eLearning and Design Team Collaboration

It's been a busy few weeks!

I was fortunate to speak at the Hexagon Conference in Orlando on using eLearning systems for CAD training.  In exploring the topic, I got back in touch with a lot of interesting information.  There's a steady expansion of eLearning systems, and it's expected to continue and accelerate.  The delivery platform is excellent, and you can get consistently good results with people learning the materials. 

The big issue I'm seeing however, is getting busy designers to actually invest the time to go through the lessons.  They get involved in a project, and find it difficult to take the time to learn.  So management must stress the importance of following through - then everybody wins!  The designers expand their skills, and the project gets done in a more timely fashion with fewer errors.  Management support and follow up is so important if you plan to implement an in-house online CADWorx training system!  Please take it on and watch great things happen!

Please join me in September at CADWorx University 2011.  I'll be giving a couple of lectures there on utilizing eLearning for in-house CADWorx training.  I'll have some interesting things to share on combining an eLearning system with a project team communication system.  I think there are opportunities for exciting results!

Coming soon - a new training manual for CADWorx 2012

Also, here's another project I wanted to announce today - a new book on CADWorx!  It's focused on training, and should be ideal for universities, CADWorx trainers, and in-house corporate training.  It'll be released soon - please keep an eye on this blog for further announcements.


Work on the website (http://www.pipingdesignonline.com/ ) continues steadily.  There will be some "AutoCAD Basics for Piping Designers" videos posted there soon.  Also the piping videos are getting rerecorded using the ribbon and features in CADWorx 2012.

See you in Houston in September!