Sonera to launch new service for e-learning and project work
September 26, 2000
Sonera will put on the market a new electronic service suitable for instance for companies, universities and other educational institutions for their training and teaching as well as for their project work. Sonera eXperience is a learning and group work tool that opens new, flexible ways of learning due to its availability anywhere and anytime over the Internet. It can be customised for different learning and development purposes. Sonera eXperience was developed in cooperation with experts of pedagogy, user interface design, technology and marketing.
"Learning and development services that are offered over the web are a fast-growing market, and also in this field Sonera can make use of its Internet and technology expertise. Sonera eXperience is part of a service package produced in connection with the Sonera learning services," says Mr Ismo Lindén, Unit Director of Sonera New Learning.
Sonera eXperience supports groups working collectively to achieve a common goal. The application consists of several components of which a planning table constitutes the tool core. Knowledge is refined and shared over the planning table to which each student brings his or her own ideas and files, thus increasing the understanding and competence of both the individuals and the group. In addition to text, it is possible to bring voice, graphics and videos to the planning table. By means of this application, the group can create, utilize and store information and concurrently increase its joint knowledge bank, in which also searches can be made. The group instructor can monitor and advise several students at the same time.
Sonera eXperience has successfully been used at, among others, the Finnish bank Leonia and the Finnish Information Technology Development Centre TIEKE.
"At Leonia, we have transferred our financial assistant examination studies to the Sonera eXperience e-learning environment, and our experience has been positive. Our students consider eXperience easy to use and they have been strongly motivated for this new way of learning, right from the start. By means of this application, we have been able to reduce the amount of classroom teaching for the exam, which has resulted in cost savings since our students come from different parts of Finland," says Mr Eero Rytkönen, HRD Manager at Leonia.
"We have used Sonera eXperience in train-the-trainer courses for the AB computer driving licence exams and the program suited this purpose very well. The students were active to implement the application; they looked up their own groups, got acquainted with each other and set off working together without any prior instructions. It was easy for the tutor to monitor the progress of the training due to the efficient program management system," says Ms Reetta Pentikäinen, Senior Specialist at the Finnish Information Technology Development Centre TIEKE.
Since Sonera eXperience is maintained and supported by Sonera, the program will release training resources of companies, associations and educational institutions so that these resources can be used in the actual teaching. To assist the users, there is a Help Desk in Finnish and English, personal telephone consultation as well as always-available e-mail and voice mail service.
Further information:
Director Ismo Lindén,
Sonera New Learning
tel +358 2040 65519
e-mail: ismo.linden@sonera.com
Marketing Manager Kimmo Timonen,
Sonera New Learning
tel +358 2040 63420
e-mail: kimmo.timonen@sonera.com
Sonera (HEX: SRA, NASDAQ: SNRA) is an international forerunner in mobile communications and mobile-based services and applications. By combining its expertise in mobile communications, the Internet and service provision, Sonera aims to develop into a global communications operator and provider of transaction and content services. The company also provides advanced data communications solutions to businesses, and fixed network voice services in Finland and its nearby areas. In 1999, Sonera's revenues amounted to EUR 1.85 billion and profit before extraordinary items and taxes was EUR 0.5 billion.
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