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In article <7hq1d1f@rpi.edu> carltr@sage4c.its.rpi.edu (R. Darren Carlton) writes:
>I'm a graduate student in Technical Communication at RPI, and I'm writing a
>report on the application of multimedia in job training. I would greatly
>appreciate any information you could give me about:
>
[...]
>who is currently using a multimedia platform for job training
>who plans to use a multimedia platform for training

We at Philips Research are currently planning a training disc for
mechanical engineers that will serve as reference as well. The
platform is CD-I, for which users need a CD-I player and a TV set.
Philips is currently selling the players for $500 in the USA, I think
(In Europe it is usually more expensive, although I don't understand
why). 

At another group within Philips they developed a training for a
software program on CD-I and the users especially liked the way they
could control the pace, compared to 'live' training. Also the ability
of working with multiple languages came in handy and also the
possibility of going in-depth on demand was appreciated.

The reason why we choose for CD-I is because of the low cost for the
user and ease-of-use, both compared to PC-based multimedia. 

Hope this helps,

Peter Martens
Philips Research, The Netherlands
martens@prle.philips.nl