ZDNet: Tech Update: Enterprise Applications / Simulation may be the
e-learning "killer app"
Simulation software has been used in equipment service and military applications since the 1980s. Now it is poised to become a mainstream corporate application through e-learning.
What you need to know

Simulation-enabled content can revolutionize learning and accelerate the transfer and application of knowledge. Enterprises should leverage the scalability and immersion characteristics of simulations to accelerate time to competency and depth of competency. By 2006, 70 percent of all off-the-shelf and custom e-learning content will include some application of simulations (0.8 probability).
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