SEATTLE, March 28, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- The International Internet Learning Association (IILA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the use of broadband Internet access for global education and training, has named Cheryl Walker Waldrup of Waterford, Va., to their Board of Directors.
The election took place at an IILA organizational meeting on March 16 at Lansdowne Conference Center in Northern Virginia. Waldrup is the Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Bit Learning, Inc. (www.bitlearning.com), a global provider of e-learning services.
Bit Learning, Inc. (tm) has developed a unique Instructional Systems Design (ISD) concept and accompanying software that frees learners to chart their own courses and advance at their own pace. This Bit Learning(tm) approach, coupled with Micro-Searching(tm) and Micro-Billing(tm) delivers to users the training they need in the time they have. Micro-Searching(tm) allows the user to query by word, program or even just a concept. The company's proprietary search engine then finds what is needed and weeds out the rest. Micro-Billing(tm) means that users are billed by the module, not by the course. Users pay only for what they need and want.
Waldrup's 20 years of experience in the marketing, advertising, and multimedia industry, as well as five years specifically in the business education market, has been important to the success of the Bit Learning organization. She is an active member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE). Waldrup has extensive experience in the development of Internet training and virtual universities.
Prior to joining Bit Learning, Inc., Waldrup spent more than five years with one of the world's largest technical training companies, where she managed a global staff of 15 researchers, writers, graphic and web designers, media buyers and other advertising and marketing professionals.
A prolific writer on education and training, Waldrup has been published in Software Strategies magazine, ASTD's Performance in Review and Plant Site Locations. She was featured in the 1999 International edition of Who's Who of Professional Management and has published more than 100 articles in regional and national publications.
About Bit Learning, Inc.
Bit Learning, Inc. was founded on the premise that education is undergoing a radical shift from procedural to performance-based learning. Put more simply, the role of the educator is changing from the purveyor of knowledge to the facilitator of learning. Bit Learning, Inc. intends to be at the forefront of this change, anticipating consumer need before it is expressed.
Based in Seattle, Bit Learning, Inc. provides on-line education courses to corporations seeking to gain a competitive edge through employee education. Bit Learning(tm) offers these same courses to consumers, whether they are exploring an entirely new field or need to learn only a few things to update their skill-set. The courses range from business education to software and programming applications.
Bit Learning, Inc. currently operates North American offices in Seattle, Baltimore, Toronto and Vancouver. For more information, please visit www.bitlearning.com or e-mail at info@bitlearning.com. Through partnerships with a variety of content providers and educational institutions, Bit Learning, Inc. provides a single source for web-based learning to the worldwide, life-long learning community.
About IILA
The International Internet Learning Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the use of broadband Internet access for education and training, globally. Its members consist of corporation and top executives in the distance education and corporate/professional training arena. For more information about IILA, check out their website at www.iila.net or call Mary Lecis, IILA Executive Secretary, (540) 882-9733 or Julie Harper, IILA Membership Secretary, (918) 225-2576.
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CONTACT: Bit Learning, Inc.
Robin Hutchison, CEO
(604) 952-8660
rhutchison@bitlearning.com
Cheryl Waldrup, Vice President
(540) 882-4806
cwaldrup@bitlearning.com