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Overview

Centre for Education Technology (CET), a support group of Education & Training Division, CMC Limited, designs and develops courseware, self-paced learning content and delivery systems that enhance personal skills and business productivity.

Traditional methods of teaching using books, classroom lectures and written exams to evaluate the knowledge gained are not deemed enough anymore. Newer, better and more effective methods of imparting education are coming up. Using modern technologies like multimedia, online-training, testing etc., the emphasis has shifted to computer-based training which uses text, audio, visuals and animation in interactive as well as self-paced mode. Customer satisfaction levels have seen marked improvement with the use of these modern methods of education technology.

Keeping these factors in mind, CMC has set up a Center for Education Technology. Setup in 1999, CET focus has been to enhance the quality, effectiveness, productivity and reach of Education & Training activities of CMC by employing appropriate state-of-the-art IT and education technology tools. The major activities undertaken by CET are:

	Strategic Consultancy
		Discover clients enterprise needs to recommend suitable Learning Solutions and Performance Improvement
		Reduce overall training costs and increase efficiency levels
	Customized E-learning Content Development
		Deploys Instructional design principles and well established development processes
		Compliance with International Standards such as AICC, SCORM
	Design and development of courseware for specific technical education programs
	Design and development of Blended Learning Solutions

In addition to supplementing Education and Training programs of E&T Division, CET has been providing training solutions by producing E-Learning contents in different forms like Computer Based Training (CBT), Multimedia Based Training (MBT), Internet Based Training (IBT) etc. CET has designed & developed E-Learning solutions for CMC Education centers and for the industry ranging from IT to Oil & Petrochemicals Industry.

CET has specialized domain expertise in the fields of graphics, audio, video, animation and integration of diverse media elements. CET is also equipped with the necessary hardware and software required for developing all sorts of E-Learning solutions.

CET's mission is "To offer complete range of Learning Solutions to enable our client organizations achieve better business results through employees' training and performance improvement".

CET leverages CMC's core competency of assimilating domain knowledge in variety of verticals such as eGovernance, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, BPO etc., to offer high quality learning solutions to its clients.

CET has also developed reading material, laboratory exercise books and faculty guides on a number of IT topics. CET deploys industry proven practices and process to develop the course material: both for Instructor-led courses and E-learning courses.

CET's E-learning content development facilities are equipped with contemporary technology tools such as:

	Video capturing and editing software
		Adobe Premier
		Ulead Tools
	Graphics software
		Adobe Photoshop
		Adobe Photoshop
		Macromedia Firework
	Animation software
		Macromedia Flash
		3D Max
		GIF Animator
	Audio Recording and Editing Software
		Sound Forge/Cakewalk
	Authoring Software
		Macromedia Author ware
		Macromedia Flash
		Macromedia Director
	DTP and Web development software
		Frame maker
		PageMaker
		Dream Weaver
		Frontpage