A short list of what affects online learning delivery

• 1. Timeliness
  • Can information be delivered when a particular learning is required
• 2. Length of Production Cycle
  • How long will product take to produce
• 3. Production Value
  • Ability to engage or interest audience
  • Multimedia
• 4. Controllable
  • Can content be easily modified
• 5. Cost
  • What are the cost factors – time off work, space, materials, etc.
• 6. Convenience
  • Can learning be available without disrupting other employee demands
  • 24/7 availability
• 7. Distribution
  • Internet to computer, mobile devices, SMS
  • Bandwidth requirements
• 8.  Performance Tracking
  • Measuring understanding
  • Does learning management system exist
  • Is other intervention required
• 9. Archival Characteristics
  • On-demand learning library
  • Searchable
• 10. Value to users
  • SME participation
  • Value to customers

URLs of sample online learning for review:

1. Two-window, non-video player with chapters

Understanding malaria

2. Green Streets Learning Management System, featuring demos

21st Learn SCORM-based LMS

3. Various new media learning products from Glenn Meyers

Glenn Meyers website

4. Internet radio format for information distribution

Radio Newmont Ghana

5. Video-based learning platform with sample tests

Adams County Ethics

“Versions of programming like this have been added to our course list so they can be customized for participating companies in a cost-effective way,” states Glenn Meyers, executive programming producer for the company.

Chuck Pasasaglia

Passaglia is highly regarded for compliance and ethics trainings he has provided for businesses, organizations and governmental entities.

A number of his compliance programs can be viewed as short demos for no charge at Green Streets LMS (log in as a guest).

“Waiting to Exhale — Managing Medical Marijuana in the Workplace”

A must-view online program for anyone with employees in Colorado, or the 13 other states that have approved medical use of marijuana.

Did you know?

• Denver has more medical marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks coffee shops!
• In January 2010, a record 1,650 people applied for medical marijuana cards on one day!
• Fourteen more states considered passing medical marijuana laws last year
• You likely work now with someone who has a medical marijuana registry card.

Questions wanting answers:

• How does lawful use of marijuana affect drug testing programs?
• Do employers have to accommodate medical marijuana use?
• What are the rights, if any, of medical marijuana users?
• What can an employer do to safeguard its workplace?
• Have any courts ruled on this matter?

In this program, Chuck Passaglia, an employment law attorney and entertining lecturer on workplace compliance matters, covers the spectrum of issues raised by the lawful use of medical marijuana. He presents practical considerations and key learning points for mangers, ttormeys, and human resources professionals.

Sample three slides before purchase. Gather managers and entire HR staff to view this program at your leisure! Program length: 70 minutes.

Waiting to Exhale – Managing Medical Marijuana in the Workplace

Now available! $99

Oteng Foster, who works for Newmont Mining at Akyem, Ghana, captures field footage that will be used for a variety of information purposes.

When one conjures the many communication tools today at their disposal, it is not a far leap to imagine what new media is, how it works, and its path of distribution. This is especially so when considering the many new kinds of media players commonly available, from touch screen iPhones to e-readers bringing up-to-date news from all parts of the world, to miniature MP4 players featuring wide screen high definition platforms.

New media then, represents the way an individual designs and constructs the information they wish to send to others whether the audience be intimate or vast. Here are two examples of new media products we have developed, some for training purposes, others for branding purposes.

Understanding malaria

Interactive graphics

Regardless of how challenging or unusual any new media presentation is, the overall quality of the work being shown has to be high. People will forgive certain errors in speech, writing, music, photography, or any other media, but not shoddy or ill-conceived work. Nobody has the time to waste.

Radio Newmont Ghana host, Kwame Poku Gyan

These programs were produced for Newmont Mining in Ghana and were run on the company’s website:

http://newmontghana.com/media_preview/radio_newmont_ghana.html

This is a good way to deliver meaningful and timely information quickly — either via website or blog — while keeping production expenses low.

This methodology also has great promise for the many new mobile devices like smart phones, Kindles, etc. Drawbacks: if you want to spice up your production with visuals and the like, costs usually increase and the number of receiving devices that can play your work shrink.

A better kind of office: Alberta Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

Welcome to this introductory post concerning my video and multimedia work. My role in the development of these products has either been producer, writer, or both. The links and photos I provide for these works reveal a range of styles, formats, and executions. More important, they show some of the remarkable individuals I have had the pleasure of meeting, and places I have seen. I shall begin with a six-minute demo for my previous company, The 21st Communications Company.

Muhammad Bin Abubakar oversees the nursery for Newmont in Brong Ahafo

International documentary work is represented in Agents of Change, produced in November 2008 for Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation.

The trail of trash includes many kinds of junk.

After founding Green Streets, I have produced a number of short news clips pertaining to sustainability. This includes a closeup look at the world of trash, art pieces and couture hewn from the trashcan, and the composting of food waste  where worms have the role of heroes.

Members of a Ghanaian village prepare jute mats for use in erosion control.

There are also green works I have been fortunate enough to discover, such as the economically inspirational  jute mat project, Muhammad Bin Abubakar has launched with Newmont in Ghana.

Then there are various corporate works, such as the Piceance Basin Pipeline Project from EnCana Oil & Gas, or a mine safety orientation for Newmont Mining in Utah, and online multimedia training program for understanding malaria.