Aptara donated the time and talent to work on the new courses together with other global volunteers at the foundation under the direction of Michael Williams, EFK's Director of Courseware Development. Aptara's content developers and media specialists designed and developed the courses, including the creation of all of the artwork, Flash programming, Captivate integration, and narration management.

"We're privileged to be able to support such a worthy cause", says Dev Ganesan, President and CEO of Aptara. "This latest release marks the fourteenth course that we've contributed to the EFK foundation. Our 400+ person eLearning team is proud to assist in developing useful skills for a future global workforce. Whether for adults or children, making learning fun and accessible improves its effectiveness."

Nick van Dam, Founder and Chairman of the EFK foundation, had the vision to add these core computing courses to the curriculum. "It is so important in today's global environment that children begin to learn the basics of business communications at an early age. These courses are geared precisely to help them to develop these key skills from the very start. We are happy to be able to expand our curriculum with these foundation computing courses", says Nick.

The courses, whether taken online from the eLearning for Kids portal or downloaded for local access, are positive, concrete steps in bringing computing literacy to children all over the world - a requirement for success in schools today and in business tomorrow for clear interpersonal communications and presentation of ideas.