Also from today's Headlines... -ac
NET-BASED TRAINING GOES THE DISTANCE
Issue: Training
More and more companies are having their workers turn to the Internet for
employee training, leaving behind traditional training manuals and corporate
classrooms, according to industry experts. "E-learning is exploding," said
Cushing Anderson, an industry analyst with International Data Corp. (IDC)
who follows more than 200 e-learning companies. Because of the great cost
and time savings offered by corporate e-learning, the market will nearly
double year after year, rising from $550 million in 1998 to $11.4 billion in
2003, predicts an IDC report. "You reach your entire audience, and it's a
consistent message at a fraction of the cost. . . . It's cheaper, better,
faster," said Caliber CEO Chris L. Nguyen. While the bulk of Internet-based
learning is currently information technology, by 2003 that will have
changed, and most of it will be in non-IT business skills, according to the
IDC report.
[SOURCE: Washington Post (F20), AUTHOR: Sandra Evans]
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58362-2000May12.html)
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