Showing posts with label skillsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skillsoft. Show all posts

Monday, September 27, 2010

New News on Monday: Enhance Your Knowledge of Oracle 11g with Latest Updates from LatitudeU Partner SkillSoft

The following new Oracle 11g courses are now available at LatitudeU:
  • Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Using Change Management Solutions
  • Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Intelligent Infrastructure Enhancements
  • Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Application Performance Enhancements

Check out these and dozens of other Oracle 11g courses from LatitudeU partner SkillSoft, which are available for our members day or night at www.LatitudeU.com.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Business Skills Training in LatitudeU

LatitudeU offers Business Skills online courses from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft.

Executives are constantly looking for breakthrough strategies that will give their companies a competitive edge. Once those strategies are formulated they become operating plans and departments are charged with carrying out specific activities. Finally, it's up to individual employees to execute within their daily jobs in support of those plans. But what happens if the strategies are not well communicated throughout the organization? What if employees lack essential skills to accomplish their work? What if cultural barriers stand in the way of progress?

Unique Strength in Business Skills
Companies around the globe turn to SkillSoft when they recognize a need to upgrade employees' soft skills and business knowledge. With SkillSoft's Business Skills Courseware Collection, the world's largest collection of business skills courses, and the BusinessPro™ Collection, the largest repository of online reference content in the industry, SkillSoft courses in LatitudeU offer the ideal training for any enterprise.

e-Learning Design Excellence in Business Skills Instruction
SkillSoft's award-winning business skills courseware incorporates proven learning design methodology for effective and engaging interactive learning. SkillSoft's instructional design model is based primarily on the proven concepts of performance-oriented instruction, mastery and the sequencing of instructional activities and strategies. The model draws heavily from adult learning principles that emphasize learner initiative, self-management and experiential learning. The design of each SkillSoft business course starts with the definition of learner-focused performance objectives and then proceeds to the selection and implementation of instructional strategies and learning activities appropriate for those objectives. Frequent practice questions or exercises, along with assessments, measure learners' achievement of those objectives.


Click here for Business Skills Courses

Monday, January 25, 2010

MCDST (Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician) Training in LatitudeU

LatitudeU offers training courses from the the industry leading training provider, SkillSoft, for MCDST certification

General Information
The Microsoft MCDST certification program provides validates skills in working with and supporting Microsoft products and technologies. The MCDST certification verifies your ability to successfully support end users and to successfully troubleshoot desktop environments running on the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Live Learning Certification Training Program
SkillSoft's Live Learning MCDST certification training program is designed and team-taught by our multiple-certified expers. Our expert instructors bring more than 30 years of real-world experience to class, ensuring students are prepared for their jobs in addition to being ready to pass their exams. The class content is delivered through engaging, interactive graphics; real-world scenarios; true-to-life simulations; and in-class demos on live gear. Live Learning classes provide unlimited attendance in any or all of the scheduled class sessions, on-demand access to all learning enrichments, plus these additional benefits during the 12-month term:

  • On-demand Access to Experts Encore recorded classes are immediately available and downloadable for anytime, anywhere access to experts.
  • Learning Resources printable, searchable classroom materials and online instructor class notes.
  • Hands-on Lab Simulations students are challenged with engaging exercises for perfect practice in a simulated network environment.
  • Mentoring access to qualified, expert mentors via chat and email for clarification and a deeper dive into the subject.


    Recommended Prerequisites
    Prior to beginning the MCDST certification program, learners should meet the following requirements:
  • Basic experience using a Microsoft Windows Operating system such as Microsoft Windows XP
  • A basic understanding of Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft Windows accessories, including Internet Explorer
  • Basic understanding of core operating system technologies including installation and configuration
  • A basic understanding of hardware components and their functions
  • A basic understanding of the major desktop components and interfaces, and their functions
  • A basic understanding of TCP/IP settings
  • How to use command-line utilities to manage the operating system
  • A basic understanding of technologies available for establishing Internet connectivity


    Training Path Steps
    Course 1: Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Client Operating Systems
    Exam 1: 70-271
    Course 2: Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on Microsoft Windows XP
    Exam 2:70-272

    MCDST Certified

    Recertification Information
    Recertification is not necessary. This certification will remain valid until mainstream support for the related technology retires.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Environmental, Safety and Health Training in LatitudeU

LatitudeU offers Environmental, Safety and Health training from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft. Effective and efficient ES&H online training offers you a competitive advantage as an employer, in addition to assisting you with compliance management and improving employee performance. Virtually every industry is required by law to conduct specific training as mandated by the Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and/or the Department of Transportation (DOT). Companies unable to provide documentation of having provided this training can receive civil or criminal penalties.

ES&H Training Created for the Production Worker

SkillSoft's ES&H Course Collection helps you save money while safeguarding the health and safety of your most priceless resource—your people. We have developed a solution that provides the highest standard of learning, created for the production worker. Over 120 courses cover issues across pressing compliance subjects for today's organization such as OSHA, EPA and DOT hazardous materials.

Leading Instructional Design

SkillSoft's instructional design model includes careful consideration of content and target audience needs. Our ES&H instructional content, methods, media and resources are derived and directly related to well-defined learning objectives resulting in clarified and explicit learning requirements. Instructional content is aimed at the Flesch Kincaid level of eighth grade or below. This measure directly translates into training that is easy to read, comprehend and retain.

We use instructional strategies that encourage active learner involvement, such as hands-on interactive exercises that reinforce major learning points, practical real-life examples, case studies, graphical or animated representations, and appropriate and timely feedback on learner responses.



Click here to learn more about Environmental, Safety and Health Training in LatitudeU

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Meet an eLearning Publisher: SkillSoft

SkillSoft is a leading provider of on-demand e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small- to medium-size businesses.

SkillSoft is committed to helping its customers achieve connected learning; the ability to align learning with strategic business objectives and learner needs. In order to achieve connected learning, SkillSoft provides a comprehensive offering of high quality learning content Technologies to leverage, extend and enhance the value of content Services to support our customers’ long term success

SkillSoft's mission is to maximize business performance by providing learning and performance support solutions that connect corporate strategy and individuals. SkillSoft's solutions are designed to support all levels of the organization and can easily be adapted to meet strategic business initiatives, on demand information needs and individual job roles.

In addition to being an industry leader in supporting standards and integrating with other suppliers, SkillSoft has a deep commitment to customer satisfaction and a strong record of execution.



Friday, January 23, 2009

LatitudeU Provides Skillsoft Online Training Courses for Microsoft and other Certifications

We are pleased to announce that LatitudeU has become a channel partner of SkillSoft PLC to provide Skillsoft’s online training courses. SkillSoft is providing LatitudeU’s members with over 3000 online training courses in many business and technical subject areas.

In becoming a partner with industry leader Skillsoft, we are making available highly reliable, proven and instantly accessible online courses and training programs used by many learning organizations around the world. The LatitudeU business model provides access to individual courses from SkillSoft without committing to any subscriptions, so you only pay for courses unique to your requirements.

Through LatitudeU, SkillSoft will provide online training to individuals and organizations for general studies and certification preparation. Online courses and certifications include Information Technologies, Desktop Technologies, Management Training, Sales and Marketing Training, Human Resources Training, Strategic Planning Training, Project Management Training, Six-Sigma and Lean Six-Sigma Training, Operations Management & ITIL Training, Team Building, Communications, Customer Service and Consulting Skills, plus many other career and job skills.

Additionally there are numerous online test and certification prep courses for:
  • Microsoft Desktop and IT Professional Certifications
  • Sun Microsystems Certifications
  • IBM Certifications
  • EMC Certifications
  • Oracle Certifications
  • Cisco Certifications
  • Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
  • IT Professional Certifications Check Point
  • CompTIA Certifications
  • CIW Professional IT Certifications
  • Human Resource Certification Institute
  • International Institute of Business Analysis
  • IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL Certifications)
  • Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Six Sigma Blackbelt Certification (SSBB)
To access these and many other online training programs from SkillSoft on LatitudeU go to http://www.latitudeu.com/onlinetrainingcourse/search.aspx?cat=c&search=skillsoft.