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The recent downturn in the economy has put further pressure on chemical companies to reduce expenditures. As outside learning becomes more difficult with ongoing restrictions on travel, many companies are turning to e-learning initiatives. (11/7/2001)
Companies can cut travel and other training costs by enrolling employees in online versions of popular OSHA courses. The OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Outreach course is among the first to meet criteria for online training established by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor.
On November 8 and 9, more than 100 representatives of New England’s research, education, and medical communities — as well as state governments — will convene under one roof for the first time. Ironically, their agenda will be long-distance learning and communication via videoconferencing.
Is online education a godsend to busy professionals who cannot otherwise take college courses, or is it a low-quality option that should be avoided? The Chronicle asked a distance-education administrator to face off with a prominent critic of educational technology to debate the question “What is the appropriate role of online education?”
Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software that manages learning and knowledge processes for organizations, today announced it has joined the Documentum Signature Partner Program. Documentum (Nasdaq: DCTM) is the leading provider of enterprise content management. The partnership will focus on enabling organizations using Documentum 4iä eBusiness Platform to integrate rapidly with Plateau1s software, and […]
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DISTANCE learning is rapidly gaining ground as demanding work schedules and the need to develop managers make it difficult for people to spend time away from the workplace to attend learning programmes.
DISTANCE learning has benefited from the internet and new technologies that have been well used by some, but it still remains second prize, says Nick Binedell, director of the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
It is a set of questions that the higher education community has posed for years: How can we turn information technology from talk to action? How can we move from describing its promise to measuring its benefits? In short, how can we make IT real? Real as flesh and blood. Real as brick and mortar. […]