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News
Training Business News in Brief from TrainingZONE (Nov 06)
Industry News from IT Skills Research (Dec 06)
E-Learning Market Briefing from
Kineo (Dec 06)
The e-Learning Marketplace Update from Just Learn
(Dec 06)
IT Training Press Releases (Dec 06)
Grapevine Talk Radio Network Offers Free iPod Training from Makau in
January (Dec 26)
GeoLearning Ranked Among Top 500 U.S. Small Businesses (Dec 21)
Learning Tree International Launches RealityPlus (Dec 14)
KnowledgePlanet Announces Next Generation of On-Demand Learning
Suite (Dec 12)
Survey - Companies See LMS Consolidation as Way to Centralize
Learner Data (Dec 6)
Survey - Few Employees Turn to Boss for Advice (Dec 5)
Oracle Product Achieves SCORM Version 1.2 Certification (Dec 5)
Office of Personnel Management Leverages GeoLearning Blended
Learning Suite (Dec 5)
Survey - Half of Employers to Hike Supervisory, Executive Training
in 2007 (Dec 5)
WebEx and GeoLearning Target Learning Management Systems Market (Dec
4)
Planet Productions Creates Scenario-Based E-Learning Program (Dec 4)
Meridian's LMS Supports Advanced Distributed Learning Service (Dec
4)
Learn.Com Releases Mentor for Windows Vista (Dec 1)
Horizon Wimba Closes $10M Equity Financing Led by Tudor Ventures
(Dec 1)
New Twist on Children's Game Turns Mouse Trap into Adult Learning
Tool (Nov 30)
VTN Continues Expansion with New U.K. Office (Nov 30)
Study - Middle Managers Lack Leadership Skills (Nov 28)
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Reviews and Current Trends
2006 Industry Report from Training (Dec 06)
Get insider facts, figures and analysis on the training and HR
industries with Training's annual survey.
Training Magazine,
©2006 VNU Business Media
Investing in Learning
- Looking for Performance (Dec 06)
According to the soon-to-be-released
2006 ASTD State of
the Industry, $109.25
billion is spent annually on workplace learning and performance.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
How to Measure the Corporate Training Industry (Dec 06)
Perhaps you received, as I recently did, the December issues of two
prominent industry publications, T+D and Training
magazines. If so, you probably noticed that the cover stories for
both magazines featured respective annual research reports that
estimate the amount spent by U.S. organizations on workplace
training and development during the preceding year.
©2006
Training Industry, Inc.
Training's
Editors' Picks Awards (Dec 06)
The
editors of Training magazine showcased the best of the best
at the Training Solutions Conference and Expo in Denver in October.
We asked companies to submit best practices in a variety of areas,
and then we selected the top programs. The 15 winners shared their
secrets with attendees first in a general session, then on a more
individual basis at a reception later in the day. This is a brief
recap of each of the category winners.
Training Magazine,
©2006 VNU Business Media
The US Market for Self-paced e-Learning Products and Services:
2006-2011 Forecast and Analysis (Jun 06)
Open Source solutions like Moodle, competition and inexpensive
hosted services are among the factors cited for falling prices in
the report from Ambient Insight, which focuses on the US market.
Ambient Insight says the e-learning industry has begun to grow again
after several years of stagnation and is now worth $10 billion.
©2006 Ambient Insight
Workplace Trends and Leadership Resolutions for 2007
(Dec 06)
Organizations must continue to focus on
growing global operating capabilities, requiring the workforce to
learn and perform without walls.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
What is Your Vision for the Training Industry? (Dec 06)
What is your vision for the training industry? While I hope you find
my vision interesting, perspectives can differ and are often
relative. Some of you are standing on a mountain above the clouds,
and others are still walking up the mountain through the fog.
Similarly, what’s new for one person in his or her vision for
training might be yesterday’s news to another. I would like to know
how far ahead you can see from your perspective.
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Global Integration of
Learning Evolves (Dec 06)
It is clear from an ASTD-Raytheon
Professional Services survey that learning integration is in its
infancy.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
Reflections on SkillSoft’s Acquisition of NETg (Oct 06)
On October 26, SkillSoft announced the acquisition of rival NETg,
creating a single company with dominant market share in online IT
and soft skills training, online references, and a variety of other
professional training resources and supporting technologies. This
acquisition will ultimately impact every buyer and supplier in the
corporate learning market.
©2006 Bersin and Associates
Skillsoft, NETg Need to Migrate Tools, Customers (Dec 06)
In a deal sealed for approximately $285 million, Nashua, NH-based
SkillSoft, a provider of content resources and complementary
technologies, acquired on-demand learning provider NETg on Oct. 25,
a subsidiary of Stamford, CT.-based The Thompson Corp. That was the
easy part. Now, the two companies will begin the process of pooling
their resources to create better products.
Training Magazine,
©2006 VNU Business Media
Prosperity for all in the global economy - world class skills (Dec
06)
Review and
Full Report
This UK Government report
examines the UK's long-term skills needs. It recommends that
the UK commits to a new vision - to become a world leader in skills
by 2020. ©Training Reference 2003-2006 (Summary) and ©Crown
Copyright 2006 (Final Report)
Wanted: CFOs With Communications Skills (Dec 06)
With increasing scrutiny on company finances, accountants must be
able to explain to their colleagues what all the numbers mean in
layman's terms.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
Training Designers Use Gaming to Entice Kids into Professional World
(Dec 06)
With declining interest in math and science among kids these days —
and with it, a declining interest in accounting — many training
designers and their clients are searching for ways to build a
consistent stable of new employees over the next decade.
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
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Training
Manager/Director Development
Trainers Need Learning Too (Dec 06)
The way new hires are trained can
determine how quickly they adapt to their new work environment and
how productive they become. How well leaders are trained can
determine the level of success an organization achieves. Because
productivity and financial achievement rely on high-quality
training, corporations need their trainers to be the best they can
be. To ensure this high standard is met, many companies opt to
enroll their learning leaders in train-the-trainer programs.
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Motivational Tools for Non-charismatic Leaders (Dec 06)
ASTD Links,
© 2006 ASTD
Will Companies Ever Learn?
(Dec 06)
If you think about learning as a capability, you can see the factors
that go together to make learning a corporate priority.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Building Bridges: Lessons in Working with Business
Units
(Dec 06)
When working with business unites, the main function of the learning
department is to best serve the needs of learners and the overall
organization. To accomplish this, many learning organizations employ
one of three strategies: centralized learning, decentralized
learning, and hub-and-spoke learning.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Learners as Co-Innovators (Dec 06)
Open source innovation is moving beyond the consumer world to the
high technology arena.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
From Millstones to Milestones (Dec 06)
Hanif Sazen shows you how to write plans for learning projects that
win commitment and achieve results.
Inside Learning
Technologies Magazine,
©2006 Principal
Media Ltd
Behavioral Assessments: Evaluating Potential New Hires (Dec 06)
For a prospective employee, hearing the
expression “behavioral assessment” during the hiring process can be
scary. Often, people’s habits and manners are so ingrained, it’s
nearly impossible to comprehend what the result would be, which
creates a fear of behavioral assessment. According to the Harvard
Business Review, however, 61 percent of new employees at companies
that use behavioral assessment tools become top performers within 14
months versus just 7 percent of new hires who were hired by
companies that did not use such tools.
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
How to Find IT Training Consultants - the Shortlist (Dec 06)
Whether it’s a 3am emergency or a
routine year end check up, companies often find themselves in the
market for additional consultants. A simple Google search can turn
into hours of weeding through infinite lists of consultants, not
knowing who to trust.
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
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Selling and Marketing
Education
Selling T&D in the Organization (Dec 06)
ASTD Links,
©2006 ASTD
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Learning Media and Methods
Rapid E-Learning Grows Up (Dec 06)
LC Express,
©2006 ASTD
Engage Rapid e-Learning (Dec 06)
In our experience, there
are some key e-learning interactions you want to produce time and
time again. These include FAQs, Glossaries, Timelines etc which
usually entail some bespoke development. Wouldn’t it be great if you
could create these simply and quickly with a rapid authoring tool?
That’s Articulate’s thought too. Their new tool
Engage
allows you to do just that.
©2006 Kineo.co.uk
Affordance in E-Learning (Dec 06)
LC Express,
© 2006 ASTD
Seven Steps to Better E-learning (Dec 06)
Why do so many
online courses seem to fall short when it comes to real-world
application of learners' newly acquired skills? According to regular
eLearn Magazine contributor Clark Quinn, it's because we
seldom focus on what we actually know about how people retain and
apply practical knowledge. For this article Quinn has distilled the
basics down to seven areas of emphasis that can be used to generate
uniquely effective e-learning.
eLearn
Magazine,
©2006
ACM
Beyond E-Learning - an Interview with Marc Rosenberg (Dec 06)
Karl Kapp talks to Marc
Rosenberg about his new book.
©2002-2006 e-LearningGuru.com
Writing Culturally Generic Online Lessons (Dec 06)
"Is there a way to write online lessons for a global audience so
that the lessons do not look and feel like authors from a particular
country or culture wrote them? My department will soon begin writing
simulation training for a global audience, and we do not want to
offend or confuse any of our learners. I am interested in tips,
techniques, best practices, and so forth that will help our team of
instructional designers in this endeavor." Here are some
more answers.
Online Learning News and Reviews,
©2006 VNU Business Media
Corporate Compliance: Learning’s Mission-Critical Role (Dec 06)
Historically, only highly regulated industries such as health care
and utilities had stringent compliance requirements for learning
management. Today, these requirements touch nearly every industry.
With corporate compliance growing in scope and impact, CLOs need to
find ways to leverage their learning management systems to meet
ever-changing - and increasing - regulatory mandates.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Why Wiki? (Dec 06)
Wikis encourage
collaboration, and collaboration is the secret sauce (sic!) of
innovation and effectiveness.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Don’t Get Blogged Down: Blogging in the USA (Nov 06)
Once the stomping
grounds of the radically political or celebrity obsessed, the blog
has proved useful for companies to diversify training and increase
communication.
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Blogging to Learn and Learning to Blog (Dec 06)
Most learning in
organizations is informal, yet the majority of learning dollars are
spent on formal courses. If organizations are going to successfully
transfer knowledge between employees, they must tap into informal
learning. One approach that has been used successfully is the
corporate blog.
eLearn Magazine,
©2006 ACM
Mobile Learning is on the Move (Dec 06)
Clive Shepherd looks at m-learning and the potential benefits the
new wave of technology can bring to the process of learning.
Inside Learning
Technologies Magazine,
©2006 Principal
Media Ltd
Learning Tools: New Tricks for Non-Technical Learners
(Dec 06)
Blended learning can be a no-brainer for many companies: It's fast,
flexible and often affordable. However, blended learning also can
prove to be a difficult method for some non-technical learners. To
increase effectiveness, blended learning should be both practical
and usable.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
LMS Consolidation Survey Results (Nov 06)
The third survey in the
Training Challenges Survey Series, conducted by Expertus and
TrainingOutsourcing.com, focused on LMS consolidation – defined as
the tendency of organizations using more than one learning
management system to standardize on a single system.
©2006 Expertus/TrainingOutsourcing.com
What You Still
Need to Know About LMSes (Dec 06)
Facts and figures on learning management systems in the workplace.
Training Magazine,
©2006 VNU Business Media
eBooks on LMS Selection, Implementation, and
Management
The eLearningGuild just
published three eBooks that include more than 1,000 tips from your
industry colleagues on the selection, implementation, and management
of LMS and LCMS systems,
©2006 eLearningGuild 2005-2006:
382 Tips on the Selection of an LMS or LCMS (Dec 06)
This is an awesome
collection of tips from hundreds of your professional colleagues.
These tips will help you navigate the LMS minefield, streamline your
selection process, and help you save money! Nowhere will you find a
more comprehensive set of tips that you can use to improve your LMS
and LCMS selection efforts.
339 Tips on the Implementation of an LMS or LCMS (Nov 06)
This is an amazing
collection of tips from hundreds of your professional colleagues.
Nowhere will you find a more comprehensive set of tips that you can
use to improve your LMS and LCMS implementation efforts.
311 Tips on the Management of an LMS or LCMS (Dec 06)
This is an incredible
collection of tips from hundreds of your professional colleagues.
Why reinvent the wheel when you can learn from these tips on the
management of your LMS or LCMS system! Nowhere will you find a more
comprehensive set of tips that you can use to improve your LMS and
LCMS management efforts.
There is
also the companion volume which has appeared previously:
834 Tips for Successful Online Instruction (Dec 05)
This is a wonderful
collection of tips from 336 of your professional colleagues. Nowhere
will you find a more comprehensive set of tips that you can use to
improve your knowledge and skills in online instruction.
Five Lessons on Delivering Information Through "Webinar" Technology
(Dec 06)
Many
types of organizations are making presentations, as well as
associations who require members to take continuing education or
offer seminars are turning to web delivery of training as a way to
reduce participant costs, reduce meeting costs and offer more
courses that are of interest to the members. Here are some lessons
learned from experiences of running web based training as public
courses and association hosted events.
PresentationXpert Newsletter,
©2006 David Paradi
Serious Games – Fad or Opportunity? (Oct 06)
The subject of serious games in learning
seems to be everywhere at the moment.
Inside Learning
Technologies Magazine,
© Principal Media
Ltd 2006
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Case Studies and Projects
Best Practices in Channel and Customer Training (Oct 06)
This case study examines how a leading supplier of enterprise
information system solutions delivers customer training through a
variety of free and pay-for-service models, allowing the company to
offer a three-tier remote learning program.
©2006 Bersin and Associates
Crediting MasterCard Learning with Business Success (Dec 06)
When Rebecca Ray became the senior vice president of global learning
and organizational development at MasterCard Worldwide in 2005, she
brought with her a diverse career ranging from high school education
to consulting to Wall Street. This diversity helped Ray as she
navigated MasterCard's "RoadMap to the Future."
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Virtual Sales Training Scores a Hit (Dec 06)
Global Crossing found a creative training solution for its
salespeople.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
Airline Soars with New E-learning Environment (Dec 06)
NetDimensions creates an innovative online learning module.
T+D Magazine,
©2006 ASTD
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Measuring Education Value
Ten Tactics for Highly Effective Evaluators (Dec 06)
ASTD Links,
©
2006 ASTD
What the Numbers Say (Dec 06)
Measurement means numbers, yet there are many learning
professionals who would rather change careers than deal with these
pesky digits. But you don't need to be a mathematician to be
successful in a world of numbers - it's not about how to "do" the
numbers but rather knowing what they say.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Measuring the Impact of Informal Learning (Dec 06)
While the
importance of informal training is widely recognised, methods for
measuring its impact are far from established. Dawn Smith looks at
the challenges involved in evaluating informal learning in the
workplace.
©2006
TrainingZONE
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
E-Learning Outsourcing: Go with Your Eyes Wide Open
(Jan 07)
Outsourcing design and development of e-learning has become a key
strategic initiative for many organizations because of the obvious
benefits of receiving specialized services. But how do you select
the "right" outsourcing partner when there are so many options?
CLOmedia.com,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
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Training Professional
Topics
Interactive Whiteboards Make Storing, Sending Data a Breeze (Nov 06)
There’s something satisfying about
working with whiteboards. The smell of the pens, the easy cleanup
and the pretty colors all make these alabaster beauties a joy to
use. Yet, their surfaces are limited, and once diagrams and
annotations have covered every last inch, frustrated users have only
one choice: to pause and write down all the data by hand.
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Prepare Any Presentation in Ten Minutes (Dec 06)
Over the years we have coached people throughout the world to be
their best in front of an audience and to get people to take action
when they talk. The number one challenge we have discovered links
back to the lack of preparation due to pain avoidance or plain old
procrastination. In response, we created a way to help our clients
streamline the preparation of any presentation whether it be long or
short.
©2006 Presentation-Pointers.com
5 Easy Steps to Bring Your Presentation to Life (Dec 06)
Business people are perpetually faced with the challenge of one of
life's greatest burdens: presenting number slides without numbing
their audiences into a soporific stupor. This narcoleptic effect is
the result of four common missteps perpetrated by most presenters.
©2006 Presentations.com
The 7 Basic Rules of Proper Presentation Design (Dec 06)
This article explains the rules of presentation visual design that,
if heeded, will almost always assure that your audiences will be
able to follow your ideas every step of the way. Of course, you must
keep in mind that visual design is only one-third of the package
required for a successful presentation, the other two being content
and delivery. Like a fine dining experience that requires equal
parts food, service and atmosphere to really work, the visual design
part of the presentation process is every bit as necessary as the
others to achieve the desired result – in this case, true knowledge
transfer.
©2006 articledashboard.com
For Adults Only (Dec 06)
I recently talked with a friend who is a secondary education school
teacher by trade and an outstanding instructional designer in a
Fortune 500 company by profession. The conversation centered on
choices he had made during his career. He had graduated from college
at a time when there were few teaching jobs available and instead of
holding out for a teaching job, he moved into industry and began
what turned out to be a 40-year career in corporate America...
Training Prism,
©2006 Media Tec Publishing Inc
New Year’s Resolutions for Smart Consultants (Jan 07)
Each time the New Year rolls around, I’m reminded, none too gently,
of last year’s resolutions, half of which never made it past the
paper on which they were written.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Web 2.0 - What it means for you (Jan 07)
A near-deafening
buzz surrounds Web 2.0 these days, but it's difficult to determine
whether it's a legitimate concept or just a categorization of Web
services. What are the implications of Web 2.0 for IT professionals?
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing Inc
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Education Administration
No articles this month.
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
Digital Technologies and Dishonesty in Examinations and Tests (Dec
06)
This 26-page report
reviews the problems of cheating and suggests a number of methods to
curb cheating including biometric identification verification
equipment and even cell phone signal blocking devices.
©2006
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
The In-Demand Skills for IT Pros (Jan 07)
For job seekers and individuals looking to get ahead in IT, one
question always seems to be top of mind: What skill sets do
employers value most in today’s market?
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Hot Jobs & Skills for 2007 (Jan 07)
The beginning of a new year is a good time to take stock of your
industry and place within it. Find out which skills and niches
likely will reach a boiling point in '07 and which might melt away
by spring.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Microsoft Updates - Vista, Office and Exchange Exams and
Certifications (Jan 07)
As Microsoft gears
up to release Vista in late January, Microsoft Learning has been
busy preparing certifications and exams for the new operating
system. Find out how the folks in Redmond, Wash., are planning to
incorporate the release into its certification programs.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing Inc
SANS GIAC - Real-World Expertise Security Professionals (Jan 07)
SANS Institute's
Global Information Assurance Certification takes care to test the
most important skills necessary for protecting computers and
networks. Learn how this certification carefully sets priorities in
security.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing Inc
CRM Specialists - Building Relationships and Bottom Lines (Jan 07)
The phrase
“customer relationship management” (CRM) refers to the myriad
interactions between organizations and their customers in sales,
marketing, support and other areas. Through the solutions they’ve
developed, IT professionals who specialize in CRM have virtually
elevated it to a science.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing Inc
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