ADL Technical Team Releases first Working Draft of SCORM Version 1.3 Application Profile.

SCORM Version 1.3 Application Profile Working Draft Version 1.0 was released March 26, 2003 and this is still considered a work in progress after a year of effort.

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DoD Distance Learning Advances.

The Defense Department is committed to transforming every facet of how it wages war and conducts business, and using distance learning to educate DOD employees worldwide is already paying dividends, according to a recent General Accounting Office report. But steep challenges remain, GAO warned.  [Federal Computer Week, March 4 2003]

Specific areas where ADL initiatives are working and where they are not. It may be some years before the implementation is complete. Meanwhile, DoD faces the same problems seen in the private sector, and full evaluation of effectiveness is not yet possible.

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Making E-Learning More Than "Pixie Dust".

An e-learning program can be a cost-effective alternative to classroom training, but it also can be a huge waste of time and money if it's not implemented correctly. Three organizations show how to do it right.  By Sarah Fister Gale [Workforce Magazine, March 2003]

For myself, I wish the author had interviewed and quoted more than just consultants and vendors (those are the "three organizations" -- not what I hoped for). This was pretty superficial.

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