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| Corporate Backgrounder |
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| What is eLearning? |
| Learning that takes place
online through various types of training programs delivered
electronically, including self-paced instruction, instructor-led
classes, collaborative discussion groups, and other
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| Why the explosive
growth of eLearning? |
| eLearning transcends the
traditional training obstacles posed by differences
in time and location, and is being embraced by corporate
staff at all levels:
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Management embraces eLearning because it helps
them achieve a competitive advantage by:
- Immediately increasing productivity by closely
simulating on-the-job training
- Reducing the amount of employee downtime required
for travel to training centers
- Quickly enhancing employee satisfaction and, therefore,
retention
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Training managers applaud eLearning because
it:
- Reduces costs associated with travel and training
facilities
- Provides immediate quantitative feedback on results
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Employees value eLearning because it:
- Improves job performance and the opportunity for
advancement through "real-time" training
- Enables them to develop professional and personal
skills at their own desk
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Who is Primelearning.com®?
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PrimeLearning.com® is an international provider
of business skills eLearning solutions to the corporate
market, delivered exclusively over the Internet. Since
our inception in January 1999, we have earned the
respect of our customers and enjoyed remarkable growth
due to the unique depth and span of our Internet-based
training model, the eLearning System™.
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What is the eLearning System?
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The eLearning System is a network of interactive
eLearning services, anchored in real-world, job-related
situations and made even more relevant through the
inclusion of case studies, workplace exercises, scenarios,
and multiple online resources. It is designed to improve
knowledge, skills, and performance in areas such as:
- Communication
- Management
- Project Management
- Customer Service
- Marketing
- Sales
- Human Resources
- Professional Development
- Finance
- Workplace Compliance
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PrimeLearning.com® eLearning Solutions Model
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PrimeLearning.com® has pionered a three
level integrated architecture that addresses: world-class
content, an innovative eLearning platform, and business-focused
services.
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World Class Content
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PrimeLearning.com®'s approach to branded
content, through collaborations with leading corporations,
publishers, universities, and business experts, is
unique in eLearning and gives us access to both world-class
content and subject matter expertise. PrimeLearning.com®
has partnered with such experts as the American Management
Association (AMA), the Project Management Institute
(PMI), Gower Publishing, Wiley, Jossey-Bass, Xerox
Corporation, KCI and the Call Center School.
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| Innovative eLearning
Platform |
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eLearning Services platform creates a social learning
environment by integrating self-directed materials with
supplemental resources and optional collaborative interactions.
Our Resources provide a variety of curriculum-related
reference materials including job aids, workplace exercises,
reading lists, Internet links, and glossaries. The “human
element” can be introduced through the eCommunity using
a series of collaborative tools which include mentoring
and optional live chats, discussions, and live, virtual
classes. |
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Business-Focused Services
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PrimeLearning.com® offers a folio of services
that provides a “business wrapper” enabling organizations
to successfully launch, manage and track eLearning
activities; as well providing support in the calculation
of return on their training investment.
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Who are PrimeLearning.com® eLearners?
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The eLearning System is designed to
provide training to all professional levels, from
top-tier senior executives through project managers
and sales staff.
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What are the benefits of PrimeLearning.com® to
eLearners?
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Self-paced eLearning alone does not ensure the achievement
of performance objectives. Recognizing this, PrimeLearning.com®
created a network of services unmatched in terms of
their span and depth. Some of the most critical advantages
of this eLearning System are:
- Significant bottom-line results
- Substantially lower cost than traditional classroom
training
- eLearning in a fraction of the time of classroom
training
- Case studies and practical applications with realistic
solutions to real-life work situations
- Personalized, electronic assessments customize
the training experience for each learner
- 24/7 online mentoring, both during the training
and as follow-up
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What are the PrimeLearning.com™ "Roots"?
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PrimeLearning.com® is still a relatively
young company, but one that is based on a long history
of success. Its founders, Terry O'Brien and Mary O'Brien,
each have more than 16 years of experience in developing
corporate training and delivering it through state-of-the-art
technologies. They founded Mindware Ltd. in 1986 and
sold that company ten years later to the Gartner Group,
the world's leading IT consultancy. They formed PrimeLearning.com
in January 1999. The company was started in Limerick,
Ireland, where its development center remains.
PrimeLearning.com® and eLearning System
are trademarks of PrimeLearning.com® Group Ltd. and PrimeLearning,
Inc. All other names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
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