NEFE eLearning Design & Development and Member Portal
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The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) is a non-profit foundation dedicated to helping all Americans acquire the information and skills necessary to take control of their financial destiny. NEFE’s mission is grounded in the belief that regardless of background or income level, financially informed individuals are better able to take control of their circumstances, improve their quality of life, and ensure a stable future for themselves and their families. NEFE places special emphasis on America’s youth; since 1984, NEFE has been addressing youth financial literacy with the nationally known NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP). The HSFPP portal provides resources for students, teachers, parents and sponsors, teaching the basics of personal finance.

NEFE needed a way to continually produce the portal content and release it to various member segments. More specifically, NEFE was looking to create web content using various page templates quickly and easily and provide content developers with the ability to work remotely and post their submissions for review before they are posted live.

NEFE was also seeking an eLearning services provider to develop an interactive e-Learning game targeted to their primary audience, youth.

THE SOLUTION

Digitec implemented the Knowledge Direct® Content Management System (CMS). Using templates, NEFE can create and publish news articles and other content, then publish eZines to subscribers and members, and view their web analytics. NEFE uses the built-in workflow management system to internally review, approve and release site content to various departments and channels within the site.

In addition to its Knowledge Direct suite of applications, Digitec was the perfect for choice for NEFE because of its game-based e-Learning experience. Digitec has won numerous national awards for its game-based learning and immersive simulation games.

To support the HSFPP curriculum, Digitec designed and developed the Success Street Sweep eLearning game. The game is highly interactive and teaches students about personal finance as they race against their competition to the finish line. Digitec designed the e-Learning according to the game-space continuum, which uses game-theory to produce highly engaging eLearning.

THE RESULT

By utilizing Digitec’s Knowledge Direct CMS, NEFE is able to:

• Integrate with the iMIS association database and their eCommerce shopping cart.

• Create and publish news articles and other content, using templates.

• Incorporate content that includes rich media, including Flash, video and audio into their site. • Provide premium content to specific user types using the Members-only registration feature.

• Promote portal content through its integrated e-Zine newsletter creation tool.

• View reports on the number of visits to the page, articles/channels viewed and member registration.

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Established in 1988, Digitec is an award-winning eLearning production company, developing educational products for commercial, academic and not-for-profit clients. Digitec’s mission is to combine technology and creativity to transform learning from a singular, passive event into highly adaptive and engaging learning experiences that change lives.

With integrated production facilities in Orlando, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico, Digitec’s highly creative staff of 20+ in-house artists, Flash animators, audio and video engineers, and computer programmers are focused on developing best-in-class e-Learning technologies for the 21st century. Digitec specializes in game-based instructional design, implementing embedded, collaborative, simulation and immersive gaming experiences for our clients whose objectives are to better engage the “game-based generation.”