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The life and times of an online gamer

“I really gotta stop bleeding and dying,” the 24-year old said as he slouched in front of his computer in his ninth-floor Chicago apartment. “I’m really horrible about not paying attention to my battle fatigue.”Read the Full Story

Promoting E-Learning Research and Application Scenarios in Europe

The Network of Excellence in professional learning (PROLEARN) aims at bridging the existing gap between academic efforts and industrial needs to facilitate research results in industrial eLearning applications.Read the Full Story

Learning Circuits E-Learning Trends 2004

This year, we took the analysis a step further. Read the Full Story

E-learning earns Euro title

Liverpool City Council’s i-learn project scooped the ‘Social Inclusion’ prize at the annual Telecities e-government awards in Vienna.Read the Full Story

IBM Enables e-learning at NITK [National Institute of Technology Karnataka]

The infrastructure investment is expected to improve the reach of its academic programs and faculty resources. Read the Full Story

Online driver’s ed is on the horizon

The MVA has spent two years researching the shift, which would involve streamlining classroom material into an online format, spokesman Buel Young said. It presumably would not replace additional behind-the-wheel training now required.Read the Full Story

Embanet Success Letter: When the Help Desk Is Not Just a Help Desk, But Instead, A Retention Tool for Online Programs

While these tools can be useful, most institutions overlook the most powerful retention tool – an effective help desk. Unfortunately, many help desks have earned a deservedly negative reputation over the years. Horror stories of people being made to feel ‘stupid’ or not even having their question answered, still echo.Read the Full Story

Conducting class from afar

Who can name a pair of parallel planes?” asked teacher Kim Abolafia as she motioned toward a geometric shape labeled with an alphabet soup of letters.Read the Full Story

Differentiating needs: Customer demand for online training

 The development of good client relationships and the ability to understand customer needs are crucial for suppliers of online training (only 3% of employers surveyed, who currently do not use online learning technology, would phone a provider to seek information about online training). The main needs of online training customers identified in this study […]

Diageo North America Enhances Ethics, Legal and Compliance Education for 2,000 Employees

“Diageo strives to maintain the highest standards of integrity and social responsibility throughout its business dealings,” said Sabine Chalmers, General Counsel for Diageo North America.Read the Full Story