Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Time: 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern
Duration: 1 hour

Encounter Seminar: Managing eLearning in the 21st Century

Although we are now entering the sixth year of the 21st century, there are many organizations whose mindset still reflects the Industrial Era's paradigms. Ray Kurtzweil, MIT '99 Inventor of the Year, reminds us that "Just as the Industrial Revolution reshaped America at the dawn of the 20th century, the information revolution is reshaping the world at the dawn of the 21st century. The expotential growth of technology in the first two decades of the 20th century matched that of the entire 19th century. The expotential growth of technology in the first 5 years of the 21st century will inevitably, inexorably, match that of the entire 20th century."

In order to keep up with these technological waves of change, the following questions should be asked:

• Are you including eLearning amongst the mix of approaches to the continuous development of your organization and staff?
• Are you enhancing staff performance regardless of how learning occurs?
• Are you measuring the impact of your learning agenda beyond learning event evaluations?
• Are you enhancing the bottom line of the business when you design and make available learning opportunies across all “job families” of your organization?
• Do your learning offerings enhance the joy of learning for the participants?

To answer any of the above questions requires action, reflection and an understanding of multi-dimensional change within your organization's vision, mission and ever changing business strategies.

By attending this insightful webinar, you should have a fuller understanding of:

• The history of eLearning and supportive technology
• How evolving technology has taken organizations to a new plateau
• The importance of a project team for planing, implementation and on-going development of an effective eLearning program
• When to make the decision to outsource your eLearning needs

 

About our speaker: Beth Warren

Along with the leadership of the Board of Directors of WorkWorlds' Human Resource Corporation, since 1996, Ms. Warren has been President & CEO of WorkWorlds' Human Resource Corporation. She served at Cornell University and the University of Southern Maine for over eighteen years as a human resource executive and educator. In addition, she has more than sixteen years of leadership experience in the human service field. Ms. Warren is a senior generalist with breadth and depth experience in the technical and strategic functions of human resources and management. She was also a visiting fellow at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She currently serves as an Adjunct Faculty for an Online Society for Human Resource Management Certification course offered by the School for Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

Ms. Warren is frequently called upon as a keynote speaker, presenter, seminar/workshop leader, and consultant across the United States. On behalf of the American Council on Education, she serves as a curriculum evaluator for Non-Collegiate Corporations seeking college credits for their classroom training and distance learning (eLearning) courses. She is nationally recognized for award winning, cost effective, innovative human resource and management practices and services including integrative approaches to the design and management of individual and organizational well being.

To learn about WorkWorlds' Human Resources Corporation, visit www.workworlds.com.

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