Perspectives

New study finds great advantages with online training

A recent report on online education by the US Department of Education, has a most interesting conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” Outsmart believes in a blended learning approach, but the study emphasize the efficiency of online activities. Please click below to get the complete report. <a href="http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf">The complete report by US Department of Education Study</a>

Dr David Merrill on instructional design

This is a brief introduction to Dr. David Merrill's thoughts about instructional design. This is really food for thought and a guiding star for all design work at Outsmart. Anders Bark, one of the leading Instructional Designers in Scandinavia has added a business perspective on Dr Merrill's model, and this has been successful in order to reach a business results in Outsmart's customer projects. Please contact Outsmart to learn more about effective instructional design and business result. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i_TKaO2-jXA&hl=sv&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i_TKaO2-jXA&hl=sv&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Outsmart White Paper

Challenges and Success Factors in Sales for 47 of Sweden’s Leading Companies. What are the success factors for an effective sales channel? What are the most prioritized measures in order to achieve the overall objective? Internal success factors for a launch? Challenges in the customer interaction? Challenges within the sales organization? We have the answers of these questions from sales and marketing managers at 47 leading Swedish companies.

The Next Wave

Every business or technological revolution poses three diffrent scenarios to a company. Get left behind, adapt and survive or figure out a way to take advantage of the changes while they are occurring.