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The E-Learning Boom.(Brief Article)
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The E-Learning Boom
These days any business with an "E" in front of its name seems passe, but in Europe there's still at least one that has the spark of life. This is "e-learning," the use of technology to teach skills outside the classroom. Now that high-speed data networks are becoming commonplace, e-learning is expected to explode.
How to separate the hype from what is truly valuable about e-learning? And what exactly is it, anyway? Here's a quick survey of the good, the bad and the difficult to download.
Financial Professionals
Every year, British brokerage firms shell out 450 [pounds sterling] each to train 10,000 stockbrokers for the mandatory licensing exam. The industry's new program, Advancer, cuts in-class training from seven to two days. It doesn't cost any less than the classroom, but preliminary studies show that pass rates for brokers who use it are 20 percent higher.
Middle Managers
- Mixed skies ahead: what happened to e-learning and why.(The Landscape)
- Magazine article from: Change March 1, 2004 700+ words
...of new technologies and newly accepted learning theories promised a revolution in pedagogy...and problem-based education. E-learning's second promise was to usher in a distance learning boom (particularly in adult continuing education...
- Learning Designer[TM]: a theory-based SCORM-compliant content development tool.
- Magazine article from: Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Kang, Myunghee Lim, Doo H. Kim, Minkyung December 22, 2004 700+ words
This paper introduces a recently developed e-learning design and development tool called Learning Designer[TM] (version 1.0). Learning Designer assists learning designers and developers to build e-learning...
- Learning opportunities in the higher education curriculum.
- Magazine article from: College Student Journal Ediger, Marlow September 1, 2001 700+ words
...assessed by the instructor in teaching and learning situations. Might there be additional...the higher education IeveI? Teaching and Learning In Higher Education There are principles of learning from educational psychology which need...
- E-learning library with local indexing and adaptive navigation support for...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Hasegawa, Shinobu Kashihara, Akihiro Toyoda, Jun'ichi March 22, 2003 700+ words
Learning with existing web-based resources has become popular and important, for example, in cases where there are diverse learning resources dealing with the same learning topic. However, many resources do not have a clear description...
- Learning Community program closes in on goal: Some groups enhancing their...
- Newspaper article from: Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY) July 8, 2007 700+ words
...been just more than a year since The Learning Community started its 12- to 18-month...institutions to buy into the value of learning for life. So far, more than 12,500 people are part of The Learning Community, and organizers say many...
- Learning and Training Week 2003 Exhibitor Profiles.
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 25, 2003 700+ words
...Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Learning and Training Week 2003 NEW YORK...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2003 Learning and Training Week 2003 takes place...C. For more information about Learning and Training Week 2003, visit...
- Learning difficulties/disabilities in literacy.
- Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy Elkins, John October 1, 2002 700+ words
...about students who experience problems in learning to read and write is widespread in Australia...numeracy in primary school students with learning difficulties (Louden et al. 2000...the field usually known in Australia as learning difficulties, though internationally...
- Learning from Leadership Work: Maine Pioneers a School Leadership Network.
- Magazine article from: Phi Delta Kappan Donaldson Jr., Gordon A. Bowe, Linda M. Marnik, Sally V. MacKenzie
those in positions of school leadership are able to assess their own impacts on their colleagues and on student learning, they will not be able to grow professionally. Principals and teacher leaders in Maine have the opportunity to participate in a two-year program that helps them develop this and other crucial leadership skills., George F. March 1, 2004 700+ words
...commitment to undertake a journey of learning with four integrated phases: an analysis...as leaders; the creation of specific learning plans to develop new leadership skills...in cycles of action, reflection, and learning to embed their new skills and knowledge...
Source: HighBeam Research, The E-Learning Boom.(Brief Article)