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Why Are Today’s Hottest Learning Technologies Producing Such Lukewarm Results? Expert Explains Why

But did they get their money’s worth? Read the Full Article

VCampus Wins $1.2 Million Contract to Provide E-Learning to the Department of Veterans Affairs

VCampus® Corporation (Nasdaq:VCMP) announced it has signed a $1.2 million contract to implement, host and manage the employee e-Learning solution for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Following on the heels of other recent government contract wins for VCampus, the agreement secures VCampus’ position as the e-Learning Application Service Provider (ASP) with the greatest reach […]

E-learning Provides Cheaper Training

E-learning is made possible by using electronic multimedia technology to deliver education, information, skills, knowledge and individual learning programmes, using CD-ROMs, the internet, intranets and other technologybased systems. Read the Full Article

e-Learning and the e-Workforce

As they recognize these trends, they must also know how to proactively manage change and its resulting effects. Some visionary leaders are quick to see emerging markets and industries. But quite often, a paradoxical change occurs that will alter the way the business world operates – pushing executives out with their golden parachutes. Read the […]

Commentary: E-learning Lessons

A few examples. Where off-the-shelf, primarily information technology-oriented courses were the norm, 60 percent of the courses developed by the visionary Transportation Virtual University (tru.dot.gov) last year were custom-built to meet unique operational needs. Read the Full Story

Spanning the Globe: Campus Pipeline Crosses International Borders

Higher education institutions from around the world are looking to Campus Pipeline, Inc. to help them build and expand their digital campuses. Today the company announced that another five international institutions from four countries purchased licenses to use the Campus Pipeline™ Web Platform. The Campus Pipeline Web Platform provides centralized Web access to campus information, […]

Schools Looking to SMARTHINKING to Help to Help Improve Students Writing & Save Money

Having won a prestigious grant from the Pew Grant Program on Course Redesign from the Center for Academic Transformation, Tallahassee Community College (TCC) contracted with SMARTHINKING to help them improve success rates and decrease the workload for their faculty who teach the required College Composition course. Under the redesign, TCC is using technology to supplement […]

CFO: E-learning should be viewed as strategic opportunity

By 2005, e-learning will be the single most-used application on the web, according to analysts at Gartner Read the Full Article

Supporters Defend Distance Learning

The married father had to find courses that would fit both his full-time work schedule and his degree requirements. Read the Full Article

IFIC, CIFP partner on distance education Web site

The joint project allows IFIC and the CIFP to deliver their various programs though a newly developed Web-based education portal. IFSE.ca has re-engineered its course offerings using extensive student market research conducted by global market research firm, A.C. Neilsen.Read the Full Article