SAS multimedia e-Course wins International Award from the Society of Technical Communication's International Online Competition
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The Society of Technical Communication (STC) recently presented the prestigious "Excellence Award" to the SAS Education
e-Learning Technology team for their new multimedia e-Course,
SAS Programming Introduction: Basic Concepts.
To be eligible for this esteemed competition, an entry must first win in a chapter competition. The e-Learning team not
only won but took home two awards in the Carolina Chapter Online Communication Competition 2008; both the "Distinguished"
and the top prize of "Best of Show"!
This dynamic training format is a big hit with SAS users too. Users like being able to access it from home, in the office
or on the road as often as they like for the one-year license period. With course content that matches the classroom
training other user-favorite features include
- audio
- Flash movies
- demos
- quizzes
- practices.
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"We're very proud of all the award-winning e-learning products we've created for our users," said Dr. Herbert J. Kirk, SAS
Education Vice President. "When budgets are tight and organizations are restricting travel, as many companies are doing
now, our e-learning options provide a top-of-the-line, highly interactive alternative to the classroom. I've always bragged
that our e-learning products were the best e-learning offering out there. I guess our numerous awards, including this most
recent STC Award, back me up!" Kirk joked.
Nancy Goodyear, Instructional Technology Manager, explains that online information development presents a unique challenge
to technical communicators. She noted that the team has to make innovative use of rapidly changing technologies and has
high praise for the team for their outstanding accomplishments. "This new e-Course is the result of a year of highly
collaborative teamwork, and we are very proud of this new multimedia training option for SAS users," Goodyear said. "The
response from SAS users has been really positive and we are excited that we will be offering more courses in the near
future."
Each year, STC uses these awards to recognize products that reflect its
high standards for technical communication. An individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and
sciences of technical communications, the STC is the largest organization of its type in the world.
This competition honors those technical communicators whose online documents clearly fulfill the intended purpose, possess
superior quality, successfully integrate and organize content, and use the available media and technologies of the platform
to the best advantage.
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Here's an example of an interactive screen from the SAS Programming Introduction e-course. |
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