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Jeffrey A. Roth Interactyx Limited Affiliate Program Continues to Grow

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce that our affiliate program that is focused on reaching new international markets and providing additional penetration into select domestic industries with our award winning eLearning solution, TOPYX®, is continuing to grow. TOPYX is an affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social learning, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality fulfilling the modern eLearning needs for corporate training, academic institution… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on November 19, 2009 at 3:40am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Bonita Springs technology company wins award for its software

We are proud to announce that Interactyx Limited’s eLearning solution, TOPYX®, was named a Best of Elearning! 2009 award winner by Elearning! Magazine. TOPYX is an affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social learning, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality fulfilling the modern eLearning needs for corporate training, academic institutions, and small to midsize businesses. “We would like to thank all of the voters and editors of Elearning! Ma… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on November 12, 2009 at 3:18am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Facebook Apps for Education

Facebook has been making many inroads into education over the last few years. Many institutions are using Facebook sites to publicize events on campus, as well as to aid in their recruiting. As well, many students, instructors and administrators are using a number of Facebook applications for a wide variety of academic purposes. Recently we’ve been examining a number of Facebook apps that are relevant for educational use. We’ve assembled a small list of 20 facebook apps here and are happy to h… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on October 16, 2009 at 12:05am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth The Times Higher Education World Rankings: Harvard Ranked #1, Cambridge #2

The Times Higher Education rankings have been released today, and we’re very excited to see a client of ours, University of Cambridge has moved up to #2 ranking globally. Harvard maintains it #1 ranking and Yale comes in at #3. Rather than quibble about where you school ranks, I’m curious if you believe such rankings are important and offer value. Did you or your children use lists like this to help decide which school to attend? Let us know what you think. Please feel free to join our upcomin… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on October 9, 2009 at 1:45am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Does Twitter have a place in Education?

Clearly this has been a tremendous year of growth for Twitter. Current valuation estimates of the company are in the order of $1 billion, and users are expected to reach 250 million over the next few years. A an eLearning provider, on a daily basis, we are talking to schools that looking at using it both for themselves as well as possibly having their students use it in some fashion. Campus Technology recently reported,… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 19, 2009 at 2:05am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Does eLearning need to have a ROI that’s more than just money?

The Adobe Captivate Blog earlier this month reported on a Higher Ed blog - http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/ “Around 70% of faculty believe that the learning outcomes of online learning are inferior to F2F.” This got me thinking about business eLearning. I have seen all sorts of content classified as eLearning and as an educator I have to ask – Is it important to have learning outcomes associated with eLearning for it t… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 18, 2009 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Colleges are Failing

David Leonhardt of the New York Times recently wrote an eye opening article entitled "Colleges are Failing in Graduation Rates." The full article can be found online at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/business/economy/09leonhardt.html?_r=1&ref=education. He mentions that at the University of Massachusetts, only 33% of freshmen graduate within 6 years. It's an extreme, b… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 11, 2009 at 8:48pm — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Are non-verbal cues all that important?

Last week the Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com - Mark Bauerlein) had an article about Gen Y not being able to "read" each other. Which got me thinking "Is non-verbal communication" all that important? Is the sound of a person voice or the smile on their face needed? Nielsen Mobile reported late last year that teenagers on average sent and received 2,272 texts per month. A year earlier the National School Boards Association estimated that middle an… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 10, 2009 at 12:10am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Associations Need to Evolve

The world is full of associations and associations are full of members. It would be valuable for both associations and members to have comprehensive, complete and easy dialogue of information around the organisation. Yet, many association websites are purely one way. The association puts up pages or material or news, and members see it, if they happen to look. There is very little opportunity for interaction and maybe very little reason for them to ever look at the site at all. It's a pretty sa… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 5, 2009 at 1:29am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Shaking Up Blended Learning

Blended Learning as a concept is widely used in the academic, corporate and non profit sectors throughout the world. We're seeing a great deal of change in it's utilization, and in my blog today, I'll try to highlight some of the changes. Historically, as Margaret Driscoll pointed out in her paper for IBM Global Services "Blended Learning: Let's Get Beyond the Hype" when institutions consider blending learning they are considering four slightly different scenarios. * To combine or mix modes of… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 28, 2009 at 9:41pm — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Online Education Beats the Classroom

Wednesday, Aug. 9, the New York Times published an article based on a 12 year study comprehensive study on online education at all levels (K-12, college and adult continuing education programs of all kinds) was recently published. The study encompassed 99 quantitative studies comparing online and instructor lead courses. Conclusion - online education beats the classroom. In the article, reporter Steve Lohr states: "Until fairly recently, online education amounted to little more than… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 24, 2009 at 11:10pm — No Comments

Bob Brogan Finding Nirvana for the Small and Mid-Market HR Executive: Addressing the 8 Hidden E’s

Small and mid-market HR Executives face a daunting challenge in providing transformational leadership with limited/reduced budgets and resources. These executives must perform superhuman feats to address their organization's key needs to achieve business objectives by addressing 8 hidden E's: - Engage different employees and constituent groups, - Enable distributed employees in an economic and efficient manner - Effective deployment of "real-time" changes in product,… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on August 22, 2009 at 12:49am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth What tools are prestigious schools incorporating into their eLearning programs?

The University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School implemented a state of the art virtual learning environment (VLE) with Interactyx Limited’s TOPYX® VLE platform. Beginning this term, the candidates of its Executive MBA program will use the TOPYX platform. Judge Business School is built on an ethos of collaboration. Accordingly, it… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 20, 2009 at 5:10am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Interactyx Limited Announces Global Affiliate Program

Interactyx Limited is delighted to announce a comprehensive affiliate program that is focused on reaching new international markets and providing additional penetration into certain domestic industries with TOPYX®, the affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social networking, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality. Interactyx Limited is continuing to review and accept high-value affiliate opportuniti… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 18, 2009 at 11:06pm — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth What if Textbooks Disappeared?

As reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education many states are implementing budget cuts of 5% -15%. http://chronicle.com/article/Further-State-Budget-Cuts-Loom/47448/ Clearly, the entire issue is a complex one. Tax revenue to the states and municipalities has decreased based on both lower realty tax revenue and income tax revenue as a result of economic contraction and the real estate meltdown of… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 13, 2009 at 10:48pm — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Understanding the Benefits of eLearning 2.0

What is eLearning 2.0? How can I incorporate social networking and mobile learning tools? How easy is it to get started with eLearning software?
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Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 7, 2009 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School Chooses TOPYX eLearning Solution

Interactyx Limited is very proud to announce today that the TOPYX® eLearning 2.0 solution with integrated social networking technologies, has been chosen by Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge as its comprehensive eLearning content distribution and collaborative learning platform. Students of Cambridge’s Executive MBA programme will commence using TOPYX in August 2009 for a two year term. Read the full article here -… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on July 31, 2009 at 1:13am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Learn How Social Networking is Revolutionizing eLearning Programs

Sign up to attend our free, live webinars! See the full list at http://www.interactyx.com/interactyx-2. Now is your chance to get the answers you've been looking for to help make that important decision about eLearning and social networking technology that will revolutionize your business! Interactyx Limited is launching a FREE webinar series to make sure you have the information you need to advance your learning and training programs. Join us to dis… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on July 17, 2009 at 4:49am — No Comments

Sasha Rodriguez TriniteLearning, Inc. Announces Its TriFusion Business Solutions Package

TrinitēLearning, Inc. (TLI) a provider of online business solutions software announces the evolution of its TriFusion software offering. TriFusion consists of three products, FusionLMS, a Learning & Talent Management System, FusionMobile, an Integrated Mobile Learning Delivery Solution, and FusionConnect, an Advanced Communication & Interaction Platform, which help businesses manage and track employee job related growth; allow training administrators to deliver full quality video and in… Continue

Added by Sasha Rodriguez on July 15, 2009 at 6:48am — No Comments

Jeffrey A. Roth Corporate University for Less Than $100 per Employee

Until recently, the creation of a Corporate University has been out of reach for the vast majority of companies due to the costs of establishing the environment. With the advent of affordable technologies such as Web 2.0, the creation of an interactive university that supports formal and informal learning for mid-market companies with 300 or more employees is now a reality. Read the full post here:… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on July 13, 2009 at 11:33pm — No Comments

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