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E-Learning Takes Some Of The Scare Out Of Compliance

Two of the best examples of how E-learning is being used in the post-bubble, post-recession world can be found at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Maryland Transit Administration. Read the Full Story

Economics, Specialization Fuel Growth of Professional eLearning

A recent survey of RedVector.com clients indicates professionals and corporate leaders had different reasons for adopting online education: professionals cited the variety and depth of course offerings while corporate leaders cited cost savings and relevance of courses to business goals.Recent research indicates the entire online professional education industry may experience similar growth in 2005:• Spending […]

CyberGrad, Inc. to Provide Online Training for Department of Transportation

York, PA— December 31, 2004— CyberGrad, Inc., the leading provider of virtual communication solutions and live e-learning technology, will be the technology provider for the Department of Transportation’s online training programs. This training is the first time a virtual communications technology has been used in this area of government.CyberGrad, Inc. will provide remote Department of […]

UHS-Pruitt Corporation Launches Online University for its Affiliates

The customized Learning Management System was created by Care2Learn- a national provider of online training, in-services and continuing education for healthcare providers.Read the Full Story

Forced to Conform? Using Common Processes and Standards to Create Effective eLearning

However, no academic from any discipline likes to imagine that their content is standard. And terms such as ‘reuse’ and ‘repurposing’ make academics even less comfortable. And perhaps they are right. This article describes a formalised development methodology created by one eLearning development team based at the University of Oxford, designed as a generic system […]

Case Study: Role of the Manager @ IBM

The global, technology-enhanced marketplace is transforming the manager’s role. Managers require more skills: accommodating an ever-changing matrix environment of shared leadership and report-to roles; leading teams that are geographically dispersed and mobile; creating an environment that encourages continual innovation vis-a-vis rapid market changes, and more. Read the Full Story

e-TQM College highlights regional online learning experience at e-learning conference in Berlin

Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, Director of e-TQM College and Prof. Salah E. Khelfaoui, Director of Academic Programs and Projects, e-TQM College, who were invited by IBM, the platinum sponsors of the conference, took part in the Middle East e-Learning Forum and Exchange, held on the sidelines of Online Educa Berlin, to provide an overview of […]

Online courses for judges go on nationwide pilot test

The courses on the Rules on Electronic Evidence and Psychological Incapacity in Marriage was opened to 100 judges last December 1 and will last until January 31, 2005. The judges were selected from different courts in key cities and municipalities in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Cagayan, Ilocos, Southern Tagalog, Cordillera, Central and Western Visayas, as […]

Guidelines for Creating Student Services Online

These guidelines are intended to provide some general direction for those institutions interested in putting their student services online. How they are used on each campus will vary with the campus culture and its intention to put all or some services online.Read the Full Story

A Low-Cost Virtual Reality Framework for Building Cooperative and Collaborative Exercises

However the cost of virtual reality environments is usually too high to be afforded in most of the training facilities, because of the cost of the necessary hardware and software. In this work we propose a framework to create low-cost VR simulations with the aim of easily producing training exercises that can be used in […]