eLEARNING ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE: THE BENCHMARKING OF BEST PRACTICES - This study is now available in subject-specific sections that will help you work through specific eLearning issues that other companies have experienced and hurdled. Organizations featured in the study include: Air Canada, Cisco, Dell, Ernst & Young, IBM Management Development, Rockwell Collins, Shell, Unipart, the U.S. Navy and Verizon Communications. Subject-specific sections are now being offered as three convenient, separate packages:
Part 1: Business Imperative, Impact and Leadership
Part 2: What Works: Tactics, Models, Content and Tools
Part 3: Issues: Money, Staffing, Information Technology and Measurement
For more information, or to review the executive summary for one of the sections, see: http://www.brandon-hall.com/benstudsec.html

ALL LEARNING IS SELF-DIRECTED - according to Daniel R. Tobin, Publisher: American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) ISBN# 1-56286-133-6. Daniel Tobin, former Dean of Getronics Virtual University (formerly Wang Global Virtual University) is the author of this slim book on self-directed learning. Tobin reminds us that while the adult learner may not have control over what is being taught, s/he always has control over what is learned. Guided by this premise Tobin systematically lays out how to create an internal institutional environment that encourages adults to learn. Tobin is a lucid writer, and his understanding of how to create a learning organization is equally advanced. He guides the reader through how to create a positive learning environment and make employees responsible for their own learning, defining the manager's role in independent learning, the role of technology-based training and building and using a corporate knowledge network. Essential reading for any educator who understands the difference between putting a formal training program in place and creating a learning organization. For more information contact ASTD at: http://www.astd.org. (Virtual University Gazette, 3 June 01)