... studies (Kirrane, 1990) describe the use of internet support for the function of training and development. Web‐based training (WBT) is a popular approach to distance learning using the technology of the Web, the internet, intranets and Extranets. Individuals use the commonly available Web browsers...

...Peter J. Smith Working in the UK, Sadler‐Smith, Down and Lean, in their article “‘Modern’ learning methods: rhetoric and reality”, Personnel Review, Vol. 29 No. 4, 2000, pp. 474‐90, have shown that distance learning methods are neither favoured nor perceived as effective by enterprises pursuing...