Blended Learning: Online Courses Followed By Open Discussion Blended learning has proven to be one of the most effective ways to achieve long term learning and retention of learned knowledge and skills. There are many ways to offer a blended learning approach to training in your organization. Here is a real world application we received from one of our customers who purchased many of our online courses: "In developing a team leader training program, we came upon your website and the many on-line courses offered. (http://humanext.howtomaster.com/scripts/site/default.asp) We had each team leader purchase one of the grouped classes that is offered and asked them to take one of the courses each month. At our monthly meeting, we then reviewed the course, what was learned, and what they could "take home" from this learning experience. The on-line session partnered with the open discussion worked well for these courses." Susan Simmons, Senior VP/Human Resources. First Federal Savings Bank, Elizabethtown KY. Visit our online courses library: http://humanext.howtomaster.com/scripts/site/default.asp

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Corporate eLearning: Training Directors Can Get Free Access to All Our Courses for Evaluation Purposes Are you looking for a way to enable your entire team, or your entire organization, to have access to a vast array of online training courses in both technical / computer skills and soft skills? Are you looking for a system that will enable you to administer the learning process for your employees? We offer the most powerful, most comprehensive Learning Management System that does not require you to invest tens of thousands of dollars in hardware and software. Our powerful LMS is hosted on its own server to spare you the expenses and headaches of building and maintaining your own. Yet you get all the benefits of having your dedicated LMS that serves the needs of your organization. As a training or HR department manager, or an executive responsible for the training of a large number of employees, you are welcome to try out our LMS online to experience its power and versatility for yourself. Contact us to get a PIN to access the system: Call us at: 1-973-427-3004 Or E-mail us at: : info@communicationideas.com Once you get your PIN: Click here to visit our New Training Ideas Corporate Training System / LMS site

On-Demand Learning: Training in the New Millennium - Best Seller! The prevalent on-demand services that are available in other walks of life must be adapted to the education and learning field if training departments are to be successful in the new millennium. As our affinity for technology and on-demand service and satisfaction grows, this culture will permeate itself in other parts of life. In particular, learners will demand equal capability for their personal and professional development. Training and development practitioners must take action now to provide learners with what they will soon want regularly - On-Demand Learning! This book, by Darin E. Hartley, M.ED., provides managers, human resource specialists, and training professionals with a forewarning of the impending learning revolution along with ideas for developing new learning tools to meet the demand for self-service learning. It includes a comprehensive profile of the on-demand learner and a checklist for action for purveyors of learning. It identifies strategies to maximize the effectiveness of on-demand learning solutions and provides ways to match learners with solutions that work. It will also teach you how to develop on-demand learning solutions in a variety of media to facilitate learning in the digital age. This Best Seller has the following selected contents: Introduction by John Cone, Vice President of Dell Learning, Dell Computer Corporation The On-Demand Society Competencies of the On-Demand Learner How to Enable On-Demand Learning Technological Considerations for On-Demand Learning Technology Assessment Infrastructure Assessment When Not to Use Technology-based Solutions Tracking On-Demand Learning Solutions On-Demand Learning Best Practices A Sample Technology-Enabled Learning Strategy Policies and Guidelines , and more. On Demand Learning/ 171 pp/ Paperback/ Code...ODL/ $34.95

Facilitating Skills for E-Trainers: Learn How to Facilitate e-Learning: A Video Program for Trainers This workshop is designed for the trainer who will facilitate training programs in an e-learning setting. This course addresses facilitating in synchronous and asynchronous learning situations that are delivered over the World Wide Web. The course is intended to be taken in modules or units. In each module you are asked to pause the recorded program to complete an activity or complete an assignment before viewing the next part of the recording. The actual time to complete a module can vary from 30 to 60 minutes. There are two types of materials for this course: written handout materials and the videotaped session that shows trainers and PowerPoint® visuals. There is also a rich resource section that includes a bibliography and web links for further study of this topic. Who should attend: If your responsibility is to facilitate distance or web-based learning or synchronous or asynchronous e-learning, this program is for you. What you’ll learn: Describe the e-trainer’s role as a facilitator of synchronous, asynchronous, and blended learning Identify how to use adult learning concepts in an e-learning environment Use options for virtual introductions Use ten facilitation skills in an e-learning environment  Promote learner interaction and participation Overcome pitfalls of facilitating e-learning Use four strategies to deal with problem learners Complete planning steps for an e-learning event Identify steps to orient the learner to your technology 3 hours of eTraining video with a Workbook/ Code...FSET/ $499.00

Instructional Design for Web-based Training Book with CD-ROM Instructional Design for Web-based Training by Kerri Conrad and TrainingLinks blends instructional design and development tasks with web design issues to outline a methodology for creating effective web-based training (WBT). This book is based on the perspective that effective WBT does not derive solely from the use of Internet technology, but must be founded on proven instructional design techniques as well. Each chapter addresses key implications such interplay can have for a WBT project team, target learners, training goals, and technical possibilities from planning to implementation. This book is intended as a detailed how-to primer that integrates fundamental principles with the nuts and bolts of WBT development. It addresses salient issues for instructional designers seeking a reliable guide to creating effective web courses, but who are not sure where to begin or how to proceed. The book answers practical questions such as: When is WBT a viable option? How can I apply my current instructional design skills to optimal advantage when designing for this new delivery system? What new skills should I develop? Who do I need on my team? How can I meet student needs through this somewhat impersonal delivery system? What technology is needed to actually deliver the training? The companion CD-ROM provides a centralized collection of all project planning and evaluation resources included at the end of each chapter. It also contains selected WBT design and development guidelines that are interspersed throughout the book. Contents: Assessing the Appropriateness of Web-based Training Forming and Managing a WBT Team Audience Analysis Objectives and Measurement Defining Learning Paths Presentation Principles Courseware Testing Course Evaluation and Testing Overview of Instructional Design Course Hosting and Training Management Systems Graphic Design and Web Usability 275 pp/ Paperback with CD-ROM/ Code..IDWBT/ $34.95 Register below for new training ideas from our "Thank God It's Monday" newsletter. Join the Thank God It's Monday Newsletter Email: Send Page To a Friend

All the Skills You Need to Succeed and Grow Are Now Online For all the Soft Skills courses below, and many other Technical / Computer courses, click here for our e-Learning website. Achieving Personal Goals     Applying Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace     Applying Leadership Basics     Appreciating Personality Differences     Balancing Work and Family     Basics of Effective Communication     Basics of Effective Selling     Becoming an Effective Team Member     Building a Successful Team     Building Strong Customer Relationships     Business Writing Basics     Choosing a Childcare Provider     Closing the Sale     Coaching and Counseling     Conducting Performance Reviews     Conflict Intervention     Creating a Strong Leadership Team     Creating an Effective Sales Team     Dealing with Difficult Customers     Dealing With Violence In The Workplace     Delegating     Developing A Child's Critical Thinking Skills     Developing a Strategic Plan     Discharging Employees     Disciplining and Redirecting Employees     Executive-to-employee Communication Strategies     Financial Basics for Non-financial Managers     Guardianship Decisions for Elderly Loved Ones     How To Master Business Management      How To Master Business Writing     How To Master Communications      How To Master Customer Service      How To Master Human Resources      How To Master Leadership      How To Master Performance Management      How To Master Personal And Family      How To Master Personal Career      How To Master Presentation Skills     How To Master Sales Skills      How To Master Staying Positive      How To Master Supervision      How To Master Team Building      How To Master Time Management     Intercultural Business Etiquette     Internet Basics     Interviewing Job Candidates     Interviewing Skills for Job Candidates     Leading Effective Meetings     Leading Effective Teams     Managing a Virtual Office     Managing Change     Managing Disagreement     Managing Negative People     Managing Projects     Managing Stress     Managing Your 401(k)     Mastering Cold Calls     Motivating Employees     Moving from Trainer to Performance Consultant     Negotiating for the Sales Professional     Organizing Your Workspace     Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One     Personal Financial Planning     Presentation Skills     Preventing Sexual Harassment for Employees     Preventing Sexual Harassment for Leaders     Providing Effective Feedback     Qualifying Sales Prospects     Recognizing and Avoiding Burnout     Recognizing and Managing Anger     Recognizing and Responding to Signals of Violence     Recognizing Employee Performance     Setting Performance Goals and Expectations     Soft Skills Using Applications      Solving Problems as a Team     Succeeding as a Supervisor     Successful Negotiation     Telephone Sales Skills     Telephone Skills for Quality Customer Service     Time Management     Understanding and Using Contracts     Valuing Diversity For all these courses, and many other technical / computer / and soft skills courses, click here for our online library website. We can also provide our complete interactive online library to organizations with access to all their employees at much lower cost. Contact us at info@communicationideas.com Or Call 973-427-3004

Web-Based Interactive Learning Activities with Diskette Classroom trainers have proven the importance of interactive activities for maintaining participant interest, replenishing audience energy, and increasing content retention. However, many activities suitable to the classroom don't translate well to that web-based environment so popular with corporate and educational trainers today. What activities work online? This book helps to answer that question. The first of its kind — this book contains 53 openers, closers, energizers and review techniques for web-based training design (including web-based CBT, asynchronous and synchronous classes, text-based, and audio and/or video conferencing)! And every activity works in the classroom as well! Since all of the activities are written from the perspective of being used in the most limiting of all web-based venues—asynchronous text-based instruction, the reader can be assured that each activity translates effectively into the less limiting environments of audio/video conferencing and CBT. Using this book as a resource, the trainer will be able to easily find NEW content-related activities for increasing the interaction and energy in their web-based trainings. Thanks to the accompanying CD it will be a snap to then integrate the activity into their online class. Having completed this book, the reader will be able to: Apply the best learning activity to their content; Design online courses with greater student interaction and consequently greater content retention; Select from 53 different Openers, Closers, Energizers, and Review Techniques for bringing variety into their e-learning 100 pp/ 3-ring binder with diskette/ Code..WILA/ $69.95

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An Overview of On-Line Learning Does on-line learning confuse you? If you're like most people in the training field, including those who have already worked with on-line learning, it probably does. In An Overview of On-Line Learning the author clears away the confusion by defining basic terms and concepts, and how they relate to one another. Produced in association with Lakewood Publications, a leading provider of on-line information and resources in the training community, this guide is an excellent resource for people with an education or training background who have little experience with on-line learning. People with other backgrounds who will play a role in on-line learning, or on-line learning professionals who want an intellectual framework for the complexities of on-line learning will also find it beneficial. Code HR-AOOLL/ $19.95

Blended eLearning: The new technology that promises to revolutionize training Blended eLearning is a must have book for trainers, managers, and learning consultants. The book has a critical mass of powerful information about eLearning theories, methods, and applications. The case studies alone make this book worthwhile to have on every bookshelf. —Darin Hartley, Author of On-Demand Learning. e-Learning is the latest “new technology” that promises to revolutionize training and performance. But what is its real potential? How is e-learning really working out in practice? Blended eLearning, by Dr. Larry Bielawski and David Metcalf, Ph.D, examines the current “state of the art” and takes a broad look at the latest instructional techniques, tools, and strategies that will help you to more effectively realize the benefits of e-learning. Three key e-learning approaches, knowledge management, performance support, and on-line learning, are examined using case studies, product features, instructional benefits and potential pitfalls. The authors detail methods and tools to help you develop blended e-learning solutions based on different needs and resources. Contents: Chapter 1: Scope and Applications of eLearning Systems; Chapter 2: Performance Support Tools; Chapter 3: Knowledge Management Systems; Chapter 4: Integrated Blended eLearning Solutions; Chapter 5: Instructional Systems Design for Blended eLearning; Chapter 6: Case Studies and Best Practices; Chapter 7: Analysis, Profiling, and Change; Chapter 8: LMS Strategies for Human Capital; Chapter 9: Learning Content Management Systems; Chapter 10: Media, Collaboration, and Synchronous Tools; Chapter 11: Rapid Authoring and Delivery Tools; Chapter 12: eBooks for eLearning; Chapter 13: Wireless and Mobile Applications; Chapter 14: Resources for Blended eLearning 350 pp/ Softcover/ Code..BEL/ $39.95

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