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Distance Education: A Brief Overview

whitepaper Most people think of online courses taken through Blackboard or WebCT when they hear the term distance education. Technology has changed education. However, distance education was a viable alternative to traditional education even before the...

Tags: online - distance education

[16 May 2008]

The Effect of Prior Exposure to Project Management Techniques in Project-Based Courses

whitepaper Project Management (PM) is an important component of baccalaureate programs in both Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT). Many institutions offer a PM course in the curriculum, which students typically take in their last semester.

Tags: students, pilot, component, programs

[15 May 2008]

Create a Channel Partner Scorecard

whitepaper One can use the scorecard results to evaluate channel partners and determine future courses of action. Successful channel partner relationships require substantial investments of energy, time, and money.

Tags: word processing

[15 May 2008]

Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent

News While the tech sector needs more than 140,000 new entrants every year the number of applicants for single subject computer courses has fallen from 31,000 in 2001 to 16,000 in 2006 said the report. The UK will lose its base of highly skilled...

Tags: intellect, technology, skills

[14 May 2008]

IBM and Learn.com Speed Training, Career Development for Employees of Rapidly Growing Home Health Services Company

whitepaper As a result the company reduced expenses and time in training employees, and employees learned more quickly about their jobs and career opportunities through online courses. A home health services company wanted to train a rapidly increasing number...

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[14 May 2008]

The Four Courses of Application Quality Assurance

whitepaper For most organizations, the staged improvement approach is the most practical choice for achieving short- and long-term objectives. Staged improvements address the common requirements of the major quality methodologies, but focus on gaining...

Tags: service level management, achieving, methodology, objectives

[09 May 2008]

Using CARS to Improve Quality: A Compuware Application Reliability Solution Business Case Paper

whitepaper Compuware recently hosted a one-of-a-kind roadshow, "The Four Courses of Quality," in five-star restaurants across the country - in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Tags: infrastructure management, dining, class, events

[09 May 2008]

Select a Learning Management System

whitepaper Some LMSs allow administrators to create courses by using embedded authoring tools. Many organizations are migrating to online Learning Management Systems (LMSs) as a way to contain employee training costs.

Tags: word processing

[06 May 2008]

The Naked CIO: Unequal opportunities

Comment First, universities and colleges need to achieve a more balanced enrolment of women and minorities on their courses. From the inside, we know that to be true. But what can we do about it? The Naked CIO offers some ideas.

Tags: discrimination, careers, women in it

[28 Apr 2008]

Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning

whitepaper Technology-based learning approaches such as online courses, books and video programs can be used effectively to develop employees at all levels. Leadership is an important element of organizational success.

Tags: online - distance education, employees, levels, learning

[22 Apr 2008]

SkillSoft Case Study: U.S. Air Force

whitepaper Air Force delivers 2,000 business and IT courses, more than 300,000 Referenceware licenses, and 22 custom courses to a global audience. The U.S. The solution is mapped to Air Force Job Qualification Standards for targeted crew positions and...

Tags: online - distance education, force, courses, air force

[17 Apr 2008]

Wanted: Women must save IT industry

News Last year just 16 per cent of tech workers were women and the report warns that new talent in the IT industry is "diminishing at an alarming rate" as enrolments in technology intensive courses decline and women remain unconvinced of a career in IT.

Tags: skills gap, women, skills

[15 Apr 2008]

College Reduces Carbon Footprint and Saves Thousands of Pounds With IT Infrastructure

whitepaper Based in the New Forest, Brockenhurst College is a Beacon College that offers courses and training to around 2,700 sixth-form students and 8,000 adult learners. As part of a drive to reduce its carbon footprint, while also cutting costs...

Tags: infrastructure management

[14 Apr 2008]

Roadmap to Word 2007 Training

whitepaper With rich audio and visual components and interactive, hands-on practice sessions, training courses are a great way to become faster, smarter, and more effective at creating and refining documents. What courses are available now?

Tags: training and certification

[11 Apr 2008]

Old Concerns With New Distance Education Research

whitepaper Unfortunately, to answer the question, many educators use a strategy of comparing distance courses with traditional campus-based courses in terms of student achievement. Distance educators who have gone through the process of designing, developing...

Tags: online - distance education, distance, courses, instruction

[10 Apr 2008]

Measuring Success: Evaluation Strategies for Distance Education

whitepaper Institutions that offer distance-delivered courses and programs share a compelling need to determine their quality. Unfortunately, what may seem the most logical approach to determining effectiveness is often theoretically unsound.

Tags: online - distance education, evaluation, effectiveness, distance

[10 Apr 2008]

Virage Embeds MySQL in New, Rich-Media Learning Solution

whitepaper To help manage courses in the company's new solution for the learning market, Virage has embedded the MySQL database in its recently announced VS Learning product. Virage is a leading provider of video and rich-media communications software for...

Tags: database management, media, learning, video

[10 Apr 2008]

Carnegie Technology Education: Builds Unique Distance Learning Program on Sun Computing Technologies

whitepaper Instead of enrolling individual students in online courses, CTE collaborates with community colleges, government agencies, businesses and other institutions to leverage each other's strengths: CTE provides world-class computer science expertise...

Tags: learning management systems, institutions, carnegie mellon university, education

[10 Apr 2008]

Inline Analytics: Driving Profitability At The Point of Opportunity - The Alphablox Solution

whitepaper Armed with InLine Analytics from Alphablox, decision makers can immediately pursue their most profitable courses of action under changing business conditions. By integrating analytics in line with business processes, the Alphablox solution removes...

Tags: database management, analytics, linkages, action

[10 Apr 2008]

Delivering the Goods: Can a Learning Management System Help a Company Better Serve Its Customers? Rockwell Automation Found Theirs Could Do That - and More

whitepaper GMS sells courses on using and maintaining Rockwell-built controls and power transmission products; programming that equipment to work in customers' plants; and connecting computer networks to automation software and machinery.

Tags: learning management systems, training, automation, rockwell

[10 Apr 2008]

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