Asymetrix Announces Over 200 Titles Currently in Development by click2learn.com User Community.First month of click2learn.publisher availability proves popular with subject matter experts; authors to earn 30% royalty from sale of courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYM), the leader in online learning solutions, today announced that over 200 titles are currently in development with click2learn.publisher, the sophisticated new "browser-based" free authoring and publishing system that allows anyone to create and publish online courseware, and receive royalties on courses sold through the click2learn.com network. Course topics from "How to go Public Without an IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. " to "Optimizing Your Web Site for Search Engines" are currently in development by the click2learn.com user community. Users cite zero cost, ease of use, server-side Refers to any operation that is performed at the server. Contrast with client-side. (World-Wide Web) server-side - Processing or content generation that is done on the web server or other server, as opposed to on the client computer where the web browser is running. functionality (nothing to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. ) and opportunity to earn 30% royalties as the biggest benefits of click2learn.publisher. "I am enjoying click2learn.publisher immensely," said Bill Cavanagh Cavanagh or Cavanaugh is a surname, of Irish origin, and may refer to:
"Statistics show that for every book that makes it into print in the traditional world of publishing, there are thousands of manuscripts that go unpublished," said Kevin KEVIN Keepers of the Eternal Vigilance of the Islamic Nation (fictional, from White Teeth by Zadie Smith) Oakes, President and Chief Learning Officer of Asymetrix Learning Systems. "We believe click2learn.publisher dramatically revolutionizes the world of traditional publishing, and with the overwhelming positive reaction we have received to our free publishing system, there are clearly many subject matter experts interested in sharing their knowledge while potentially earning a royalty stream from their courseware." Authors, instructors and subject matter experts can create courses using only a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and see their creation in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. environment before posting it to click2learn.com. After an initial review by Asymetrix's editorial staff, finished courseware is automatically published on click2learn.com (www.click2learn.com) making courses instantly available to individual users of the site, as well as to the click2learn.com corporate and portal partners. The authoring and publishing system includes instructionally sound templates and support for the latest Internet media types An Internet media type,[1] originally called a MIME type after MIME and sometimes a Content-type after the name of a header in several protocols whose value is such a type, is a two-part identifier for file formats on the Internet. , including RealNetworks(TM) RealSystem(TM) G2 streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters. and video, and all course content and supporting media elements are housed at the click2learn.com site. "Quality in courseware is important to our learner community, and we are providing several ways for learners to evaluate the quality of courses developed with click2learn.publisher," added Oakes. "In addition to course reviews by the Asymetrix' editorial staff, learners are encouraged to rate each course using our unique rating system. Results are constantly tabulated so learners can benefit from the policing of quality from our community as a whole, much like the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the auction sites currently provide." click2learn.publisher is a featured element to click2learn.com, the innovative new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. learning service providing professional education and training. Using the Internet to remove economic and logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation barriers, it allows individuals and small to medium-sized businesses to access formal training online, in an engaging and highly interactive format, with a standard web browser. Larger organizations can access click2learn.com using the increasingly popular Application Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) model, by seamlessly integrating a custom version of click2learn.com with their organization's intranets. Through partnerships with leading web portals See portal. such as Go2Net and VerticalNet, consumers access click2learn.com through learning channels sponsored on these sites, or by going directly to www.click2learn.com. 50 Sample Courses Currently In Development -0-
1. Actuarial Workflow Part 01
2. Career Transition 101
3. Computer Graphics Training for CATIA V4
4. Connecting a database to the web
5. Create great contact in 30 seconds
6. Creating effective and eye-catching internet graphics
7. Creating Streamed Video
8. Decision Making for Leaders
9. Developing An Internet Consulting Business
10. Developing an Occupational Health and Safety Policy
and Program for Small Businesses
11. Developing Critical Teamwork Competencies
12. Dynamic Entity References in XML
13. Dynamic Web Pages using PHP3 and Mysql
14. Enterprise Architecture -- Linking Business and IT
15. Environmental Research in Construction
16. Executive Briefing: Internet Portals
17. Fearless Public Speaking: Reducing Speech Anxiety
18. Fundamentos de la Industria de Tarjetas Bancarias
19. Gerenciando Redes TCP/IP
20. Hiring the Right Person
21. How Hits Happen
22. How to Construct and Conduct a Mail Survey
23. How to go Public -- without an IPO
24. How to Make $10,000 a Day
25. HTML 4 Beginners
26. Implementing Change Effectively
27. Improve Your Negotiating Skills
28. Improving communications with your customers.
29. Interviewing I: Get Ready!
30. Introduction to creativity
31. Introduction to GoldMine
32. Introduction to Personal Investing
33. Introduction to SQL
34. Introduction to TCP/IP
35. Introduction to Windows NT Batch Scripting
36. ISO 9000 Corrective and Preventive Action & Root Cause
Analysis course
37. ISO 9000 Quality Standard , is it something your company
needs?
38. Kyoto Protocol and Business Opportunities
39. Linux For The Rest Of Us --- Getting Started
40. Long-term Effectiveness of Change Programs
41. Making Money on the Internet!
42. Optimizing Your Web Site for Search Engines
43. Performance Discussions -- Improve performance by eliminating
reviews & appraisals
44. Refresher on Quality Management
45. Second Swedish
46. Sexual Harassment Interactive Learning System
47. The Real Secrets of Leadership
48. Understanding and Using Material Safety Data Sheets
49. Understanding E-Bay.
50. Unleashed XML
About Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYM) is a leading provider of online enterprise learning solutions that enable organizations to author, deploy and manage Internet-based training and education. Asymetrix offers a single source training solution incorporating learning management and authoring software products with professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , including custom development, strategic consulting and integration services. For more information on Asymetrix solutions, call 800/448-6543 or 425/462-0501. Asymetrix Learning Systems is located on the World Wide Web at www.asymetrix.com and the click2learn.com learning portal is located at www.click2learn.com. Asymetrix is a registered trademark and click2learn.com and click2learn.publisher are trademarks of Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. Asymetrix is registered in the USA and in certain other countries. RealNetworks, RealSystem, and RealPlayer are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All other company and/or product names are the property of their respective owners. Forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements, involve significant risks and uncertainties, including and without limitation: increased demand for, and market acceptance of, technology-based training and online learning solution; market acceptance of the Company's or its competitors' products and services; the Company's ability to meet the needs of sophisticated corporate customers; and the other risks related to the business of Asymetrix as detailed in the Company's Prospectus dated June 12, 1998 on file with the SEC, and in its annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. dated March 31, 1999. |
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