Unboggling managers’ minds
Along with enhancements to Lotus LearningSpace and new relationships with training companies, IBM Mindspan Solutions has added The Management Development Training Solution to its e-learning platform. The newest offering is designed to help customers improve employee leadership skills, work climate and retention rates.
Further, the company reports, it has expanded the Lotus e-learning family of products including an updated version of Lotus LearningSpace (4.01), Lotus LearningSpace Forum 3.5 and the availability of the Lotus Notes Release 4-5 User Migration e-learning Bundle. Also, Mindspan announces new relationships with CBM Technologies, NETg,Smartforceand Macromedia.
Content for the Management Development Training Solution is delivered using an approach with four "tiers,” including self-training, coaching simulation, teaming and classroom learning. The offering is customizable, so companies can opt to have IBM Mindspan Solutions extend the offering to meet their specific management development training needs. Consultants are also available to perform other services such as linking the curriculum with an organization's content, converting the customer's content to this new approach or developing custom tests.
The Management Development Training Solution reportedly costs from $100,000 for a limited rollout to more than $350,000 for a complete package.
The new version of Lotus LearningSpace, 4.01, expands its database support to include DB2 6.1 and Oracle 8.16. It also offers tighter integration for existing NETg and SmartForce training content, allowing the content to be easily managed and tracked within the Lotus LearningSpace system. And, now available on the AIX platform is Lotus LearningSpace Forum 3.5, which enables the creation and delivery of asynchronous, instructor-led and self-paced e-learning in a Lotus Domino Release 5 (R5) environment.
The Lotus Notes Release 4-5 User Migration e-learning bundle is designed to empower customers migrating to Lotus Notes R5 and provide them with the tools they need to manage the transition. The bundle combines LearningSpace Forum 3.5 online delivery with courses and reference materials from Lotus Education and is optimized for Web-based delivery. The Lotus Notes Release 4-5 User Migration e-learning Bundle is available to replace or complement other e-learning enablement initiatives. With this bundle offering, organizations can offer the best-of-breed e-learning for Lotus Notes Release 4 users to take maximum advantage of Lotus Notes R5.