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MIT Technology Review: The Virtual

MIT Technology Review: The Virtual Voyager
When I leave the cave and walk outside, my head swims with the images I've seen. The worlds the cave can conjure definitely look real. But as I stand out in the sun and feel the summer breeze, I realize that in the cave there's nothing to smell, not much to hear and certainly nothing to taste or touch...

Permalink | Saturday, September 08, 2001

Learning Circuits: Simulation Levels in

Learning Circuits: Simulation Levels in Software Training
A key aspect to WBT programs is the use of simulations. However, even relatively simple software applications can be extremely complex and require a large range of user interactions. But building a simulation of every application feature makes the training module as complicated as the application. For this reason, instructional designers employ several techniques to simplify simulations for training, including screen capture, point-and-click, data input, multiple paths, and full simulation.

Permalink | Friday, September 07, 2001

The Chronicle: Distance Education Is

The Chronicle: Distance Education Is Harder on Women Than on Men, Study Finds
Distance-education classes often add another layer to a woman's workday. Women find time for a "third shift" of study time and online classes early in the morning or late at night, in the free time between the first shift of a full-time job and the second shift of homemaking or taking care of children, the report says.

Permalink | Friday, September 07, 2001

NY Times: Online Course Lets

NY Times: Online Course Lets the Isolated Bring Their Medical Skills Up to Date
The students are also provided with a CD-ROM that has supplemental video and audio materials that would take too long to download given the slow-speed connections that are the norm in El Salvador and other countries. For the pilot project, an instructor is also traveling throughout Central America to meet with each student for a hands-on clinical workshop, and for the final evaluation before awarding the certificate.

Permalink | Friday, September 07, 2001

Technology Source: Through the Looking

Technology Source: Through the Looking Glass: Student Perceptions of Online Learning
Two things emerge in the study of students' attitudes toward online learning: individual situations impact students' perceptions of computer-based learning, and students' individual characteristics make it difficult to define their perceptions conclusively. For example, some students have their own computers, while others rely on computer labs. Such variation in computer access can result in attitudinal differences.

Permalink | Friday, September 07, 2001

Fast Company: Surviving la Vida

Fast Company: Surviving la Vida Loca
The knowledge economy is here to stay. And to thrive within it, we must reorder our work and our lives so that the individual is above the corporation and that the social network ranks above the career ladder. Achieving balance today is a hard-wrought process that we should feel obliged -- not just encouraged -- to begin immediately. Here are five of her steps for making the new world of work work for you.

Permalink | Friday, September 07, 2001

Online Community Report: Interview with

Online Community Report: Interview with Gail Ann Williams, Salon.com Furthermore, there is something so innately engaging about dialogue, especially when you know the participants and have any kind of stake in the outcome or information, that you are dealing with a serial medium, with the ads on the margins simply invisible. It's like having a discussion in your kitchen with the radio playing softly and your friends talking. Will people fall silent and shift their attention to the commercials when they come on? Almost never, no matter how hard-hitting, funny or celebrity-studded the commercials are. The conversation group is real, the radio ads are canned. And that is how a good online forum feels. Real people, freeze-dried ads.

Permalink | Thursday, September 06, 2001

Wired: Cheating’s Never Been Easier

Wired: Cheating's Never Been Easier
Plagiarists have vexed school officials since the dawn of the term paper. But only recently have students been armed with what might be the ultimate cheating tool... In a survey underway at the University of Virginia, faculty cited the Internet as the No. 1 societal force leading students to commit acts of plagiarism.

Permalink | Thursday, September 06, 2001

Wired: Distance Learning Yet to

Wired: Distance Learning Yet to Hit Home
Today, the distance learning market continues to grow, but much of the momentum has slowed. Many e-learning startups have gone belly-up, realizing the enormous costs of launching efficacious courses online.

Permalink | Thursday, September 06, 2001

HBS Working Knowledge: Messaging: Your

HBS Working Knowledge: Messaging: Your New Buddy
Recognizing that the tool is fast, easy, and offers a high-touch, real-time personal connection, businesses are starting to use IM internally (among employees) and externally (with clients and partners). But like many communication tools, IM's capacity to undermine as well as improve communication can hurt the unwary.

Permalink | Thursday, September 06, 2001

Training Magazine: The Future Training

Training Magazine: The Future Training Room And as for e-learning, well, move over. Sophisticated wearable computers offer the possibility of learners taking the training room wherever they go. Fanciful? Consider the concept of retinal scanning visors, small devices that will allow training manuals, job aids and all manner of performance support, even a live link to a subject matter expert, to be called up right in front of our eyes.