IF YOU WANT THE BEST ”

Digitized CD-ROMs, supported by a robust administrative system and networked over a training-dedicated LAN, are your best choice for effective training today. They can provide the best in instructional quality, programming reliability and administrative capabilities.

Complete with pretests, easy-to-follow menus, teaching segments built around specific learning objectives, simulations, exercises, and final evaluations — knowledgeably designed CD-ROMs are supported by easy-to-understand user guides, instructor guides, and fully functional administrative software.

Learners interact constantly, making the programs more interesting, while increasing comprehension and retention. In the process, training time requirements are drastically reduced — by as much as 70% — and, since knowledgeably designed CD-ROMs are created with a learner-focus, instructors are free to use their time more efficiently.

Knowledgeably designed CD-ROMs allow instructors to customize the lessons to meet their facility-specific needs, including facility-specific text, graphics and scored questions. These capabilities give the instructor ultimate control of the training process.

Flexibility is the key to a feature-rich administrative system. Ease of use is just as critical to its design as are power and responsiveness. In addition, the software should be a robust record-keeping system that enables administrators and instructors to retrieve learners’ test scores and data, as well as track learners’ progress. The best administrative software, also, has the capability to expand to meet on-going training needs.

Of course, your other choice is e-Learning. E-Learning has the significant advantage of “anytime-anywhere” learner access, a powerful benefit. Unfortunately, few of the current e-Learning developers have the instructional design knowledge to build their offerings around true multiplemedia techniques, so essential to effective learning today. Consequently, your choices in e-Learning solutions, that actually train effectively, are severely limited. Most of it is adapted PowerPoint presentations, adapted written procedures, or ancient CBT technology –- all proven failures in the learning arena.

Before CD-ROMs were capable of being digitized and successfully networkable, the technology had serious limitations. One had to buy far too many copies, store them, care for them, and develop a “lending library” system.

Digitized CD-ROM changes all that. And, in addition, offers the very best in audio/video learning — the ways most people learn (and, retain) today.

More tomorrow – – – – –

— Bill Walton, Founder of ITC Learning
bwalton@itclearning.com

“AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO BE BUILT BY THE HANDS OF ITS MEN AND WOMEN”