Successful homebuilder to use e-learning to improve employee performance

Long Island, N.Y., April 30, 2001 - David Weekley Homes, the second-largest privately owned homebuilder in the United States, selects Vuepoint Learning System (VLS) by Vuepoint, a comprehensive e-learning company with a business-savvy approach, to improve employee performance within the company that Fortune magazine cited last year as one of the 100 best companies to work for.

"Our employees are very important to us, and we chose CERTPOINT because its platform's capabilities coincide perfectly with our training needs," said David Weekley, President and CEO of David Weekley Homes. "Not only is CERTPOINT the best at personalizing courses to maximize the benefits of training, they allow us to measure the results of our employees."

Using the Vuepoint Learning System (VLS), a platform for creating, delivering, and managing knowledge enterprise-wide, David Weekley Homes is rolling out 16 e-learning courses over the next year to 1,200 employees in 14 markets across the nation. The courses will educate employees in customer service, sales, marketing, and the policies and procedures of the company. With VLS, David Weekley Homes can deliver customized content to users in any number of locations, track usage and test scores, and manage individual or departmental progress toward stated performance goals

E-learning expert Dr. James Moshinksie, professor and director of the Corporate E-Learning Center at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, worked with the homebuilder to create course content and also designed the program to maximize the capabilities of VLS in tracking learner achievements. "With Vuepoint, David Weekley Homes can quickly determine how each course topic is received, processed, and applied to the workplace," said Dr. Moshinksie.