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Careers in E-Learning: Taking the Next Step

Because of the relative newness of e-learning, there are opportunities to establish some practices and guidelines for people wanting to enter the profession and those who wish to take the next step in developing their careers. Read the Full Article

Online product training delivers multiple benefits to companies

If the company manufactures nails, that may be acceptable. But, many products (including most technology products) require some level of training — often “live” instructor-led events — that the vendor provides for its customers (and its employees, for that matter). Read the Full Article

Transitioning Technical Instructors to the Web

For New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, headquartered in Anaheim, California, making the transition to live instruction on the Web was a calculated risk that paid off. Read the Full Article

U.S. Calls for Strengthening E-Learning Efforts in APEC Region

Secretary Powell made the initial announcement at APEC’s 10th annual meeting of economic leaders in Mexico last weekend, calling on the APEC economies to develop a long-range strategy on e-learning and pledged U.S. assistance to accomplish the mission. Secretary Powell acknowledged recent efforts by the U.S. in cooperation with APEC to take advantage of the […]

American Airlines Trains Flight Attendants Worldwide With IBM e-Learning Software

CAMBRIDGE, MA — (INTERNET WIRE) — 11/05/2002 — IBM today announced that American Airlines, the world’s largest airline company, now offers online safety training to all of its 24,000 flight attendants with IBM’s e-learning platform, IBM Lotus LearningSpace. Flight attendants can log on to one Web site from anywhere in the world and complete training […]

Scale the e-learning curve/ Getting savvy

Jack Battersby recently experienced an e-learning contract bidding process unlike any other. The State Department put his company, mGen Inc., and several others through three days of onsite product demonstrations, essentially allowing the agency’s user community to test drive the software before making a buying decision. Read the Full Article

Learning From Experience

Your last safe flight might have depended on Honeywell’s collision avoidance and traffic control systems, or the temperature in your home may be maintained with one of its temperature control systems. Read the Full Article

Reuters rolls out Oracle e-learning system

The news agency and information provider is rolling out Oracle’s iLearning management system as part of an overall self-service strategy based on Oracle technology which includes online expenses claims. Read the Full Article

E-Learning: The Second Wave

Granted, just trying to catch a ride on the first wave proved a challenge for some would-be e-surfers. But in nearly every facet of the e-learning movement, signs are that the next wave is coming. And in spite of gloomy reports and the shaky economy, the second wave may be rolling in faster than you […]

E-Learning: Planning ROI, Choosing Course Type

Integration and e-learning have proven to be two of the best areas of IT investment, according to Nucleus Research analysts in a 2002 publication on technology investments that were bringing high returns (see “Which IT Investments Bring the Highest ROI?” at http://Advisor.com/doc/11103). Nucleus has expanded on those e-learning findings to offers tips for a successful […]