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E-learning training can take different forms and be classified according to various criteria:
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Asynchronous training
It is a type of education, where students have no real-time contact with tutors. Most of the training is done without trainer's assistance, because system itself assures possibility of gaining and verifying the knowledge. Besides of that, tutors remain active - they control pace and evaluate participants' progress.
Asynchronous training may be conducted by means of materials recorded on CDs, installed on Internet or intranet. Communication between students and tutor is based on e-mail, discussion groups or forum tools.
Asynchronous training are now one of the most common types of e-learning.
Synchronous training
Synchronic training (implemented for the first time in 1980s in Australia) are origins of e-learning. In training of type students and tutor remain in real-time interaction: it can be executed by chat, VOIP (Voice Over IP) or videoconference technology.
E-training can also be classified basing on other criteria. Taking content into account we can distinguish:
Custom content training
Also called "dedicated training", these are created from scratch to respond Client specific needs and usually based on materials provided by the Client. Educational content perfectly suiting company needs is an obvious advantage of this kind of training. Due to their specialized character, custom content training in most cases are more expensive that off-the-shelf ones.
Off-the-shelf training
These training are created for unspecific audience, covering less specialized material from given branch of knowledge. Usually they cannot be modified, however sometimes can be adjusted to Client's needs to some level.
As far as availability or target group of training is concerned, we can distinguish:
Closed training
Generally training of this type are ordered by big companies and institutions with purpose of educating their employees. Closed training are very often custom content, so they perfectly match users needs.
Open training
This sort of training is designed for wide audience - people of certain profession or age group, sometimes even whole population. Apart from being motivated and meeting specified requirements, access to Internet is the only thing one needs to take part in open training. In case of commercial enterprises - payment of the fee is also required. European Internet Academy makes a good example of open training in Poland. Created by MyNetwork Poland for Pro Europa Society, it was first large open e-learning project in Poland, with 40,000 participants and over 5,000 graduates who received special certificates.
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