Vital information that must be developed a lot further. Evaluation of many different modes of WBT is needed as it(and its next generation) is here to stay.

The comparative list of advantages and disadvantages "of designing, developing, and delivering web-based training [WBT] encourages me to seek diverging discussions on this issue with regard to “carefully weighing [my] audience and training content against this list of advantages and disadvantages, [I] should be able to better judge if what [I] have in mind is right for Web dissemination." The list is a good starting point for analysing decisions which focuses a clearer direction for setting up my website and may help me to avoid some 'novice' pitfalls.
Furthermore the article raises further questions for me to investigate before committing to additional costs. I will reflect upon this article and seek further advice from people who have invested time and energy in setting up face to face and web-based training programs.
Additionally this article raises some divergent views expressed within reports dated between 2004-2008 (Rose, 2004; Rothman & Melbourne; Schools, 2007; Seng & Choo, 2008; Shelley, Denise, Evangeline, Ruth, & Evangeline, 2006; Spring, 1999; Subhashni, 2008; Suzanne & Elizabeth, 2008; Tara & Savilla, 2006; Tilbury & Henderson; UNESCO, 2008a, 2008b; Virpi & Anne, 2006; Virpi & Päivi, 2005; Wagner, Kozma, & Unesco, 2005; White, (2008); Yiasemina & Kyriaacos, 2006) stating that face to face and web based training programs may be effective in part because they provide differing entry and exit points, are socially inclusive and provide a multiplicity of opportunities for personalising ongoing learning using technology currently available within the digital age.
Colleen Ruth Calamante

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I think yhay yhe article is okay enough although there are certain aspect that I think they need to be improved.

I'm doing a short presentation on advantages of on-line learning, and this short summary helped me as a summary and structure of my presentation.
thanks

not wat i searched for

Thanks!

execellent

Good basic ideas, but I found the business-based viewpoint limiting. A bit too technical for my purposes.

background to computers

I found htis very useful for my research on on-line learning environment. Thanks Harriet