The other night I had the opportunity to watch a college basketball game on a large-screen HDTV system with surround sound in the comforts of a family room with a fireplace. What a great spectacle, the game was exciting and the quality of the video was outstanding and it brought the game to life.
I could not help but thinking of growing up as a young man with a black-and-white television set that receive one channel 120 miles away. We were connected with the makeshift antenna that had to be turned manually in the backyard. It only took three people to turn the antenna, one to watch the television to see if the snow got better, one to relay the message out the back window, and another one that actually turned the antenna.
To think how far we have come in a short time were now we have hundreds of channels to choose from and even some of those channels have extra high quality audio and video. The other thing that came to mind was that even though we have many channel choices today the content still leaves a lot to be desired.
In our business of distance learning we imagine many propositions, and we frequently over predict when it will happen.
I live with over predictions daily. One of them is to simplify for individuals to produce quality content with the various forms of technology that are available to them today. I've been in this industry for over 30 years and we always thought that the content development process was just around the corner. Eventually it will happen; we will have high quality templates for instructors and corporate trainers to utilize to meet various presentation and learning styles. However, only parts of it are here today.
I would like you to look at our Learning Management Suite because that answers a number of the issues that are involved in content development for distance learning.
Thanks
Lorne A. Parker PhD.
President, eLearning Innovations, Inc.
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