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Online Educational Courses
Online learning involves the use of online technologies to teach, administer and deliver course materials. It allows easy
communication between individuals and groups, access to information and interactive online learning resources.
It facilitates communication and collaboration between staff and students through assessment tasks, unit-based messaging,
announcements, discussion groups, and chat rooms.
This creates an active-learning environment to complement print-based resources, lectures, tutorials and self-directed learning.
Covered Bridge Software can assist you in the development, implementation, and maintenance of web-based courses.
We have the technical knowledge, previous experience, and good communication skills necessary to make
working with us a pleasure.
Today, companies want and need employees to acquire knowledge and skills; that's what translates into improved corporate
performance and increased shareholder value.
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What's involved in setting up a web-based course?
A typical course might involve the following areas of work:
- Building the supporting infrastructure for online courses.
- Setup and maintainance of web servers and related server software
- Database related work (design, setup, and maintenance)
- Course content storage, and management
- Setup and maintenance of administration functions (for example, course content links, school information, student information, test questions and answers, tracking statistics, accredation information, etc.)
- Security for information transmisison, student records, test results, etc.
- Developing Course Content
- New Course - We can work with clients in the development of new web-based content, and make recommendations on the best way to use technology to make effective interactive courses.
- Existing Course - We can converting existing print based content into suitable web technologies (HTML, graphics, Flash, animation, multi-media, etc.)
- Development of the program logic that controls presentation of the course content, tracking of user progression through the course, giving the tests, tracking answers, tracking data (for example, test questions most people have trouble with), etc.
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Benefits of Web-Based Training
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Convenient: It fits into candidates personal and professional schedules, letting them participate at work, at home or while
traveling.
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Flexible learning style: Offers self-paced instruction, delivers content in bite-size modules, provides varying levels of
interactivity to match candidates learning style.
Course progression is self directed and convenient, candidates learn at their own pace, focus on what content they need - skip what they
know or don't need, and repeat sections if needed. Content is available for learning where,
when and how candidates want, and with unlimited access 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
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Content is standardized: Ensures that all candidates have successfully completed the same core knowledge base, regardless
of where they were trained.
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Progress Tracking: Provides a tracking mechanism for meeting in-service requirements, and for notifying
instructors/facilities of student performance, including test scores and item analysis.
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Easy to Use: Candidates only need an internet browser; Course content is HTML based and designed to load quickly.
Courses are designed to be easy to use, utilize clear navigational elements, and course content progresses in a logical step
by step fashion. Features include: Bookmarks where you are so you can easily return; Master index to search within
all courses while in one course - easily move from one section of a course to a specific section within another course.
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Interactive Learning: Learn in a highly interactive format, integrating content into practical exercises
in preparation for skills practicals. Simulations can be developed to have learners do what they are learning
which leads to greater retention of covered material. Accommodation of different learning styles through audio,
visual graphics, testing and printable exercises with PDF downloadable files for extra practice.
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Empowering: Candidates have control over how fast they can learn, what material they need to cover, where
they can learn, and how much they can learn, they are empowered to gain knowledge, skills, and abilities in a manner that
is best suited for their learning style.
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The bottom line is cost savings: Corporations save between 50-70% due to elimination of travel expenses according to
Training Magazine. Online training also eliminates lost opportunity expenses. The time spent away from the job
traveling or sitting in a classroom cuts down on an employee’s productivity.
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