Using multimedia to create a content-rich online environment

The major purpose of this conceptual paper is to integrate the view points of different researchers about leaning organization and competitive advantage and then to develop a proposed model of Learning organization. After the in-depth study of literature we concluded that learning organization is an organization which learns through its members individually and collectively to create competitive advantages by developing a facilitative system through the process of self-development and information sharing by empowering the employees.. The paper also finds some critical factors which must be present in the organization to become a learning organization. These factors are Innovation, facilitative leadership, self-development, empowerment, and information sharing and collective collaboration. The paper tried to explain the similarities and differences among the previously available models of learning organization and proposed a new theoretical model. Abstract/Summary of Effective Practice: The current practice focuses on a multimedia-rich environment that approximates reality and stimulates student learning. Designed for an online Graduate Psychology Research Methodology course, a simulated counseling center setting was created in which actual room photos were used and linked in order to give students a “hands on” feel for learning. The initial “trial run” of the course took place in the Spring of 2013 and in course evaluations, students provided overwhelmingly positive feedback about their levels of engagement and satisfaction with the course.