NETg and SkillSoft eLearning Courses to be Removed from NKO
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS090529-32
Release Date: 5/29/2009 5:07:00 PM
By Ed Barker, Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs
PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- Nearly 4,000 eLearning courses intended for personal enrichment from vendors NETg and SkillSoft will no longer be available on Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) as of Oct. 1, 2009.
The NETg and SkillSoft catalog available through Navy eLearning on NKO consists of courses that are primarily intended for personal enrichment. Courses include content on business and professional development, desktop computing and information technology including test preparation for IT certifications.
"Unfortunately, the funding that supported this catalog of courses was part of a twenty-five million dollar cut during the FY-10 budget cycle," said John Phillips, production requirements manager for the Naval Education and Training Command. "As a headquarters, we have received significant budget cuts and have had to make some hard choices on what programs to continue funding in the future. Although four-thousand courses sound like a lot, they represent only four percent of our annual eLearning course completions."
No new enrollments for NETg or SkillSoft courses will be accepted beyond Sept. 15. All active enrollments must be completed by Sept. 30 of this year to be credited to an individual's transcript.
See NAVADMIN 154/09 for additional information .
For updated information on what courses are available on Navy eLearning, visit the NKO Web site at https://www.nko.navy.mil.
For more news from Naval Education and Training Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnet/.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
