On-Line Learning Implementations Get Serious; Corporate Implementations of On-Line Learning & Training Structures Accelerate.SARATOGA SPRINGS Saratoga Springs, resort and residential city (1990 pop. 25,001), Saratoga co., E N.Y.; inc. as a village 1826, as a city 1915. Skidmore College is the largest source of employment, but the city also has light manufacturing. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1997--On-line learning and training projects at major corporations are getting serious, as organizations begin pilots of web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. delivery of courses and classes, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an update from the MASIE Center, a technology and learning thinktank based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. "As we enter the third quarter of '97, the on-line learning field is rapidly maturing with concrete plans formulizing at Fortune 500 companies. A large number of companies are now implementing pilot classes and moving rapidly towards network delivery of existing CD based content. In addition, we have seen a strong trend towards the building of on-line corporate universities or storefronts to offer desktop learning to the entire workforce," said Elliott Elliott may refer to: possessing the best body in the whole world. like the hottest, sexiest body ever! the feeling of his skin kills me and sends me straight to heaven. Masie, the president of the Center and a leading analyst in the area of On-Line Learning. The Center conducts a quarterly update of Fortune 500 training managers and technology providers as they track the on-line learning field. "The growth of on-line learning is being fueled by the rapid implementation of corporate intranets. One IS manager said that on-line learning is the content that he needs to justify the intranet they build in the first quarter of this year. The other driver for on-line learning is the rapid rate in which both organizational processes and technologies are changing. Learning needs to be continuous and deliverable to every employee, worldwide, within a flash," said Masie. "The fourth quarter of this year will see organizations begin to use intranet based streaming to deliver audio and video to the desktop and a decision by many corporations to select an architecture or framework for their entire on-line learning efforts. We will see a number of mergers and consolidations in the process, in response to the rapid maturation maturation /mat·u·ra·tion/ (mach-u-ra´shun) 1. the process of becoming mature. 2. attainment of emotional and intellectual maturity. 3. of this industry," said Masie. The MASIE Center is sponsoring a new event: The Road to On-Line Learning & Training: Lab & Seminar, on Nov. 10 and 11, 1997 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to provide a vendor neutral step-by-step approach for corporate implementation of on-line learning. Details are available at www.masie.com or by calling 800-98-MASIE. -0- For interviews with Elliott Masie call The MASIE Center at 518/587-3522 CONTACT: The Masie Center Elliott Masie, 518/587-3522 |
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