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What is elearning?

Elucidat

These factors include: The rise of the internet – previous to this, many relied on the use of printed manuals, CD-ROMS, and other restrictive methods for learning and training. Well-Built Learning Management Systems (LMS) – the LMS concept emerged directly from the rise of elearning. Elearning software .

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What is Computer-Based Training?

Growth Engineering

It can also refer to learning via CD-ROMs, or even (gasp!) There are costs involved with developing and implementing CBT, but after that it becomes an extremely cost-effective means of delivering training to large groups of learners. The first CBT system emerged as far back as 1960, in the form of PLATO. via floppy disks!

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The Evolution of L&D Tracking

Everwise

Adopting them was the next logical step for HR and L&D professionals needing to track the employee training experience of formal e-learning more effectively and document compliance. When LMS platforms were developed initially they were based on existing higher education models with defined courses, instructor-led learning, and so on.

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100 eLearning Articles and White Papers

Tony Karrer

Horizon Report 2008 The annual Horizon Report seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations. The Technology Source Archives - Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses 30.

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Ultimate eLearning terms you should know: Part 1 (A-L)

LearnUpon

Agile learning: Often contrasted with the ADDIE process, the Agile design method emerged in the 1970s and became widely adopted in the 1990s. One benefit of a cloud LMS is that it’s quicker and more cost-effective to install than self-hosted learning solutions. Results are then refined over multiple quick iterations.

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Thriving in the Net-Work Era

Jay Cross

Mayo discovered the Hawthorne Effect, opening the study of motivation. Thousands upon thousands of trainers attended conferences to learn about new approaches like programmed instruction, behavior modification, roleplay, certification, CD-ROM, sensitivity training. Training was invented in the first half of the 20th Century.

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The key to understanding what’s going on

Jay Cross

Want to understand the emerging world of social software? The potential effect on learning and knowledge management is huge. If you accept that CD-ROMs and classrooms are poor substitutes for mentoring and real-time advice, social software starts to look more impressive. Social Software: Get Affiliated. by Jon Warshawsky.