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News
Quick News Digest from IT Skills Research
(Aug 07)
Industry News from IT Skills Research
(Aug 07)
IT Training Press Releases (Aug 07)
Industry News Headlines from CLOmedia (Aug 07)
E-Learning Market Briefing from
Kineo (Aug 07)
Market Monitor 2007 Q2 (from IT Skills Research) -
Aug 07
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Reviews and Current Trends
Expertus Surveys - Summary Report (Jul 07)
In case you missed the
individual summaries, here is the compendium of all six surveys:
Learning Measurement, Training Administration, Channel Partner
Training, LMS Consolidation, Global Training, and LMS
Implementation.
©2007 Expertus
Low-Cost and Free Training Resources (Aug 07)
It is costly, both in
terms of time and money, to create your own training courses. But
very often, you don't need to do so. Free and low-cost training
resources abound in your backyard, if you just know where to look.
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
CLOs Ponder Critical Business Challenges (Aug 07)
Four learning executives discussed talent management and how it’s
widening the skills gap as well as the importance of demonstrating
the value of learning to senior leaders at Sharing@LearnShare
conference in Toledo, Ohio
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
The Emergence of Talent-Driven Learning (Aug 07)
Talent-driven learning
is not new, but it is more urgent and critical than ever before.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
The New Corporate University - Global Impact on Learning and
Development (Aug 07)
As companies become increasingly globalized, a new form of corporate
university has emerged. Multilingual, always available and fully
integrated, this new institution combines formal and informal
learning, development, performance management and performance
support.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Web 2.0 Meets the New-Age Professional (Aug 07)
In this Web 2.0 world,
everyone is a subject-matter expert and contributes their knowledge
and experiences to further their own development.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
360 Report - Mobile Learning (Aug 07)
Mobile technologies are having a profound global impact on business,
education, and culture. As an e-Learning professional you must
consider the learning possibilities made available by mobile
devices. Your e-Learning strategy may not require it now, or even
soon, but m-Learning is quickly becoming a reality that business,
government, and education cannot ignore. Mobile Learning, or
m-Learning, is moving beyond the innovation stage and into full
implementation among corporate, education, and government
institutions. This 360o Report
based on survey results
from 940 e-Learning professionals,
reveals that 66% of respondents are actively researching m-Learning
initiatives and that 9% have actually implemented m-Learning in
their organizations.
©2007
The eLearning Guild
What things cost (Aug 07)
Retaining Vs. Recruiting.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
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Training
Manager/Director Development
Compliance Training - Check the Box or Buckle Up? (Aug 07)
As new corporate laws spring up at a steady clip, it's easy for
companies to complete compliance training as quickly as possible,
with little thought given to its intent. It's up to learning
leaders to ensure compliance isn't a charade but an important,
behavior-changing process.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
What's in your budget (Aug 07)
How can you create a
budget that spends wisely and earns the approval of those who review
it? Use the numbers to tell a story.
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
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Selling and Marketing
Education
8 Ways to Get Smart(er) about eMail Marketing (Aug 07)
I hate the word
“blast” when it’s used by so-called sales and marketing
professionals referring to e-mail marketing. ©2007
TrainingOutsourcing.com
Webinars - 3 Steps to Success (Aug 07)
Gone are the days of
relying on printed advertisements as the primary driver for new
business. Instead, marketers, business leaders and tech-savvy
professionals are turning to webinars and online programs to
generate leads and extend their reach.
©2007 TrainingOutsourcing.com
Internet Advertising - 6 keys to high ROI (Aug 07)
Before extolling
the virtues of Internet Advertising it’s important to understand
what it is and what it isn’t. It’s not search engine optimization,
or search engine paid placements – and it’s not e-mail marketing.
It’s also not a website. Internet Advertising specifically refers
to the use of banner ads, e-mail newsletter sponsorships, text
ads, e-mail blasts to rented lists and other
exposure
opportunities offered by the very same publishers who sell offline
advertising.
©2007 TrainingOutsourcing.com
How to Decrease the High Cost of Sales People (Aug 07)
Sales people are
expensive—good ones and bad ones. Maybe it's easy to overlook for
organizations churning out record sales numbers—but what about
everyone else that markets to corporate training? Some costs can
be avoided. Beyond salary, commission and benefits, there are
additional expenses you incur that come from inefficiencies.
We can illustrate this by exploring
the Return-on-Investment (ROI) associated with avoiding the top
prospecting productivity killer.
©2007 TrainingOutsourcing.com
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Learning Methods and Media
Creating a Comprehensive Learning Architecture (Aug 07)
We live in a world in a
constant state of change: The way the world works is changing.
Competition is changing. Technology is changing. Work is changing.
And the workforce itself is changing.
The key to success is leveraging the best of the "old" and the
"new."
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
Sample a Smidgen of Informal Learning (Aug 07)
Informal learning is not
an either-or proposition. Companies can ease into informal and Web
2.0 learning incrementally.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Social Networking Applications, Learner Roadmaps, and Rapid
Simulations (Aug 07)
Find out what's new in
social software then learn how to provide students with a course
roadmap that will keep them on track. And if you need to create
software simulations in a hurry, be sure to read the third article!
©2007
The eLearning Guild
Dynamic Content - Connecting Performance and Learning (Aug 07)
What is dynamic content?
What role does dynamic content play in developing more effective
strategies to tackle performance problems in organizations?
Learning Circuits,
©2007 ASTD
Meeting Training and Learning Challenges with Reusable Learning
Objects (Aug 07)
After almost ten years
of discussion, modular e-Learning based on learning objects is
coming into wider acceptance and use. This article offers insights
into why and how companies are using learning objects to deliver
instruction, performance support, and reference information to
employees across languages, cultures, and continents.
©2007
The eLearning Guild
Content Design, Methods, and Tools for Learning Object-based
e-Learning (Aug 07)
As an instructional
designer, you may find yourself challenged to create e-Learning
based on learning objects that support problem-based learning, and
do so in a way that makes the content reusable. Do you know where to
start? Do you have the right tools? Is the whole idea new to you?
Here, an expert walks you through everything you need to know to
begin dealing with these challenges.
©2007
The eLearning Guild
On-Target and On-Time (Aug 07)
Relatively few projects
in e-learning course development end up complete failures. But
anyone familiar with Murphy's Law will know that whatever can go
wrong will, especially in any area that couples technology and
instruction. So, her are 18
pitfalls to avoid when project managing e-course development.
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
Implementing E-Learning the Right Way (Aug 07)
Great design, great content, the right tools, even great technology
are necessary components of your e-learning program. But they are
not sufficient to ensure your success, whether you focus on them
separately or together. Your success depends on your ability to
engage your learners, motivate your managers, and energize your
organization.
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
Don't Forget the Web (Aug 07)
Web-based training eases the learning curve and enables users to get
the most from their customer relationship management solution.
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
Font Frustration (Aug 07)
A reader's department is currently establishing documented
development guidelines for e-learning. His team has decided to use
10-point san serif font faces as its standard. Still, questions
remain: "What guidelines have other readers established regarding
when and when not to use bold, italicize, underline, and so forth?
Also, what are others' guidelines for when and when not to enlarge
font size?"
Online Learning News and Reviews,
©2007 VNU Business Media
Rapid E-Learning 101 (Jul 07)
This brings you up-to-speed with some basic
ideas about rapid e-learning and how to get your project off the
ground.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2007 Creative Commons
5 Myths About Rapid E-Learning (Jul 07)
Here are the common misconceptions about rapid
e-learning development plus ways that this approach to learning can
help you do a great job and get the results you want.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2007 Creative Commons
Sustaining performance in rapid e-learning (Jun 06)
This guide looks at some practical
steps you can take and tools you can use to ensure that your efforts
in defining, designing and developing rapid e-learning translates
into sustained learner performance.
©2007 Kineo.co.uk
Your E-Learning Success Depends on These 7 Questions (Aug 07)
Many times you get projects where the customer has already
determined what she wants. If the customer’s right, this is good and
saves a lot of time. However, if the customer’s wrong, then you have
a problem. You’ll waste time and money, and probably not meet
anyone’s goals. Make sure your customer gets what she really wants
versus what she think she wants.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2007 Creative Commons
Insider's Guide To Becoming A Rapid E-Learning Pro (Aug 07)
One
of the great benefits of rapid e-learning is the ability to create
e-learning courses much faster and easier than ever before. However,
going faster and making your job easier are not the only
considerations. Find out more here.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2007 Creative Commons
Rapid E-Learning Revisited - the Need for a Learning Architecture
(Sep 07)
Because rapid e-learning courses are now so simple
and inexpensive to produce, it's more important than ever to have a
defined learning architecture that guides your team on which tools
to use for different learning applications. In order to keep content
development consistent and efficient, a learning architecture should
also guide developers on the formats, features, and types of
delivery to use for various learning projects.
©2007
Bersin & Associates
Grand Designs for (rapid) e-Learning (May-Jun 07)
Can
rapid e-Learning make the grade for the biggest corporates.
© 2007 Human Capital management
Virtual workplaces - real learning (Jul-Aug 07)
As
e-Learning simulations become a realistic option for HR Departments
to consider, they have the power to revolutionise corporate
training.
© 2007 Human Capital management
The Application of Virtual Worlds for Learning (Aug 07)
There is a growing
interest in building internal 3-D virtual campuses as part of a
virtual world to support learning and development.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Second Life Produces Real Training Results (Aug 07)
The 3-D virtual world is changing the way training is delivered.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
Virtual World Learning (Aug 07)
It's the
much-anticipated keynote speech at JavaOne 2007. One of Sun
Microsystems' senior leaders takes the stage as his colleague flies
around the audience fielding questions. I'm sitting next to Darth
Vader, and the guy in front of me is blocking my view with his
oversized wings. A couple of seats down from me, a participant is
hunched over, apparently in a deep sleep. Some things never change,
even in the virtual world of Second Life.
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
Growing a Viable LMS Governance Model (Aug 07)
As a result of the decentralized nature of the learning function,
LMS decision making is either distributed across far-flung learning
managers with little to no communication, or it falls to the
corporate learning department alone. Either model can be disastrous.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Is Open Source right for you (Aug 07)
In an industry in which
learning management systems often command six figures, it's no
wonder many find the allure of "free" software hard to resist. But
are open-source learning platforms really free? And how do you
determine whether they are right for you?
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
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Case Studies and Projects
Whirlpool Corp - Learning Grows with the Business (Aug 07)
Last year, Whirlpool Corp., the largest appliance provider in the
United States, acquired Maytag, the third-largest, making a
powerhouse in this sector even stronger. It was up to Whirlpool's
learning and development department to get thousands of incoming
employees, especially sales associates, up to speed on their new
employer's products, processes and values.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Case Study - Get in the Game, the Cisco Binary Game (Aug 07)
In
its first few years of building learning games, Cisco® has had some
exciting results. Here are its tips on creating a successful
learning game.
Learning Circuits,
©2007 ASTD
Large Scale e-Learning Deployment (Jun 07)
This report
describes in detail how the IRS has transformed employee training
through focus on content management, content reusability, and
supporting technologies.
©2007
Bersin & Associates
How Can We Train You Today? (Aug 07)
For customer service training to make meaningful strides, trainees
must first walk in the customer’s shoes.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
Train large numbers of users quickly, consistently and cost
effectively (Jan 07)
This is a the project manager's guide
to systems training. It contains useful tips on how to train large
numbers of users quickly, consistently and cost effectively and to
help develop a successful end user training programme.
©2007 Kaplan IT Learning Solutions
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Measuring Education Value
The Hidden Power of Kirkpatrick's Four Levels (Aug 07)
Despite being more than 50 years old, Kirkpatrick’s four levels of
evaluation are still relevant in today’s training world.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
The Long View (Aug 07)
T+D
profiles Donald L. Kirkpatrick, professor emeritus at the University
of Wisconsin and creator of the training industry standard
four-level model that measures reaction, learning, behavior, and
results.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
Learning from Key Learning Indicators (Aug 07)
Like all business managers, learning leaders need indicators to
advise them on their progress toward accomplishing their path to
success. Chief learning officers use seven key indicators to measure
and monitor the success of their initiatives.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2007 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Sales Training: What Makes It Work?
(Aug 07)
An ASTD research study finds that money spent on training—when
blended with a robust sales methodology, measurement of the business
impact, strategic sourcing of the development process, and a
business model to support funding decisions—does influence a
company’s bottom line.
T+D Magazine,
©2007 ASTD
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
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Training Professional
Topics
Comment Appropriately, Trainers (Aug 07)
Trainers may believe they are responding and encouraging discourse
in their sessions, but, in reality, their responses often lack
enough depth or insight to truly facilitate learning. Here are
some tips to change that.
Training Magazine,
© 2007 Nielsen Business Media, Inc
Make them Laugh - Using Humour in Training (Aug 07)
Dawn Smith looks at the
link between humour and learning, and how laughter can be used in
the training room to help make the message stick.
©2007
TrainingZONE
Thirteen Tips for Communicating Effectively by Telling a Good
Anecdote (Aug 07)
Stories
grab attention the way no other technique can. Your anecdote may
be serious, sad, humorous, enlightening, or inspiring. It may
serve as proof that a situation exists in your organization, an
example of what excellent organizations do to lead the industry,
the epitome of innovation, a thought-provoking “war story” from
one of your front-line employees, or merely a momentary
inspiration.
©Dianna Booher, Booher Consultants, Inc.
PowerPoint: Boon or Bane? (Aug 07)
If you want
to shut up a consultant, just uninstall PowerPoint from his or her
laptop! The same is true for most professionals—including
executives, speakers, presenters, and sales and marketing
people—for whom PowerPoint has become darn near life's necessity.
©2007 Presentations Online.
Choosing Colors for Your Presentation Slides (Aug 07)
Have you ever
been at a presentation where you could hardly make out what was on
the screen because the presenter used colors that made it hard to
tell what was text and what was background? Have you ever done this
in one of your presentations? The choice of colors for presentation
slides is one of the important decisions that must be made at the
start of the process of developing your slides.
©2007 Indezine
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Education Administration
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
How to Achieve Work-Class Balance (Sep 07)
Balancing a job
with a full class load is no easy feat. Achieving success in this
area requires mastering time management, organization and will
power, all skills that will continue to benefit you in the world of
work.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing
Back To School - Funding An Ongoing Education (Sep 07)
In IT, skill
sets can become outdated in a matter of months. To stay current, IT
education must be an ongoing process — which can mean continual
tuition and exam fees for techies. How can IT pros plan to pay for
their never-ending skills development?
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing
Finding A New IT Niche (Sep 07)
Many people get
into IT for all the wrong reasons: They know they like computers,
and they based their career decisions on salary reports and hearsay.
Before diving headfirst into IT or making a bold career change
within the industry, it’s important to assess your skills, interests
and possible specializations.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing
Bridging the Networking Skills Gap - Cisco's New Entry-Level CCENT
Certification (Sep 07)
In recognition
of changing market needs, Cisco has revised its introductory
networking certification to map to real-world employment
requirements. The Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT)
certification focuses on the development of basic network
configuration and verification skills, as well as the skills
required for positions such as help desk technician and technical
support assistant.
CertMag, ©2007 Media Tec Publishing
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