Dictionary of “Wired” Terms
Even if you’re not ready to engage in e-learning ventures with your clients, you should be able to speak the lingo. This way you can read, write and learn more about the next wave of learning. Here are some of the key terms to know.
The Official Dictionary of Terms for Programmers
A standardized set of definitions and termsused in programming and marketing classes for adults
The Problem with Gen Y
The Problem with Gen Y is that they are entitled, lazy, spoiled, unmotivated, and disconnected, preferring to spend their time texting their friends than in social interactions like we used to have in the “good old days.”
The Millennials: All Grown Up
The Millennial generation is all grown up – almost. Born between 1980 and 2000, the oldest in this generation are now in their mid-30’s (once considered middle aged), and the youngest are in their mid-to-late teens. As a generation, this group has garnered more attention than any other except for the generation of their parents – Baby Boomers.
What Gen Y Expects From the Workplace
Every generation is different, and Gen Y is REALLY different from preceding ones because the world has changed rapidly during their lifetimes. They don’t know why anyone says “dial a phone,” or what an 8-track is. Their experiences have been very different from those of the older generations—Gen X and Baby Boomers.
Why you Should Offer Belly Dancing in your Programs
It is always disappointing when people with strong opinions and modest information make public statements that affect others.
The State of Credit in Continuing Education
The demographics of students are changing more rapidly than ever before. Both traditional aged students, who will make up a declining number of learners over the next decade and non-traditional students are facing the need to master the skills needed in achanged workplace.
Successful Course Ideas: Enrichment Courses
Examples of successful ideas for enrichment courses.
8 Awesome Continuing and Community Education Classes
Sure, there will always be a place for the golden standards in continuing and community education: foreign languages, art appreciation and the like, but programs across the country are pushing the boundaries for creative, engaging and exciting classes.
Videos Save Motorcycle Program
A fresh idea, a helmet camera and some novice video editing skills were all it took for the the Charleston, South Carolina-based Trident Technical College to change the fate of its motorcycle safety programs.
Sample Course Promotional One Pager
Sample promotional one pager from York County Cooperative Community Education highlighting their Preserving the Environment One Step at a Time class.
Successful Course Ideas: Professional/Workforce Development
A listing of sample course ideas for professional and workforce development programing.
Sample Course Evaluations
A compilation of sample course evaluations from various programs.
Streaming Video: Promoting Instructor Presence in Online Courses
an Diego State University (SDSU), College of Extended Studies (CES), serves over 30,000 students glob-ally and has been at the forefront of online course design and develop-ment for the past 10 years. Due to the exponential growth of our online course offerings, the Instructional Design (ID) team has; in turn, ex-panded into its own separate unit.
Writing Successful Course Descriptions
If you are offering a course that will be publicized through a catalog or brochure, you or the course sponsor will need to write a course description. The course description is vital to getting people to enroll in your course.
Ten Techniques for Writing Terrific Titles
A good course title can mean the difference between a course that zooms off the charts and one that just doesn’t live up to its potential. The title is your first chance to catch the reader’s interest, so it is one of the most important components of your course description.
Powerful Verbs for Course Descriptions
Maximize the effectiveness of your course descriptions, in your brochures, promotions, newsletters, and on your web site. The first five words of the course description will often determine if the reader will go on or pass to another course description (or be bored by it).
How to Write Copy that Sells
Writing copy is a very important aspect of developing your brochure. The course description is your selling copy. This is what must convince your readers that your class is sufficiently valuable that they should commit their time and money to take it. In reviewing hundreds of course descriptions, LERN staff have identified the six most frequent mistakes that writers of course descriptions make.
Effective Course Descriptions
A slideshow discussing how to write effective course descriptions.
Sample Programer Course Evaluation Form
A sample form for a programer to evolution a class.
Course Evaluation Sample: Black Hawk College
A sample course evaluation from Black Hawk College.
Contract Training – Sample Simple Proposal Checklist
A sample checklist for simple, generic contract training proposals.
Contract Training – Working with Complaints About Price
When I ask a group of Contract Training professionals, “What’s the number one objection your clients raise?” they oft en say, “Price!”
Contract Training – The Shift from Information to Solutions
Over the last 25 years there have been many significant shifts in the lifelong learning business.
The Essentials – Continuing Education
Continuing education is one of the most rewarding fields of endeavor and work. It is essential to the improvement of the qualityof life for all individuals. It is necessary for the success of business, government and employers. It is the primary delivery mechanism for lifelong learning. It enhances the sense of community. It is central to the improvement of society in the 21st century.