The new hot topic in education and business is Distance Communications. In the education field the buzz is Distance Learning. In the business “world” the talk is all about cutting costs, improving communications through online distance meetings, globalization, etc. In both “worlds” the topic is definitely content and content delivery.
As the Graduate Program Director for the College of Business (MBA and MSTM programs) at Stony Brook University and former President of an international software company I have found that although there is much talk about these topics few people actually know how to get started. Whether it be a university professor, teacher, student or a business professional at a corporation they know it is the wave of the future, this virtual delivery approach, but they are afraid it is too complicated, too technical, etc. Just as their grandparents might have perceived the first telephones but through use and practice it became second nature.
I have been experimenting over the past three years with the design, development and implementation of the Flex-MBA program here at Stony Brook and the MS in Technology Management in Korea. That led to some of our courses being offered in an online mode. To facilitate that process I started preparing clear and concise getting started guides and began giving short seminars on the topic of content delivery in a virtual environment. As our program and the participation expanded, you can view a TV interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHiUz2ufo1I, it became apparent that I would need to prepare a document that could be used to introduce the contents and provide knowledge on implementing distance learning, content delivery, distance meetings, etc.
Need motivates innovation and has accelerated the demand for specific processes. With the current economic environment businesses started to look for cost effective methods to process management and the demand for distance tools started to increase. Once we add societal needs (H1N1) and the requirement to offer distance learning to prevent a pandemic that demand more than doubled in a completely different market. The H1N1 virus has caused the university and other state agencies to push for distance solutions.
My new book discusses these concepts of content and content delivery as well as how to employ Adobe Connect, Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate to enable distance learning, training, marketing and much more. The title is “The How To Book of Digital Distance Communications Using Adobe Connect, Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate”. I chose these Adobe products, since I employ them within the University and they are the most commonly used in the business environment.
You can purchase the book from The Virtual Consortium. Click to visit their site. |
