The initial group of Pathlore-certified vendors, dubbed the Content Partner Network, includes seven content providers. That roster encompasses about 5,000 classes ranging from IT courses, such as Java programming, to soft skills courses, such as sexual harassment prevention. Nicor Inc. When the Naperville, Ill., natural gas distribution company implements Pathlore's system, having seamless integration with specified courseware will be helpful, he says.
Incompatibility can add weeks to E-learning rollout schedules.
Online Oracle recognizes the link between customer education and customer satisfaction. That's why the vendor this week is launching an E-learning program to maximize training for its users and partners. Oracle trains about 600,000 customers and partners each year and hopes to have 100,000 of those signed on to the Online Learning Network by December 2001. The goal isn't to eliminate classroom-based training, but to remove barriers to customer and partner education, Pirie says. Attendees at Oracle's OpenWorld conference in October were given a preview of the program as well as 90 days of free access to the Learning Network.