BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: E-learning
- the facilitation of learning through the Internet or an intranet. E-learning is a development from computer-based training and consists of self-contained learning materials and resources that can be used at the pace and convenience of the learner. An e-learning package normally incorporates some form of test that can demonstrate how much an e-learner has assimilated from a course, as well as some form of monitoring to enable managers to check the use of the system of e-learning. Successful e-learning depends largely on the self-motivation of individuals to study effectively. Because it is Internet-based, it has excellent potential to respond to a company's rapidly changing needs and offer new learning opportunities relevant to a company's new position very quickly.
- Also known as Electronic Learning
Wiktionary Definition for: E-learning
- learning conducted via electronic media, especially via the Internet
Additional Resources
- Avoiding Tricky E-mail Situations
- The immediacy with which e-mail has enabled people around the world to communicate with each other has great advantages—but also some real disadvantages. When we have little time to spare, we often feel under pressure to reply to e-mails as soon as they arrive in our inboxes, and this can...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- Getting the Most from E-mails
- E-mail has revolutionized global communications; it allows you to exchange information with colleagues, customers, and suppliers quickly and easily, 24/7.Friends and colleagues commonly use e-mail to share all types of data—text, photos, audio files, or video clips.Recently, it was estimated that more than 65 billion e-mail messages are sent daily,...
- Articles 2007-10-12
- Marketing Effectively by E-mail
- E-mail should be an essential part of any Internet marketing strategy. If you have someone's e-mail address, you can send them information directly, much as you would in a direct mail campaign—except the cost of mailing is free. Even so, that's only an advantage if the recipients have agreed to...
- Articles 2007-10-19
- Composing Effective E-mails
- While e-mail is the most convenient, and probably the most widely used, form of business communication today, many people do not know how to use it well. Because it’s an extremely quick and easy way of getting in touch with others, it’s easy to overlook the basics of business correspondence,...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- Using E-mail for Special Projects
- Businesses run on e-mail. Beyond its core function—sending and receiving messages—e-mail can be used to improve productivity and understanding throughout a company.In addition to facilitating day-to-day, person-to-person communication, e-mail also provides an ideal way to broadcast information to large groups of people instantaneously and cheaply. Also, it can manage specific...
- Articles 2007-10-31
- Amazon, Sony E-Book Battle Could Benefit Businesses In Big Way
- Amazon, Sony and other e-reader manufacturers have started dropping the prices of their devices, not only benefitting consumers but potentially SMBs (small- to medium- businesses) and the enterprise, which could adopt them at a higher rate. But upcoming tablet PCs from Apple, Dell and others present a possible wild-card for...
- News items 2009-08-09
- Barnes and Noble Nook E-Reader Delayed Due to Demand, Says Company
- Barnes & Noble said that high demand for its Nook e-reader delayed the shipment date into January 2010 for anyone ordering the devices after Nov. 20. This is the second time that Barnes & Noble announced a delay for its e-readers, which it hopes will make inroads against Amazon.com's popular...
- News items 2009-11-22
- Using E-mail to Negotiate
- It's not unusual to conduct negotiations via e-mail. It's fast, convenient, reliable—and global, so we can conduct almost all preliminary discussions without spending time and money on travel. We're no longer captive to time zone differences or long waiting periods before connecting with the right person.We do, however, face new...
- Articles 2007-10-30
- Leave E-Mail Messages On Your E-Mail Server
- E-mail account types differ in how e-mail messages are saved and synchronized with the e-mail server. For example, by default POP3 e-mail accounts delete e-mail messages from the e-mail server when downloaded into Outlook. However, you can customize how e-mail messages are retrieved and saved. Other e-mail accounts, such as...
- White papers
- E-Mail Etiquette: Mind Your P's and Q's
- Are you a rude, blathering, unprofessional idiot who screams at people and probably failed high-school English? Hopefully not. But if you aren't paying attention to how you craft your e-mails, maybe that's what your correspondence is saying about you. Although e-mail has become the preferred form of...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?
- What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?RE: What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?I love books, shop at amazon among other places and download e-books. The issue with Kindle is that it is yet another expensive gadget which is only good at one retailer. If they lower...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- The Coming E-Book Boom
- Enjoy what "early adopter" status you still have while you can, Kindle owners. After this holiday season, owning an e-reader may no longer seem quite so unusual. According to a report from tech analysis firm Forrester Research published Tuesday, 1.2 million digital readers will be sold in the U.S. in...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Why E-Reader Adoption Will Be Slower Than People Think
- Jack McKeown co-founded and was CEO of Perseus Books Group. He is now director of business development for Verso Digital, a vertical ad network for book publishers, and president of Conemarra Partners, a media consultancy. As the world’s book publishers gather for this week’s annual Frankfurt Book Fair, the...
- External links 2009-10-15
- Barnes & Noble e-reader to debut Tuesday
- NEW YORK - Barnes & Noble Inc. is expected to unveil an electronic-book reader Tuesday to compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in the still-small arena where some see bookselling's future heading. The New York Times reported that the wireless reader will be called the "Nook" and sell for $259 — the...
- News items 2009-10-20
- Barnes and Noble Debuts Nook E-Reader in Challenge to Amazon
- Barnes and Noble announced a new e-reader, the Nook, that it hopes will prove a strong competitor to Amazon.com?s Kindle line. The e-reader field has become increasingly crowded in recent months, with new offerings from giants such as Amazon.com running alongside other announced devices from smaller IT startups. NEW YORK...
- News items 2009-10-20
- B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary
- It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's features, and the comparison offered by B&N to the $259 Amazon Kindle 2, reveals that, while it packs a...
- News items 2009-10-20
- Factories gear up in race for e-readers
- Global demand for e-reader devices is booming from San Francisco to Shanghai as bibliophiles around the world turn to digital books. As many as 5m e-readers are being produced this year internationally, and analysts say that could double in 2010.A rush in orders is prompting suppliers to ramp up...
- External links 2009-10-21
- Apple's iPhone Could Become Next Hot E-Reader, Says Report
- Apple's iPhone could become a major competitor to Amazon.com?s Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers, says one analytics firm, if the number of e-book apps continues to grow. Despite their heavy focus on proprietary e-reader devices, both Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble have developed iPhone apps for downloading and...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure
- The market knows best, right? At this writing there are approximately 52 e-reader devices coming to market in the next 12 months. Fifty-two different devices coming to market (Here's what I wrote about Steve Jobs' approach to reader devices when there were just 45 e-readers on the horizon). Creative, the...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Apple iPhone Could Become Next Hot E-Reader, Says Report
- Apple's iPhone could become a major competitor to Amazon.com's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers, says one analytics company, if the number of e-book apps continues to grow. Despite their heavy focus on proprietary e-reader devices, both Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble have developed iPhone apps for downloading and...
- News items 2009-11-03
