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News
Quick News Digest from IT Skills Research
(Jul 07)
Industry News from IT Skills Research
(Jul 07)
IT Training Press Releases (Jul 07)
Industry News Headlines from CLOmedia (Jul 07)
E-Learning Market Briefing from
Kineo (Jul 07)
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Reviews and Current Trends
Magic Quadrant for E-Learning Suites 2006 (Sep 06)
This market
is evolving rapidly as vendors continue to merge and the
functionality of e-learning software improves. Both factors are
crucial for corporate adoption of e-learning suites.
©2006 Gartner.
Bersin and Associates Learning Leaders 2006 (Jun 07)
The report includes insight and common best practices for five
categories from the Bersin & Associates analyst team, followed by
profiles of each of the 2006 winners.
©2007
Bersin & Associates
Waves of Innovation - From Open Source to Open Learning (Jul 07)
Learning
Circuits,
©2007 ASTD
Blended Delivery - Mixing Modalities (Jul 07)
Today, blended learning refers to the range of delivery options
available to learning professionals, including classroom-based,
instructor-led training; synchronous or asynchronous e-learning;
portable technologies and on-the-job training. With so many
alternatives available, how do CLOs determine the best mix?
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Senior Managers Absent From Training Table (Jul 07)
A recent survey
indicates that senior managers receive less training than their
colleagues.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
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Training
Manager/Director Development
The CEO-CLO Partnership - Making the Most of the Learning Agenda
(Jul 07)
What if you worked for
a CEO who felt the key to organizational effectiveness and
financial viability is determined by the learning organization?
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
The New Knowledge Worker - Enabling the Next Generation (Jul 07)
In many learning
programs, the sheer amount of information has grown to a level
most learners never could internalize or apply.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Seven Best Practices CLOs Must Master (Jul 07)
As the CLO's role has evolved, the expectations of learning
leaders have grown, as well. Despite this growth, CLOs need to
keep a close watch on their basic competencies. To achieve and
maintain success, CLOs must master seven best practices.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Identifying Business Issues with "Wishful Thinking" (Jul 07)
It's a no-brainer. In order to
improve an organization's performance, the performance of the
workers who make up that organization must first be improved.
Typically organizations address improving the performance of their
workers by providing them with training programs. The simple
mathematics of business however dictates that if the cost to
improve the performance (of the workers) is more than the
financial benefit of the improvement itself, then the cost of the
improvement cannot be justified.
©2007
Training Industry
Onboarding for the Net Generation (Jul 07)
Net Geners bring an
interactive ethos to the workplace and increasingly demand
creativity, social connectivity, speed, openness, playfulness and
instant access to answer job-related questions.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
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Selling and Marketing
Education
No articles this month.
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Learning Methods and Media
Five Approaches to Collaborative Learning (Jul 07)
Rather than just consumption of content, networked learning allows
learners to collaboratively share, change and create their learning
experiences.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Insights for Creating a Channel Strategy for Blended Learning (Jun
07)
Celia Richardson provides some key insights for creating a channel
strategy for blended learning.
©2007 Learning Light Limited
The Instructional Design of Learning Objects (Jul 07)
Learning objects have
been a topic of interest for several years, but until now it has
been difficult to locate information about a systematic learning
object development process. Designers face the task of coordinating
a considerable effort when they undertake a project that involves
object production. This is especially true when the project also
requires re-use of existing materials and content. This article
solves that problem, with a comprehensive ten-step process that you
can put to work immediately.
©2007
The eLearning Guild
When Information Technology and Instructional Design Meet (Jul 07)
It seems there are so many places in e-Learning development
where learning strategy and information technology run headlong into
each other that it is impossible to keep track of all the issues. In
this week’s article, the author has outlined the major problem areas
and suggests ways to deal with them or work around them. This is
another practical guide that you will want to have handy for
reference by your designers!
©2007
The eLearning Guild
A World of Differences - Train and Maintain Your Global Workforce
(Jul 07)
To improve workforce connections, reduce global turnover and
increase efficiency across the organization, localized and globally
consistent employee training is necessary. It also can increase the
productivity of a successful business.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Learning Portals: Supporting Corporate Objectives (Jul 07)
In today's Web-savvy world, the technology to develop user control
offers the best opportunity for improved learning and productivity.
That's a far cry from the prevailing approach of only a few years
ago, and it says much about how we have evolved from intranets to
portals.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Review - WebEx Training Center (Jul 07)
As of 2006,
WebEx was estimated to own at least 50 percent of the virtual
meeting and training market. That is greater than the 30 percent
combined share of the large telecommunications companies that offer
synchronous services. All other entrants in the market are fighting
for the remaining 20 percent.
©2007,
Training Media
Review
Understanding E-Learning 2.0 (Jul 07)
Learning Circuits,
©2007 ASTD
It's Time to Drop
E-Learning (Jul 07)
For some,
e-learning is only now coming into its own. For others, the word
smacks of an obsession with technology. Donald H Taylor argues that
it’s time to drop the ‘e’ and start concentrating on the ‘learning’.©2007
TrainingZONE
ReadyGo Course Builder - Review (Jul 07)
This article describes
one of the better-known rapid development applications, and one
user’s experience in creating an important online tutorial for a
State Library.
©2007
The eLearning Guild
Experience Builders - Simulation tool (Jul 07)
For many of us in
e-learning, creating rich and immersive simulations that apply a
true learn-by-doing model is the Holy Grail. But can that be done in
rapid e-learning, or is it too complex and time consuming? Here’s an
authoring tool that seems to bring simulation development into the
rapid space: Experience Builder. It’s got a simulation design-driven
approach which appeals to the likes of us.
©2007 Kineo.co.uk
What's in a name for your LMS? (Jul 07)
“How to name a course”
is one of those seemingly trivial topics, until you implement a LMS
for a large organization and discover that your old names create
issues for users and administrators. This article provides a
systematic way to designate courses across multiple departments,
subsidiaries, and bureaus.
©2007
The eLearning Guild
Engaging Mini-Games Find Niche in Training (Jul 07)It's
Time to Drop E-Learning (Jul 07)
Quick, interactive simulations are meeting the training needs of
businesses.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
Podcasting for Learning (Jul 07)
Our challenge is to
design, create and deploy podcasts that are authentic and valued
learning assets.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
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Case Studies and Projects
Rubbermaid - An Airtight Container of Learning (Jul 07)
Over the past year, Newell Rubbermaid has grown into a $6
billion-a-year, global enterprise. But with that growth comes
increased learning challenges. It's up to Mike Perkins, e-learning
manager for the Newell Rubbermaid-Rubbermaid/IRWIN Group, to develop
e-learning initiatives for the company's 28,000 employees.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
The Company that Teaches Together Performs Together (Jul 07)
Believing that they can learn something
from each other, employees at McCormick & Company embody a teaching
organization.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
Royal Bank of Canada rolls out training across the globe (Jul 07)
RBC saved $2M by rolling
out an LMS that delivers learning to 69,000 employees worldwide.
©2007 Plateau
Leveraging the Learning Space (Jul 07)
Steelcase University has put many years and significant
resources into researching how space enhances learning.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
OnRamp to Success at Network Appliance (Jul 07)
Good talent is hard to find, but it’s even more difficult to
assimilate new hires into the corporate culture.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
An MBA for IT - Fusing Business and Technology at Rollins (Aug 07)
Most businesses today say they need IT professionals who possess
business acumen. At Rollins Inc., however, business skills aren’t a
preference — they’re a requirement. To work for the pest-control
company, techies must have experience managing people, customers,
finances and business projects.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing
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Measuring Education Value
Linking Learning Strategy to the Balanced Score Card (Jul 07)
Initially introduced in the early 1990s as a way to help companies
translate their corporate mission to all levels of an organization,
the balanced score card has evolved into a strategic change
management and performance measurement process.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Crossing the Great Training Divide - Program Development and Four
Level Evaluation (Jul 07)
Even today, more often
than not, training departments are seen as replaceable or, worse,
unnecessary—and who can blame "them?"
Training Magazine,
©2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
Neutral Gear (Jul 07)
A
new white paper from Global Knowledge challenges the claim that
neutrality enables managed training services providers to deliver
greater benefits to customers.
©2007 Global
Knowledge
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Training Professional
Topics
Creating Custom Shows in PowerPoint is the Way to Go (Jul 07)
If you were
to poll 20 experts in PowerPoint usage, it is likely that exactly
none of them would list the topic of custom shows as among the
most vital. And that is the beauty of writing a book that is
designed to be uneven: I can indulge in the arcane and burrow into
the obscure.
©2007 Rick Altman
7 Secrets to Psych Yourself Out of Pre-Presentation Jitters (Jul
07)
Excuse
Stage fright often begins long before a performer takes the stage.
For most of us, the condition sets in the moment we accept an
invitation to make a presentation. And generally, the longer we
have to anticipate the event, the more prolonged and severe the
symptoms.
©2007
Dianna
Booher
Building A Foundation for Your Presentations (Jul 07)
There are
some basics you need to think about before you give any
presentation. Whether it is five minutes long in front of five
people or an hour long in front of two thousands conference
attendees, the acronym WEB DASH will serve as a speech creation
system and is a useful starting point for every presentation.
©2007
TJ Walker
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Education Administration
No
articles this month.
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
The Art of Test Creation (Jul 07)
To create tests that are fair to both the individual and the
organization, there are five general rules to follow.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
Up-to-Date - Earning the Certs the Market Demands (Aug 07)
Certification is an excellent way to enhance your skills and
employability, but although everyone wants to move ahead, many lack
direction. Which certifications should be pursued to achieve the
best return on your investment in time and money?
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing
Building Business - IBM’s Service-Oriented Architecture
Certification (Aug 07)
Service-oriented architecture is a business-centric IT architectural
approach that’s gaining importance within the field. To meet this
increasing demand, IBM offers a series of certifications that help
IT professionals learn the critical skills required to implement SOA.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing
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