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American Pacific Mortgage: Reducing Needs, Leveraging Resources
American Pacific Mortgage, a residential and commercial mortgage company with 62 branches in six states, was faced with the challenge of increasing employee efficiency with loan processing and branch management software. The company projects extensive gro
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Live Learning on the Web
In today’s business environment, where learning and knowledge transfer are essential to the success of every organization, chief learning officers must find ways to accelerate skills development and information flow. Combine this with the need to maximize
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Evaluating E-Learning: A Lesson From Pharmaceuticals
“You should be shot,” declared Bob. My presentation was on how to sell e-learning to upper management, and the real-world case study I presented emphasized some dramatic, multimillion dollar cost savings. “E-learning should not be about cost savings,” Bob
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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.












