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Web-Based
Training Links
This page provides
information and links to other sites that cover three important Web-based
training (WBT) topics: development, delivery, and standards. Note
that WBT is also known as Internet-based training (IBT).
Development
Here are links to sites that demonstrate the level of Web-based
training (WBT) that can be developed using DHTML (Dynamic HTML) and
Flash (software from Macromedia).
Oz
New Media Flash Animation (See what is possible using Flash.)
Learn
English online for free (A good educational site using Flash.)
Boxer
Math Introductory Algebra Sample Tutorial (See what is possible
using DHTML.)
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Delivery
Here are links related to Web-based training (WBT) delivery.
RedHat's Robert Young has two quotes
that apply to WBT delivery:
- "The LAN is turning into the Internet,
the PC is turning into many specialized appliances/devices."
- "The killer app. for the 21st Century
will be the Internet appliance ."
WebTV
- Inexpensive connection to the Internet that uses a TV set for display
($130 purchase price plus $22 per month).
NIC
(New Internet Computer) - PC (Linux operating system) for use
in schools that is inexpensive; can be used in schools and other learning
environments as clients ($376 includes monitor).
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Standards
Here are links related to Web-based training (WBT) standards.
Aviation
Industry CBT Committee (AICC) - Computer Managed Instruction (CMI)
Web-based specification.
Advanced
Distributed Learning Network (ADLNet) - "Specifications and guidelines, called the Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model (or SCORM), that provide the foundation for how the Department of Defense will use learning technologies to build, and operate in, the learning environment of the future."
Instructional
Management Systems (IMS) Project
("...defining technical specifications that developers and creators of products and services should incorporate so that they work together.")
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