There are also professional companies who create online content on a fee-for-service basis. Two well-known companies are Plato Learning and LearnScape.
Plato Learning (www.plato.com) offers online products for educational institutions involved in teaching elementary, secondary, and adult students in Canada and the United States. Plato's curriculum for adult students includes math, reading, GED preparation, social studies, life and job skills. For elementary students, Plato focuses on reading and math. For secondary students, Plato's curriculum includes credit recovery, summer school, and exam intervention.
You can view a demo of Plato via the Learning Hub at: www.learninghub.ca/plato_demo/plato_demo.swf. “The Learning Hub” (www.learninghub.ca) is an online educational initiative for adult students offered by the Avon Maitland District School Board in southwestern Ontario. “The Learning Hub” uses Plato to offer online courses to adult students on such topics as Writing in the Workplace; Business Basics; Technology Fundamentals; and Job Skills for the Real World.
To watch another example of Plato in action please watch this YouTube video of a grade three class using Plato: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHCBJCRrUw
LearnScape (www.learnscape.com) offers online learning products designed for adults seeking retraining or upgrading to gain employment. SkillsCompass and GED Pathway are two types of adult learning software offered by LearnScape.
Ontario's “The Learning Hub” also uses LearnScape to offer a variety of learning modules to adult students including: Reading, Writing, Math, Canadian Social Studies, Science, Pre-GED assessments, Life Skills and Essential Skills. For a demonstration of LearnScape via “The Learning Hub”, check out: www.learninghub.ca/learnscape_demo/learnscape_demo/learnscape_demo.swf.
