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Wednesday, March 20, 2002
http://www.potomactechjournal.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=55560 What executives must know about e-learning Saul Carliner So you’ve heard about this electronic-learning thing. Can it work in your organization? Before you make an assessment, learn the lingo. Computer-based and Web-based training usually refer only to synchronous (when instructors and students are online at the same time, which requires less labor to develop and more to teach) and asynchronous training (when instructors and students are not online at the same time, which requires more resources to develop, but next to none to teach). Get past the false objections. Three of the most common objections to e-learning are 1) it does not work, 2) it is impersonal and 3) it only works for dry, rote material. None of these is true; in fact, nearly all comparison studies show that e-learning is as effective as classroom instruction. ...
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