Planet eLearn from Monarch Media

Flash vs. HTML5
What the Platform War Means for You

flash vs html5  

In April, Apple Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs created a furor by posting an open letter about why Adobe's Flash platform will not be supported on any of Apple's popular mobile devices. With more than 80 million iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches in use, this announcement creates a dilemma for eLearning and other content providers. Do they continue to publish videos, applications, and other interactive media in Flash, which holds about 75 percent of the current market? Or do they explore the uncharted waters of the evolving HTML5 standard?

There are some compelling arguments for each approach. But before embracing either, eLearning providers need to understand the pros and cons of the different platforms, as well as have an overall content strategy in place that includes analysis of how their audiences are accessing courses and trainings.

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Case Study
Accíon International Launches Online Leadership Development Training

When Accíon International, a leading nonprofit micro-finance provider, needed a cost-effective way to deliver its successful leadership development program to staff members and partners on four continents, it faced a number of issues.

Translating in-person experiences into effective eLearning interactions isn't easy. And doing so at a low cost and in the face of technological hurdles is even tougher. To overcome these challenges, Accíon turned to Monarch Media to develop a training that could be delivered in multiple formats and that allowed it to achieve a range of organizational learning goals.

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Learning to Sell
More Companies Move Their Sales Training Programs Online

When it comes to corporate training programs, none are more important to the bottom line than sales training. Companies need to ensure that their sales teams understand products from the inside out, and have the information and motivation needed to close deals with customers.

But sales training providers—both internal and external—are feeling the pressure to provide more benefit at less cost. To accomplish this, many are experimenting with offering some or all of their sales training online, whether in the form of live webinars, asynchronous eLearning courses, or some combination of the two.

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Skills Training: Teaching the State of Iowa "How to Refuse"

Monarch Media has been awarded a contract to produce a Web-based tobacco training system for the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division, which regulates all state tobacco sales. The program will teach vendors the legal requirements and best practices for avoiding selling tobacco products to minors. Monarch will customize and host a Sakai-based learning management system (LMS) as the platform for the training.

LMS UseContinues to Grow

According to a Bersin & Associates report, Learning Management Systems 2009, approximately 40 percent of U.S. training organizations have a learning management system (LMS) installed.

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Demand Surges for Online High School Courses

A recent survey by the nonprofit group Project Tomorrow found that the number of high school students taking online courses for credit doubled in 2009, while the number of teachers offering eLearning courses tripled.

> Read Project Tomorrow's Report

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