eLearning - December 2008/January 2009 - (Page 47) Case StudyOnline Training No Borders for ENGAGING, INTERACTIVE MODULES BECOME FOUNDATION FOR E-LEARNING. Borders Adding online training to the overall training strategy of the Borders Group, Inc., was practically a no-brainer. The $4 billion company manages more than 1,100 bookstores around the world from its headquarters in Ann Arbor, Mich. It has more than 32,000 employees from Sandusky, Ohio, to Singapore; from San Juan, P.R., to San Francisco. EN ROUTE TO STANDARDIZATION “Our first goal was clear,” explains Sally Hoyle, Borders’ senior manager of learning and development. “And that was the decision to standardize our training platform on a hosted version of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro solutions, so we could blend online learning into our overall training strategy.” After benchmarking other solutions, the team opted to use a combination of Acrobat Connect Pro and Adobe Presenter. “The Adobe solutions are easy to implement and use, provide rich interactive experiences, and help overcome bandwidth limitations and differing levels of technological challenges at stores worldwide,” adds Hoyle. With those solutions, the 47 Elearning! December 2008/January 2009
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