WBT Systems Delivers Mobile e-Learning Solution

Identical Learning Experience to Server Product and Synchronisation of Offline Learner's Progress.

It is one of the challenges of the e-Learning industry that access to an intranet or the World Wide Web gives e-Learning programmes tremendous immediacy, scope and impact, and yet, in certain situations, learners may not have network access at the time required. TopClass Mobile was built to provide learners access to their e-Learning material when access to a network or dial-in connection is not available.

TopClass Mobile 6 is more than a simple offline content delivery tool. It was designed to provide the full functionality of TopClass, but at the same time be easy to install, easy to use and allow learners to re-synchronise their progress with the server once a network connection is re-established. .

"While some e-Learning vendors offer a tool which allows learners to access material while offline, they tend to be almost completely separate products." said Duncan Lennox, CTO of WBT Systems. "The real differentiator of TopClass Mobile is that it can provide all the great content delivery functionality of a full-blown LCMS product like TopClass. Although the learner is accessing the material offline, we at WBT Systems do not believe that the learning experience should be sacrificed in any way. It is critical that these learning experiences are as effective as those taken online, as the people being trained are often the organisation's representatives in the field."

At Liberty Group, sales agents were provided with access to Mobile to ensure they received training about new products, even if they tend to be out working on the road. "Since agents do not need a network connection to access training, and are not tied to a traditional classroom environment, they can continue to sell", said Linda van der Loo, of Liberty Group's e-Learning Centre of Excellence. "With TopClass we have reduced training time by half and increased our sales by 20%." she added.

May 10th, 2002