We've all heard the term eLearning. It seems to be one of the "hot
topics" or new buzz words in today's landscape of corporate training programs. In 2006, 53
percent of all corporate training involved some form of eLearning (Bersin Associates,
2007). Even universities-stalwarts of traditional classroom learning-have jumped on the
bandwagon, with 96 percent of universities with more than 15,000 students offering some
type of online class (http://www.sloanc.org/publications/survey/survey06.asp, The Sloan
Consortium, 2007). Beyond a doubt, eLearning is a concept embraced by students and
instructors alike in both corporate and academic settings. But what is it exactly? And-even
more importantly-how will it affect you? By Joe Panebianco, TBM Consulting Group, Inc.,
March 2008.
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