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Cashing In on Smarts

Lisa Vaas, EWeek, Feb 08, 2002

There's not a lot new in this item - number crunchers will appreciate some of the ROI (Retern on Investment) information provided - but the article as a whole provides a major attitude check for people wondering how e-learning is progressing in the corporate sector. Most of the first part of the article is devoted to the use of a learning management system (LMS) to track students. The article does get around to talking about learning, though, as follows: ""We saw our instructors were doing a lot of pontificating," Abernathy said. "They'd spend a great deal of time conveying basic geology and reservoirs knowledge, just basic physics. We saw an opportunity where we felt e-learning could provide base-line knowledge before they came to classrooms..."

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