I was curious as to how E-learning has been implemented in modern organisation and was surprised by the outstanding response. Below are just a few examples of successful organisations:
A report on e-learning and best practices
Produced by APEC - Asia-Pacific E-Learning Alliance, January 2002. The alliance promotes online learning among members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, APEC. Alliance members include AOL Time Warner, Cisco Systems Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems, Daesung Group and Saba.
Delivering the goods
Can a learning management system help a company better serve its customers? Rockwell Automation found theirs could do that and more." Rebecca Ganzel and Kim Kiser
New Three in One
"When Unilever finessed a trio of corporate cultures into one, e-learning helped the blended sales staff produce more than $20 million in additional sales."
An offer they can't refuse
"When talented employees start to leave en masse, e-learning may help convince them to stay. David Raths, Online Learning Magazine, October 2001
Action learning meets e-learning: a European case study
"How do you take a multi-cultural organisation of highly professional people in a fast-moving drinks business and create a culture of agile project working and leadership? This was the challenge faced by the GuinnessUDV European Shared Service Centre, a Diageo company." Dr Richard Hale, Dr Charles Margerison and Alison Whitley, Training Journal, July 2001
E-learning evangelism
"Practicing what you preach can be good for you. Just ask Chris Pirie, who led the movement from classroom training to e-learning at Oracle Corp." Kim Kiser, Online Learning Magazine, January 2001
E-learning branches out
"E-learning systems may not be easy to implement, but many companies see the potential for a broad business impact." Sandra Swanson, Information Week, February 2001
E-learning success stories
"DigitalThink e-learning solutions are at work in boosting employee efficiency, fostering customer loyalty and improving sales channel performance at Fortune 1000 companies everywhere."
Learning at MetLife goes virtual
"For MLFS, delivering training to a dispersed workforce forced us to investigate distance learning as a delivery option. Another reason to develop distance learning was the need for MLFS sales representatives to prepare for mandated examinations and learn new product information and procedural changes quickly." Norma Rossi, Learning Circuits, May 2001
Kodak wants out of the classroom
"Eastman Kodak Co. hopes that shifting its business focus to digital imaging products and services will give it a competitive edge in the photographic products industry. By moving much of its global business training online, Kodak will try to make that a reality by boosting employees' technology savvy". Information Week.com, 2 April 2001.
