Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Thursday, April 11, 2002

http://specials.ft.com/elearning/FT3W67AL2ZC.html

A better way to learn
Andrew Fisher

Most companies pay lip service to some form of training, whether online or in the classroom, but intensifying competitive pressures are now forcing them to look hard at ways of using new technology in the learning process. Some pioneers are already well advanced in the use of e-learning, while others show varying degrees of interest and many remain to be convinced. Yet despite disillusion caused by past hype, there is a growing sense among executives and analysts that e-learning - the use of IT and the internet to enhance training - is a market with huge potential. "Corporate e-learning is one of the fastest-growing sectors within the education market," says KPMG Consulting. "E-learning is moving out of the early technology phase into a more mainstream business market." As well as connecting employees through e-learning, companies can also link up with partners, suppliers and customers, KPMG adds....

 



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