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Learning online on the internet with a personal tutor is just fine. The downside is - you have to be online. On the other hand, learning offline means no access to your online tutor, which we think is crucial to learning languages on a PC. The simple but ingenious solution is going hybrid with the latest CLT innovation, the Plug&Learn USB device.

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With CLT Plug&Learn, language students can learn online as well as offline with the same application at virtually any MS Windows PC in the world. CLT students simply insert their Plug&Learn USB device into any PC to start the interactive language course application. If there is an internet connection, the program automatically hooks up to the CLT learning management system. Learning results are stored directly onto the CLT online tutoring tools. However, if there is no internet connection, students simply use the device as stand-alone language learning software. The learning result is then stored on the rewritable USB device. The learning result is consequently synchronized with the CLT learning management server the next time the device is plugged into a PC with an internet connection.

CLT Plug&Learn is a standard USB device and smoothly combines the advantages of learning online with those of CD-ROM. CLT Plug&Learn guarantees the utmost degree of mobility and flexibility for the individual student and still allows online tutors to regularly check on their students' learning results.

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Read the most frequent questions and answers on learning online or offline vs. using the new CLT Plug&Learn hybrid solution.

Question: CD-ROMs are read-only media. Can students transfer their learning result from one PC to another?
  Answer: No. But with CLT Plug&Learn the result is freely transferable because it is always stored on the removable USB storage device. The device can be used at any PC.

Question: Can CD-ROM content be updated?
  Answer: No. CLT Plug&Learn, however, is a hybrid solution that works like a CD-ROM when offline and can receive necessary updates as soon as the system is plugged into a PC with an online connection.

Question: Do students need a personal PC to learn on?
  Answer: CLT Plug&Learn is a small, pocket-sized USB flash memory device. With this solution students do not even need a personal PC - they just plug it in.

Question: How about online tutoring and result tracking?
  Answer: CLT Plug&Learn connects to the CLT learning management system as soon as an internet connection is available.

Question:Is a broadband internet connection a prerequisite for the use of interactive and comprehensive language learning content?
  Answer: CLT Plug&Learn comes with a minimum requirement of 56K because only the learning result itself has to be transferred online.

Question: Online learning programs often require additional plug-ins to be installed on every computer and individual users have to have the corresponding user rights. Is the same true when using CLT Plug&Learn?
  Answer: CLT Plug&Learn runs right off the USB device and does not require any installation or administration rights.

Question: With an online course, studying can surely only be carried while students are online?
  Answer: CLT Plug&Learn allows students to learn offline just like with a conventional CD-ROM. But unlike a CD-ROM solution the session result is stored on the USB device and automatically synchronized with the learning management result database at the next online session.

Question: With an online solution, do the common license regulations also bind the individual user to a specified PC (CPU license)?
  Answer: Students can use the CLT Plug&Learn device at any PC they choose without restrictions.