DeVry moving online ops
DeVry acquired the 108,000-square foot building at 1200 Diehl Road from Dallas-based asset manager Invesco. Hewlett Packard was the previous occupant. Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Elearning’ Category
SkillSoft’s Client Advisory Forums Highlight Trends in Enterprise Learning
NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of content resources and complementary technologies for integrated enterprise learning, just completed two customer advisory forums held in Boston and San Francisco. The forums, attended by 134 learning executives, were designed to inform SkillSoft customers about planned product and service directions for […]
LaSalle Bank Taps Pathlore For High-Tech Training Platform
For a number of financial institutions in the U.S. and abroad, the Pathlore software suite serves as a hub for training and development, especially with regard to compliance requirements. By accessing the software platform, workers can analyze their training needs and take instruction to improve their performance. The Pathlore platform also automates many of the […]
SMARTHINKING Adds Live, Online Math Tutoring In Spanish
SMARTHINKING’s bi-lingual math tutorials serve as a “safety-net†for those students whose first language is Spanish. The one-to-one instruction is primarily conducted in English, but tutors have the ability to communicate in Spanish, thus ensuring students’ comprehension. “By combining bilingual math tutoring with the online writing lab’s English language learning specialists, SMARTHINKING provides a powerful […]
Karen Raugust looks at how convenience and flexibility make distance learning a viable option for animation education and training
Michael P. Lambert, executive director of the Distance Education and Training Council, estimates that five million students currently participate in distance-education programs (in all subjects), with 2.5 million to three million of those in higher education. The number of students is growing at a rate of about 15% per year. Read the Full Story
Online learning Wave Of The Future
So it’s crucial for New Zealand’s e-learning leaders in the tertiary sector to share information and tap into best practice both nationally and internationally so that kiwi students around the country are kept up to speed with the latest developments.Read the Full Story
Why I Teach Online
A colleague once asked me why I teach online. After several seconds of thought, I realized how that answer has changed over the last 10 years. Read the Full Story
E-learning boosts the bottom line
Workforce development, a.k.a. employee training, however, often gets the short shrift.Read the Full Story
The People–Process–Product Continuum in E-Learning: The E-Learning P3 Model
The People–Process–Product Continuum or P3 Model (Figure 1) can be used to map a comprehensive picture of e-learning (Khan, in press). For example, people involved in e-learning can be referred to as the E-Learning Team responsible for producing e-learning materials (Figure 1).Read the Full Story
When distance education goes bad
Like many good things in life, DE has a bad side. That bad side was on full display late last week as Dawn Gilbertson of The Arizona Republic published elements of a report by the federal government on the recruitment practices of the University of Phoenix. UOP is the largest distance education, for-profit university in […]