MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Capella Education Company, a provider of online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, has partnered with Brandon Hall Group to offer a series of free webinars on how online learning solutions enable critical training programs to move from the physical classroom to the virtual classroom.

The four-part series, titled Distance Learning for High-Stakes Applications: Beyond eLearning to Online Learning Institutes, will cover the following topics:

Our recent research clearly demonstrates this growing global trend towards distance-learning institutes, said Mike Cooke, CEO, Brandon Hall Group. Organizations need to find more cost-effective ways to meet their critical learning goals for large, geographically dispersed workforces.

The webinar series begins on August 23, 2012, with the remaining sessions following at approximate two-week intervals concluding on Oct. 10, 2012. Details about specific dates and times, along with registration details, will be available at http://www.brandonhall.com/events/webinars/categoryevents/1.html.

About Capella Education Company

Founded in 1991, Capella Education Company is a leader in online education, primarily through our wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, a regionally accredited online university*. In addition, Capella Education Company offers online education through Resource Development International Ltd. (RDI), an independent provider of United Kingdom (UK) university distance learning qualifications; and owns Sophia, a first-of-its-kind social education platform that offers students many ways to learn by making free, credible, academic content available to anyone, anywhere, at anytime.

Capella University offers online graduate degree programs in business, counseling, education, health administration, homeland security, human resource management, human services, information technology, nonprofit management and leadership, nursing, psychology, public administration, public health, public safety, and social work; and bachelor's degree programs in business, information technology, nursing, psychology, and public safety. These academic programs are designed to meet the needs of working adults, combining high quality, competency-based curricula with the convenience and flexibility of an online learning format. Currently, Capella University offers 44 graduate and undergraduate degree programs with 149 specializations. More than 36,000 learners were enrolled as of June 30, 2012, from all 50 states and 59 other countries. For more information about Capella Education Company, please visit http://www.capellaeducation.com. For more information about Capella University, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).

* Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), http://www.ncahlc.org. Capella University, Capella Tower, 225 South Sixth Street, Ninth Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402, 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552), http://www.capella.edu.

About Brandon Hall Group

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