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Managing Costs: The Goldilocks Phenomenon

At its most basic level, you may want to think of cost management as a Goldilocks issue: not too much and not too little investment but a “just right” level of spending that achieves maximum value without waste or insufficiency. Read the Full Story

Education getting high-tech face-lift

People, regardless of their age and occupation, can log onto certain Websites to select and take courses available in the system according to their own interests, just like when they are shopping in big supermarkets. Read the Full Story

YN “A” School Goes Interactive

A Revolution in Navy Training innovation, Sailors now learn to become YNs through a virtual online office that simulates the environment Sailors will encounter at sea.Read the Full Story

Genealogists can take free online course

If you have never visited their Web site and are looking for some free online education you need to check them out today at http://www.barnesandnobles.com/Read the Full Story

Learning Philosophy at The Sloan School

Beyond its longstanding reputation for technical innovation, MIT has also taken the lead in the development and application of e-learning, including the unprecedented Open Courseware Project and the famous Media Lab. Read the Full Story

Harvard Business School Publishing Adds New Topics To Harvard Managementor® Plus

ORLANDO, FL (TechLearn 2003) – November 3, 2003 – Harvard Business School Publishing today announced a new version of Harvard ManageMentor® PLUS, the online performance support tool for managers in a hurry. Harvard ManageMentor PLUS Version 2 offers four new topics – Implementing Strategy, Making Business Decisions, Implementing Innovation and Persuading Others – within the […]

eLearning Policy Insights: Reports for eighteen countries online now!

The Insight country reports on ICT policy in education give an authoritative and structured overview of the latest national developments – 18 updated reports are online now.Read the Full Story

2003 Digital Drive Conference Hosts eLearning Best Practices Track

DETROIT, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Digital Detroit and the Detroit Regional Chamber today announced the speakers for the “Driving Business Results – eLearning’s Best Practices” breakout session, at the upcoming 2003 Digital Drive Conference. This breakout session will take place on the conference’s opening day, October 8th, at Ford Conference and Event Center, Dearborn, Mich.Read […]

Click2learn Announces Department of Defense Contractor Sierra Military Health Services Taps Aspen to Deliver Regulated Learning and Training to Employees

Sierra Military Health chose Aspen based on the strength of its single, integrated platform, as well as its flexibility and ease-of-use. The company will use a hosted deployment of the Aspen Learning Management System (LMS) to deliver, manage, track and report on required training – both online and instructor-led. The company already uses Click2learn’s ToolBook […]

Managing the Synchronous Blend

But this isn’t news to you. It seems as though everyone is talking about building the right blend. Unfortunately, achieving the right blend requires work—not words. Applying instructional design at the front end and dedicating enough time to facilitate the blend at the backend is critical to success.Read the Full Story