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Friday, September 27, 2002
http://www.learningcircuits.org/2002/sep2002/beach.html The E-Learning Industry—Retrospect and Prospect Barbara K. Beach The e-learning industry is changing—slowly, deliberately—the way a caterpillar morphs. Looking at the cocoon, industry leaders are hoping for a butterfly. In the meantime, Learning Circuits spoke with a sampling of individuals in the thick of the business to hear their take on trends, the health of the industry during the past year, changes in the marketplace and buyers, and their predictions for the next big thing. Optimists, such as THINQ vice president Dave Egan, see an industry that's bound for longevity. "As we've seen, players will come and go, but the industry will endure." In his opinion, only a "wholesale desolation of the economy" could deliver a deathblow to the e-learning industry....
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