Thursday, August 30, 2007

Gatlin Learning and Bowling Green State University announce eLearning Center Web site

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Gatlin Learning, Inc. has partnered with Bowling Green State University to host a Web site for The eLearning Center, a comprehensive resource of online continuing and business education courses. BGSU’s portal is available at http://bgsu.theelearningcenter.com/.

With The eLearning Center, colleges and universities create unique, co-branded sites where they can offer courses from leading online content providers directly to students and corporate training customers. Each portal is customizable and generates enrollments for BGSU, while Gatlin handles all the site’s administrative needs at no cost.

The eLearning Center recently released Phase II, a package of upgrades that included increasing the course offerings to more than 5,000.

“BGSU students have access to the Internet’s largest collection of leading educational courses,” said Stephen Gatlin, founder of Fort Worth-based Gatlin Education Services and The eLearning Center. “The eLearning Center is a one-stop shopping solution where students can advance their educational or career needs.”

The eLearning Center contains courses from many of the country’s top online education content providers such as Element K, Webucator, GlobalEnglish, 360 Training, CEU4U and Coastal Training Technologies. Pricing for the courses range from $25 to $5,000 depending on the lesson intensity, certification offering and instructor support involved.

The self-study courses are available in a broad range of subject areas, including business, medical training, continuing education courses, design, IT, motivation and many others. New categories continue to be added as well. In addition to English, select courses are offered in Spanish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Taiwanese and Arabic.

The eLearning Center features courses that are skill-building for life skills and professional career training. Students can enroll and pay for courses at http://bgsu.theelearningcenter.com/. Interested institutions of higher learning or corporations can contact Gatlin Learning at 817-870-2870 for more information.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Gatlin Education Services partners with OTA Training, LLC to provide RFID online course

FORT WORTH, Texas – Gatlin Education Services has announced today it’s partnership with OTA Training, LLC to provide the premier product in electronic RFID education, RFID on the Web™.

Developed by the global leader in RFID training and certification, RFID on the Web is a comprehensive training solution built to supply students with the information necessary to implement RFID technology in various settings including supply chain logistics, manufacturing process improvement, health care and pharmaceutical authentication.

"We are very pleased to be working with Gatlin, the recognized leader in online education, to provide our premier e-learning product," said Robert Sabella, CEO and founder of OTA Training, LLC. "Through this partnership, quality RFID training will be made accessible to more than 300 universities worldwide."

OTA Training designed RFID on the Web as an interactive course using flash animated simulations based on real RFID implementation projects to give students a comprehensive knowledge of how RFID is applied in a real-world environment.

“Today, there is a rapidly growing number of uses for radio frequency identification,” said Stephen Gatlin, founder of Fort Worth-based Gatlin Education Services. “The demand for RFID certified professionals is overwhelming due to so many commercial factors driving the adoption of this technology.”

The 70-hour course is now available through Gatlin’s partnership with major colleges and universities. Upon completion of the course, students will be provided with a certification voucher in order to take their CompTIA™ RFID+ certification exam and become RFID+ Certified.

About Gatlin Education Services:
Established in 1989 by Stephen Gatlin, Gatlin Education Services is the largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported training to community colleges and universities. Gatlin’s courses are open enrollment, allowing interested students to start their desired training immediately. Gatlin’s online career training courses are designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations.

About OTA Training, LLC:
OTA Training, LLC operates for the sole purpose of educating companies on how to implement RFID successfully. To provide our students with the most in-depth, relevant, and practical RFID training we use the E3 Learning System, a proven methodology that makes our training Effective, Engaging and Easy to Follow. All of OTA’s instructors are qualified RFID professionals and possess the real world knowledge and experience to prepare you for the challenges of implementing RFID technology.

Based in Dallas, Texas, OTA offers RFID training courses worldwide. We take great pride in providing state-of-the-art training tools, with up-to-date content in the best RFID training centers around the globe. Any of our courses can be customized to fit your company's requirements and can be conducted at your location. More information is available at http://www.otatraining.com/.

Gatlin Learning, Inc. partners with Vubiz to present new online courses

FORT WORTH, Texas – Gatlin Learning, Inc. announced today it has reached an agreement with e-learning provider Vubiz Ltd. that will make learning fun and effective for students. Vubiz will contribute instructional content for Gatlin’s eLearning Center, more than 101 courses in business, finance and personal enrichment online programs.

Winner of the 2005 Canadian Awards for Training Excellence, Vubiz is a full-service e-learning company that produces high quality content for thousands of banks, associations and businesses across the United States and Canada. The e-learning provider will supply Gatlin Learning with courses including Community Development, Customer Service, Financial Basics, E-Commerce, Call Center and Sales and Marketing. Courseware provided by Vubiz includes professionally designed content that is interactive and available in several languages. In addition, each course will incorporate online customer service, project management and program evaluation.

“We are very pleased to announce our partnership with Vubiz,” said Stephen Gatlin, founder of Fort Worth-based Gatlin Learning, Inc. “They’ve been around since the beginning of e-learning and have vast experience in the industry. Our students will truly benefit from their expertise in training and education.”

About Gatlin Learning, Inc.:
Gatlin Learning, Inc. is the Internet’s foremost resource of e-learning content. Thousands of self-study courses from the world’s leading online education companies have been amassed into one place – http://www.theelearningcenter.com/ – and are available for direct sale to students anywhere in the world. Gatlin Learning partners with businesses and institutions of higher learning to create completely individualized portal Web sites where students have direct access to both certificate and non-certificate, non-credit courses. The result is a comprehensive and user-friendly one-stop shop where students and business professionals can meet their continuing education needs and get on the fast track to a long and successful career.

About Vubiz Ltd.:
Founded by John Bulloch, Vubiz commenced operations in late 1995 as a not-for-profit company called the Learning Institute for Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (LISME). In 2000, the company was incorporated and changed its legal name to Vubiz Ltd. Vubiz is an approved provider of online training content for the USA Learning initiative (formerly GoLearn) for the US government as well as the VOR for the Canadian government.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The Economic Development & Continuing Education Division for Swainsboro Technical College announces new online courses

SWAINSBORO, Ga. – Online career training courses are in heavy demand. Staying on the cutting edge of this popular educational methodology, The Economic Development & Continuing Education Division for Swainsboro Technical College recently partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide online career training courses in the fields of healthcare, business, construction/automotive technology, Internet, design and technical, networking and CompTIA certification, Microsoft certification training and video game design and development.

Accessible at http://www.gatlineducation.com/swainsboro, the non-credit courses can help individuals at any stage of their career. Whether the student is interested in switching career paths, obtaining advanced training and certificates, or a first-time job seeker in need of specialized training, The Economic Development & Continuing Education Division for STC and Gatlin provide the necessary resources for workforce, corporate, vocational rehabilitation or individual career training, all from the convenience of your own home or office.

Gatlin programs blend various types of instruction in a unique format that provides a logical, comprehensive and effective education. The typical course combines online instructional content, traditional textbook material and instructor-facilitated lessons. Though the courses are self-paced, personal instructors are available to guide every student. This blended learning differentiates The Economic Development & Continuing Education Division for STC and Gatlin courses from ordinary online courses. Each course is open enrollment and takes an average of 90 days to complete.

Web-based instruction is growing in popularity. Gatlin’s enrollments with their partner institutions have increased by 100 percent in the last year. The company has strategic partnerships with more than 600 institutions of higher learning worldwide.

“Between juggling a job, a home, a family and a social life, there isn’t always a lot of time left to attend an on-campus class,” said Stephen Gatlin, founder of Fort Worth-based Gatlin Education Services. “Online training offers the convenience of working from your personal computer and at your own pace. It’s a viable tool right now as evidenced by the growing number of people utilizing it, and is the way of the future.”

Established in 1989 by Stephen Gatlin, Gatlin Education Services is the largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported training to community colleges and universities. Gatlin’s online career training courses are open enrollment, allowing interested students to start their desired training immediately. Gatlin’s courses are designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations.

For program and course descriptions, go to http://www.gatlineducation.com/swainsboro. For enrollment information, contact STC Continuing Education at (478) 289-2326.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Gatlin Education Services goes all in with new Casino Gaming courses

FORT WORTH, Texas – Gatlin Education Services announced today its Casino Poker Dealer course is now available for immediate enrollment. The 100-hour course, supplied by poker industry’s elite high-roller and founder of Johnny Chan Academy, will be offered through Gatlin’s partnership with major colleges and universities.

The online course, offered in both English and Mandarin, will prepare students for a career in the casino industry’s table game environment by providing direction from 10-time winner of the World Series of Poker, Johnny Chan. This highly interactive training program teaches the methods, techniques and mannerisms of professional poker players through the use of streaming multimedia and instructional video e-mails.

Casino Poker Dealer is the first of three courses to be released in 2007 as part of the Casino Gaming program. Gatlin plans to provide Learn to be a Black Jack Dealer and Learn to be a Baccarat Dealer in September.

“We are really excited to have this partnership with Gatlin Education Services,” said Kevin Upton, Director of Distance Learning for Johnny Chan Academy. “A career as a casino poker dealer is not only well-paying, but it’s gaining more interest as the game of poker has increased its popularity worldwide in the last few years. We are happy to provide students with the opportunity to be successful by learning from the best in the industry.”

Casino Poker Dealer is a perfect course for long-time poker fanatics as well as individuals who are new to the game. The course covers basic fundamentals such as shuffling, limits and how to handle cheques in today’s most popular card games including Seven Card Stud, Omaha and Texas Hold ‘Em. Students will have their skill progression critiqued by a professional poker dealer instructor, and after successfully completing the program, the advisors at the Johnny Chan Academy will assist with job placement and support.

Established in 1989 by Stephen Gatlin, Gatlin Education Services is the largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported training to community colleges and universities. Gatlin’s online career training courses are open enrollment, allowing interested students to start their desired training immediately. Gatlin’s courses are designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations.

The Johnny Chan Academy offers the only poker school on the Internet that features lessons, tips and insight from poker legend, Johnny Chan. Chan has been described as the world’s most famous professional poker player, holding two World Series of Poker championship titles (in 1987 and 1988) and an impressive ownership of 10 WSOP bracelets. He is a founding member of the World Poker Association and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2002.