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Review E-Learning "Interest Builders"
From Krispy Kreme to GlaxoSmithKline and more...

See what a dozen different Gurus created in Flash to capture attention and generate interest in their e-learning programs.

"Fishbowl" from Ryerson University is my personal favorite, and I like the great work Option Six did for Krispy Kreme. GlaxoSmithKline has the hippest, most upbeat style.

Click here to see them all in the new Guru Showcase section. (And if you think your Flash commercial stacks up well with these, why don't you e-mail me your SWF file or a link?)

User Experience Library

Awesome collection of user interface/experience articles. From accessibility to design methods to information architecture. This site is the "E-Learning Guru" of user experience.

Click here to visit deyalexanders resource page filled with links.

Online Job Skills Training in NJ for Single Moms
Income Rises 15% - 40% in One Year

Last month we highlighted the LeapPads for women in Afghanistan, and now here's a similar story in my own backyard. This pilot program in NJ provided single moms with a computer, Internet access and self-paced training that they could complete on their own schedule.

Just a couple of years ago, single mother Marilyn Morales was struggling to feed four children with food stamps and her $314-a-week salary as an administrative assistant... Taking courses over a special Web site, she beefed up her limited computer skills and took courses on writing, career counseling, even calming upset clients... "I really loved this program," said Morales, 34, who got a position as a job counselor that pays her 40% more...

Morales and the other 127 women in the first class fared so well — their average wage rose nearly 15% — that a national foundation is underwriting an effort by Rutgers University and New Jersey to help other states start similar programs.

Click here to read full story.

The e-learning dashboard now includes links to 16 different e-learning blogs, daily press releases and a calendar of events. Click here and make it your home page.

-- Kevin

Kevin Kruse is the e-learning columnist for CLO, Chief Learning Officer magazine, author of Technology-based Training (Jossey-Bass), and President of AXIOM Professional Health Learning. He can be reached at kkruse@e-learningguru.com.