www.emantras.com Quarterly Publication Issue-6 : Feb 2009
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mLearning  
An iPhone Day Mobile Learning – Methods & Practices (Article)

Yesterday, I had the kind of day that only an iPhone could have provided. The implications this has for productivity and education are exciting. Here's what I mean:
I had a meeting in Pennsylvania. Thinking that my GPS was in my car, I started on my trip without checking. I stopped locally for coffee and suddenly realized my wife had taken the GPS. I had relied so heavily on this thing that I didn't even print out an address or directions.

With the popularity of the “m-learning” discussions we have several clients asking us about our capabilities and what their options are in this regard. Although technology exists to do almost anything in this regard there are several factors that we normally try to identify. The optimum way to employ any technology based learning program is to define the optimum point in the “cost-utility” curve.
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Publishing  
Emantras Digital Learning Experiences - XML Expanding the Capabilities of Traditional Print
Emantras launched the “Emantras Digital Learning Experiences” which are collaborative professional development webinars. They are NOT sales presentations. Emantras offers these courses as a free service to our clients, partners, and anyone else interested in learning more about the trends, technologies, and hurdles we
address every day in our core business -- online publishing and elearning.
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Emantras has developed an eBook platform that empowers small to mid-sized publishers to expand print content into an online, XML-driven medium through REED
(Rapid eBook Environment Developer).
XML content is the key behind stretching the limits of the traditional hardcopy while reducing production, updating, and distribution costs.

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Corporate Training  
Student Acquisition Solutions
The year is 2009, President Obama is the first president with a BlackBerry, and prospective students looking to attend college are researching schools using any and everything available. Is your school providing the right resources to make the best first impression? Both online and traditional residential schools must have a solid web presence and offer prospective candidates the rights tools and information all in one place.
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Emantras Presents eLearning Widgets at PADLA
For the second year Emantras exhibited at the PA/DE/NJ Distance Learning Association’s 6th Annual Conference & Expo held at the Penn State Great Valley campus in November 2008. Attended by nearly 150 training professionals, Emantras presenter Joe Hefta conducted an entertaining and interactive breakout session entitled “Digital Readers and Widgets: The Next Generation”,
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News Watch Forthcoming Event
Emantras Receives First Prize at British Medical Association Book Awards, Electronic Media Category
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Emantras wins Bronze at the 2008 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards
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Training 2009 Expo
Learning Trends Lab
Atlanta, Georgia- Feb 9 – 10, 2009
The eLearning Guild 2009
Annual Gathering
Orlando, Florida- March 10-13, 2009
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