Training Magazine - October 2007 - (Page i4) Certificate Programs Training 2008 offers eleven comprehensive certificate programs, conducted by top industry gurus, that give you the in-depth knowledge, practiced techniques, and sound theories you need to become an expert and jumpstart your career. 3-DAY CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Friday – Sunday February 1 – 3 P2 Creating E-Learning with Flash Chris Florio, Professor Interactive Media, New England Art Institute Learn how to harness the power of Flash—a widespread, richmedia authoring tool—to quickly, easily, and economically add content and interactivity to your current e-learning program. You will explore how to set-up a Flash-based Website or application, how to integrate rich media into a Flash project, and how to optimize streaming Flash files to perform efficiently on a wide range of computers at any bandwidth. This program will take you from the basics of Flash through creating rich e-learning Websites and applications. Learn how to: • Get comfortable with the Flash interface. • Create e-learning with drawing, editing, text, and animation tools and techniques. • Send information between Flash and server files and use Flash content with PowerPoint. • Integrate rich media with Flash, like images, soundtracks, and video. • Optimize Flash interactivity for presentations and training by creating forms, managing multiple timelines, and tracking user input. • Create fun graphic feedback with ActionScript. • Make Flash as compatible as possible by optimizing, combining, and streaming Flash files. This certificate program is designed for anyone who needs to create effective and inspiring e-learning with limited time, budget, and resources. All participants must bring a laptop computer to this certificate program. P1 E-Learning by Design William Horton, President; Katherine Horton, Vice President, William Horton Consulting Learn how to use simple tools to design and produce e-learning that educates a wide range of learners reliably and quickly. This is a fast-paced program, heavy on examples and light on academic theory. You will examine and critique dozens of live, realworld examples; view animated presentations of crucial concepts; discuss design approaches; and practice applying your skills in realistic design activities. Learn to: • Target e-learning precisely. Set realistic expectations to achieve the potential of e-learning and overcome its limitations. • Quickly design instruction. Set clear, achievable objectives and learn to streamline design without sacrificing effectiveness. • Accomplish learning strategies. Design e-learning that covers complex and dynamic subjects, engineers better application of learning, and fosters independent learning. • Leverage existing materials to reduce costs and development time. • Activate learners. Transform passive reading, listening, and watching into active discovery and creation that connects learning to life and work. • Assess learning. Write fair, challenging, and legally defensible test questions. Design tests to match your enterprise and educational goals and learn to give meaningful, encouraging feedback. • Select and use media wisely. Integrate text, graphics, sound, voice, music, animation, and video. Specify the media you need and see how to create simple media yourself. This certificate is designed for instructional designers who must specify and craft e-learning, instructors moving from classroom to e-learning, technical writers moving from online documents to online learning, and managers who must direct the design and development of e-learning. certificate offers hands-on experiences, group discussions, and real-world examples to help you learn to: • Apply key activities for project planning, training design, and material development. • Select the right training content to support performance improvement. • Employ tactics for immediate designing back on the job and shortcuts for reducing design time. • Forecast design time and launch dates with confidence. • Utilize a variety of presentation, application, and feedback methodologies. • Identify common weaknesses in online learning interactions. • Design strong interactions that promote online learning. • Use the potential of classroom tools to promote interactivity. This certificate program is designed for both beginning and intermediate classroom and e-learning course designers and subject matter experts who are responsible for revising or modifying an existing classroom course or building an e-learning application from scratch. P4 Training Instructor: Accelerated Learning in the Classroom Sharon Bowman, Author, The Ten-Minute Trainer Accelerated Learning strategies help turn passive listeners into active learners. This certificate program will give you the rationale, brain research, and proven training techniques that will enable you to keep learners engaged, motivated, and learning—even while covering dry, lengthy, or technical material. After actively participating in this certificate program, you will be able to: • Choose from over 36 Accelerated Learning instructional strategies that you can use with any topic, any size group, and any age learner. • Use a variety of “interactive lecture” formats to liven up even the most technical, “dry,” or complex information. • Apply brain research that dramatically increases learners’ attention, involvement, and retention. • Design training with the 4 Cs of Accelerated Learning—four steps that are based on the way people naturally learn, not the way they were made to learn. P3 Instructional Designer Ida Shessel, Senior Consultant, Friesen, Kaye, and Associates In this hands-on certificate, get the tools, confidence, and knowledge you need to tackle real-world training situations by designing learner-centered training. Take home electronic job aids and a detailed support manual to help you apply what you learned when you are back on the job. You will explore a variety of presentation and application methods, creative uses of media, and well-crafted materials that demonstrate what understanding adult learning principles is all about. In addition, learn how to design interactivity that adds value—whether the challenge is a self-directed online lesson or a live group session. This 4 Training 2008 Conference & Expo
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