LearnKey and Crisp Learning Partner To Offer Full Range of E-Learning Courses; Personal Productivity Courses Complement Technical Training

Business Wire, Nov 12, 2001

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

COMDEX Fall 2001

ST. GEORGE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2001

LearnKey, premier provider of e-learning technology, delivery platforms and course content to enterprises worldwide, and Crisp Learning, leading producer of self-study learning materials, today announced a partnership to provide customers a full range of e-learning courseware -- from personal productivity courses to certification training for the information technology (IT) industry.

Under the agreement, LearnKey is now delivering the extensive business skills library of Visual Crisp Interactive courseware in LearnKey's online e-learning format. Crisp Learning will be distributing and featuring 25 of the most popular IT courses from LearnKey to its more than 100,000 customers.

Crisp Learning's management skills and personal development courses, in addition to LearnKey's own comprehensive library of IT and business software training, are now available on LearnKey's Web-hosted and enterprise network e-platforms. Each e-platform delivers instruction via streaming video and audio directly to the user's Web browser at work or at home.

Visual Crisp Interactive courseware now available in LearnKey online format includes courses in management, communication skills, customer service, personal development, project management, human resources, leadership skills and administrative services.

"Crisp courseware is a terrific complement to the LearnKey online offerings," said Mike Crisp, president of Crisp Learning. "This partnership provides a vended online platform for Crisp's successful Visual Crisp Interactive courseware. It's also a wonderful value-add for our Crisp customers, who today require improved computer and software skills to compete and succeed."

LearnKey e-Platforms

Online Expert(TM), LearnKey's Web-based e-platform, combines RealNetworks video and audio streaming, LearnKey content creation technology and a state-of-the-art network of distributed servers placed at strategic Internet junctions across the country and around the world to deliver instruction to users anytime -- at their desks, at home in the evening or on weekends, from a hotel room on the road.

Try OnlineExpert free at www.learnkey.com/onlineexpert.> RealCBT(TM), LearnKey's enterprise network e-platform, incorporates servers preloaded with courses that can deliver learning modules for hundreds of concurrent users without disrupting existing network operation. Employees can learn new skills anytime their work schedules permit without leaving their workstations. Test drive RealCBT 4.0 at www.learnkey.com/realcbt.> Both e-platforms combine the benefits of traditional classroom instruction with the flexibility of e-learning. Each incorporates skills assessments, video instruction from experts, interactive lab exercises and proficiency evaluations in a comprehensive, easy-to-use e-learning solution.

Benefits include reduced training costs and travel expenditures, and less employee work time missed due to training.

Both systems allow employees to log in to anytime for "just-in-time" access to the specific learning module they need at the moment. Each includes the LearnKey Management System, which enables administrators to create new student accounts, make course assignments, and monitor student progress, including tracking of all student profiles, training activities, and performance reports.

"By offering Visual Crisp Interactive courses, LearnKey provides a complete online learning solution," said David Clemons, LearnKey president.

"We listened to our customers and channel partners when they asked for soft skills training to complement LearnKey's extensive library of IT courses. By working with Crisp Learning, we have partnered with a leading organization and well recognized brand in the self-study market space."

About Crisp Learning

Crisp Learning is among the world's leading producers of self-study learning materials. From assisting corporate learning managers to improving personal productivity, Crisp offers learning solutions in a variety of media, most built on the foundation of its popular Fifty Minute Series books.

Crisp courseware is available online, on CD-ROMs, in both self-study and group training video programs, and in over 250 self-study workbooks.

In the 15 years since its founding Crisp has helped over 20 million learners by providing three basics: trusted content, blended solutions, and proven value.

Crisp has been chosen Gold Sponsor of Training Magazine's Leadership Alliance, recognizing the top 100 organizations using training nationally, and was recently nominated for a Business of the Year Award by the Instructional Systems Association.

About LearnKey Inc.

From headquarters in St. George, LearnKey Inc. provides e-learning technology, online learning solutions and self-paced training courses to enterprise and individual clients.

Available course titles include information technology (IT) skills training for technical certification candidates and software developers, as well as business and interpersonal skills courses for computer users, human resource professionals and sales and customer service representatives.