We're trying to reprogram the vernacular that our company uses to refer to online trianing. Right now the common phrase is "CBT" which stands for computer-based-training. This phrase is often associated with a groan as the user pictures a page turner with a lot of text-heavy content.
What phrases do your end-users use to refer to an online learning event?
Ours are called P.O.D.s (Presentations on Demand) and of course most of the employees call them "pods". Given that much of the library is also text heavy page turners, and that we're really trying to steer everyone away from "presentations", we should probably be in the market for a name change too.
Thanks for the replies and suggestions! We have one type of "robust communication" that we call an iLearn. These are usually 10 minutes or less, and are not super interactive - they are mostly for informational purposes. Maybe I'll try to see if iCourse will take for a full online learning.
I also like the phrase On-Demand Learning (although many of our users have someone "demanding" that they take the course, so it may lead to problems of it's own, lol).
For our online training we use the title "The Global Classroom" and this covers live training/lecture webinars that we conduct for some clients as well as the courses from our LMS (we call the LMS the "Learning Center" as most people don't know what an LMS is).
That reminds me, in a past position we called them VODs - Videos On Demand. Even tho the designers distinguish "video" from elearning courses, most of the time the endusers really didn't. To them, if they sit and watch something in a player, it's a video.
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We've been using the term On-Demand Learning.
Ours are called P.O.D.s (Presentations on Demand) and of course most of the employees call them "pods". Given that much of the library is also text heavy page turners, and that we're really trying to steer everyone away from "presentations", we should probably be in the market for a name change too.
Because this is so new to my company, depending on who I talk to, they use a different term.
Depending on who I am meeting with, I have to switch up what I say.
Thanks for the replies and suggestions! We have one type of "robust communication" that we call an iLearn. These are usually 10 minutes or less, and are not super interactive - they are mostly for informational purposes. Maybe I'll try to see if iCourse will take for a full online learning.
I also like the phrase On-Demand Learning (although many of our users have someone "demanding" that they take the course, so it may lead to problems of it's own, lol).
For our online training we use the title "The Global Classroom" and this covers live training/lecture webinars that we conduct for some clients as well as the courses from our LMS (we call the LMS the "Learning Center" as most people don't know what an LMS is).
That reminds me, in a past position we called them VODs - Videos On Demand. Even tho the designers distinguish "video" from elearning courses, most of the time the endusers really didn't. To them, if they sit and watch something in a player, it's a video.
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