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  • Recipe for Success with Enterprise Virtual WorldsPDF Link

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    These are challenging times for businesses with the threat of a global recession, the bankruptcy and collapse of leading financial service institutions, and credit difficult to obtain. Business leaders are asking their employees to do more while budgets are pared back. In particular travel budgets are being slashed so business managers are being asked to rethink ...…
  • Blackboard Powers Online Learning for WestinghousePDF Link

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    Westinghouse Electric Company has long been at the forefront of the world energy stage. The Monroeville, PA-based company’s facility produces state-of-the-art equipment and operating systems for nearly 50 percent of the world’s commercial nuclear power plants. As the global search for energy solutions continues, the company’s business—manufacturing advanced pressured water reactor systems for new facilities ...…
  • University of Phoenix Reinvents Education with Experiential LearningPDF Link

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    University of Phoenix revolutionized traditional education with the launch of its Online Campus in 1989. Five years later, Toolwire revolutionized online learning with the invention of live, remote laboratories. Today both companies are working together to launch innovative, new Information Technology degrees at Axia College of University of Phoenix. This is their story. Written by ...…
  • Sheetz Realistic Job PreviewPDF Link

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    Based on experiencing an average 49% turnover in personnel at its store locations, Sheetz desired to build a process that would improve its recruiting and retention practices and proactively reduce attrition by creating a more efficient and effective application ...…
  • Yes TelecomPDF Link

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    Yes Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone UK, is a leading business-to-business mobile and fixed line communications operator. Established in 2001, it plays a key role in Vodafone’s route-to-market, developing and maintaining the dealer channel. Yes Telecom’s growth and market position is based on its unique knowledge of the market place, ability to provide tailored solutions to customers, ...…
  • Improving Navy Recruits' Performance: A Serious Games StudyPDF Link

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    This is the story of how the Royal Navy used Serious Games to transform training effectiveness on a crucial operational area on board ship – Engineering Safety Rounds Inspection. Historically, this was the Maritime Warfare School’s worst performing course. Compared to classroom training, the immersive learning experience of Serious Games improved trainee capability, cut failure rates by 54% and reduced the needs for additional resource ...…