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Computer-based Training 
Computer-based training (CBT) is any course of instruction whose primary means of delivery is a 
computer. A CBT course may be delivered via a software product installed on a single computer, through a 
corporate or educational intranet, or over the Internet as Web-based training. CBT can be used to teach almost any 
conceivable subject. Often CBT is used interchangeably with Web-based training. Although they are not exactly the 
same thing, they both refer to the concept of delivering education and training from remote sites. As the definition 
of CBT explains clearly, CBT is a distributed educational training tool and allow users to access the training content 
from remote locations, generally at any time convenient for the learner. CBT has been receiving steady attention 
from businesses in all industries and it predicted to be in the core of the design and delivery of workplace learning in 
the 21
st
Century (Driscoll, 2002). Training magazine’s Annual Industry Report states that 13 percent of all training is 
delivered by computer; and similarly, International Data Corp (IDC), predicted that the online training market would 
reach $11.6 billion in 2003 (Driscoll, 2002).
The development and use of CBT assists in delivering content by providing learners with brief tutorials, 
computer-managed integration of textbooks, video, lab books and other media, stand-alone applications using the 
computer to teach concepts, principles, relationships, or procedures. Advanced applications of CBT sharpen learner 
skills and knowledge through simulation games designed to move from controlled situations to those that emulate a 
real-world environment.