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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. I have been credited with the first use of eLearning on the web. Before the web, we had EDI (electronic data interchange) and EFT (electronic funds transfer). The meme of learning was replacing training.

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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. I have been credited with the first use of eLearning on the web. 2002 Update : I just came upon an article on the web that talks of eLearning in 1997. The meme of learning was replacing training.

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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. I have been credited with the first use of eLearning on the web. 2002 Update : I just came upon an article on the web that talks of eLearning in 1997. The meme of learning was replacing training.

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Get Microsoft LMS integration to improve and enhance your eLearning experience

Paradiso

In fact, we are one of the few eLearning companies in the market that provides this integration. The users get one-click access to the LMS in the cloud from behind the firewall. We will help you by giving it a much more personal approach. This means users only need one ID to log into both platforms.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

The hunger for proprietary knowledge does not stop at the firewall. Consider Cisco, a company with a staggering thirst for new-product information and detail. He is CEO of eLearning Forum, a 1500-member think tank and advocacy group, and founder of Internet Time Group. Breathtakingly fast.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Forward-looking companies established corporate universities and tried to become Learning Organizations. eLearning was born. Venture capitalists funded scores of eLearning companies, most of which disappeared in the dot-com crash a few years later. In the late 1990s, the web changed everything. Workers are disgruntled.