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Corporate Overview: Training

IAPS is an international training services firm that designs and presents educational programs for technical professionals and managers. In addition, we provide organizations with education consulting and strategic planning support services for both employee and customer training. IAPS provides technical training experts to assist organizations with planning, assessment, design and delivery of training on software development for electronic products and complex IT systems and other technical topics.

Through our Academic Partner Program, IAPS assists colleges and universities to develop, deliver and manage corporate training and continuing education programs. We offer a full range of services including courses to complement university offerings, courseware and on-line training development, program coordination and marketing, training support services, and corporate education consulting, i.e., conducting training needs assessments.

Education Consulting and Technical Training Support Services

IAPS understands the "business" of customer and employee training in addition to the instructional design techniques and organizational development considerations that make training effective. We work with organizations to assess specific or overall technical training requirements and assist them in selecting and implementing the optimal solution.

We have worked with senior executives, training directors, technical department and project managers to plan and deliver media-based, computer assisted, and instructor led courses. Our typical consulting assignments include one or more of the following tasks:

Strategic Planning for Training

Harmonizing corporate training activities with business objectives
Defining organizational training needs in light of enterprise business objectives
Determining staff training implications of new technologies and regulations
Creating a comprehensive corporate learning/HRD strategy
Setting goals and building a staff to offer profitable customer training

Technical Training Needs Assessment for Individuals and Groups

Evaluating near term job related needs
Preparing for professional certifications and licenses
Defining long term career development training needs

Evaluation of Existing Training Expenditures and Practices to Enhance ROI

Establishing evaluation criteria
Measuring overall effectiveness and ROI
Using new cost effective training technologies
Identifying performance metrics
Deciding to make vs. buy
Analyzing travel and other organizational costs
Determining the feasibility of distance learning and remote instruction delivery

Selection of Candidate Training Solutions

Creating a comprehensive RFP
Evaluating competing proposals
Selecting training methodologies
Evaluating cost effectiveness and long term value

Curriculum Planning and Development: Employee and Customer

Curriculum Planning
- Defining the training population
- Assessing individuals' needs
- Establishing skill development tracks
- Predicting courseware life cycle
- Determining instructional delivery costs
- Determining courseware design and maintenance costs
- Determining design and delivery infrastructure costs
Courseware Development and Delivery Infrastructure
- Implementing an instructional design framework, e.g. ADDIE Model, ILDS, Dick and Carey
- Selecting, customizing and using a courseware development environment
- Selecting, integrating and using learning management systems (LMS)
- Constructing a courseware module repository and version control system
- Specifying IT resources for courseware development and delivery
- Applying e-learning standards (AICC, SCORM) to enhance interoperability
- Selecting the best implementation technologies
- Managing instructional system design and maintenance projects
Instructional Design: Objects, Modules and Complete Training Packages
- Specifying training objectives
- Incorporating a "learner-centric" perspective
- Applying sound Software Engineering concepts to courseware development
- Creating durable, reusable and customizable materials
- Creating live presentation materials
- Designing for effective remote delivery
- Developing media-based instruction modules
- Developing computer assisted instruction
- Developing web-based instruction modules
- Converting existing instructional materials for on-line delivery
- Creating hands-on exercises
- Customizing/Individualizing/Localizing courseware
- Accommodating diverse learning styles and needs
- Increasing modularity and flexibility
- Prototyping courseware
- Testing usability and operation on target platforms
- Developing tests and other forms of learner evaluation
- Validating courseware, tests and other forms of evaluation
Determining Staffing Requirements
- Administrators and coordinators
- Subject matter experts and instructors
- Courseware developers
- Instructional design experts
- Sales and marketing personnel

Instructor Development of In-house Subject Matter Experts

Appropriate teaching methodologies for practicing professionals as learners
Techniques for enhancing information transfer efficiency and effectiveness
Course planning and preparation considerations
Guidelines for creating useful course materials

Further Information

We welcome your inquiries and the opportunity to discuss your organization's education consulting and technical training support requirements. We look forward to hearing from you.

Corporate Overview: Training | Education Consulting and Technical Training Support Services
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