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Online Learning Catalog

Have an online learning need? Our team can effectively adapt your existing content into an online curriculum, or work with you to create the content from the ground up, using our best-practice instructional-design techniques. We’ll deliver it from your own customized Online Learning & Coaching Platform (take a tour - viewing this movie sample requires JavaScript to be enabled) — or we can design and develop training and marketing components “à la carte,” as explained below.

Award-winning instructional and media designer Adele Sommers, Ph.D. ensures that every project achieves the very best possible results!

Use the links below to jump to descriptions and samples of our online learning products and services. After viewing the information on this page, please contact us if you have pricing or customization questions, or to learn more about how we can help you seek a sponsor (viewing this movie sample requires JavaScript to be enabled) to underwrite your training project.

 

À la Carte Components

All of the items below integrate easily with our Online Learning & Coaching Platform, should you choose to use it for your curriculum. We also develop these components “à la carte” so you can use them independently of any platform, and potentially add them to your platform later, if you wish.

Multimedia Interactions

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Multimedia interactions are short, Flash-based productions that blend graphics, text, audio, and video — perfect for any content or purpose.

Interactions let your learners explore deeper levels of detail at their own pace by engaging with 3–10 or more colorful segments.

With many available styles and color schemes, they are highly versatile for both training and marketing.
Pricing varies; starting at $299 and higher with ready-to-use content/media (multimedia customizations are additional).

Contact us to request a needs assessment and an estimate.
These interaction examples comprise a tour of some of our clients’ most popular choices...

Multimedia Interaction Example 1 - Section Diagram
 
 

Presentations & Web Seminars

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Presentations for in-person events and Webinars are your opportunities to make a lasting first impression!

We can easily design presentations and handout materials for both in-person and online events, thereby multiplying your professional reach.

We can also package a presentation in a replay mode (with or without audio); see the upper-right example.

The sample guidebook (at lower right) contains examples of job aids, practice activities, and worksheets that can accompany presentations.
Pricing is based the amount of content to be developed and the types of media involved.

Our rates are $75–$125 per hour; package pricing may be available.

Contact us to request a needs assessment and an estimate.
Online content delivery, basic example

Presentation Design

 
 

Motivational Marketing Videos

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Slide-based videos offer novel ways to create highly motivational productions that can effectively grab and sustain viewer attention.

The Treasure Hunt Video (see the top right example) was designed to create maximum exposure via viewer sharing. It combines drama, humor, and whimsy to enliven the otherwise dry subject of business performance, and links it to a self-assessment quiz.

Slide-based videos
, when combined with multimedia interactions, produce equally engaging, interactive stories that let viewers navigate within the production. The lower right example illustrates this kind of experience.

By mixing moving messages, music, and images with plenty of elective detail, we can help you offer viewers an insightful tour of your offerings!
Pricing is based on complexity; price range is $2,000 and up. All multimedia customizations will be factored separately.

Contact us for an estimate.
Below is the motivational “Treasure Hunt Video”...

Example of a marketing video
Below is a motivational video with interactive elements...

Example of a marketing video packaged with multimedia interactions
 
 

Specialized Quizzes & Surveys

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Specialized quizzes and surveys offer countless unique and creative avenues for training and marketing campaigns.

In the marketing arena, we’ll blend multimedia and animation with novel design to produce highly imaginative, captivating quizzes and surveys that have the potential to “go viral.”

As one example, the Treasure Hunt Quiz self-assessment at top right links to the Treasure Hunt Video. It offers an engaging exploration of key topics and provides instant feedback and advice. There are many possible creative variations on this approach!

In the training arena, assessments are particularly effective when embodied in real-world, story-based scenarios. (See samples of these types of assessments at right.)

Pricing is based on complexity.
All multimedia customizations will be factored separately.

Contact us to request a needs assessment and an estimate.
The “Treasure Hunt Quiz” is
a self-assessment example...

Example of a unique self-assessment quiz
These training samples involve solving real-world challenges...

Examples of specialized quizzes
 
 

Immersive Simulations

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Immersion-style simulations, with extensive branching options, enable learners to interact with real-world scenarios, problems, or challenges to hone their critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

We can create engaging and realistic training episodes for your learners!

The example at right earned a 2011 Grand APEX Award, the highest and most prestigious recognition given in the annual APEX Competition for Publication Excellence.
Pricing is based on complexity and the amount of content to be developed.

All multimedia customizations will be factored separately.

Contact us to request a needs assessment and an estimate.
[Icon for 2011 APEX Grand Award]

Example of an immersion-based simulation
 
 

Multimedia Customizations

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Customizations include voice overs; graphic design; video editing; sound recording and editing; stock image search, selection, and licensing; and music search, selection, and licensing $75–$125 per hour, plus any licensing fees
(See a variety of customizations in the examples above)
 
 

Curriculum Design & Development

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Curriculum development typically involves the phases and tasks below to produce a comprehensive program for your organization. For example, we use...
  • A needs assessment phase to:
    • Research performance gaps
    • Review business, training goals
    • Analyze audience characteristics
    • Produce an outline and proposal
  • An implementation phase to:
    • Design, storyboard, & prototype
    • Create or buy multimedia assets
    • Develop and render the content
    • Create guides, help, and job aids
    • Test (alpha, beta, and end user)
    • Approve & roll out deliverables
    • Train managers and participants
  • A maintenance phase for post-delivery follow-up and support

In short, we use our best-practice, instructional-design techniques to:
  • Adapt your content for e-learning
  • Adapt content for blended learning by mixing methods and modes
  • Create new content from scratch, as your project objectives dictate!
Pricing is based on complexity, the amount of content to be developed or adapted, and the phases and tasks involved.

All multimedia customizations will be factored separately.

Contact us to request a needs assessment and an estimate.
We can combine any of the components above to produce your online training curriculum!

The components can reside on your own, customized Online Learning Platform (below)...

...Or, we can deliver them as individual, self-contained units using traditional Flash players (see the samples below), or in custom-designed players.

Standard Flash Player Example 1

Standard Flash Player Example 2
 
 

Online Learning & Coaching Platform

(What’s unique about our platform? Download the PDF Online Platform Features Overview.)

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Basic license fee
This one-time fee provides ongoing access to your online environment and user data (unlike subscription-based online learning systems).
$7,500 per corporate or organizational identity Take a short tour of the Online Learning Platform to browse examples of the look and feel!

See how the system supports collaboration, networking, and coaching/mentoring/tutoring.

Interactive demo of the Online Learning Platform
The tour also highlights various custom training resources that we’ll be glad to create for your audiences, as explained in the
“À la Carte” sections above.
Basic customization and setup
Assuming that you supply your own ready-to-go content, we make sure your learning platform is prepped, branded, and configured ideally for your use. We’ll also provide training on how to upload and organize your material. (Content creation services are separate; please see the details in the sections below.)
Varies based on need; averages $2,500–$5,000 per installation
Maintenance fees
We offer a range of plans to cover system updates, technical support, survey instrument support, installed client support, and coach training. Custom programming is available.
Varies by plan; contact us for a quote