Why not take advantage of online education to cut costs and improve employee training time? With online education, employees can virtually "attend" a training session without ever leaving their desks, resulting in significant reductions in payroll and travel costs. In addition, employees can repeat training segments they have difficulty with (frequently impossible in a group setting) until the concept is mastered. Online training offers the opportunity to conduct training in a distributed work environment, since physical attendance at a specific location, date and time is not required. Significant savings (and elimination in most cases) in travel time and expenses for both the trainers and the participants will be realized, since lodging, meals, mileage, etc. are not required to complete a training course in the online program. This savings in travel time allows the participants to focus on their core business and responsibilities. Participants can review materials as often as necessary to ensure complete understanding, without delaying the rest of the participants. Participants will be tested for understanding throughout and at the end of the course. Once a test is passed, a password may be issued to allow that participant to browse throughout the course module for quick references to the subject material. Participants that do not pass the test will be able to quickly and conveniently retest, without the travel and expenses associated with a second trip to an in-person training class. The online training courses are available to participants 24-hours a day, allowing users to participate in training after normal business hours. The online training courses are available to any number of users at the same time, and these participants may be located anywhere in the world, as long as they have internet browsing capability. All course materials can be updated instantly from any location, as long as the "Author" password is known. A variety of distance learning media will be used to maximize the effectiveness of the proposed online training application, including text, graphics, and streaming audio and video. Use of audio and video streams to supplement the written text will provide an excellent aid to the hearing and visually impaired that may need extra assistance in facilitating quick comprehension. These tools will also help those with reading comprehension difficulties. Increasingly faster computers and connection speeds make it possible to deliver streaming audio and video files over the internet. You can provide content as digital files or on other media, such as a VHS tape, and Take Note Company will convert it to streaming format.
An Introduction to Streaming Media
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