Classroom Revolution'

ABCUL (the Association of British Credit Unions) today announces a tie up with WebEx, the world's leading provider of online collaboration tools. As a key part of ABCUL's Project DELTA to transfer greater amounts of knowledge, and extend the reach of training within credit unions, ABCUL will be offering live or recorded web training to a much wider audience in future. ABCUL will reach more learners, and increase customer satisfaction while reducing travel and venue costs. The outcome will be to transform the web into an interactive learning environment for director, employee and member training, utilise interactive presentations, two-way voice and text communications, and robust testing/grading tools to create powerful online classrooms. This system of education is already successful with North America credit unions.

Annette Warne-Thomas, Head of Business Development at ABCUL and lead with Project DELTA states: We will have the ability to quickly deliver flexible online training at a fraction of the cost of the in-person alternative. Dynamic e-learning lets us present our class material live or record it to provide learners with on-demand training whenever they need it, so even remote learners can attend at their convenience. It reduces the time and effort needed to manage online training classes with self-service training registration, online training labs, and online training certification. Warne-Thomas added 'We will be able to get an online classroom up and running in a matter of minutes without the need for hours of specialised instruction to create or convert your training content for online delivery. WebEx will provide us with an easy-to-use hosted solution that allows us to access existing training content with no IT involvement, complex software installations, or time-consuming conversions.

WebEx is a reliable and secure online training solution that provides a reliable training and collaboration platform with a secure, reliable distributed network that is always ready when you are. WebEx also gives you the ability to offer password-protected, invitation-only online courses so your classes are secure and private. As the proven technology leader, WebEx has been chosen by over 12,000 businesses and government agencies, worldwide, as their online meeting and training provider.

Bert van der Zwan, Vice President EMEA, WebEx, said: Project DELTA is an important step towards helping credit unions support the financially excluded and we're delighted that WebEx can play its part. Using Training Center ABCUL can reach more credit unions in less time, and help Growth Funds deliver the maximum benefit.