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CompTIA partners with industry leader in learning quality assurance. LDO to help vendors meet standards for CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum program (CAQC). Toronto (Sept, 21, 2001) Learning Designs Online Inc. has been selected by the CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, as official reviewer for the new CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum program (CAQC). Learning Designs Online is the industry leader in the development and implementation of quality assurance and quality standards for the print and online training industry.
Learning Designs was selected in part because of its reputation in the training and education communities as experts the field of quality evaluation of print and online courseware. “Learning Designs is acknowledged as an industry leader in courseware evaluation,” says CAQC program manager, Jonathan Thatcher. “I believe their participation will help CompTIA achieve its goals of providing all our members with the best quality learning materials.”
The CAQC program identifies training materials—including books, self-study guides, classroom training programs, videos, computer-based training and other written and instructor-led courseware—that have been reviewed and found to map closely to the objectives of the appropriate CompTIA certification examination. The new quality assurance program will cover training materials for all nine CompTIA certifications (A+, Network+, i-Net+, Server+, CDIA, Linux+, IT Project+, e-Biz+, and CTT+).
“We are looking forward to contributing to CompTIA’s quality courseware initiative,” says Dr. Lynette Gillis, President of Learning Designs. Dr. Gillis is a leading authority in the field instructional design and courseware quality assurance. She is the author of Quality Standards for Evaluating Multimedia and Online Training published by McGraw-Hill.
“Learning Designs brings a wealth of evaluation expertise to the program. Our instructional designers and subject matter experts offer an efficient, time-tested evaluation process that ensures reviews are done in a timely and balanced manner.”
Learning Designs also creates custom print and online training materials for corporate clients. As a result, says Gillis: “We understand the challenges courseware vendors face. We have the depth of experience and the insight to provide fair and efficient reviews.”
As a CompTIA authorized CAQC review body Learning Designs Online will be conducting reviews on a wide variety of learning materials including print, CBT, eLearning, video and instructor-led training. Our review teams can conduct reviews in several languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Polish, and Italian. Contact: Tel. (905) 823-3367 Email:
About Learning Designs OnlineLearning Designs Online is an industry leader providing quality assurance for eLearning and print courseware developers. Under the leadership of Dr. Gillis, Learning Designs has excelled in the development and implementation of courseware evaluation systems and quality standards for corporate training buyers and for vendors of training materials. Learning Designs provides evaluation and benchmarking services to help corporate clients select or develop best-in-class courseware. Learning Designs also provides strategic consulting services to help clients develop integrated enterprise eLearning solutions and select optimum vendor solutions (LMS, CLMS, and Competency Management Systems). For more than two decades, the company has designed and developed custom courseware—high-quality print, eLearning, CBT and classroom—for clients in the corporate, university and government sectors.
About CompTIACompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, is a not-for-profit trade association providing the technology community standards in the areas of Internet-enabled service provision, e-commerce, vendor-neutral technical certification, CRM, public policy, workforce development and training. Representing the converging computing and communications market, CompTIA has more than 8,000 corporate members in 60 countries, and thousands of individual professional members. Almost half a million individuals worldwide have earned CompTIA certifications.
Contact:
Allan Bailey Learning Designs Online 1510 Jalna Avenue Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5J 1S5 Tel. (905) 823-3367 Fax (905) 923-1675 Email: learning@sympatico.ca
About Learning Designs OnlineLearning Designs Online is a recognized eLearning industry leader of instructional design, quality assurance, and enterprise eLearning strategy. For two decades, the company has designed, developed and validated custom courseware—high-quality print, eLearning, CBT and classroom—for clients in the corporate, university and government sectors. Under the leadership of Dr. Gillis, LDO has excelled in the development and implementation of quality evaluation systems and quality standards for corporate training. Dr. Gillis is author of Quality Standards for Evaluating Multimedia and Online Training (2001). LDO provides evaluation and benchmarking services to help corporations maximize their training ROI. These services also help firms select or develop best-in-class courseware and learning interventions. Learning Designs is responsible for all courseware quality for world’s largest IT certification training and examination program. LDO is authorized quality assurance evaluator for all certification-training materials for the extensive CompTIA IT examination system. (CompTIA is the IT industry association and the world’s leading IT certification body.) Learning Designs also provides strategic consulting to help industry, government and education develop and implement quality-based, enterprise eLearning solutions.
Contact: Allan Bailey or Dr. Lynette Gillis Learning Designs Online Inc. 1510 Jalna Avenue Mississauga, ON, Canada L5J 1S5 Tel. (905) 823-3367 Fax (905) 923-1675 Email:
learning@sympatico.ca
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