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This message is cross posted from ASTD Leaderlist by
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[mailto:owner-leaderlist@sig.astd.org] On Behalf Of Charmaine Peters
they shared information about America's Learning Exchange
Dear Chapter Leaders,
The following is an online newsletter called
ALXconnects, produced by America's Learning Exchange.
The newsletter is a complimentary, taxpayer-supported
outreach and information service for online training
and educational resources.
To see previuos issues see www.alx.org/news.
_______________________________________________________
ALXconnects Summary Edition
Vol. 2, Issue 7
December, 1999
_______________________________________________________
Contents
1. "ALX is Cool" says Yahoo!
2. ASTD Positive About ALX Opportunities
3. ALX Provides One-Stop Resource Shop For Workforce
Professionals 4. Playing The Learning Tech Name Game
5. ALX Wants To Spotlight YOU
6. Mark Your Calendars!
7. Feedback?
"ALX IS COOL" says YAHOO!
http://www.alx.org/news/Newsletter/991212.html#1
America's Learning eXchange * the definitive online
resource for training and education * was rated by
YAHOO! reviewers as the coolest site in
education/distance learning.
ALX (http://www.alx.org) gets "cooler" every day as it
continues to grow and expand. After only one year, ALX
boasts training offerings from 4,500 schools and
training companies from across the country. Currently
on ALX, you can search the extensive database of
165,000 courses, 43,000 degree programs and 30,000
seminars and workshops.
ASTD POSITIVE ABOUT ALX OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.alx.org/news/Newsletter/991212.html#2
Lee Ann Burr, vice president of the America Society for
Training and Development (ASTD), had some positive
things to say about ALX.
"The American Society for Training & Development is
very pleased to be a Strategic Partner of America's
Learning eXchange (ALX), the promising new online
clearinghouse of training and education resources for
lifelong learning. The Society is partnering with ALX
to help address the needs of two
communities that are heavily represented in ASTD's
membership -- the corporate trainer and the training
supplier."
ASTD (http://www.astd.org) is the membership
organization for 70,000 workplace training
professionals and training suppliers. ASTD is
dedicated to keeping its members informed about the
latest training research and practices. ASTD is an ALX
partner (see http://www.alx.org/partnersite.asp).
ALX PROVIDES ONE-STOP RESOURCE SHOP FOR WORKFORCE
PROFESSIONALS
http://www.alx.org/news/Newsletter/991212.html#3
Workforce development professionals now have a new,
online tool available to them through America's
Learning eXchange called Tools of the Trade: Learning
for Workforce Professionals. Tools of the Trade --
http://www.alx.org/wfd.html -- provides workforce
professionals with a wide variety of staff development
resources designed to help Workforce Investment staff
and partners learn what they need to know to do their
jobs. The specialty database, hosted by ALX, offers
access to over 850 descriptions of courses, books, Web
sites, reports and sample
materials.
PLAYING THE LEARNING TECH NAME GAME
http://www.alx.org/news/Newsletter/991212.html#4
Getting used to life in the ever-changing Internet
world? In the learning tech field we have a new round
of changes -- NAMES! In the last four months several
large learning companies have changed their names in
the rush to dot-com! Can you match the former names in
the first column to the new names? See
http://www.alx.org/news for the correct matches.
FORMER NAMES NEW dot com NAMES ?
1. CBT Systems a. SmartPlanet
2. Real Education b. SmartForce
3. Asymetrix c. eCollege
4. ZDU d. Click2Learn
ALX WANTS TO SPOTLIGHT YOU
http://www.alx.org/news/Newsletter/991212.html#5
Does your company offer FREE ONLINE COURSES or FREE
ONLINE ASSESSMENTS? If so, ALX wants to spotlight you
in the demos section of ALX
(http://www.alx.org/freeonline.asp). Please send an
email to demos@alx.org with the URL of your free
courses/demos/free assessments. Also include your home
page URL and a 1 sentence description of your
organization.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! December '99 to July '00
http://www.alx.org/news/Newsletter/991212.html#6
Here is the current schedule of planned ALX appearances
at training and education conferences and other events
from .
Watch this space for updates each month.
FEEDBACK?
http://www.alx.org/news/Newsletter/991212.html#7
Why not pay a visit to the ALX Web site at
http://www.alx.org, and tell us what you think? To
post your comments, just click on the "Comments" button
at the top of every page.
For general information about ALX, send an e-mail to
info@alx.org. If you're a training provider, send an
e-mail to listme@alx.org or phone 1-877-348-0502. To
explore ALX for yourself, go to http://www.alx.org. To
see America's Job Bank (AJB), go to www.ajb.org . AJB
is a companion system to ALX with 1,400,000 jobs,
500,000 resumes and more than twelve million user
sessions by employers and job seekers each month.
Harvey Ollis, Ph.D.
America's Learning eXchange
US Dept of Labor/ ETA/ Office of Technology 200
Consitution Ave, NW, RM N-5306
Washington DC 20210
202/219-8854 x144
hollis@doleta.gov
www.alx.org
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