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Corporate Training Failing to Keep up with Technology, online learning Professor warns

Posted on 09/10/2009
University of Leicester

Corporate Training Failing to Keep up with Technology, online learning Professor warns

Corporate training will fail to meet the needs of 21st century businesses unless it catches up with rapid development opportunities in online learning, the Head of an award-winning learning technology team has warned.

Many business trainers are behind the times in their knowledge and awareness of advances such as the use of virtual worlds like Second Life in education and how these can help meet the training needs of public and private organisations.

Gilly Salmon, who leads the University of Leicester