the facilitation of learning through the Internet or an intranet. E-learning is a development from computer-based training and consists of self-contained learning materials and resources...
This recorded session takes you on a brief tour of the PeopleSoft live webcast training sessions powered by InterWise. The session includes a visit to the PeopleSoft Knowledge Center, an overview of the InterWise student player features, and a demonstration of a PeopleSoft8 live webcast training session.
As businesses of every size scramble to stay competitive, web-based training tools are hard to beat. Nationwide, organizations of all kinds are pumping funds into online staff training. Training delivered over the Internet is particularly gaining favor among small businesses because it's suited to getting employees up-to-speed quickly. Today's e-learning...
In the past decade, there has been tremendous growth in the availability of college and university courses taught entirely online. This paper reviews issues that impact the effectiveness of such electronic courses. The paper first address design and delivery issues for online courses. The paper then presents a framework for...
Download this case study to find out why distance learning pioneer ULiveandLearn selected Macromedia® Breeze™ Live for its Web conferencing platform. The paper details how the virtual education company used Breeze to produce an extremely complex, eight-hour Web seminar for WHYY-TV in Philadelphia and the Hospice Foundation of America. Find...
Establishing an E-learning ProgramE-Learning - An Insider's PerspectiveThis article lives up to its billing as a basic overview for establishing an E-Learning Program. It fulfills its mission. In future discussions of E-Learning, I would like there to be more devoted to the various learning management systems that are available in...
E-learning is flexible, cost-effective, and measurable. Obviously, online “classrooms” can accommodate far more people than traditional ones; and usually, it’s much faster and far more convenient—not to mention free from ringing bells at the end of class! Perhaps that explains why the global e-learning marketplace, now worth over $25 billion,...
In "Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur," Stuart Skorman recounts the ups and downs of his high-stakes career. Skorman launched the online video store Reel.com in 1997 and sold it three years later for $100 million — but his online learning site Hungryminds.com bombed. More recently he made a come back...
As a busy professional, it is vitally important to manage your time. There are some broad principles, approaches, that you need to learn and apply. The first is to take the view that your time is precious, and should not be wasted. By the way, relaxation time, leisure time, relationship...
Take an in-depth look at how employees use e-learning; when and where they do it; what specific skills e-learning has enabled them to develop; how these skills have been put into practice in the workplace; and whether the knowledge gained is widely shared. Most e-learning surveys are often limited in...
The face of corporate learning has changed. It is no longer possible to develop your human capital with a single approach. Today's corporate environment calls for out of the box thinking, incorporating the benefits of many types of learning to benefit your company's single biggest investment -- your people. Evaluating...
Just as fashion designers cannot create new lines of clothing without regard to principles of construction, shape, and form, designers of effective e-learning also require similar knowledge of foundational principles, theories, and models. This paper describes the instructional design model that is at the core of every course SkillSoft develops....
Nowadays learners expect e-learning to be as engaging and visually rich as many of the Web-based environments they encounter on a daily basis. SkillSoft's latest content innovation, the Business Impact and Challenge Series offerings, were designed with those expectations in mind. Using a rich mix of Flash-based animations, video, and...
There are two major challenges facing SkillSoft customers today: the need to integrate a wide variety of technology systems and content types, and the need to present content in a way that is relevant to the individual learner. These problems are getting more difficult as the number of content types...
Technology has transformed human behavior and will continue to do so. Distance learning, digital classrooms and the use of voice-activated computers will keep growing. Devices for human-machine interaction will emphasize design, as technological brilliance cannot compensate for over-complexity. To control costs, tech companies will make more use of collaborative research...
This paper looks at the issue of E-Learning provision from a supply chain perspective. It tries to apply some of the commonly used supply chain practices like Inventory Management, Cost reduction and Demand Forecasting to the content assets created by e-learning organizations. In this context this paper presents a system...
This paper reviews the principal definitions of policy and activities - within the limits set in the title - at national, regional and organizational level. The perspectives are global, national and local. The message is that all these levels, in decision making as well as actions, have to be made...
Skillsoft is an e-learning specialist that has been around for nearly two decades. The company's been busy during that time, having come up with nearly 3,000 online courses (spanning business skills, IT, compliance, and desktops) and indexed think Google Books 10,000 searchable business/IT books via its acquisition of Books24/7, and...
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce CVRD needed to expand its online learning offerings, the company needed to be able to launch new courses quickly and in the most cost-effective manner possible. The company saved US$250,000 and improved employee education through its corporate university by implementing IBM Knowledge Factory with the...
ExxonMobil wanted to improve training efficiency and effectiveness by applying global standards to its methodology and materials. Its goal is to give every ExxonMobil customer the same experience at any ExxonMobil station anywhere in the world. DocworksCPTI provided a blended solution that combines 11 state-of-the-art e-learning modules with a workbook...
