The Online College Implements the Learn.com LearnCenter to Power the World's First Full-Service Online Career College
(ContentDesk) July 8, 2006 -- Learn.com?, the global leader in creating and projecting power-on-demand, today announced that The Online College, based in Saskatoon Canada, has implemented the LearnCenter Learning and Performance Management Suite to be the foundation for the worlds first fully online career college. As a teacher and manager in the secondary and post-secondary system for 25-years, I have found that todays brick and mortar schools are not meeting the needs of many students, said Marie Kent, Principal at The Online College. As attendance grows, classrooms become more and more crowded, and scheduling becomes less flexible.
Our goal was to build the first online career college that meets the needs of each individual student while providing them with an accredited education. Throughout my career in education, I have been active in industry professional associations and government advisory committees and always search for better ways to deliver college services to a vast and varied student population. Our first challenge was to find a proven partner that could provide both a robust learning management system and an online course library that were mutually low-bandwidth friendly.
We selected the Learn.com LearnCenter because of the true flexibility of the software and because the company does not use third party components to enhance the functionality of the system.
The LearnCenter is 100% Learn.com owned and operated, which gives us peace of mind knowing that there will never be third party hold ups or multiple vendors to contact for support.
In addition, Learn.coms business model makes the integration of content easy and assures that the tracking and reporting are flawless, said Kent. Using LearnCenter, The Online College delivers a wide menu of career diploma programs, certificate courses and GED preparation to students that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The courses are accessible over the internet and can be taken from the comfort of home over a connection speed as low as 28.8 kbps.
We are very excited about this new venture and partnership with Learn.com, said Kent.
The LearnCenter Learning and Performance Suite DefinedThe Learn.com LearnCenter? is the first and only complete e-learning suite on the market today.
LearnCenter enables the creation, delivery, management and tracking of any enterprise-wide human capital or e-learning initiative, whether in the classroom or online.
LearnCenter creates a cost effective, high quality training and educational environment designed to meet the individual development and training needs of your users.
Performance management, content management, online authoring, human capital management, e-commerce, portal authoring and more are available within one solution, with one interface and one partner - Learn.com.About The Online CollegeThe Online College is a private business incorporated in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
We are licensed and bonded under the Saskatchewan Sale of Training Courses Act.
Our offices are located in the city of Saskatoon.
The President of the corporation, Dennis Muso, comes to this new venture with over 15 years experience as a career college owner/operator and over 30 years experience as a successful entrepreneur.
Mr. Muso has worked tirelessly throughout his business career looking for ways to cut expenses while maintaining product and service excellence.
For more information, please visit www.theonlinecollege.com.About Learn.comLearn.com? is the worldwide leader in creating and projecting power on-demand elearning with more than 50 million end users around the globe. Our proven suite of solutions will empower your organization to administer every aspect of its training and learning initiatives, including design, delivery, tracking and implementation.
Learn.coms unwavering commitment to understanding client needs and goals allows us to partner with our clients to increase business performance.
The Learn.com family of solutions includes the award-winning LearnCenter? learning management system (LMS / LCMS), the CourseMaker Studio? authoring tool, Mentor? EPSS and the 1,100 title Learn2? online course library.For more information please visit www.learn.com or call 954-233-4000Learn.com, its logo, and LearnCenter are registered trademarks of Learn.com..
DC High School Students to Debate Community Issues at Youth Summit on Nov. 17
WASHINGTON, DC (ContentDesk) November 17, 2005 -- More than 100 high school students from throughout the District will gather at American University on Thursday, Nov. 17 for a Youth Summit to discuss neighborhood issues and debate ways to reduce school violence and improve education. The students are participants in the YMCA DC Youth & Government program, a program designed to increase student academic achievement and leadership skills among DC high school students.DC Councilmember, At-Large Kwame Rashaan Brown will give the Youth Summits keynote address at 10 a.m. at the Metropolitan Methodist Chapel, located at 3401 Nebraska Ave, Washington, DC 20016. DC Youth Mayor Janeese Lewis will also speak.
The Youth Summit provides students an opportunity to discuss the problems in their communities, but also a forum to debate solutions, said Jason L. Reimer, founder and chairman of the YMCA DC Youth & Government Advisory Board. Students have greater opportunities to achieve academically...
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Teacher Websites - A Student's Perspective
I have been a student for many years.
I even took the 7-year plan to go through college for my Bachelor's degree.
Every so often I still take another course.
Since much of my studies and background involve web-related stuff, I tend to notice other people's websites.
(My wife who owns a little hair salon always notices people's hair.) My colleges have normally been well supported, and in my last one the teachers had their own web page on the campus website.
It included a one-page description of the teacher's credentials, a picture and some contact information.
I found this very useful - since I could find the email for the teacher (especially since I tended to loose handouts that were given a month ago).
It also helped me get to know a little more about the teacher.Unfortunately, these pages were seldom (if ever) updated.
Eventually they disappeared with budgetary restrictions.Lately I have noticed on the web that...
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