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High-Quality Online Courses |
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From balancing work and family to project management and from using a PC to networking in an enterprise environment, LearningStream courses support personal and professional development for just about any learner.
Our courses are based on a rigorous set of criteria that includes quality content, extensive interactivity, appealing graphics, a consistent course interface, and interspersed questions that combine to make learning fun, interesting, and effective. LearningStream specializes in the online training of computer software, business skills, sales training, communications, writing techniques, and human resource-related topics.
Through our contacts with leading courseware partners, LearningStream can provide these online learning programs to you at a fraction of the costs of on-site classroom sessions. At LearningStream, our goal is to provide our customers with a unique online learning experience by streaming audio/video content conveniently to you via the Internet whenever and wherever you need it.
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Instructional Design |
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LearningStream training is based on sound principles from research in instructional design, adult learning, and information processing.
LearningStream believes that for training to be effective, the learner must view the training as meaningful and relevant. The learner must be engaged as an active participant. The training principles are:
- The learner is actively engaged in the learning.
- The training gives the learner an opportunity to practice in a safe, non-threatening environment.
- Immediate and supportive feedback reinforces the learning.
- The learner can demonstrate his or her competency, before, during, and after instruction.
- The training is organized and logically sequenced based on the needs of the target learner.
- The learner controls the pace and training path of the instruction.
Curriculum Structure
Our curriculum is divided into courses, which are divided into lessons. Each lesson consists of a well-defined set of learning objectives, a series of interactions that teach the stated objectives, and a means for evaluating whether the learning objectives have been met.
Our courses use Bloom's Taxonomy, a four-phase learning model. These phases are:
Phase 1 - Present the Concept (Knowledge)
Phase 2 - Demonstrate Procedure (Comprehension)
Phase 3 - Allow for Guided Practice (Application)
Phase 4 - Allow for Non-Guided Practice (Synthesis)
Instructional Design Strategy
At every stage of the custom course development (analysis, prototyping, production, and quality assurance), we apply specific principles and training models to the creation of effective courseware.
Simultaneously, the course design team establishes the guidelines, procedures, and tools to be used in the production environment. The result is a model for the production team's creation of multimedia instruction.
Graphic designers determine the most suitable visual interpretation of the ideas and concepts in the instructional material. The visual images they create for the prototype guides the graphic production team in creating a consistent style of graphics within a course. Exceptional visuals and creative animations gain the learner's attention and maintain interest.
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Wide Selection of Courses |
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Through a combination of leading course content providers, LearningStream provides a wide variety of online courses that customers can use from any computer with a Internet web connection. Courses can be taken over and over again during the purchased subscription period (e.g. one year) and there are corporate purchase programs available to satisfy the needs of businesses with multiple users needing online training.
Specific Course Categories Include:
- Business and Professional Development
- Human Resource-related
- Communications
- Management
- Finance
- Desktop Computer Software
- Regulatory Compliance (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley)
- Health and Safety Compliance Training
- Information Technology
- Network Engineer Certifications
- Desktop Computer Software
- Computer Networking
- Software Development
- Certification Courses
- Cisco
- CompTIA A+
- Human Resource Certification Institute
- Microsoft Technical Certifications
- Oracle Certification
- Red Hat
- Sun Certification
- Internation Information Systems Security Certification (ISC)2
- International Driving License
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How It Works |
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After purchasing one or more courses with your credit card, you will receive a confirmation email with your login information. Each online course requires an Internet connection from your desktop PC and possibly a audio/video streaming software (a link to free download will be provided) using Windows Media Player, Quicktime, Flash, or Real Player.
You're in Charge: Fit your training courses into your life and your situation. You choose to take your training classes whenever and wherever it's convenient for you.
Choose Your Own Time: You can tailor your courses any way you choose. Your time is your own. Work fast. Work slow. It's your call. One module, one section or even one bullet-point each hour, each day or each week for up to 1 Year. It's up to you.
Easy and Affordable: Save the hassles and costs of travel, lunch, parking and other miscellaneous expenses. You'll also save the cost of your time away from work.
Delivery
Custom courses are accessible via the Internet and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Learners can take the course at their own convenience. They can even download courses, such as to a CD or to a laptop, making them portable enough to take on a plane or in a hotel room. You can also make courses available via your organization's intranet.
Flexible distribution, coupled with comprehensive content, high interactivity, and simple navigation allow us to offer courses that stand above all other self-paced training alternatives.
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