Orange County's Sheriff's Department has a far flung workforce, rapidly changing mission-critical information, and budget constraints.  They are using podcasting to get their message out quickly.   Full story is at http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/ocsd/

Clive on Learning has a great post summarizing Learning at work: e-learning evolution or revolution? http://snipurl.com/90es4  [www_managers_org_uk] a a paper published In October 2008 by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Wall Street Journal has an excellent article that emphasizes that the key to effective training isn't what happens in the classroom.  It's what you do afterwards.   Organizations spend billions of dollars annually on staff development and some studies suggest that 10% to 40% of training is ever used on that job--shocking!

e-Learn VIP has fairly detailed test reports accessibility of various

• Learning Management Systems
• Content Management Systems
• CBT/WBT
• Virtual Conference Systems

at http://www.e-learn-vip.org/html_engl/testresults.htm