Russell McNally has been designing webbased training solutions for corporations in Japan since 1997 and has been a corporate trainer for the past seven years. He has conducted training for such companies as Citibank, Motorola, Eli Lilly and GlaxoSmithKline. In 1999, Russ partly owned an Internet-based corporate training provider that specialized in business English training for corporate customers in Japan. He was responsible for the design, development, implementation and management of the online business training that leveraged the latest web technologies and design principles. Russ is currently working for AIG KK in Japan where he is in charge of designing, developing and managing their in-house online English language training program that produces engaging web-based solutions that include audio, video, and Flash content in an ASP environment. Russ has published a number of papers on language acquisition and also published two articles last summer in The eLearning Developers’ Journal. He is currently working on a new book, Empower Yourself with English: The Salaryman’s 7 Steps-to-Success. Russ holds a Masters Degree in Education from Temple University, Japan.

 

Articles by Russell McNally

e-Learning Reloaded: Helping Learners Succeed Online

(11/10/03)
We don’t yet have a way to download skills and knowledge directly into learners’ brains. Even if we did, learners would still have to have the motivation to apply what they had learned. As it is, we must help learners develop habits and discipline to acquire the new skills and knowledge. Read this article to acquire three new tools that will help you “reload” your online learners today!

Peeling the First Two Layers of the e-Learning Onion: Designing and Developing an In-house e-Learning Program

(6/23/03)
There are plenty of challenges in the many layers of an e-Learning project. In this update about online instruction in Japan, Russ McNally applies several ideas previously published in Learning Solutions Magazine. Avoid the tears and keep your costs down with these great tips!