GIA [Gemological Institute of America] registers record enrollments in 2004
GIA closed the books on its 2004 enrollments with more than 15,000 new students, an increase of 8 percent over 2003.Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Elearning’ Category
eLearning & Content Management: One Can Help the Other
eLearning programs are designed to deliver quality learning materials to employees, customers, suppliers, and partners, with the goal of reducing training time while increasing learner development and productivity. Read the Full Story
From ivory tower to academic sweatshop
Jan. 26, 2005 | As distance learning grows into a $5 billion a year market — up 38 percent in 2004 alone — virtual classrooms are no longer the sole province of dot-coms and for-profit schools like DeVry and Phoenix. Top universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Duke now offer full credit for online courses. […]
Audio: Learning Online Continues to Grow
Weekend Edition – Sunday, January 23, 2005 · Jennifer Wing of member station KPLU reports on the growing trend of online education and how it continues to change the future of teaching.Read the Full Story
Pupils enjoy online options: But Internet won’t replace classroom setting
Techno-phobes may prefer to learn in a traditional classroom, but online education is only a click away and offers virtual advantages that transcend time and space.Read the Full Story
E-Learning in the UK
CIPD recently held an online poll to monitor progress, identify problems, and offer some thoughts for the future of e-learning. The overall view is that, while there’s still much practical work to be done on implementation, e-learning is now accepted as an essential feature of training delivery.Read the Full Story
Police learning to fight online crime
An elearning course will be introduced later this year following calls from the Home Office to create a national ‘netcrime training and delivery’ programme (Computing, 16 December 2004).Read the Full Story
Canon makes elearning available to 11,000 employees
The courses, from Thomson NETg, are being delivered via Canon’s learning management system (LMS) MyLearningZone, which has been in place for about a year.Read the Full Story
General Business Prep Courses Are Initial Phase of Online Curriculum Being Developed to Support NCMA’s Federal, Commercial and Professional Certification Programs
The Online Education Center, available at http://www.vcampus.com/ncma features a robust curriculum of online courses covering the General Business Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK) and prepares candidates for the General Business Module of the NCMA certification program.Read the Full Story
SQA [Scottish Qualifications Authority] Launch e-Qualifications
Scheduled to be officially launched in March, the E-Qualifications are designed to recognise the skills and excellence of practitioners working in Scotlands rapidly expanding e-learning sector.Read the Full Story