eLearning: Cutting Edge On-the-Job Training for the New Millennium

Remember the early 1990s, when on-the-job training meant sitting in a dark conference room watching a video of someone lecturing about techniques that were already outdated? Both employees and employers were frustrated and left undereducated, which decreased efficiency and, most likely, the financial bottom-line.

Luckily, those dark days are over—now, and eLearning (online learning) has stepped up and kicked videotape learning to the curb. eLearning reduces the time and expense of training and thanks to its incredible flexibility and diversity, is much more relevant to the tasks at hand. Naturally, this is more in line with the business goals of a company—and eLearning and online learning is literally already at your fingertips, through the use of the mighty Internet. Online colleges and other online schools are now offering continuing eduction courses online to businesses and their staff.

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In The Pink: Women Are Learning Online

Maybe you’ve heard your friends say it: “I’m taking this course online…” It’s not surprising. Online learning has grown in popularity in the past ten years, with more and more online educational programs becoming accredited and respected. Even Ivy League brick-and-mortar colleges are increasing their online presence, offering everything from single courses to full degrees—all from the comfort of your home.

Given the flexibility of online and distance learning—after all, you can study at any hour of the day or night, even while wearing your pajamas—it should not be shocking to learn that the majority of online students are women. According to American Association of University Women (AAUW), over 60% of those currently studying online are women, most of them over 25 years old.

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