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Melior, MOTOR Donate Web-Based Automotive Technology Training Program

A number of sponsor-donated prizes were given to participants in the Automotive Service Associations 2006 Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS), held this past November in Las Vegas. Winners were selected by random drawing. MOTOR's editorial stalf normally refrains from entering such drawings, so it came as something of a surprise when Executive Editor Karl Sevfert s name was called.

After the drawing, Karl spoke with Bill Haas, ASAs Vice President of Service Repair Markets, and attempted to return the prize. Bill explained that all registered CARS participants were automatically entered in the drawing. The prize, an 18-month online automotive technology training program created by Melior, Inc., was intended to be donated to the high school of the winner's choice. The school and its students would benefit from Melior's gift, so Bill encouraged Karl to find a worthy recipient for the training program.

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Cleveland's Max S. Hayes Vocational High School has 425 students, including 85 enrolled in the school's Transportation Program. School Principal David Volosin and Automotive Dept. Head Ronald Shepherd were very receptive to the idea of offering the Melior program to Max Haves students, and Melior Vice President Tom Richardson set the wheels in motion.

Melior has provided education, training and related services to the automotive industry and educational entities lor over 15 years. The company's online automotive technology training program, called Today's Class (www.today.class.com), delivers resource's and instruction, as well as accurate and user-friendly management strategies. An unlimited number of Max Haves students will have the opportunity to access the program during the gift subscription period.

By providing concepts, theory and interactive exercises. Today's Class serves as a sell-paced resource (or students. Each module presents visual diagrams and interactive animation to illustrate important concepts. Often, voiceover accompanies the animation and the captioned text, offering narrated reinforcement of key topics. The Learning Management System (LMS) retains students' progress via a unique server-controlled bookmarking feature that allows students to return to the point they felt from any computer. Grading and reporting are handled entirely through LMS, so the instructor is free to focus on in-class demonstrations and hands-on exercises.

Todays Class is accessible from any computer with Internet connectivity. Most computers meet the minimal system requirements, and no additional software is needed. Students are no longer limited by school or computer lab hours; the course modules can he accessed at any time of the day, from Internet connections at any location. Instructors may log in at any time to access their account options, and a step-by-step tutorial is available at every page for their convenience.

Based in Birmingham, AL, Melior, Inc. (www.melior.com) develops online technical education and automotive training for school systems, fleets, dealerships, manufacturers and independent service providers. The company has developed privately tailored training for a variety of major clients, including electrical degree programs for General Motors and diagnostic scantool training programs for Snap-on. Todays Class is currently utilized in 25 states, with more than 33,500 course module's in use.

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Melior, MOTOR Donate Web-Based Automotive Technology Training Program

Motor, Mar 2007

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