Your distribution company operates in several remote locations around the world. Annually, there is an opportunity for regional managers to meet with their counterparts for a week’s training and updating. The results of this are supposed to be passed on to other employees by the regional managers. This is not working, so alternatives have been sought. A training option, which can be useful when employees are dispersed across various physical locations, is teletraining. Satellites are used to beam live training broadcasts to employees at different locations. In addition to the video reception, the satellite link can allow trainees to ask questions of the instructor during the broadcast.

This could be a way forward, but some people in the company are reticent about it. How would you summarize the potential drawbacks?

a. What does Simuflite’s experience suggest about the limitations of interactive media and CBT?

b. In what situations is CBT most likely to be beneficial to trainees?