Hands-on remote training in chemical information

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Peg Renery, P.Pontier-Renery@mdl.com, Educational Services, Elsevier MDL, 2440 Camino Ramon, Suite 300, San Ramon, CA 94583
The development and deployment of new training formats and delivery options can be challenging. At the same time, these initiatives offer significant organizational and productivity benefits. Over the last several years, Elsevier MDL Educational Services has expanded its training offerings and broadened its role to include: decision making in software/database acquisition; enabling others to support in-house training efforts; creating a self-service environment with multiple points of access; and delivering hands-on training using Web conferencing tools. In this presentation you will see demonstrations of our Learning Centers and Video Libraries showcasing interactive simulations. In addition, we will discuss our live, instructor-led training delivered via Webex and address the challenges of delivering successful hands-on training remotely. Our goal remains—to offer more scientists, librarians, faculty and students worldwide the benefits of our proven instructional methodology of “tell me, show me, let me do.”