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The Future of Learning Technology
There is a good deal of confusion over where to bet the budget—and sometimes, one’s career—in the world of corporate online learning. Conflicting visions of the future collide in turbulent whitewater as powerful new streams of change and technology inters
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Letters to the Editor
CompUSA: Too Many or Too Few Learning Dollars? The table of contents description of the CompUSA case study (“Computerized Learning at CompUSA,” March 2007) tells us that CompUSA cut its training costs from $50 to $1 per unit. A few weeks later, CompUSA announced it is closing 126 (more than half) of its retail stores.…
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Corporate Education and Government Funding
Since manufacturing’s share of GDP began to decline to its current levels of about 20 percent (17 percent in the United States), western governments have realized that economic growth relies not on an ever-greater output of goods, but on citizens with the
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The Evolution of E-Learning
“It’s so important that the people with the message and the content partner with a company that has the technology to bring training to the next level with new and innovative delivery methods. Progress can only happen if we do it right, otherwise it’s bri
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The Right Ingredients Make the Best Blend
You’ve done your homework, and you’re convinced that blended learning is the way to go for your organization. It makes good business sense. You can leverage your e-learning infrastructure and retain the talent of your training force. You can employ your k
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Business-Based Learning: Competitive Advantage Via Real-Time Learning
Part One of the “Business-Based Learning” series introduced the five-level business-based learning (BBL) model as an audience-centric approach to designing blended learning delivery platforms. Part Two expanded on the BBL strategies to align training acti
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Monical’s Pizza: Measuring Success by the Slice
It is becoming clear that the academic model of teaching the classroom, the linear course is neither the only nor the best way to provide knowledge at the workplace. In many instances the word teaching is being replaced by learning; the sage on the s
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PSCU Financial Services: Education Investments Pay Off
PSCU Financial Services, a nonprofit financial services company that provides traditional and online financial services to the credit union industry, has over 700 employees and also delivers learning to more than 511 member credit unions, which represent












