Learning by remote
13 September 2012
Many organisations are starting to use the Internet as a way of training their employees. But it may not be the panacea it seems, as Mark Whitehead found out
Picture a lecture hall full of people anxiously try to keep up with a tutor explaining some difficult point. It’s old-fashioned and laborious. Contrast that with a student sitting comfortably at a laptop, beaming with satisfaction after grasping a point made in the on-screen learning programme.
This is the joy of e-learning, as portrayed by one of its leading...