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Wipro offers e-learning for employees

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BANGALORE: Now, Wiproites can learn their favorite application or computer

language sitting in front of their computers. Bangalore-based Wipro Ltd. has

introduced ‘virtual campus’, an e-learning center for its employees. This

new virtual campus creates a learning environment that includes content and

community. The e-learning process encompasses coursework, class work, lectures,

student collaboration, mentoring, guest experts and informal community

communication. Currently, the company is providing 13 online courses such as

C++, Visual basic, OOAD, Oracle 8i and Java.

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Speaking about the objective of the virtual campus, Wipro Technologies chief

executive-operations Sudip Banerjee said, "The objective of this center is

to build a vast learning community on the Web. This center provides 'training on

demand', enabling the individual to take charge of the learning experience. The

virtual center integrates multimedia, instructor led and real time learning

techniques into a facilitated, collaborative learning environment. The driver

for setting up such a center is that in the e-business world, the old learning

models may no longer be very effective. E-learning not only allows people to

learn from one another but also allows self paced learning, connecting learning

with experts, colleagues and professional peers inside the organization. This

ensures continuous learning and enables the participants to be in touch with the

subject even after they get back to their respective jobs."

On the content part, Wipro has tied up with Smart Force, an e-learning

company based in Redwood City, CA. Along with this, in order to improve the

effectiveness of the center, the company has introduced value-added tools. These

tools are like bulletin board for offline interactions, chat software for

synchronous learning experiences and virtual discussion rooms for collaborative

discussions facilitated by an online mentor.

According to the company, virtual campus provides training on demand, it

covers the entire base of employees in the organization and it will address real

world problems. Over the last couple of months, there have been about 27,000

hits on the site, and 1,700 registered users for the virtual programs.

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