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Toward a Smarter Organization
Internet learning, or e-learning, will remain a key means for achieving productivity gains in organizations. A simplistic view, however, is not only misleading but also costly. A comprehensive approach to learning with an emphasis on productivity should i
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Are We Meeting Our Learners Where They ‘Live’?
Educational theory taught us years ago that adult learners will engage in, remember and transfer learning much more effectively if they see the relevance of the instruction. The most popular question I used to hear when I taught train-the-trainer programs
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Selling E-Learning to Non-Technical Learners
Getting an e-learning initiative up and running is not devoid of challenges. One thing most learning executives will need to take into consideration is the readiness and willingness of their workforce to make the switch.
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How Will Microsoft’s Acquisition of PlaceWare Affect Your Learning Decisions?
Microsoft Corp. announced that is will acquire PlaceWare Inc., a provider of Web conferencing services. The two companies will work together to provide customers with online conferencing solutions to connect people in a real-time conferencing environment.
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Ensuring the Success of Learning Technology Deployments: A Closer Look at Standards
Discouraged by the difficulty of sharing distance learning across various learning management systems, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) formed the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) specification group.
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Internet Learning and Productivity: Creating a Virtuous Spiral
The relationship between productivity and learning has often been hard to demonstrate in the business world. The key question that remained unanswered is how to ensure a value on investment from learning projects. In a broader context, learning presents p
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The Roller-Coaster Ride of Momentum Investing
Momentum investing became very popular during the technology run of the 1990s, which ended with the dot-com bust. Momentum investors look for stocks in early stages of strong top-line and bottom growth that could continue based on fundamental business-mod
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How Can the Classroom Save Your E-Learning Programs?
As you could see from reading the premier issue of this publication, e-learning is hot. Everyone’s looking to it as the next great training frontier, with good reason. Unlike other training technologies and methodologies that have entered the fray over th











