The article discusses various issues related to distance learning. Tools such as Live Meeting, Centra, and Elluminate, coupled with growing broadband Internet access, are revolutionizing the world of distance learning. New synchronous e-learning environments support projection of still, animated, and video images; instructor-participant audio; sharing of desk-top applications; and interactions using instant polling, chat, and whiteboard marking tools. Many organizations are packaging the virtual classroom as one element of a larger program that incorporates various delivery media. For example at Intuit, maker of personal and small business accounting software including Quicken, TurboTax, and Quickbooks, initial training of new distributors is held in face-to-face settings. Intuit capitalizes on the high social presence of the physical classroom environment to establish new relationships. The face-to-face training is followed by virtual classroom training using WebDemo by Linktivity in which learners use application sharing for software training.