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E-Learning and economic downturns…

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m getting some interesting feedback from a variety of sources on my blog post Recession and the challenge to e-learning. Steve McKenzie over at Eduspaces has commented that he considers e-learning to be a “recession buster …on balance costs for institutions and individuals can be saved.”
I completely agree with Steve’s assessment; the challenge as I [...]

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Tags: economic downturn · rapid elearning · recession

Recession and the challenge to e-learning

February 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments

A colleague in an area of business other than the learning industry asked me a few days ago; “Do you think that e-learning will survive a recession?”
My initial response to her was “there’s no recession… yet!” Later, I reflected on the implications of the current economic slowdown (whether or not it turns into a recession) [...]

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Tags: content development · rapid elearning · recession