By Rob Skeet, Partner
Recently, Emerge Learning’s own Rob Skeet was interviewed for an article in MultiLingual Magazine entitled Embracing disruption: translating e-learning texts. Rob explains why localized instructor led training is so important and the challenges faced in the new global marketplace. The writer of the article, Adam Blau, works for a partner company of ours called Milengo. Rob met up with Adam and Milengo at the Macie Learning Conference two years ago and have since developed a strong relationship. What is unique is that they are a global company who use local translators from all over the world and also use localized voice talent to ensure the dialect is authentic. Emerge has engaged Milengo to help deliver eLearning programs in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and German.
groups, web-conferencing allows participants to meet and interact virtually with each other and their facilitator. This helps to decrease travel costs for the participants and facilitators as well as allowing for little to no impact on productivity for the client. In some cases, the sessions used web cameras, which increased the level of interactivity with the groups. Through the use of polling and ‘live’ chat functions, facilitators were able to pose questions to the group and create some great discussions. Our facilitators were able to take the same material used in classroom sessions and adapt it for use in the web-conferencing sessions along with the use of video and sound to enhance the overall sessions. In all cases we utilized the client’s webconferencing technology that was already in place, which helped to increase their Return on Investment (ROI) and gained us a greater working knowledge of both the Microsoft Live Meeting and Cisco Web Ex solutions.
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We were also to be found in the latest edition of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta’s quarlterly publication, Network. This article focuses on a project we did for PetroCanda (now part of Suncor Energy) harnessing mobile media in delivering an onboarding package for new employees. For the full article written by our own Natalie Macaulay, click on the following link. HTTP://WWW.NXTBOOK.COM/NXTBOOKS/NA YLOR/HRIQ0310/#/22
EMERGE ONLINE By Jeannette Jervis, Emerge Learning’s publishing and webcasting guru
This past year we have had a tremendous opportunity to deliver Leadership Development training for more than three clients through the use of web-conferencing. A learning tool that is best used in small
EMERGE DEMONSTRATES ITS AGILITY By Rob Skeet, Partner in Charge of Technology
Over the past few months, Emerge’s production department has undergone a few process changes. Choosing to send the old waterfall method over the cliff in exchange for a more AGIL[sic] method of development. In short, the idea is, rather than waiting for scripts or instructional designs (ID) to be signed off before starting production, AGIL development breaks the project into a series of tasks that can be accomplished whilst waiting for the ID to be approved. Another key part to the AGIL process are daily SCRUMS where, in 15 minutes or less, the team meets standing up and reports on what they did the day previously, what they are working on today and whether there are any 10