Gale Presents: Udemy is an e-learning/upskilling platform that focuses on in-demand professional and personal development topics across 75 categories. From preparing for a CompTIA Security+ exam, to becoming a ChatGPT master, to discovering your life purpose and learning how to play the saxophone, Gale Presents: Udemy offers thousands of relevant on-demand video courses for all patrons with a desire to learn a new skill or deepen a personal interest.

One of the most unique aspects of Gale Presents: Udemy is its focus on content in languages other than English. Close to 12,000 courses across all categories are created natively in other languages including Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. As the only library resource offering virtual skills training taught by native speakers, public libraries can reach a more diverse set of patrons, breaking down barriers to learning.

Udemy’s one-of-a-kind content creation model and real-world expert instructors enable them to bring new and updated courses to market quicker than traditional content publishers. In fact, 85 percent of the collection has been updated within the last two years. This ensures Libraries can deliver the most relevant, up-to-date information on topics patrons need to upskill or reskill, helping to move their community members forward. For these reasons and more, Gale Presents: Udemy is a Cool Tool Award Winner for “Best Online Courses / MOOCs Solution” as part of The EdTech Awards 2024 from EdTech Digest. Learn more. 

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Built from BellXcel’s 30-plus years of practitioner experience and extensive research and evidence by independent third-party organizations including RAND, Arly is unlike any youth programming solution on the market today. It provides everything needed to start a program from scratch or improve a current one including budget templates, job descriptions, and pre-populated tasks—all through a single entry point.

The content-rich learning library provides professional development courses for teachers, program administrators, and site leaders including a certificate and transcript log for tracking. Data dashboards capture attendance, emergency information, and program activities for stakeholder reporting and analysis. Users can toggle between multiple sites and programs from the homepage.

Software upgrades this past year so far include an end-to-end online enrollment and a native app for family communication. The integrated parent-to-program communication app allows for direct messages, photo sharing and announcements, and real-time language translation.

Thousands of administrators have reached nearly a half million children with Arly.

Here are some additional stats that demonstrate its success:

• 91% of teachers reported it helped them improve their professional development skills.
  • 100% of participants said it positively impacted their approach to the school year.
  • Average participant gains 2+ months in reading and 2.5+ months in math.
  • 92% of admin staff they had further developed their professional skills.

Platform features include:

• Program planning
• Online registration – including e-commerce
• Family engagement – including parent-to-program iOS and Android app
• Management Tools & Resources – including staff iOS and Android app
• Measurement & Reporting
• Enrichment Curriculum
• Professional development

For these reasons and more, Arly by BellXcell is a Cool Tool Award (finalist) for “Best Administrative Solution” as part of The EdTech Awards from EdTech Digest. Learn more.

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