times are Changing

• Training managers are used to spending in
  relatively small amounts. eLearning tends to be
  front-loaded with the savings down the line.
  Sums are greaterand so are the benefitsbut so
  are the risks.
• The professional in training has to deal with
  multiple stakeholders beyond the
  learnerincluding IT, finance, and purchasing.

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• The Answer ?

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Outsourcing

• The hierarchical structure of an organization is
  a relic of the past with the ascendance of teams
  and business ecosystems.
• Companies are developing a web of suppliers,
  customers and outsourcing partners that can
  provide specific expertise when needed.
• 90 of multinational firms outsource some things

The Book of KnowledgeInvesting in the Growing
Education and Training Industry, Merrill
Lynch/1999-2000
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Lesson from the Past

• You do not have to own it all.
• Total control of instructors and course
  development does not insure success.

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You are empowered!

• Outsourcing also means that you are not bound by
  the limitations of your current faculty and
  technology infrastructure.
• You can focus on assessing the needs of your
  potential students and showing how elearning can
  bring them success.

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Implementation Strategies

• eLearning must be driven by the specific needs of
  your target population
• Community needs assessment
• Corporate/Organizational University

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Move cost analysis from ROI(Return on Investment
to ROV(Return on Value)

• Move cost analysis from strictly ROI(Return on
  Investment to ROV(Return on Value)
• ROV shifts focus from ROI to a more complete
  analysis. It broadens the analysis of ROI to
  include both the financial costs and hard
  returns, and also the intangible benefits such as
  having a scalable business, more competent
  employees, less absenteeism, better employee
  retention and more satisfied customers.

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• If you want it, measure it. If you cant measure
  it, forget it.
• --Peter Drucker

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Purpose of eLearning

• The purpose of elearning is to drive business
  results, not simply reduce the costs of training
• If you cant identify the business goal of an
  elearning program, why do it?

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eLearning Questions

• What is the business need?
• How might learning be involved?
• What are the learning success measurements?
• What is the timeframe for learning?
• What is the timeframe for outcomes?
• Do all stakeholders buy into the process?

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eLearning Cycle
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Open your eLearning Center!

• What is your next step ?

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eLearning Vendor ListSample List

• Courses
• Activia - Activia's Assertiveness at Work course
  has been designed to give delegates the
  appropriate tools to assert themselves in a wide
  range of situations at work.
• Activica Development Center - E-learning
  development company specializing in Flash
  ActionScript course development using XML
  integration and SCORM compliant coding.
  Headquarters are located in Argentina, where
  production takes place for our client projects in
  the US and Europe.
• Aveta Business Solutions - Six Sigma Online
  courses encourage employees to use a self-paced
  approach to evaluate and implement improvements.
• Best Training - provides a comprehensive range of
  industry proven UK-based Microsoft courses and
  training services, including competively priced
  instructor-led public scheduled courses--on-site
  and tailored training in London and UK wide.
• CuteSolutions - provides a comprehensive range of
  e-learning courses on personal development.
• DigitalThink - Courses on Computer Science topics
  including C, C, Java, Perl and most Adobe
  Products.
• Edge Interactive - Vendor of training courses in
  a multitude of different languages that can be
  delivered through traditional instruction, the
  internet or your corporate network or intranet.
• ElementK (The former Ziff Davis University) -
  Courses on a variety of computer related topics
  including programming, web site development,
  databases, graphic design and networking.
• Enterprise Training Solutions - Vendor of
  e-Learning solutions for government, business,
  and education institutions. Easily delivered,
  cost-effective, self-directed courses are
  accessed on demand over the Internet, on CD-Rom
  or on your organizations Intranet.
• ESHconnect - offers interactive, highly
  customizable online courses, covering
  occupational safety health training,
  ergonomics, and other business-critical topics,
  and provides a complete range of services, from
  development of training plans and customization
  of web-based training courses, to implementation
  support and 24-hour customer service (for both
  technical and training questions).
• ETCAI Products - Educational Software for
  Electricity and Electronics. Educational software
  for teaching electricity and electronics.
  Functional training software can be downloaded. A
  free trial CD is available for electronics
  teachers..
• InfoSource - provides the How To Master line of
  training, assessment, content authoring, and
  learning management products, all designed to
  help individuals develop PC software skills and
  prepare for industry certifications, including
  IC³, Microsoft Office Specialist, A, MCSE, and
  CCNA.
• Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) -
  provides online courses in both engineering
  skills and management courses (courtsey of
  KnowledgePool)
• Greenlight Training - offers a wide range of IT
  training courses at centres throughout the UK or
  onsite.
• Kesdee Inc - specializes in developing
  interactive e-Learning programs for the global
  finance community. Kesdee embodies the themes of
  Knowledge Economy, Skills Development
  E-Learning Excellence. Presently, KESDEE's
  product suite consists of 40 products with 500
  courses spanning about 1500 hours of e-Learning.
• Leo Media - specializes in the design,
  development and marketing of training products
  and services.
• LearningOracle.Net - offers training courses
  helping users learn all they need to know about
  Oracle software.
• LiveFire Labs - offers online training on
  advanced computer topics, such as UNIX and Linux,
  with hands-on lab exercises on real servers.
  Courses developed by experienced technology
  professionals. Review our sample online
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A complete listing of vendors is available at the
Training Place http//www.trainingplace.com/sou
rce.vendors.html
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