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News
Industry News from IT Skills Research (Feb
06)
The e-Learning Marketplace Update from Just Learn (Feb 06)
IT Training Press Releases (Feb 06)
Outsourcing Exit Interviews Help to Reveal the Truth Behind Employee
Turnover (Jan 4)
Survey - Tech Workers Get Little Career Guidance or Support from
Employers (Jan 25)
Survey - One-third of UK Employers Feel Pressure to Offshore
Business (Jan 25)
Boeing Purchases Eedo Learning Content Management System (Jan 26)
QBI Releases QDashboard Manager (Jan 26)
The Training Foundation empowers trainers with new TAP® Blended
Learning Certificate (Jan 27)
Friedman's Jewelers Implements LearnCenter LMS/LCMS (Feb 2)
New ISO Quality Standard for e-Learning quality assurance launched
(Feb 3)
Questionmark Partners with ACT (Feb 6)
Drake International, Cito and Caveon come together (Feb 6)
Envisage, SumTotal Systems Ally (Feb 8)
South African Companies Select SumTotal (Feb 8)
SumTotal Launches Enterprise LMS for JPMorganChase (Feb 9)
Learn.com reaches out to concerned customers of SumTotal Systems
(Feb 14)
Learn.com Announces Its 200th LearnCenter 9.1 Client (Feb 14)
Trivantis Releases Lectora Authoring Software (Feb 15)
Learning 2.0 (Feb 20)
OnDemand Software Joins the Mercury Alliance Program (Feb 21)
Plateau Systems and Adobe Expand Relationship for Virtual Learning
(Feb 22)
QBI Online Product Training System Improves Retention by More Than
50 Percent (Feb 22)
Simulis and Gen21 Integrate Competency Assessment Technology
(Feb 23)
CompTIA Joins
Alliance for an Experienced Workforce (Feb 23)
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Reviews and Current Trends
Six for '06 (Jan 06)
Six Industry leaders weigh in on what lies ahead for training in
2006.
Training,
©2006 VNU Business
Media
Predictions for 2006 - E-learning experts map the road ahead (Jan
06)
My prediction
for 2006 is that people will realize that technology, no matter how
innovative, is just an enabler. New technologies only succeed if
they help people learn. Read on for more predictions from some of
the most thoughtful and opinionated people in the e-learning field.
By Lisa Neal, Editor-in-Chief,
eLearn Magazine,
©2001-2006 by
the Association for Computing Machinery
Trends in E-Learning (Jan 06)
Simulations, mobile learning, e-coaching - Dr Jo Cheesman looks at
what's new for e-learning in 2006.
©TrainingZONE 26-Jan-06
Top 10 Predictions for E-learning in 2006 (Jan 06)
Josh Bersin says that
the future is brighter than ever as e-learning evolves, vendors
develop new tools and training goes online. By conducting more than
30,000 surveys over the year, Bersin gathered strong evidence to
back these top 10 predictions for e-Learning. Elearning!
Winter 2006,
©2006 b2bmediaco
The Learning, Training and Workforce Performance Community
(Feb 06)
Questex
contracted with ELBD Services
to conduct a market analysis and gather quantitative data pertaining
to the learning, training, and workforce performance community’s
most significant challenges and initiatives.
©2006 Questex
Media Group, Inc
Elearning! Readers select outstanding 2005 vendors (Jan 06)
Elearning! has asked more than 50,000 e-learning professionals
to share their opinions about vendors by casting votes for the Best
of 2005. Elearning! Winter 2006,
©2006 b2bmediaco
Market Monitor 2005 Q4 (from IT Skills Research) – Feb 06
© IT Skills
Research Programme 1998-2006, last modified 13 February 2006
Effective Learning Governance drives Business Results (Feb 06)
A growing number of enterprises are centralizing learning
capabilities and building shared service centers to enhance their
learning efficiency and effectiveness. Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
Is the UK Facing an Under-Management Epidemic? (Feb 06)
Endless
efficiency drives have seen the cull of large layers of management
but what impact is it having on UK plc? Peter Casebow, CEO of
goodpractice.net looks at claims that we are facing an epidemic of
under-management.
©TrainingZONE 02-Feb-06
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Training
Manager/Director Development
Wanted - Training Manager (Jan 06)
The training
manager who is an adult-learning expert first and businessperson
second is a dwindling species, and likely someone with limited
influence on the organization. With performance expectations rising
and top managers more educated about evaluating training's true
payoff, training leaders are increasingly being measured by the same
yardstick as their MBA-toting, profit-center-managing colleagues.
Training,
©2006 VNU Business
Media
Conspiracy of convenience in training must end (Feb 06)
There’s a
“conspiracy of convenience” between many learning and development
managers and business managers – and it must end. That’s the view of
Charles Jennings, Head of Global Learning at Reuters.
©2006
Kineo
Warning - this is audio.
Leading the Transformation from Training to Learning (Feb 06)
CLOs aim to provide relevant, effective, efficient and measurable
learning to their audiences. They ensure that organizational
development goes beyond providing simple training to be a partner in
learning. Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
The Nexus of Learning - The Intersection of Formal and Informal
Education (Feb 06)
There are benefits and drawbacks to both structured learning and
unstructured, on-the-job training. Learning executives can help
bridge the gap with "in-the-job," experiential learning. Chief
Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
Certification - A New Industry Trend (Feb 06)
The ASTD Certification Institute is launching its Certified
Professional in Learning and Performance credential program this
summer—an event that is certain to lead to several important new
trends.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
Keeping Learners Engaged - Certifying and Supporting Online
Instructors (Feb 06)
Jeanne C. Meister continues her "In
conclusion" series with a look at
best practices in online instructor certification.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
Profiling a New Breed of Learning Executive (Feb 06)
Since the mid-1990s, the CLO title has
become more popular, if not yet ubiquitous. Perhaps more
importantly, the role and responsibilities of CLOs in an
organization have broadened in scope though not in purpose.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
Firing A Client (Feb 06)
Valentine’s Day
is a great day on which to terminate a long-term relationship that
has irretrievably gone sour. I just fired a client, and, as usual, I
am left with pangs of guilt mixed with a bittersweet sense of
liberation.
©TrainingZONE 17-Feb-06
Retiring Myths - Age-driven Employment Attrition (Feb 06)
Before we turn
to the myths – and there are a number we need to dispel – let’s lay
out some indisputable facts about the maturing workforce. The first
is that the workforce is indeed getting older. Workers over age 45
now constitute the largest segment of the industrialized world’s
workforce, and the number of workers age 55 or older is predicted to
double in the next decade.
TechLearn Newsletter,
©2006 Questex
Media Group
Missing Link? (Feb 06)
Aligning the training department with business goals is top priority
for 2006.
Training, ©2006 VNU Business
Media
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Selling and Marketing Education
I know the struggles that HR
executives face when trying to get their companies to adopt
e-learning. Here are 8 top ways to get what you want from top
management.
Learning and Training Innovations,
©2006 Questex
Media Group
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Learning Media
Rapid e-learning - what works (Nov 04)
This Macromedia-specific excerpt is from the Bersin study on the
tools, techniques and best practices for building e-learning
programs in weeks.
©2004 Bersin and
Associates
Rapid Training with Macromedia Breeze (Jun 05)
This Macromedia Solution Summary describes how Breeze can transfer
maximum knowledge in minimum time.
©2005 Macromedia
e-learning at light speed or just more flash in the pan? (Feb 06)
Do
you face an increasing challenge to publish your learning materials
more quickly, easily and cheaply than ever before? Rapid e-learning
(REL) promises to help non-learning specialists achieve these goals,
but is it really e-learning at the speed of light or little more
than a flash in the pan! Dr Tim Gibson, Redtray's learning solutions
director has a few wise words on this matter.
©2006 Redtray
"If Only I knew" Question and Answer (Jan 06)
E-learning professionals
talk about the good, and bad, of shifting to e-learning strategies
from traditional methods. Elearning! Winter 2006,
©2006 b2bmediaco
What do most e-learning designers get wrong - the experts weigh in
(Jan 06)
Much of today's
e-learning, experts say, looks like it did back in the early days,
with the exception of the fact that designers are taking advantage
of growing bandwidth and cheaper, easier-to-use authoring tools to
add "interactivity" to the old model.
Training,
©2006 VNU Business
Media
Blended Learning Strategies for Best Results (Jan 06)
The best blend for learning is often a combination of
approaches. Whether you start out instructor-led plus virtual
meetings or a little self-paced study, knowing what the goals are
before the learning begins is the way to achieve results.
Elearning!
Winter 2006,
©2006 b2bmediaco
Blended learning is the thing
(Jan 06)
Sometime only a combination of learning methods will do the job.
Clive Shepherd looks at the quest for better blends for better
learning.
© 2001 - 2005 The
Training Foundation
Ready or not, here comes podcasting (Jan 06)
Who knew that the handy little omnipresent gadget that comes in a
multitude of colors, is small enough to fit in your pocket, and yet
still allows the guy next to you on the train to listen to
annoyingly loud uploaded music, could be such a help to corporate
trainers? Though still not in widespread use as a training device,
the delivery of educational content via the Apple iPod, also known
as "podcasting," is catching on.
Training,
©2006 VNU Business
Media
The Pod People (Jan 06)
The people you see
strolling around with white headphones in their ears, listening to
data being pumped out of a device no larger then a deck of cards are
sauntering around in a world of their own, oblivious to everything
except for the 1s and 0s that are converted into a message tailored
to resound with the individual listener. I resisted the temptation
to join them. Finally, I was overcome. I am now a Pod Person, and I
now understand that the same device that has revolutionized the
music listening experience of its users will also have the same
impact on training as we know it.
Learning and Training Innovations,
©2006 Questex
Media Group, Inc
The top 10 keys to web conferencing success (Jan 06)
This PresenterNet white paper
describes 10 strategies that represent the top methods for making
online sessions interesting and engaging to audiences.
©2006
PresenterNet
Teaching Facts with Fun, Online Games (Feb 06)
Simple online games encourage the
Gamer Generation to stay engaged with e-learning.
Learning Circuits,
©2006 ASTD
Engaging Learners with Gaming and Simulation (Feb 06)
As technology advances, online learning is expanding to include more
interactive and immersive learning methods. Technology-enabled
simulations and games can help organizations reach higher levels of
effectiveness.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
Embedded learning - is it learning or is it work (Feb 06)
For many reasons, the age-old model of
"learn-then-do" is being replaced by a newer "learn-while-doing"
model. It’s all about embedding learning into the work process.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
IM 4 Learning (Feb 06)
While teens continue to be the largest
users of this real-time communication, instant messaging is making
its way into corporations. For workplace learning and performance
professionals, IM is an opportunity to increase their repertoire of
learning tools.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
Buyer Beware (Feb 06)
Shopping for an LMS can be difficult. Here's how to avoid buyer's
remorse.
Training,
©2006 VNU Business
Media
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Case Studies and Projects
Economics of Education - Lessons from Health Care (Feb 06)
The health-care industry present unique learning challenges,
including labor shortages, limited funding, increased competition
and efficiency issues. CLOs in this field have many lessons to offer
learning leaders working for industries of all kinds. Chief
Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
Case Study - Best Practices for the Corporate University (Feb 06)
This case study details how
Cognizant Academy is singularly focused on supporting its associates
who drive the performance of the IT Services firm.
©2006 Bersin and Associates
Turner Construction - The Business of Building Learning (Feb 06)
As senior vice
president of Turner Construction Company, James Mitnick is
responsible for educating 6,000 Turner employees and approximately
25,000 subcontractors. To further develop the company and reach
learners around the world, Mitnick helped engineer the Turner
Knowledge Network.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
Scotiabank - Cashing In on a Community of Learning (Feb 06)
With a variety
of banking services offered around the world, Scotiabank's nearly
50,000 employees rely on a decentralized learning model for
corporate education. A sense of community helps independent business
units leverage best practices and build impact throughout the
organization.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
L'Oreal - Selling Learning Internally (Feb 06)
Learning solutions do not necessarily have to be “sold” if
organizational learning and performance is aligned as a strategic
business partner.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
Cingular Wireless - Driving Alignment through Simulation (Feb 06)
It
was critical for the newly integrated workforce to understand and
align around the company’s three-year business goals and the answer
was a two-day simulation program.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
More Than Learning (Feb 06)
For Toyota, a learning management system enhances product
education and training.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
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Measuring Education Value
Linking Performance Systems to Learning Systems (Feb 06)
The assertion that "what gets measured,
improves" can drive many quality assurance programs. Measuring
whether learning affects employee productivity can be difficult to
do.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
Getting It Right - How to Learn from the Past (Feb 2006)
Learning and development must learn from its past mistakes if it is
to progress and deliver a return on investment. CLOs can deliver
improved results by addressing critical issues and adjusting courses.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec
Publishing
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Processes/Managing Costs/Outsourcing
21st Century IT - What Does Outsourcing Mean for You (Feb 06)
The US IT job market has been comparable to a
pendulum—swinging freely under the force of the economy and
technological advancements. However, as India and China steadily
climb the high-tech ladder, the U.S. IT job market continues to
narrow as talent competition grows. It is common knowledge that
offshoring and outsourcing are widespread in today’s IT industry—and
most importantly, that this trend is not expected to change any time
soon.
©2006
Certification Magazine, February 2006
The Baker's Dozen - Training and Development (Feb 06)
The top 13
providers of training and development outsourcing. HRO Today,
©2005 Outsourcing Today, LLC
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Instructor Topics
Rapid Instructional Design (Oct 99)
Rapid ID
encourages the use of templates and technology tools, but there is
more to it than this. The Thiagi Group have identified 10 strategies
which go to make up Rapid ID.
©1999, Workshops by Thiagi, Inc.
Who Has Time to Design? (Jan 06)
If you're a harassed trainer, or a trainer/instructional designer or
a trainer/HR administrator/instructional designer/chief learning
officer, you may have long since stopped thinking about the things
that take too much time—like instructional design (ID). After all,
when you've got courses to write, evaluations to create, subject
matter experts (SMEs) to shepherd and learners to please, you don't
have time to sit around and think about theories or perform
months-long analyses of every aspect of how, when and where to
train.
Training,
©2006 VNU Business
Media
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Education Administration
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
Certification portfolio - Alphabet soup, a guide to certifications
(Jan 06)
As certifications
have grown in importance, so has the number of programmes. And you
could be forgiven for thinking you need a degree in cryptology to
make sense of them. Barrie Charles provides a guide through the
acronym maze.
IT Training,
©2006 Haymarket
Professional Publications Ltd
Eliminate the Skills Gap (Feb 06)
How does an
organization know if it has a skills gap problem? What are the best
tools or indicators for organizations to use to assess their skills
gap? And, once an organization thinks it is on the road to solving
its skill shortages, how does it measure the outcome of its efforts?
Is it possible to re-tool an organization’s workers to be more
adaptable to change? Experts from both the private and public
sectors weigh in on this issue and what each sector should be doing
to address it.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
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