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Technology is advancing faster thanindividuals can keep up. Institutions withforesight are providing the tools and trainingneeded to empower individuals with thesynergized strength of a learning community.

We is stronger than me and

the formation of strongcohorts is key to meeting thefuture advances head-on.

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Return On Investment

The goal is more than simply achieving a

knowledgeable and informed staff or merely

increasing personal skills using technology

tools. Instead, ImmediaEDU’s approach

empowers end-users via sustainable 

interactive learning communitydevelopment.

Participants create and contribute to acommunity of impact that continues beyondImmedia’s direct involvement. Thesecommunities enable participants to grow andlearn with new technologies as they emerge.

 End Result...

Using our multi-phased approach,ImmediaEDU delivers a roadmap for technology integration that is customized toeach client’s needs. Immedia’s plan may besummarized as follows:

• Conduct primary research• Construct needs-based cohorts• Customize lesson plans to build

technology integration competencies• Facilitate the customized roadmap for 

community development that ensures

ongoing, sustainable impact

Benefits

The benefits of Immedia’s robust approachare numerous and the entire process isdesigned to propel participants to the baselineof recognized core competencies asdelineated by National Technology Standardsestablished by recognized institutions.

The result is a richer instructional community,the development of substantial, archivedresources for future needs, and the training of 

 peer technology coaches within the cohortcommunities for increased scalability andsustainability of ongoing technologyintegration.

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How We Future Proof Your Workforce

We begin by assessingexperience, attitude andexpectations of staff memberstoward cutting edge

technological innovation. Weclarify the current state-of-play and check its alignment with overarching institutionalgoals. Using the key metrics gathered, weisolate core competencies that needstrengthening and customize scaleablelearning plans to meet the agreed upon

 performance objectives. Curriculum iscustomized based on nationally recognizedcore competencies.

Built-in feedback loops assure our clientsthey are moving in the direction of theestablished benchmarks toward the targetedtechnology competencies. Delivery platformsinclude face-to-face, synchronous web-meetings, self-paced online lessons, or anycombination thereof.

Community Cohort Creation...

Immedia believes that fostering thedevelopment of learning communities is

essential to sustainable and impactfultechnology integration and as such it is thefocal point of our work. Furthermore, our experience has shown that building successfulcommunities is dependent on a number of considerations, each of which figure

 prominently in to our proposals:

1. Communication: developing a platform for contact that is easy to use andconnect to, is critical for networking.Immedia’s program teaches participants

how to integrate different communication platforms and Web 2.0 tools, some of 

which they are already using (facebook,ning, Google documents) to buildsustainable learning communities.

2. Moderating: fostering communication, providing guidance, and encouragingmember interaction strengthens bonds

  between members. Immedia’s moderatorsand coaches have experience in suchsettings and are expert at helping

 participants overcome roadblocks totechnology-related competencies.

3. Diversity: the strongest networks arecomposed of diverse members whoseunique knowledge strengthens the power of the group. Diversity is a keyconsideration in the cohort constructdiscussed in our Overview section.

4. Relevance: community members musthave something to gain by participating inthe community and hence the activities of the community must be relevant to keepthe membership interested. Like diversity,contextual relevance also figures

 prominently into the cohort design.

 Interactive Forums...

Immedia creates for each cohort community,an Interactive Forum. These forums are web-

 based, secure portals within which membersand relevant permitted guests interact witheach other in a variety of forms, including:

Live discussion forums

Moderated bulletin boards

Ad-hoc polls

Posted podcasts showing techniquesand tips

Searchable archives of past lessons

Member profile information

 News and information regardingmeeting date and times

Q&A with instructors / moderators Requests for face-to-face assistance

The forums are moderated by Immedia'strained staff to ensure steady momentumtoward media-rich repositories, is beinggenerated. The forums present a number of key advantages versus other trainingapproaches. These include:

Facilitate community-building

Increase interaction with the trainers

Authentic peer-to-peer messagingwhich is often more powerful thanfrom an instructor 

Builds competency in community participation and Web 2.0 tools

Creates a hive of activity to increasefaculty/student engagement

Permits the creation of feedback loops to continue to refine messaging

 between the trainer and students

Such platforms become valuable storehousesand result in rich repositories fromintellectual communities that can continue tosupport professional development withemerging innovations relating to your institution.

Competency Themes...

Technology as a ToyTechnology as a Tool

Technology as a PlatformTechnology as an AttitudeTechnology as Identity