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http://www.shrm.org/hrmagazine/articles/0109/0109train1.asp

January 1, 2009

Among the online resources that can be tapped without charge for employee training e orts are the following:

Business Training Works Inc. (http://www.businesstrainingworks.com/Free%20Resources.html): Portable

Document Format les of training materials on topics such as cell phone etiquette, handling customer service
telephone calls and training the trainer.

Free-Ed.net (http://www.free-ed.net/): Tutorials on computer software programs as well as health care,

accounting, strategic planning and academic subjects.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware (http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm): Online

courses on everything from engineering to management, including lecture notes and exams.

Microsoft (http://o ce.microsoft.com/en-us/training/FX100565001033.aspx): Online tutorials on Microsoft software, including

Outlook, Access, Excel and PowerPoint.

Moodle (http://moodle.org/): A course management system for producing Internet-based courses.

Open University (http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/): Courses from the United Kingdom that cover a wide variety of topics, including

“Choosing an HR Consultant” and “Managing Local Practices in Global Contexts.”

Stanford on iTunesU (http://itunes.stanford.edu/): Podcasts of business-related lectures.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (http://www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html): Videos on marketing, e-

commerce and international trade.

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