Distance learning’s popularity takes a big jump
“There are people out there who work 80 to 100 hours a week, but they still want a degree,” said Keyes, who teaches computer and management courses for the University of Phoenix. Read the Full Article
Archive for the ‘Elearning’ Category
Primedia adds first-responder training
Homeland One will be added to existing satellite subscriptions at no extra cost. Subscriptions are priced at $2,800 for one site for the first year, including the cost of a satellite dish and decoder device, and $2,100 annually thereafter, said Bryan Mossey, vice president of the Homeland One division.Read the Full Article
Survey Reveals Financial Planning Career Insights
The participants, who were entered to win a free financial planning education in Kaplan College’s online Certificate in Financial Planning program, largely included professionals — 83 percent had a Bachelor’s degree or higher — who have working knowledge of financial services — 71 percent. Fifty-one percent said they plan to take the CFP® Certification Examination […]
Acadient Launches Online Academy for Global Financial Education
Online financial services courses available to corporations and financial professionals are now available to the public through the Acadient Academy at http://www.acadient.com/. Read the Full Article
Click2learn’s Aspen Learning Management System Earns SCORM 1.2 Certification
BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 16, 2003–In a further representation of its industry leadership in learning standards development and adoption, Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS), leader in enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that its Aspen Learning Management System (LMS) has been awarded SCORM 1.2 certification, the highest level of conformance with the Shareable Content Object Reference Model learning standard. The […]
Ethical Dilemmas and Distance Learning
No, I am not talking about the more mundane and universal matters entertained as associated with: is the person on the other end of the computer the person you think it is; has the student submitted plagiarized material. These matters are more or less rather easily assayed. The learner who is ‘not present’ finally reveals […]
Distance Ed: For The Fun Of It
He is currently the President and CEO of OnlineLearning.Net. Read the Full Article
Turning Information into Experience: Defining the Storyboard Process
Storyboards are a series of pictures and words that define what the user of an online training product will see, hear, and do on every screen. Read the Full Article
E-learning strategy to ‘revolutionize’ UK education
“E-learning must now touch the life of every single learner,” said Clarke. “Using interactive technologies can bring huge benefits to the way we teach and learn, but at the moment there is not enough of it happening in this country.” Read the Full Article
E-learning coming of age
Yet his business is one that depends on a high level of competence from a geographically dispersed young work force with high employee turnover in an industry whose technology is becoming ever more sophisticated.Read the Full Article