Sars brings online learning deal
The service is being provided by the Interactive University (IU) which is based at Edinburgh’s Heriot Watt University.Read the Full Article
Archive for the ‘Elearning’ Category
David vs. Goliath
There’s no doubt e-learning is fast becoming a priority among top corporations—reaching a predicted global market of $35 billion by 2005, according to research conducted by Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group. But as organizations begin to leverage initial success, learning management is quickly becoming an important piece of a much larger enterprisewide computing pie.Read the Full […]
Alaska Online Partners with Blackboard Inc. to Create New Education Opportunities
Alaska Online joins a rapidly growing number of state and district-level virtual schools now using Blackboard solutions to deliver and support their distance learning programs and to meet the many challenges of the No Child Left Behind Act. The mission of Alaska Online is to provide access to high-quality courses both to improve skills and […]
U.S. Bancorp Chooses Pathlore for Employee Development
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, with assets in excess of $180 billion, is the 8th largest financial services holding company in the United States. The Minneapolis-based banking institution operates 2,142 banking offices and 4,604 ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. With […]
Thomson Develops Banking Industry’s Most Comprehensive Online Training Program To Support New Regulations
The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC), the world’s largest provider of corporate and professional learning solutions, today announced the launch of a comprehensive training solution aimed at helping the banking industry meet emerging compliance challenges. Combining highly interactive e-Learning solutions from NETg with content expertise from Sheshunoff, Thomson has developed compliance-driven anti-money laundering and […]
High Score Education
The US spends almost $50 billion each year on education, so why aren’t kids learning? Forty percent of students lack basic reading skills, and their academic performance is dismal compared with that of their foreign counterparts.Read the Full Article
Corporations Embrace Online Learning
While plenty of commercial education ventures have flopped, many big companies are pursuing training strategies that integrate virtual learning with traditional human coaching.Read the Full Article
War college may be scaled back
That is retired Army Col. Zane Finkelstein’s assessment of Advanced Distributed Learning, a Department of Defense initiative being reviewed by the General Accounting Office.Read the Full Article
New Web-Based Training Program Launched for Supply Management Professionals
The program, offered through NAPM Silicon Valley’s trademarked web site, Supply Knowledge™ (http://www.supplyknowledge.com/), will provide a wide array of self-directed programs leading to professional certification in several fundamental areas. Read the Full Article
Virus pushes schools to go virtual Threat of SARS forces teachers to conduct classes online using Bay Area technologies
San Francisco’s Macromedia Inc. and First Virtual Communications Inc. of Santa Clara have helped thousands of those students keep up with their studies via virtual classrooms conducted over the Internet. Read the Full Article