Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Gatlin Education Services Reaches Milestone in Online Certificate Programs

FORT WORTH, Texas – Gatlin Education Services, the world’s largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported workforce development training announced a record in its number of online offerings. The e-learning industry leader now provides more than 100 online certificate programs in the fields of healthcare and fitness, business and professional, IT and software development, management and corporate, media and design, hospitality and gaming, as well as skilled trades and industrial.

The new programs include Understanding Earned Value Management, Medical Terminology as well as several courses that cover Microsoft Office 2007 software. In addition, Gatlin will host new courses in the healthcare and fitness category such as Women’s Exercise Training and Wellness, and Nutrition for Optimal Health, Wellness & Sport, which will be available for enrollment beginning in summer 2008. The company also plans to release courses for its fall lineup including Event Management and Design, and Grant Writing.

Each course is open enrollment, self-paced and takes an average of 90 days to complete. The courses are intended to help individuals at any stage of their career, whether they are interested in switching career paths, obtaining advanced training and certificates, or a first-time job seeker in need of specialized training.

“We are proud of this achievement and the benefits it brings to our partners and customers,” said Stephen Gatlin, founder of Gatlin Education Services. “With more programs, we are better equipped to meet the continuing education needs of individuals in virtually every industry.”

Gatlin programs blend various types of instruction in a unique format that provides 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 Gatlin courses from ordinary online courses.

Established in 1989 by Stephen Gatlin, Gatlin Education Services is the world’s largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported training to community colleges, universities and corporate entities. 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.

New course descriptions can be found at http://www.gatlineducation.com/. If you are interested in partnering with Gatlin Education Services to provide online career training, please fill out the form at www.gatlineducation.com/partnerinfo.htm and a GES representative will contact you.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Gatlin Learning and CSI Community Education announce eLearning Center web site

TWIN FALLS, Idaho – Gatlin Learning, Inc. has partnered with the College of Southern Idaho Community Education Center to host a Web site for The eLearning Center, a comprehensive resource of online continuing and business education courses. CSI’s portal is available at http://csi.theelearningcenter.com/.

With The eLearning Center, colleges and universities create unique, co-branded sites where from they can offer courses from leading online content providers for direct sale to students and corporate training customers. Each portal is customizable and generates revenue for CSI, 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.

“CSI Community Education students have access to the Internet’s largest collection of leading educational courses,” said Stephen Gatlin, founder of Fort Worth-based Gatlin Learning. “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://csi.theelearningcenter.com/. Interested institutions of higher learning or corporations can contact Gatlin Learning at 817-870-2870 for more information.

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.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Gatlin Education Services Announces a New Director of Military Education

FORT WORTH, Texas – Gatlin Education Services has announced the hiring of Haywood Gordon as Director of Military Education. Mr. Gordon will be responsible for enrolling eligible active and retired military personnel into Gatlin’s online career training programs.

“We are excited to have Haywood join our team,” said Stephen Gatlin, founder of Fort Worth-based Gatlin Education Services. “His military experience and expertise makes him an important asset to our company as we extend our reach to new markets.”

Mr. Gordon is a current member of the Army Reserves and has served a combined 12 years of active and reserve duty. Prior to his work at Gatlin, he served as the Veteran’s Administration Certifying Official for The University of Texas at Arlington for seven years where he was successful in receiving approvals for both degreed and non-degree programs. In his new position at Gatlin, Mr. Gordon will help military professionals utilize benefits such as tuition assistance, the GI Bill and vocational rehabilitation to advance their education and transition into new careers.

"It is my goal to place every eligible soldier and dependent in a qualified program,” said Gordon. “Education is the key to access, and that access is to promotions, careers and a better way of life!"

Established in 1989 by Stephen Gatlin, Gatlin Education Services is the world’s 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.