web-based/CB training

[Lester Slaback <Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV>]

The choice of the authoring program is open for lots of discussion
(elsewhere).  We happen to use Asymetrix Toolbook.
A more fundamental question is whether to have web-based or web-distributed
training.  The latter is simply a means of downloading a program that runs
on your local PC.  There are substantial complexity compromises and speed
performance issues associated with web-based training, all of which can
limit the effectiveness of the program.

At the recent HP meeting Sue Depre gave a talk on her web based training
using Netscape Composer as the authoring medium (which anyone can get
free).  See her web site at 
  www.princeton.edu/~ehs/radtrain

I am sure attached to the bells-and-whistles allowed by a PC based program.
 But a basic application can certainly be done via the web.

Disclaimer:  the above are the personal musings of the author, and do not
represent any past, present, or future position of NIST, the U.S. government,
or anyone else who might think that they are in a position of authority. 
Lester Slaback, Jr.  [Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV] 
NBSR Health Physics 
Center for Neutron Research 
NIST
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