BOSTON, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thomson Course Technology's Training Group, the worldwide leader in computer education products and services and part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), today announced a series of important enhancements to its market-leading ILT Series(TM) courseware. Thomson Course Technology's new instructor-led training textbooks represent a bold leap forward in ILT training materials. The new series benefits from significant improvements in the courseware quality, an increase in ancillaries, and an exciting new look.
The ILT Series includes more than 600 desktop, IT and professional development courses spanning the full range of computer and business topics-from Microsoft Excel to A+ Certification to Managing Diversity. Our instructor-led textbooks are available off-the-shelf or can be licensed electronically, and are built from the ground up to enable instructor customization. Our proven, hands-on approach to training enables students to immediately practice and apply what they are learning.
"The ILT Series has been consistently receiving the highest courseware evaluation scores we've ever given out. The Thomson Course Technology Training Group is doing an incredible, unprecedented job of turning out superior instructor-led training textbooks. All of the courses they've submitted to us for review this year have been better than a 4.8/5.0. I haven't seen anything like it before," said Paul Hoffmann, vice president of ProCert Labs. "We never give out those kinds of scores consistently to one group. Mike Springer's Training Group is raising the bar for the entire training industry. I can't say enough good things about the products they are producing."
Since its launch in 1998, ProCert Labs has teamed with many courseware vendors looking to demonstrate third-party validation of quality courseware products. Students have come to respect the ProCert Labs Tested service mark as a symbol of quality and assurance. Courseware that bears the ProCert Labs Tested service mark is found to cover 100 percent of the related certification exam objectives, and demonstrates an ability to effectively teach the principles required by a specific professional certification program.
The new ILT Series textbooks feature the following enhancements:
* Improved in-class activities and explanations;
* Integrated electronic pre- and post-assessment;
* Addition of certification-based review questions;
* Notation of certification objectives throughout each course;
* Comprehensive certification objectives mapping; and
* Improved physical appearance with beautiful four-color, gloss stock
covers, premium paper stock, and ultra-high resolution offset printing.
"The Thomson Course Technology Training Team put a tremendous amount of work into improving our ILT textbooks, and now the physical appearance of our books reflects the superlative content inside," said Michael Springer, vice president and general manager of Thomson NETg's Training group. "We're passionate about the subjects for which we create courses, and we genuinely care about making educators successful in the classroom. Our new books will both imbue instructors with increased confidence and facilitate superior training classes."
To review the full text of any of our courses, visit http://www.courseilt.com/, or call 1-800-442-7477.
About The Thomson Corporation and Thomson Course Technology
The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com/), with 2004 revenues from continuing operations of $8.10 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) has approximately 40,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. Its learning businesses and brands serve the needs of individuals, learning institutions, corporations and government agencies with products and services for both traditional and distributed learning. As part of the Thomson Corporation, Thomson Course Technology (http://www.course.com/) is the worldwide leader in computing education, offering more than 1,600 print and innovative technology-based products for business and technology training.
About ProCert Labs
ProCert Labs http://www.procertlabs.com/, the leading vendor-independent courseware and curriculum review company, develops quality assurance standards for courseware and curriculum products based on modern instructional design theory and exam objectives correlation. ProCert Labs administers course reviews for the software industry's top certification programs, including Microsoft Office Specialist, Adobe ACE, CompTIA CACQ, LPI LATM, and Certiport IC3.
