the renewal of licenses to practice careers like nursing. One approach followed in the continuing education of professional nurses and other professions in the contemporary period is World Wide Web-based education, which is one ômanifestation of the digital distance learning modelö (Hedrick, 2001, p. 80).
Traditional training, led typically by an instructor, involves teaching multiple students at a single location in a group setting. Based on the schoolroom model of one teacher with several students, this instructor-led education (ILE) has a long history. The advantage to this type of instruction is that it provides for easy interaction between student and teacher and more than one student can be trained at one time. Other critical issues for this learning environment are that a standardized curriculum assures that all students cover the same material and it also assures that ôStandardized training materials can be developed, as wellö (Paul, 1997, p. 97).
Disadvantages of Traditional Learning
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