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In the old days of classroom-only training, accessibility was about getting people who needed training into classes. It usually boiled-down to three issues- class frequency, size, and location. Providing training (including simulation training) on-line, at first seemed to have solved the accessibility problem. But in fact, it opened up a whole set of new challenges. [...]

Over the past week I’ve been thinking about explaining what makes a simulation fun without becoming too philosophical about what ‘fun’ is. Not that I wouldn’t enjoy waxing philosophic, but since our subscriptions to ‘Forio’s Forum‘ are growing, I’m going to try to avoid treating the forum like a personal blog. As I mentioned in [...]

This article was written June 14, 2001 I just returned from the Training Directors’ Forum in Las Vegas. Like any conference, there was buzz about a few hot topics. E-learning appears to have passed from the hype stage to actual implementation at about 50% of the firms represented at this conference. It was obvious that [...]