Seward Incorporated

Oman Online Teacher Training Presentation at Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East

Seward Incorporated presents on this training and capacity-building project

Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 23, 2008 - Gregory Sales (President and CEO, Seward Inc.) will present at the 2nd Annual Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East (http://elexforum.etqm.ae/index.aspx), to take place January 26-29, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Forum will feature speakers, discussion, and workshops for educators, researchers, and e-Learning professionals from around the world. The theme of this year’s forum is “Inspire, Innovate, Initiate, Impact.”

 Sales will present on two papers related to Seward Incorporated’s recent Oman Online Teacher Training (OOTT) Project: “The Oman Online Teacher Training Project: A Case Study ” and “Building Capacity for Oman’s Online Teacher Training.” Fathiya Al-Rahbi and Hilal O. Al-Siyabi will co-present these papers with Sales. These papers focus on the cooperative efforts of the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and the Omani Ministry of Education (MOE). OOTT involved a 17-month pilot project of the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of e-Learning to train grade-11 teachers of math, science, and English. One fundamental goal of the project was to build capacity within Oman’s MOE for future online training. The presentations will describe the goals and outcomes of this international partnership, and valuable lessons that were learned through this challenging project.

About Seward Incorporated Seward Incorporated is a leader in the design and development of custom eLearning and eBusiness solutions for corporate, academic, and government clients locally, nationally, and internationally. Founded in 1990, Seward Inc. has conducted information architecture and infrastructure consulting, design and development services for a wide variety of public and private entities, including 3M, HealthPartners, Medtronic, Target, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University of Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. State Department. For more information, call 61-721-4444 or visit http://www.sewardinc.com or http://international.sewardinc.com.