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Worldwide Training Industry News (May
08)
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Quick News Digest from IT Skills Research
(May 08)
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IT Training Press Releases (May 08)
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08)
Market Monitor 2008 Q1 (from IT Skills Research) - May 08
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Research Programme 1998-2008, last modified 23 May 08
Update fom IT Training (May 08)
A
round-up of latest news and developments for IT training
professionals.
©
2008 BCS
E-Learning Market Update
from Kineo (May 08)
This month, e-Learning
trends in the USA,
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Reviews and Current Trends
Learning on the Campaign Trail (May 08)
This
year’s U.S. presidential campaign is a fascinating case study for
the deployment of new models of learning, performance support and
content.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Leaders of the Pack (May 08)
The top 50 training companies have had a financially
successful year overall, with the market having gradually recovered.
IT Training,
©
2008 BCS
Boom or bust - Is the training industry in crisis (May 08)
Is the
training industry on the verge of a recession, as research by Common
Purpose looks set to predict? Or, with recent news of a record £38bn
spend on training last year, have things never been better?
©2008 TrainingZONE
Elastic Training Dollars (May 08)
New challenges arise as executives
demand more for less.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Changes in Learning and Development Staffing (May 08)
Learning executives surround themselves with talented professionals
to accomplish their goals. This month, members of the CLO Business
Intelligence Board share their thoughts about staffing trends.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
I am an IT trainer and proud of it (May 08)
Jooli Atkins starts her new column on TrainingZone.co.uk by asking
IT trainers to stand up and be counted, in a bid to gain more
respect from HR.
©2008 TrainingZONE
Surveillance increases in the Workplace (May 08)
Employers are
increasingly focusing on what employees are doing at the office
besides working.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Number Crunch (May 08)
When uttered in foreign
policy circles, talk of "Old Europe" rankles Europeans, but when
disucssed in the workplace, the demographics of aging are a very
real phenomenon.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
CIOs Report Low Outsourcing Rates (May 08)
CIOs at companies that
have engaged in offshore outsourcinI am an IT trainer and proud of
it (May 08)g but currently do not were
surveyed.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
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Training
Manager/Director Development
Stormy Weather (May 08)
All too often, CEOs
are the last to acknowledge troubled times, but dire economic
forecasts have opened their eyes.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
The Importance of Form Factor (May 08)
I
recently had an experience in which I learned a valuable lesson
about the importance of form factor, or the literal form learning
takes when consumed.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Why (most) training is useless (May 08)
Start developing
skills; stop wasting time.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Secret Fears of Successful CLOs (May 08)
We
all churn to get things done and strive to look good while doing it.
Unfortunately, we often choose to hide our anxieties, even from
ourselves.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
The six sins of client contact (May 08)
I've noticed the emergence recently of six sins of
client engagement, where the client is the business manager rather
than the learner.
©
2008 BCS
Building Exceptional Virtual Learning Teams (May 08)
In
today’s new workplace, virtual teams are the status quo. How can you
build an exceptional team in a cross-functional, virtual work
environment?
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Uncovering the Unconnected Employee (May 08)
Eight ways employees
who don't network can hurt your business.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
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Selling and Marketing
Education
No
articles this month.
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Learning Methods and Media
Engagement and the Evolution of Classroom-Based Training (May 08)
Classroom-based learning has changed a great deal in the past few
years due to innovations in technologies and methodologies.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Do I Have Your Attention - Design Practices Help Learners Engage
(May 08)
Effective e-Learning design practices must do more than just package
content for delivery. They must result in products that get, and
keep, the learner’s attention, while also facilitating strengthened
processing and memory, in other words, learning. Doing this well
requires some knowledge of the way the brain works, and this week’s
author helps you connect knowledge about brain function to what you
already know about instructional design.
©2008 eLearningGuild
Learning Through Metaphors (May 08)
Metaphoric learning is a method that takes participants out of their
familiar surroundings and gives them the opportunity to immerse
themselves in a new world.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Learner-Driven Content - The Next Wave in Development (May 08)
The
line between student and expert is being blurred as employees in all
positions and at all levels are contributing to learning content.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Creating Velocity for Online Learning Using Web Conferencing (May
07)
Wainhouse Research surveyed over 450 training professionals
regarding their attitudes and use cases for Web conferencing to
support structured and ad hoc training.
©
2007 Wainhouse Research
144 Tips on Synchronous e-Learning (May 08)
The eLearning
Guild conducted a survey of its members, asking for their favorite
tips relating to strategies for effectively creating, managing, and
using synchronous e-Learning.
©2008 eLearningGuild
How to Reach Your Customer Base with Online Training (Dec 07)
This 1080 group white paper describes why organizations are turning
to online training, the best practices for online training programs
, and how to track your results to see if your content needs
revising.
© 2007 1080 group
Adobe Upgrades Acrobat Connect Pro to Version 7 (May 08)
Everything changes, including software. In this case, Adobe is
releasing Version 7 of its Web conferencing and training solution.
Here's a guided tour through the latest changes and improvements to
Acrobat Connect Pro.
©2008 eLearningGuild
Working with Grouped Clip Art (May 08)
One way to save money on your e-learning project is to create custom
graphics using the clip art that comes with Microsoft PowerPoint.
You do this by ungrouping, editing, and regrouping the clip art.
Rapid E-Learning Blog, ©2008 Creative Commons
Time Saving Tips for Your Next Software Demo (May 08)
There are many ways to
approach software training. You can make it as complex or simple as
you want. It really depends on your needs and the software. I’m
not going to go into great detail about how to design software
training. However, I will show you some simple tips and tricks that
are effective and generally easy to do. Using them has saved me a
lot of time.
Rapid E-Learning
Blog, ©2008 Creative Commons
5 Ways to Bring the Web Inside Your E-Learning Courses (May 08)
One of my
favorite features of some rapid e-learning tools is their ability to
insert a Web object. What’s so cool about it is that whatever you
can do online or with a Web technology, you can pretty much add to
your rapid e-learning course. That’s a lot of power and it’s super
easy to do.
Rapid E-Learning
Blog, ©2008 Creative Commons
Breaking the Sound Barrier (May 08)
Podcasts are a powerful tool for trainers looking to
teach communication skills.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Visual Design for e-Learning Video Production - An Introduction (May
08)
Video is the original rapid technology for supporting learning. As
video becomes easier to produce, more common on the Web, and more
available to learners via high-speed connections, e-Learning
designers must become skilled in its use. As a visual medium, video
has its own vocabulary and syntax, and learners already know how to
interpret it. Designers, unfortunately, continue to use design
models adapted from earlier types of instruction, and these are not
effective. Here’s the key to understanding how to use video's
conventions to create powerful e-Learning!
©2008 eLearningGuild
Learning Management Systems 2008 (May 08)
The eLearningGuild
360° Report on Learning
Management Systems shows, among other things, that 42.1% of Guild
members consider LMS support for Blogs, Wikis, Pod-casts, and
Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS) to be very important, and 36.2%
consider support for informal learning initiatives as very
important.
©2008 eLearningGuild
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Case Studies and Projects
The Way We Learn Now (May 08)
Cisco Networking Academy brings 21 st Century education to
connected learners.
Learning Circuits,
© 2008 ASTD
LCMS Supports Clinical Training (May 08)
With OutStart LCMS, Challenger builds world's largest electronic
library for clinical training.
Learning Circuits,
© 2008 ASTD
Consistency through Change (May 08)
Altiris joins with MicroTek to streamline global learning.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
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Measuring Education Value
No
articles this month.
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
Recession-Proof your Training Organization (May 08)
When times turn tough, your colleagues in the C-suite have two
things on their mind. The first is creating top-line revenue. The
second is driving down costs.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Using Single Source Publishing to Get You through a Recession (May
08)
The silver lining emerging from the recession cloud may be the trend
towards single sourcing.
Learning Circuits,
© 2008 ASTD
Hexaware Technologies - The Other Side of Offshoring (Jun 08)
With development centers in India, Germany and Mexico and offices in
North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim of Asia, Hexaware has
taken IT hiring global.
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
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Training Professional
Topics
Business Analyst Vital to Project Success (Apr 08)
Over the last several
years the role of the Business Analyst has been increasing in
prominence and the BA is now seen as a pivotal player in a
successful IT project. The role has been around since the
mainframe days in various forms, but the influence of the analyst
seemed to wane as business moved to implement networks of personal
computers. What has caused the reemergence of the BA as a central
member of the project team?
© 2008 Bluestone Media, LLC
New Opportunities and Challenges: Are Application Developers
Ready?
(Jun 08)
As voice and the Web synch up more day by day, the field is wide
open for application developers. Unified communication is
expanding what already was an exciting field.
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
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Education Administration
No
articles this month.
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
Credit where it's due (May 08)
UK
initiative strives to address nationwide learning challenges.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
How to Overcome the IT Skills Challenge (May 08)
Is there a shortage of IT professionals in the workforce? Some
people swear it's bad and getting worse. Others say there's
absolutely no evidence of a real shortage of IT talent.
© 2008 Bluestone
Media, LLC
IT skills - a crisis waiting to happen? (May 08)
The IT industry is facing its toughest challenge yet. Robert Chapman
paints a bleak picture of companies going bust while IT salaries
soar - and all because of a lack of a skilled IT workforce. He calls
for the government to provide tax breaks for training, and says that
the IT industry will soon be beyond the point of no return.
©2008 TrainingZONE
Competency Management - Cracking the Code (May 08)
Approaches to clarify the competencies confusion.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Where Have All the Help Desks Gone (Jun 08)
For decades now, help desks and other forms of IT support have
served as a vital place for fledgling techies to cut their teeth.
But with this function moving overseas, where do IT pros get their
start?
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
GIAC - The Hands-On IT Security Certification (Jun 08)
The Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) program has
credentialed more than 20,000 professionals by offering 25 different
IT security certifications tailored to specific skill sets.
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
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