Today, I read an article in the e-Learning Developers' Journal by Katherine Werner at Tellabs that talked about how the training and development staff of Tellabs is using Groove to support its development efforts. I am very happy to see that a major organization like Tellabs has noticed the usefulness of Groove as a collaboration tool for training and development purposes.
Tellabs states that it has not used Groove to deliver distance-learning courses. While I find this disappointing, I can understand that they are just beginning to see Groove's potential for facilitating the distance-learning process.
I have been using Groove to deliver distance-learning courses for almost three years. The process has not always been easy. At times, I have been so damned mad at Groove and Groove's Tech Support function that I have wanted to chuck Groove and search for something less workable, but more reliable.
With the help of Groove supporters like Ashok, K.C. Bolton, Andy Swarbrick, Jon and Wolfgang, I have stuck with Groove. As we approach v2.5, I'm very happy that I have stayed with Groove. The results have been worth the effort.
I follow the discussions about learning management systems (LMS) on Brandon-Hall and other newsletter sources. Most comments suggest that training organizations are very much tied to expensive LMS systems that offer a "one box fits all" type of software approach.
Groove offers flexibility and variety that the "one box fits all" LMS programs can not compete with. I am thankful that Groove is not a "Blackboard" or "WebTV" type program.
I have attached a hyperlink to a copy of the e-Learning Developers' Journal article that I posted to my website. The highlighting is mine. The article is posted in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
http://www.andlil.com/drlillie/Articles_on_Website/GrooveArticle.pdf
Comments? I would appreciate hearing them.
Rick Lillie
Email: rlillie@csusb.edu
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