If you are new to virtual learning, you will want to spend time exploring these websites to gain a broader perspective of web-based training.

Training Media Review
Training Media Review (TMR) is the “Consumer Reports” of a wide range of training products including elearning software solutions such as learning management systems and authoring tools. Because TMR is independent, it is able to provide unbiased evaluations performed by industry professionals of elearning software.

The eLearning Guild
The eLearning Guild is comprised of over 30,000 elearning practitioners who as members share information, collaborate on research, meet at semi-annual conferences, and work cooperatively to improve the quality of elearning.

The American Society of Training & Development
The American Society of Training & Development (ASTD) is a Washington, D.C.-based professional organization with an extensive base of resources, including newsletters, conferences, and networks.  ASTD’s mission encompasses practically everything related to training including elearning.

The Masie Center
Led by founder Elliott Masie, the Masie Center provides provocative insights, trends, and ideas for corporate training. The Center’s expertise includes all aspects of training, but often focuses on the use of technology and implementation of online training.

Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative
The ADL Lab is Charged with defining the technology and development standards to facilitate the compatibility of online training hardware, software, and content and is best known for the elearning standard, SCORM, the Sharable Content Object Reference Model. Although the information provided by the ADL can be highly technical, the ADL is the place to begin if you need to become better informed about elearning standards.