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| American Prison Data Systems and Data Conversion Laboratory Partner to Digitize Officer Training Content for Prisons |
| By itbusinessnet.com |
| Published: 02/09/2016 |
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FRESH MEADOWS, N.Y., Feb. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --A major challenge facing the corrections industry is the management and delivery of correctional officer training content. Training materials have historically been available only in print form and consequently have prevented the adoption of modern educational technology and techniques in officer training. Through a unique partnership, American Prison Data Systems (APDS) and Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) have risen to meet this challenge. The two innovative organizations have set out to do something unprecedented in the corrections industry to make correctional officer training digital. They began in 2015 by digitizing the training content for the New York City Department of Corrections (NYC DOC) Officer Academy. This solution eliminates the time-consuming and costly process of printing, handing out, and tracking training materials. It also allows administrators to monitor recruit engagement and learning via APDS' proprietary Learning Management System (LMS), through which the digital content is delivered. The LMS provides data in near real-time and seamlessly integrates multimedia content, such as video, into the training material. "Traditionally, the corrections industry has been almost uniformly print-based when it comes to training. The NYC DOC Academy trainees used to carry around large, heavy binders, which were cumbersome, difficult to update, and rather insecure," said Chris Grewe, APDS Founder and CEO. "Working with DCL gave us the expertise to plan the conversion right, from the beginning. This content is now delivered to trainees as they need it, through a secure portal, saving our client thousands in time and resources and providing a much more engaging, efficient, and up-to-date training than was possible previously." Read More. |
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