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I mentioned yesterday that I'm assessing whether or not to take a daily hit of Distance-Educator.com. I just followed a link in today's issue to "An Assessment of the Effectiveness of e-learning in Corporate Training Programs" by Judith B. Strother of the Florida Institute of Technology.

This article is drivel. Thoroughly worthless. It addresses but one aspect of eLearning: lower delivery costs. It finds value in smile sheets. It brings up Jack Phillips' ROI approach (which I find anitquated) but cites only one application of it -- and the example is not eLearning.

The conclusion is the usual call for more study of the matter.

C'mon. Why no mention whatsoever of RESULTS? Outcomes? Meeting the objectives that justified conducting eLearning in the first place?

I rely on publications to screen their recommendations and save me time. Strike One.