When online professional education was first made available to lawyers, doctors, nurses, accountants and other professionals, end-users’ expectations were modest. If the learner could connect, stay connected, and hear the presentation, it was an online educational success! Several decades later, learner expectations have changed dramatically. Expectations have changed because technology has improved significantly over the [...]
We like to highlight one of our staff members so you can get to know us better! Today we’d like to turn the spotlight onto Nathan Vaut. What do you do at InReach? I manage the Client Success team so that puts me in touch with every single InReach client in one way or [...]
Microlearning courses are short, interactive, and targeted, addressing a single educational objective. Micro course offerings are an expectation of young professionals, given they grew up consuming short and direct online content like Ted Talks. Micro course offerings are effective for all professionals because it is easier for learners to identify and receive content that is [...]
SSO FAQS So you’re thinking about implementing a Single Sign On (SSO) to integrate your Member Management (MMS) or Association Management system(AMS) with your InReach catalog, but you don’t even know where to start? In this month’s newsletter, we’ve put together some Frequently Asked Questions to help you or your staff get started on what [...]
They say it’s the small things in life that count and this is certainly true for the online education world. Something as simple as number of clicks from here-to-there can win or lose a customer. However, thanks to website analytics, tracking when potential participants leave a website due to frustrating navigation can be determined. You [...]
Technology is advancing at an alarming rate and significantly impacting the world around it. Daily activities such as shopping, watching television, even communicating with others, can now be done online. An area that has also followed suit is education, specifically CE. Tangible materials and in-person events are falling to the wayside due to young millennial [...]
My company is a leading provider of technology and services that enable online continuing education (CE). From that perspective, you could assume a bias towards certain kinds of CE. On the other (less cynical) hand, I have been exposed to a tremendous amount of online professional continuing education over the years. From this perspective, I [...]
Recently, the Harvard Business Review sent an email promoting a book called “Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz” by Frank J. Barrett. The title alone grabbed my attention, and then I remembered a few Jazz musicians I knew, who talked about improvisation and experimentation as key elements of creating music. Not only [...]
An InReach staff person will be featured in each InReach newsletter, so you might get to know the members of the InReach team. Mark Widner, InReach product manager, is the first to be featured. What do you do at InReach? “I’m a product manager, and I also manage testing. A product manager looks at our [...]
Now that it is February I just have to ask: How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? No doubt many of you are still plugging away and achieving success, but for most folks that go through the resolution exercise that is not the case. The concept of New Year’s resolutions has always been a [...]
