in the News! 1999-2000

High Self-Directed Learning: A National Imperative? And, Twelve Schools of Marketing and their Application to Adult and Higher Education, AAACE presentations, Providence, Rhode Island, November 13, 2000.

Dr. Terrence R. Redding makes two presentations at the American Association of Adult Continuing Education, Providence, Rhode Island, November 12-16, 2000. Both papers and PowerPoint slide sets are available for download from OLT. Just click here.

ALT School Program opens at OnLine Training Institute, May 2000

Carlene Dixon joins OnLine Training Institute as the Coordinator of Alternative Schools Program at OLT. The Alternatives Schools Program will be an extension of OLT's Basic Adult Education GED program. The Alternative Schools Program will focus on students 18 and under who live at home and are looking for an alternative path to complete high school. For an introduction to the OLT Alternatives School Program, please click here.

OnLine Training Institute invited to participate in Society for Applied Learning Technology, Education Technology 2000.

Dr. Terrence R. Redding will present a research paper describing the instructional design of OLT's insurance pre-licensing course. Key points will include the interactive nature of the course and understanding the underlying educational theory which supports high cognitive learning outcomes from the instructional design model. For more information concerning the conference please visit http://www.salt.org/ed_conf/ed_conf_info.htm.

OnLine Training CEO, Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D., presents "A Comparative Analysis of Insurance OnLine SDL with Traditional Classroom Learning" at the 14th International Symposium on Self-Directed Learning, Boynton Beach, Florida, February 2000.

This research paper provides a comparative analysis of the cognitive learning outcomes of three traditional insurance pre-licensing courses to the same course delivered online. The three traditional courses produced end of course grade point averages of 71%, 80%, and 81%. The online course, evaluated under exactly the same conditions, produced a grade point average of 92.37%. Additionally, the online course demonstrated greater internal consistency, and higher cognitive learning outcomes, in each of the three areas measured: health, life, and annuities. The online pre-licensing course is offered by Florida Community Colleges as a non-credit distance education course. It fully satisfies the 40 hour in the classroom pre-licensing course requirement. Students completing this course are certified to take the Florida 2-15 examination. This year the course will be available in all parts of the state through Florida State Community Colleges. A subset of the report is available as a PDF download by clicking here.

OnLine Training forms OnLine Training Institute, January 2000.

Responding to increasing market pressures, OLT formed OnLine Training Institute. OnLine Training Institute will function as the non-credit education component of OLT's growing educational enterprise. OnLine Training Institute will initially service partner higher education institutions (junior colleges, community colleges, colleges, and universities) which seek to offer high quality distance education products prepared especially for the online continuing and professional education market. OLT will sell continue to sell courses directly to the public, while also seeking opportunity to distribute similar courses through higher education institutions.

Join OnLine Training, the Benjamin Franklin Institute, SeeItFirst.com, and HearMe welcome the New Year!

The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education is sponsoring a New Years Eve party - on the web - that will follow the beginning of the new year as it progresses around the world. Featuring video clips from around the world, and using HearMe Internet audio technology, and OLT chat the Benjamin Franklin Institute has provided a fully interactive environment that allows participants to speak to each with voice chat, or text chat and see the sites of more then 24 locations a round the world. This unique Cyber New Years Eve party follows the New Year and it progresses from the International Date Line in the Pacific, time zone by time zone, all the way around the world. All are invited. John Hibbs, Director of the Benjamin Franklin Institute, said today that more then 100 hundred people at a time will be able to share the sights and sound of a globe celebrating the advent of the Year 2000 at his Institute via http://www.bfranklin.edu. OLT - West Palm Beach, Florida. http://www.olt.net.

News from OLT WEST

Charlotte Ferrell, of OLT West in Los Angeles, will be attending the prestigious two day intensive course on Charitable Remainder Trusts and Estate Planning offered by Mid American University in Scottsdale, Arizona. She will be there November 15-16,1999; and unfortunately, will be away from cyberspace until Wednesday, November 17. Also, on Wednesday, November 17, her son will be 27. He's in the accelerated BIT program at Intercontinental University, Los Angeles, California.

Palm Beach Community College System Graduates its first two classes of 2-15 Insurance Agent Licensing Students Trained Completely online.

October 30, 1999 marked the day the second group of online students completed Palm Beach Community College System's completely online Insurance Agent Training program in Life, Health, and Variable Annuities. This is a 40 hour class normally offered only in a classroom setting. Jack Rotzien, CLU, of OLT has developed an online version that permits student to study from where ever they have access to the Internet, when ever they wish. He communicates with students via online chat sessions, E-Mail, FAX, and by phone. Students completing the pre-licensing course must pass a final examination given by a test proctor at the college. The traditional students average 85% on the final examination. The online students averaged a surprisingly high 94.75%. For more information please click here.

OnLine Training, Inc. CEO/President has been appointed to the Editorial Board for the Technology Source, a periodical published online at the, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (http://horizon.unc.edu/ts).

The Technology Source, an on-line bimonthly, is a forum for faculty members and administrators to share their experiences integrating technology in their organizations and into their curricula. Sponsored by SCT, Microsoft, Compaq, and CBT Systems, the periodical focuses on integrating technology in educational organizations. Originally developed March 1997 on the Microsoft Higher Education Web site, the periodical moved to the Horizon Web site July 1998 with an expanded scope to include articles that relate to K-12 schools and to other educational providers; developments in each educational sector can inform developments in other sectors. Every issue features discussions, case studies, relevant research, articles, surveys and solutions for integrating technology into academic organizations. See their call for manuscripts. If you would like to receive an announcement of each month's issue of The Technology Source, you can sign up here.

OnLine Training to web cast"International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program" a series of 14 transatlantic discussions to be web cast "Live" beginning September 7, 1999.

This program is entitled Contending Approaches to International Peace and Conflict Resolution: "The Kosovo Conflict"
An Online Seminar Bridging the Atlantic. The program will be conducted by Dr. Colette Mazzucelli of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, Beaver College, Philadelphia. It will be conducted in partnership with the Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP), Munich, Germany. This program has been established with the support of the Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany. Sponsor of The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program for Future American Leaders. For more information about this program please contact Dr. Colette Mazzucelli.

OnLine Training Produces the Prelude to Global Learn Day III.

Sandra Cole and Dr. Redding at OLT, using technology first developed by Dr. Roger Boston of the Houston Community College System, have developed a unique collage of side scrolling images from around the world with embedded sound. The presentation has been selected by the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education as its featured prelude to the Global Learn Day. It is being featured in the Houston Community College faculty develop program this week. It has also been featured at mybytes.com, @school, Political Science section as an example associated with globalization through global learning. To see and hear this interesting presentation click here.

ASI and the State of Florida Insurance Commissioner announce revision to state examinations for Life, Health and Variable Annuities, effective August 1, 1999.

ASI (Assessment Systems, Inc.) announced major revision to State of Florida Life, Health, and Annuities Exam effective August 1, 1999.

OnLine Training revised its online cram course, July 30, to match the ASI revisions and notified its current students to either test prior to August 1, or practice with the new cram course format before scheduling an examination. For more information click here.

Continuing Medical Education now available through OnLine Training, Inc, July 6, 1999.

OnLine Training, Inc. will be offering online continuing medical education seminars on demand. Three courses are currently available. They are:

1) Identification of and treatment protocols for the addicted or abusing individual.

2) Candida Albicans, the great impostor

3) Vascular problems that are commonly seen in a Chiropractors practice.

These courses will be offered as live interactive presentations using a combination of Real Audio, online HTML PowerPoint slides, and interactive Java Chat. A canned version will also be available with a pre-test and post-test (end of course examination). Course completion certificates will be issued to attendees. Please contact OnLine Training for group rates.

Palm Beach Community College System to offer online Insurance Agent Pre-licensing course, June 1999.

OnLine Training, Inc. will be offering its 40 hour pre-licensing course through Palm Beach Community College. The first 36 hours of the 40 hour course will be online through OLT. The final four hours must be accomplished in the classroom. Students must enroll for this pre-licensing course through Palm Beach Community College. This means that Palm Beach Community College students enrolled in the Health, Life, and Annuities 2-15 pre-licensing course can complete the first 36 hours online via the Internet. If they are enrolled in the 40 hour evening course, they can complete nine of the ten, four hour sessions online. If they are enrolled in the 40 hour weekend program, they can complete all but the last four hours online via the Internet, of the four, ten hour weekend sessions. For more information please call Palm Beach, Community College system and enroll for either the August 5th, or August 14th. Additional dates are available. The phone number is (561) 439-8161. Also see http://www.oltraining.com/PBCC/. Additional Florida State community colleges are expected to join the growing number of institutions that are offering OLT educational products. If you would like to accomplish your pre-licensing course primarily over the internet, please click here to contact us.

OLT Property and Casualty Cram Course - beta - released, June 1999.

OnLine Training, Inc. announced today that it is releasing the beta version of its new Property and Casualty Cram Course. The P&C course covers the material associated with both the 200 hour General Lines Insurance Examination, and the material associated with the 100 hour Customer Representative Examination. Each online course costs OLT between $10,000 and $20,000 to write and place online. The industry standard is $200 per screen to place content online. At OLT we do it for less than $20 per screen - but it is still expensive. Our cram courses can have more then 4,000 interactive screens.

State insurance examinations are designed to provide a 70% pass rate. However, the pass rate for Property and Casualty examinations appears to be much lower. Using the method devised by OLT - based on the behavioral sciences, our cognitive learning model (the Redding Method) produces a pass rate of 97% in the Life, Health and Annuities area. We expect similar results in P&C - though it will take time to fine tune the structure of the course.

Normally, we would use internal beta testers to fine tune a course. That is how we developed the various state level Life, Health, and Annuities cram courses. However, working with actual students will permit us to match the course to a more viable test population - the public. For more information about the Property and Casualty Cram Course please click here.

OLT Reseller Program Launched - May 1999. Insurance

OLT is actively building an organization of online training resellers - worldwide. Commission rates are graduated from 5 % through 100 % on selected courses. There are specific programs for individuals, instructors, schools, and colleges. Initially, online cram courses using the Redding Method will be distributed through the reseller program. Additionally, OLT's Basic Adult Education GED preparation program is being modified for delivery through college learning labs, and community Work Force Development programs. All of which can be sold by resellers. For more information please click here.

GED/PreCollege Courses 

OLT is actively working to develop a national distribution system with Universities, Colleges, School Boards and other educational institutions to offer our online GED program using our technology and support to provide access to education to the largest number of students possible. This Program is being developed to assist Educational Institutions who would like to offer GED and Pre College courses to their students online. Your Institution can partner with OLT to learn more click here

Redding to deliver keynote address at the Iowa Distance Learning Association's Iowa Connections: Partnership for the Future - Joint Conference - April 28, 1999.

This is a joint distance education conference sponsored by The Iowa Association for Communications (IACT), Iowa Distance Learning Association (IDLA), and the Iowa Research and Education Network (IREN). For more information please visit http://www.idla.org/confprogram.htm. You can hear and see Dr. Redding's address by going to http://www.bfranklin.edu and following the links to the April 28 expedition.

High Self-Directed Learning: A National Imperative:

Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. presented the above paper at the 13th International Self-Directed Learning Symposium. To review a draft of his presentation click here.

Pre-college courses now available through OnLine Training.

OnLine Training in conjunction with H&H Publishing offer college preparation courses online -- Florida Community College students have new choices for overcoming academic weaknesses. The options are described in House Bill 4259, passed May 1, 1998, with unanimous approval from both chambers of the Florida Legislature.

Previously, new students to the community college system were required to take remedial courses when their placement test scores indicated areas of academic weakness. Now those students will be given a list of options to consider in overcoming those weaknesses. The new legislation directs Florida community colleges to notify students of other possibilities besides their own campus programs, including those offered by private-sector for profit companies. Students who choose options outside the community college are still assured the right to enroll in other college-level courses under the same conditions as those who sign up for remedial classes.

By giving students an informed right to choose other methods of remediation, the State Legislature places the community colleges in competition with other instructional providers. Students can weigh the costs, effectiveness of instruction, time/effort required, and all other factors when making a choice that will have major, long-range effects on their academic ambitions.

For more information about college preparation courses please click here.

News Release from the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education.

November 3, 1998

For Immediate Release:

Organizers to Global Learn Day II, to begin Saturday, 7 November at 4:00

P.M. Pacific Standard Time (GMT 00:01 Sunday 8 November) (Visit

http://www.bfranklin.edu) announced today that OnLine Training, Inc., has

become a Platinum Sponsor to this worldwide event.

According to John Hibbs, "Captain" of the GLDII Clipper, "OnLine Training

has provided cash, human resources and technical support that exceeds

$100,000, making OLT the first company to meet our Platinum threshold

requirement. OnLine Training may be a small company in terms of employees

or revenues, but its ability to perform the kind of technical and

management resources necessary to manage an event that brings together in

real time presenters from every corner of the globe could not be duplicated

by *any* firm we know."

Global Learn Day II is a 30 hour non-stop web cast that will make "stops" in

23 "Harbors" and 12 "Skiff Coves", where leaders in technology and distance

education have gathered for this extravaganza.

Online Training is headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida. It's President,

Terry Redding may reached by e-mail at <terry@oltraining.com>

More details about the Company can be found at: http://www.oltraining.com

John W. Hibbs

Director, Benjamin Franklin Institute

of Global Education

Tel/Fax 619 230 0212

2529 Front Street

San Diego, CA 92103

http://www.bfranklin.edu

For the GLDII Voyage

Timetable, visit

http://www.oltraining.com/GLD2/toc.html

OLT.NET - OnLine Training adds a full array of internet technology services to its portfolio.

OnLine Training, Inc. has a technology division known as olt.net. This month we launch our technology services division with an agreement with a nationally recognized Internet Point of Presence services company. This collaboration will provide OnLine Training with ready access to the latest Internet Technologies with which we will be able to support online educational activities and a full list of additional services, which include web broadcasting, web magazine hosting, and web hosting. Our first two clients have already joined the growing list OLT corporate clients. They are Boomer Times and Senior Life of Boynton Beach, Florida and Adoption Solutions, of Heidelberg, Germany.

Dr. Redding has just completed a series of Adult Learning seminars for the University of Oklahoma.

OnLine Training will begin offering a series of workshops for educators and corporate trainers to expose them to notions associated with self-directed learning. Change is occurring at an ever increasing pace. Educators and corporate trainers recognize the importance of staying current. This means that individuals must engage in lifelong learning after completing their formal education. Redding has been conducting and reporting on research associated with how self-directed learning readiness is developed. For more information please contact admin@oltraining.com.

Access to Education: Global Learn Day, by Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D.

An article accepted by On the Horizon, an online Technology journal sponsored by Microsoft and Jose-Bass with a circulation of 140,000. The article will be featured in the September edition. You can find On the Horizon at http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/vision/1998-09.asp .

Abstract: No learning environment is ideal for all potential participants. Some individuals will find they are at a distinct disadvantage in one environment, while in another their disadvantages may disappear. Access for some may be restricted to distance education via the internet. Online education has been viewed by many as second best as noted by John Hibbs, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education, in his May 1998 presentation to the Houston Rotary, Houston, Texas. It seems obvious, the instructor and the student seem to be isolated, separate from one another. Face to face communications are not possible.

The complete article is also available at http://www.flinet.com/~redding/R&R/accessgld.html

Insurance Agent online Cram Course and Tutor - National Release.

OnLine Training, Inc. has released in generic Insurance Agent License Preparation Cram Course. This course is primarily designed for students who have completed a state approved pre-licensing course for Life, Health and Annuities. The course uses the Redding Method to increase the students speed of learning and retention through an educational psychology behavioral science methodology design. The Redding method combines structured learning, various modalities of learning, adult motivation theory, and adult learning theory in a completely online interactive learning environment. The student is exposed to only correct information. Cognitive links are shortened and actively reinforced through this online learning experience.

Glenn Pate, CPA has joined OnLine Training.

Mr. Pate will begin developing online training courses in the Accounting field specifically for online delivery.

Charles Lester, Ph.D. has joined OnLine Training.

Dr. Lester will begin developing online training courses in the Communications field specifically for online delivery.

Global Learn Day II - Access to the world of distance education.

Hosting sites for GLD2 are being sought. If you have access to the world wide web and would like to see others gain access and learn about distance education, consider volunteering to be a GLD2 hosting site. OnLine has volunteered to be a host and to maintain the list of hosting sites. Click here for more information.

Maria Gonzalez - OLT Administration - OnLine Training, Inc. Approved in California.

Maria Gonzalez announced March 30, 1998 that OnLine Training, Inc. was approved as an educational provider for the insurance industry in the state of California. OLT has been in contact with all 50 states. California is the second state, following Florida, to approve OLT as an educational provider.

Jack Rotzien - Insurance License Cram Course Release in beta - March 1998

OLT is proud to announce it's beta release of Health, Life and Annuities series cram courses. If you are preparing to take you state Health, Life or Annuities licensing exam these courses are for you. For more information please contact us.

Dr. Terrence R. Redding - Research paper selected by ERIC - March 1998

Dr. Redding's research paper "Training in Technology for Late Adopters: Learning in Retirement, Computers for Seniors" has been selected for inclusion in the ERIC database by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education.

Dr. Steve Kapplin - Guest Lecture in New Zealand - March 1998

Hi! Greetings from Auckland, NZ where Andi and I are staying with good

friends, Rod and Jan Jefferies. Rod is a senior lecturer in property

valuation at the University of Auckland. If you've seen any news on

Auckland you may be aware that the inner city is dark due to the failure

of all the major power lines supplying electricity to the CBD. I was

scheduled to participate in a seminar this Wed., but it now appears that

if the seminar occurs at all it will be on Mar. 19. I will deliver a 45

minute overview on US real estate property markets for 1998-99 to a

group of consultants and other real estate business people associated

with Ernst and Young's New Zealand operations.

On Mar. 20 I will present a two hour tutorial to New Zealand property

appraisers on forecasting methodologies, and later that day a two hour

lecture to University of Auckland real estate students on cash flow

analysis for income producing properties.

Until then Andi and I will play tourist. We will tour part of the

northern part of New Zealand near Auckland, then south to Lake Taupo and

Rotorua, then continue site seeing south to Palmerston North which is

located at the southern tip of the north island of New Zealand. There

we will spend 4 days visiting another colleague at Massey University.

I will do my presentations upon our return to Auckland. On Mar. 21 we

depart for Sydney, Australia where we will visit colleagues at

University of Western Sydney for two weeks before beginning our return

to the states.

That's the itinerary thus far. Will keep in touch along the way.

Steve

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Countdown To Global Learn Day II, October 10-11, 1998

This is the most exciting and informative conference of its kind on the planet today. Last year OLT participated in the first Global Learn Day. It forever changed our view of conferencing. From our new corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida we were able to learn about and then participate in Global Learn Day, all in less time than it would have taken to travel to the nearest conference site. During one brief day we were able to listen to and interact with others involved in the exciting new technology associated with education and training delivered over the internet. We were honored to make a brief presentation, summarizing our impressions of this first of a kind event.

Using the technology of streaming audio, one way video, and Java Chat we met and spoke with literally hundreds of individuals located all over the world who both presented and participated in the inaugural event. We gained an appreciation for the common problems each of us share as we seek to deliver education content via the internet. What could not have been accomplished in six months of travel and scheduling was accomplished in under 24 hours as we sailed aboard the Franklin Institutes Global Learn Day vessel.

I adamantly endorse this enterprise and encourage you to consider participating this year.

The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education is proud to announce plans for Global Learn Day II

-- a FREE on-line Worldwide Distance Learning Celebration that will be held on all five continents on Columbus Day Weekend, 1998.

After completing their maiden voyage on Columbus Day, 1997, They are anticipating a blockbuster event this year, show casing the latest technology and addressing the broad questions confronting the changing world of education.

THEME: A Return Voyage to the New World of Distance Education and all of Its

Promise.

WHEN: Columbus Day Weekend,

October 9- Admiral's Party, New York

Launch: 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time, Saturday October 10

WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THESE TIMES:

In New York, 19:00 hours (7pm Friday, October 9)

In San Diego, 16:00 hours (4pm Friday, October 9)

HOW WOULD YOU *BRIEFLY* SUMMARIZE THIS EVENT:

Building on our Inaugural "Voyage", GLD II is a: Conference where the globe's leaders

in distance education make interactive presentations with each other and which can be

accessed with real time audio and video streaming; it is an Exhibition of over 40,000

collegiate courses available over the Internet from hundreds of colleges worldwide as

well as an exhibition of extraordinary conferencing, training, tools and software

capabilities; it is an Expedition that begins in Guam, where the planet begins the new

day, and travels on a "voyage" to every continent where, at 18 foreign Ports,

interactive real time conference and presentations are made.

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT THAN THE INAUGURAL VOYAGE?

Last year was a small, experimental exhibition and conference whereas this year the

"ship" will hold thousands of passengers and carry a huge cargo of new ideas, new

tools and new information in a format where tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands can

participate.

The "voyage" itself will be similar in that the Franklin Ship will launch from Guam and

travel westward through the South Pacific, to Hub Ports in New Zealand, Japan,

China, India, The Emirates, South Africa, Egypt, Russia, United Kingdom, Brazil,

Mexico, Canada, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, California and Hawaii where the

closing ceremonies will be held.

WHAT ELSE IS DIFFERENT

Several of the Hub Ports will hold REGIONAL LEARN DAYS ranging from four to

twelve hours in length, some in their local languages as well as in English. Viewers

from any part of the world can choose to visit these REGIONAL EVENTS, more of

which will be detailed in the summer.

WHAT ELSE IS DIFFERENT

There will be five Explorer Panels which will hold, independently of the Voyage and

independently of the Regionals, and each other, each one of these Panels to last for

approximately eight hours, each one lead by a distinguished leader of his field.

WHAT ARE THESE EXPLORER PANELS

PANEL ONE - English as a Foreign Language - Opening doors to opportunity.

PANEL TWO - ACCESS - Whether physically challenged, or poverty stricken, the

Internet levels all playing fields.

PANEL THREE - TOYS, TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY - Follow The Boston Trail for

the latest and greatest in Internet course ware and training delivery.

PANEL FOUR - GLOBAL CONFERENCES AND GLOBAL EXHIBITIONS - GLD II

Doing Today that which will be common ten years from now.

PANEL FIVE - GLOBALIZATION - IDEAS, ACADEMICS, GOVERNANCE, ISSUES -

Not since Copernicus have the changes been so huge.

To learn more about Global Learn Day II, go to: http://www.bfranklin.edu/learnd.html

You can visit the archive of Global Learn Day I for a glimpse of the past.

We also have documentary of GLD-I available in RealVideo.

Download RealPlayer 5.0.  Then click here to watch!

Basic Education and Literacy Courses -

January 1998 OnLine Training, Inc. began beta testing the online Basic Education courses. If you have an interest in participating in the beta test please contact us. These courses are designed to be sold to individuals, organizations and institutions. The courses are guided learning educational experiences. Students participate online. The location and time of participation is completely up to the student.

Computer Training with OLT -

January 15, 1998 marked the beginning of computer training by OnLine Training, Inc. OLT's computer courses are specifically designed for late adopters of technology. A late adopter of technology, in terms of computer training, is defined as some one who wants to learn to use a computer, but previously chose not to learn to use a computer. Our computer courses are founded on adult learning theory, adult motivational theory and notions associated with self-directed learning. These courses are delivered on site in private clubs, here in the Palm Beaches of Florida.

Orlando Multimedia `98 - February 18-20, Hyatt Orlando Hotel, Kissimmee, Florida

Sponsored by the Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT). The 16th annual conference and exhibition on "Interactive Instruction Delivery and Distance Learning Systems. This conference will feature presentations on:

• Distance Learning and Telecommunications.
• Internet Applications
• Interactive Instructional Materials Development
• Industrial and Management Training
• University and Public Education
• Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS)
• Legal and Technology Issues

Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D., founder of OnLine Training, Inc. will present a research paper on Education and Training. The title of his presentation will be "Training in Technology for Late Adopters: Learning in Retirement, Computers for Seniors."

Contact SALT at 800 457-6812 or conference_info@lti.org for more information. You can also visit their Web Site at http://www.salt.org

12th International Symposium on Self-Directed Learning - February 19-22, 1998, Radisson Resort Parkway, Kissimmee, Florida

Approximately 50 of the world's leading experts on self-directed learning in business and industry, education and other sectors will lead a variety of sessions on one of the most stimulating and productive learning concepts of the century. Representatives of several high tech business areas will make presentations. Researchers and practitioners will lead discussions of self-directed learning in business, elementary through graduate education, health, leadership and other topics.

Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D., will present a research paper on the relationship between historical events and the development of High Self-Directedness in learning. It is Dr. Redding's belief that self-directed learning, the learning that individuals engage in through their own choosing, will become increasingly important in the 21st century. Further, Dr. Redding believes parents and educators can have a positive impact on the development of High Self-Directed Learning Readiness in children by management the learning environment.

Organized by The Public Managers Center of

The University of Oklahoma

Co-Directors - Huey B. Long, The University of Oklahoma and Gary J. Confessore, The George Washington University.

For more information - Contact Gary J. Confessore, 2301 S. Jefferson Davis Hwy, Suite 702, Arlington, VA 22202. Voice: 703 418-2805 FAX 703 413-5440

E-Mail: HEALDEDD2@aol.com

1998 News

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