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Corporate Training and Development/eLearning is
a huge market, currently estimated at more than 48 billion dollars
annually. Some of the major companies serving this market are:
- Microsoft
eLearn - Microsoft's center
for technology, content and eLearning. Visit their Resources for Online Learning, and their many online learning resource links.
- ExamSoft
Worldwide - Computerized testing software and services.
- Skillsoft
- Formerly SmartForce and before that, CBT Systems— provides
a broad range of eLearning solutions in more than 26 countries
around
the
world.
- Educational
Multimedia Corporation - A subsidiary of the Educational Multimedia
Group, a multinational training company.
- Sun
SITE from Sun Microsystems - Worldwide Education and Research,
Information and Technology Exchange. Plan to spend some considerable
time in this website, due to the large amount of information presented.
Of particular note is Sun's Sun Ray™ Enterprise Appliance,
and Sun Educational Services.
- Centra
- Provides integrated e-Learning environments over the Internet.
Formerly MindLever.com.
- Apple
Computer - Search Apple's site for "distance learning"
and you will find a wide variety of resources.
The hottest trend on the Internet/Intranet
are online courses. Here are a few sites I found:
- Training
and Development Pointers on the Web.
Over a year has gone into the preparation of these resources.
An excellent place to start for references to other distance education
resources.
- ASEE Clearinghouse
for Engineering Education contains listings of engineering
articles, plus some great links, and good theoretical articles
on distance learning.
- Portland
Community College is known for its employee contract training.
They are in the process of developing on-line courses and focusing
on reaching out to companies so employees can take courses without
leaving their office.
- AT&
T Center for Excellence in Distance Learning contains some
excellent examples of the application of distance learning technology.
It is an attempt to interest businesses in distance learning as
a training vehicle. Contains an excellent glossary of distance
learning terms.
- National
Mortgage Investor's Institute offers residency and alternative
learning opportunities for individuals who want to learn how to
set up and operate a successful business brokering and investing
in private mortgages.
- Cmecourses.com
A large portal for Continuing Medical Education course opportunities
ranging from Dermatology and Family Practice to Internal Medicine
and Radiation, plus many others.
- An
Interactive Tutorial on Normal Radiology
Published by the College of Medicine at the University of Florida,
this is a small demonstration of Radiologic Anatomy. You'll need
a 256 color monitor to truly enjoy this demo!
- Distance
Learning in Medicine An excellent compendium of examples of
distance learning in medicine with links to hypertext databases,
hypertext, images and case studies at colleges and universities
around the world. Includes links to sites for medical case studies
with CME credits, multimedia databases, and many others.
- Nurseweek
- Online home of the California nursing publication. Site includes
info on continuing education, jobs, and health care links. From
this page, you can jump to one of Nurseweek's on-line continuing
education articles. You can read any of these articles on-line,
or you can print out hard copies to read and store. Includes an
on-line exam returned by e-mail, fax, or postal mail You can earn
one continuing education hour for each article you read, which
can be applied toward your continuing education requirements.
- The Financial
Services University was created to provide a turn-key solution
to the continuing education needs of the financial services community
including firms, individual employees and customers. Recently,
there have been continuing education mandates set forth by both
the securities and insurance industries. The Financial Services
University represents a "one-stop-shopping" solution
to these mandates by providing the services found on this site.
- Realtime Commodity
Futures Trader - The Ultimate Entrepreneurial Business Written
by a private trader who purports to trades his own account and
others - realtime from home - Covers A complete home computer
setup and reading basic price bars and chart patterns to trader
psychology, expert timing-execution techniques and advanced strategies.
- OnLine Education, founded in 1992, is
a company dedicated to the development of working professionals
through the provision of recognized
degree courses.
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