Esri Virtual Campus Subscriptions

Affordable GIS Education for Every Organization

Beginning January 2000, organizations of all sizes in the United States can get GIS education and training for their entire staff through annual subscriptions to Esri Virtual Campus. Subscriptions offer access to Esri Virtual Campus courses to everyone in an organization located in the U.S. for a flat annual fee. The campus offers self-paced courses via the World Wide Web on geographic information science, GIS applications, and GIS technology including courses on ArcInfo 8. The campus also houses a professional GIS community whose members share ideas and expertise in a supported environment.

Coupled with Esri's in-depth classroom training, Esri Virtual Campus subscriptions enable organizations to offer a robust, affordable GIS education and training program to anyone who needs it. Organizations can use Esri Virtual Campus courses to leverage their investments in instructor-led training by having staff members who attend classroom training mentor those who take Web-based training (WBT).

Esri Virtual Campus courses are ideal for motivated learners who want or need flexibility in their training schedule or location and for those who cannot afford the time away from work to attend traditional classes. WBT combines hands-on experience, interactivity, and instructional support to create a rich learning environment. Accessibility, convenience, timeliness, and the ability to control one's own learning experience in a dynamic learning environment are keys to the popularity of WBT.

Esri classroom training is recommended for developers and critical technical staff, for those who need to learn quickly, for those who want face-to-face contact with a subject matter expert, and for those who learn more effectively removed from their daily distractions. Individual attention, direct peer interaction, professional networking, and the ability to get answers to questions on the spot are cornerstones to the effectiveness of instructor-led training.

Esri Virtual Campus subscriptions are available in the United States only and can be purchased through any Esri sales representative or by calling 1-800-447-9778. Learn more about Esri Training and Education.

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