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News
From ASTD's The Buzz -
Worldwide Training Industry News (Jun
08)
Abstract News ©2008
Information Inc
Quick News Digest from IT Skills Research
(Jun 08)
Industry News from IT Skills Research
(Jun 08)
IT Training Press Releases (Jun 08)
Industry News Headlines from CLOmedia (Jun
08)
E-Learning Market Update
from Kineo (Jun 08)
This month we reflect on the rise of open source software and the
implications for the e-learning market.
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Reviews and Current Trends
Learning Trends (Jun 08)
What corporate CEOs
observe about the changing marketplace.
Elearning! 4, 3,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Shop Talk (Jun 08)
Does senior management
encounter problems communication with employees?
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Just a Number after all (Jun 08)
Survey finds the
building blocks of engagement similar across generations.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Dawn of the Un-Book
(Jun 08)
To
prosper in times ahead, we need to reconceptualize our relationship
with books, the role of authors and how to make books better.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
A Perfect Marriage (Jun 08)
More than ever, the HR
Department is likely to entail training and personnel development at
large corpotations. But is that a good idea?
Elearning! 4, 3,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Learning and Globally Dispersed Workforces (Jun 08)
Building on new
opportunities that span borders, the ways in which businesses modify
learning gain prominence.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Globalization and the
English Skills Gap (Jun 08)
Business English proficiency is critical for success in the global
economy — but most employees in global corporations say their
employees’ English skills are inadequate.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Maintaining
Consistency in European Learning (Jun 08)
When
it comes to developing and delivering learning, Europe’s diversity
can be a liability and an asset. But as learning modalities grow in
sophistication and flexibility, it’s increasingly viewed as a
competitive advantage.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Learning in Latin
America (Jun 08)
Operating in Latin America presents unique challenges and
opportunities for learning executives hoping to educate their
workforces while maximizing value.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
360 Report - Synchronous Learning Systems (Jun 08)
This eLearning
Guild publication on Synchronous Learning Systems (SLS) is the
largest, vendor-neutral report on SLS ever conducted and contains
critical insights into features, market share, costs, selection of,
and best practices in using an SLS.
©2008 eLearningGuild
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Training
Manager/Director Development
10 L&D Staff Hiring Best Practices for IT Vendors (Jun 08)
A
few industry veterans who are currently managing L&D teams inside IT
hardware and/or software manufacturers were asked about hiring the
right staff.
©2008
Avondale Search
International
Visa Squabble (Jun 08)
Employers are making a
push for visa expansion.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Training the Trainer 101 (Jun 08)
Strengthen learning by
getting the most out of your newfound presenters.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Remote Control (Jun 08)
It may be true that
absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it can also make workers
more nervous.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
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Selling and Marketing
Education
It's Branding Time at the Learning Corral (Jun 08)
How to recast the
identity of a well-respected corporate university from an academic
model to one aligned with business needs.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
High Impact Collateral - An Effective Weapon in your Training
Company's Marketing Arsenal (Jun 08)
A buyer looking for training services meets with salespeople from
two competitors. Both are equal in all respects including
reputation, ability to deliver and pricing, but only one of them
leaves behind an impressive corporate brochure with organized
information on products and services. Who do you think the buyer
will buy from?
© 2008 Training
Growth Innovations
How to Market Rapid E-Learning (Jun 08)
This guide
describes why you should market your rapid e-learning, how to market
rapid e-learning and what to include in a rapid e-learning marketing
campaign.
©2008 Kineo.co.uk
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Learning Methods and Media
Communities of
Practice in the Workplace (Jun 08)
Implementing communities of practice seems to have replaced the buzz
that has surrounded knowledge management during the past decade.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Analyzing the Societal Effects of YouTube (Jul 08)
For some, YouTube is
just entertainment. But the rise of this new medium has interesting
societal implications.
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Building a Learning Culture (Apr 08)
You can't just implement
e-learning into an organisation that's not ready for it, doesn't
support it, or doesn't have a culture based on knowlege sharing.
Elearning! 4, 2,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Web Services and Web 2.0 - the Next Big Thing? (Apr 08)
A panel composed of
representatives from learning vendors took time to discuss the
impact of "Web 2.0" on the learning market.
Elearning! 4, 2,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Technology Euphoria (Jun 08)
Taming the irrational
expectations of high-tech learning.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Performance Analysis and Web 2.0 (Jun 08)
Performance analysis involves reaching out for several perspectives
on a problem or opportunity. Web 2.0 sources offer insight into
what’s on the minds of the workforce and the public.
Learning Circuits,
©2008 ASTD
Creating Engaging Virtual Classroom Experiences (Apr 08)
Lance Dublin explains
the what, why and how.
Elearning! Webinar,
©2008 Lance Dublin Consulting
Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century (Jun 08)
Though virtual
classrooms are currently making larger inroads in the education
field, it will n ot be long before corporate trainers realize their
full potential.
Elearning! 4, 3,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Making Learning Fun and Social (Apr 08)
Learning can be fun and
social thanks to Second Life and other virtual worlds, which hold
promise for a new generation of learners.
Elearning! 4, 2,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Welcome to the Webvolution (May 08)
Webvolution is
beginning to permeate the learning and development field.
LX Briefing,
©2008 ASTD
How to get Soft Skill Simulations into Rapid E-learning (Jun 08)
Here, Kineo uses
their experience in designing simulations to explain what a soft
skills simulation is and the different types, how to take a rapid
approach to simulation development through a four step process and
how to involve SMEs to the best effect.
©2008 Kineo.co.uk
Change Your Presentation Template to an E-Learning Template (Jun 08)
Don't let your company
dictate your template.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2007 Creative Commons
The Real Purpose of the E-Learning Template (Jun 08)
Presentation templates are designed for a different
purpose. You may be using PowerPoint to author the course, but
you’re not building a presentation. You’re building an e-learning
course. So, different rules apply.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2008 Creative Commons
Eight Challenges to Template-Based e-Learning Creation (Jun 08)
E-Learning producers continually search for methods that will speed
up development and hold down costs. One such method, with a long
history of success, involves the use of templates: re-usable models
for content and for programming. However, even though templates
work, there are challenges to their use.
©2008 eLearningGuild
Here's Why Rapid E-Learning is so Darn Cool (Jun 08)
If you listen to the pundits and some e-learning experts, you’d
think that only those expensive e-learning courses custom built in
Flash have any value.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2008 Creative Commons
3 Simple Steps to Create Background Images for Your Next E-Learning
Scenario (Jun 08)
A good scenario can make your e-learning courses
engaging and more real to your learners. It’s a great way to get
them to learn to use the course information and make the decisions
you want.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2007 Creative Commons
Audacity Callburner Review (Jun 08)
This report focuses on three tools that when combined provide you
with pretty much all you need to do effective recording of Subject
Matter Experts for inclusion in your e-learning, all for free:
Skype, Callburner and Audacity
©2008 Kineo.co.uk
Games for Learning - you cannot be serious (Jun 08)
Despite te rise of
games-based learning, many business are stuill skeptical that games
can actually teach, and learners are skeptical that learning can
ever be fun or engaging.
Elearning! 4, 3,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Operating a Global
LMS (Jun 08)
“Going global” brings additional costs, staffing and governance
considerations.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
LMSs 2008 - What you Need to Know (Apr 08)
The LMS market is
growing steadily, but a slowdown is due partly to saturation in the
global enterprise market and some commoditization of learning
managementn systems.
Elearning! 4, 2,
©2008 b2bmediaco
What Things Cost - Wireless Response Systems (Jun 08)
Also known as audience
response systems, they are used to create interactivity between the
presenter and audience.
T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
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Case Studies and Projects
Atlas of Learning
(Jun 08)
A
modern-day Atlas in his own right, Jan Ginneberge, vice president of
learning at Alcatel-Lucent University, supports his company’s
learning offerings around the world.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
CA Consolidates (LMSs) Successfully (Apr 08)
The consolidation
challenge faced by CA was bigger than most when it set out to
consolidate nine legacy LMSs.
Elearning! 4, 2,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Into Another World (Jun 08)
To improve its
culturally diverse project teams, SAP developed a series of online
courses based on an imaginery virtual world.
Elearning! 4, 3,
©2008 b2bmediaco
A High-Performance Approach to Line Manager E-Learning (Jun 08)
Marks and
Spencer in collaboration with Kineo has created the Line Manager
Performance Centre, a flexible and innovative e-learning portal.
©2008 Kineo.co.uk
A Lesson in Leveraging Portals (Jun 08)
IBM's learning portal,
called Learning@IBM Explorer, not only provides three types of
learning , but also personalized content and information.
Elearning! 4, 3,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Smart Thinking for a Rapid Approach to Learning (Jun 08)
Cable and Wireless partner with Kineo to collaborate with its
internal team to develop new ways to address business requirements.
©2008 Kineo.co.uk
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Measuring Education Value
Measuring the Learning Experience (Apr 08)
The ability to measure
the effectiveness of the learning solution on the individual and the
organisation is here.
Elearning! 4, 2,
©2008 b2bmediaco
Challenges to Measurement (Jun 08)
Most
learning and development interventions go unmeasured or are measured
on dimensions of no interest to the CEO and the CFO.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec Publishing Inc
Project or Process - is it time to rethink Measurement? (Jun 08)
Bersin says it's time to disccard the old models and ideas and take
a more sytematic, even business-like, approach to measurement.
LX Briefing,
©2008 ASTD
Defining and Achieving Training Value (Jun 08)
In
the knowledge economy, companies are spending huge amounts of often
unaccounted-for money trying to run the training engine with the
hope of improved performance.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
Improve Your Bottom Line - Careful Consideration of Learning
Technologies Pays (Jun 08)
Deciding which technologies and which products to acquire for
e-Learning is becoming more difficult as the number of choices
increases. In addition, the cost of making mistakes in the selection
process is also rising. Here are the top ten mistakes, and a
step-by-step strategy for avoiding or dealing with them.
©2008 eLearningGuild
How to Eliminate Training Waste and Reap the Rewards (Jun 08)
When sweeping budget cuts
weave their way through the organization, training is one of the
first to feel the heat. Training organizations must have the ability
to eliminate waste and embrace operational efficiency.
©2008 Expertus Inc
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Training Professional
Topics
Success is No Accident (Jun 08)
Wishful thinking
no more - here are eight steps for creating faster success in your
life. T+D Magazine,
©2008 ASTD
Spread the Knowledge - Becoming an IT Trainer (Jul 08)
While you're growing
your tech skills, you might consider turning around and teaching
them. But be ready for certain challenges,
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Battling the High Price of Gas with Live Presentations Delivered
via the Internet (Jun 08)
With gas prices seeming to hit new record highs each week, many
professionals are re-evaluating their driving habits. It used to
be that you just jumped in the car and drove to an appointment to
make a presentation. With every trip now under review, many sales
and service professionals are thinking about delivering some of
their presentations via live web conference instead of in person.
It’s a good thought, but one that needs more than a cursory
examination.
©2008
Dave Paradi
The 3 Secret Steps to Turn Your Text and Ideas into Billion Dollar
Graphics (Jun 08)
To be competitive and successful, you need graphics in your
presentations. Today, audiences expect you to use clear,
compelling visuals to share your solution. Your audience wants to
know why they should care and how you can help them—quickly. You
need your presentation to be unforgettable and communicate that
your solution is best of the best.
©2008
24hrco.com
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Education Administration
No
articles this month.
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
Storage Networking Certifications - What You Should Know (Apr 08)
Storage certifications can advance your career, but you may need to
prioritize.
Byte and Switch,
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© 2008 United Business Media LLC
Storage smarts - a class act (Apr 08)
During the past several years, new
certifications have cropped up throughout the storage industry.
Industry insiders say those credentials are much needed and are
well-received, especially by federal agencies.
FCW.COM,
©1996-2008,1105 Media, Inc.
Testing your foot in the door (Jul 08)
IT
certification traditionally has been an arena in which IT
professionals set themselves apart from the rest, certifying for
advanced skulls. But more and more organizations are introducing
entry-level certs.
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
Entry-Level Certs Fill Skills Gap (Jul 08)
Certifications for workers in IT, historically targetted at
professionals with at least a few years of experience on the job,
are more and more being tailored for entry-level candidates.
CertMag,
©2008 Media Tec
Publishing Inc
The Top 10 Problems with IT Certification in 2008 (Jun 08)
Since the early part of this decade, when I wrote several
certification articles for InformIT, IT certifications have changed
a great deal, and the industry's perception of certifications has
waned. IT certifications have fallen out of favor in the eyes of
many InformIT,
©2008 Pearson Education
Curricula Upgrades at Cisco (May 08)
Cisco Networking
Academy brings 21st Century education to connected learners. LX
Briefing,
©2008 ASTD
Cisco's New CCNA Certifications (Jun 08)
Cisco has announced three new CCNA concentrations in voice, wireless
and security. The CCNA certification is Cisco's most popular career
certification and the new concentrations are role based and relevant
to the rapid deployment of converged technologies in today's
sophisticated network environment.
©
2008
Bluestone Media, LLC
The New Cisco Certified Voice Professional Certification (Jun 08)
Cisco's CCVP (Cisco Certified Voice Professional) certification is
one of the hottest certifications in the industry, and with growth
in IP telephony projected at double digit rates through 2012, it
will only grow in popularity.
©
2008
Bluestone Media, LLC
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