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Worldwide Training Industry News (Jul 09)
Abstract News
©2009
Information Inc
IT Training Press Releases (Jul 09)
Industry News Headlines from CLOmedia (Jul 09)
E-Learning Market Update from Kineo
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Reviews and Current Trends
Learning Executives Confidence Index
2Q09 (Jul 09)
The confidence of learning executives (LXs) rebounded in the
second quarter of 2009, after showing signs of stabilization earlier
in the year, as reported by Chief Executive Magazine and The
Conference Board.
©2009 ASTD
Top Four Ways to Get Closer to your Training Consumers (Jul 09)
Learning leaders were
asked "What
are you doing differently than what you have done in the past to get
closer to your audiences and the consumers of your training
product?"
©2009
Expertus
How Extraordinary Leaders Double Profits (Jul 09)
Decoding leadership
reveals patterns that can be used to develop leaders that inspire
and motivate employees to higher levels of productivity, and deliver
profits as a result.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Time to Step Up (Jul 09)
Learning’s
role during layoffs.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Teams that Stay, While on the Go (Jul 09)
Career mobility proves
key to high retention in Europe.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Salary Statistics (Jun 09)
Information from a
variety of sources.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Talent Management Trends (Jun 09)
The integration of
learning and talent among corporations is critical for success.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Keys to Highly Effective Human Capital Management (Jun 09)
It's no secret; human
resources executives are under more pressure that their activities
are aligned with business priorities, and to deliver consistently
higher performance without increasing their budgets.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
E-learning Goes Mainstream (Jun 09)
This 2009 study of
public and private sectors shows how e-learning has evolved since
2002.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Buyers Speak - Seek New Features and Satisfaction (Jun 09)
Blackboard, Moodle,
Saba, and SumTotal are among the most popular brands of learning and
talent management software.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
What is Social Media - One Year Later (Jul 09)
(warning
20Mb)
There’s a slide on this presentation (a sequel to the original
slideshow of the same name released one year ago) that says
“Unfortunately, most companies are still treating social media like
just another marketing channel.” Change ‘marketing’ to ‘learning’
and view the presentation in that context. It’s packed with advice
and facts and might just give someone you know the push they need to
understand changes in how we communicate and learn.
©2009 Espresso | Brand Infiltration™
Social media - The natural way of learning (Jul 09)
Here we
unpick the current buzz term ‘social media’: what it is, and what
does it have to do with learning?
TrainingZONE,
©2009 Sift Media
Collaboration and Social Networking in Today's Enterprises (Jun 09)
Today, 34% of
all web pages viewed are hosted within social networks, according to
LinkedIn. Such trends are pressing enterprises to embrace more
collaborative platforms to reach employees, partners, and customers.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Learning Gets Social (Aug 09)
The learning
profession has a history of dancing around the subject of informal
learning. You might think, “We’ve been talking about it forever and
have even dabbled in it. Our worlds aren’t crumbling. I am really
busy and don’t have the time or the energy to get involved in
informal learning.” But if we don’t respond or take action now, we
risk becoming irrelevant.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Most Popular Enterprise Learning Providers (Jun 09)
Included are
LMS/TMS, Content, Web Conferencing, Web Authoring and Presentation
Tools.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
ELearning! Annual Buyers' Guide 2009-10 (Jun 09)
(warning
10Mb)
Included are 354
Industry Contacts, 140 Who's Who, 214 Suppliers, and Suppliers by
Product Category.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
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Training
Manager/Director Development
Learning Leaders' Fieldbook (Jun 09) plus
podcasts
Senior learning leaders live a precarious life these days. As a
result of our tumultuous global economy, we’re witnessing massive
change in the world of business and within learning organizations.
The role that learning plays within the larger context of business
is evolving too. The Learning Leaders' Fieldbook leaders’ successes
and mistakes which will prove invaluable as you continue your own
learning career.
©2009 The MASIE Center
Casino on Wall Street (Jul 09)
Securitizing
learning with lessons from the downturn.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
The Other Side of the Tracks (Jul 09)
People in the
learning community often talk about the importance of understanding
the businesses their companies are in, but what about when an
executive from the business side transitions to a learning role?
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Taming the Alpha Female (Jul 09)
Kate Lanz looks at the common pitfalls of Alpha females in the
workplace, and how to tackle them.
TrainingZONE,
©2009 Sift Media
Incorporating Global Diversity into Learning (Jul 09)
Today’s business
leaders must operate in the midst of profound worldwide social,
political, economic and cultural realignment. Operating in this
global environment means learning and development executives must
understand and appreciate cultural diversity and its impacts on
global learning.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
All Knowing (Jul 09)
Don't let veteran
employees leave with their knowledge. Create an environment of
knowledge sharing and transfer to ensure legacy information filters
throughout the organization.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
Right-Sizing Your Team (Jul 09)
Focus on
advocacy and inquiry.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
How Not to Train (Jul 09)
Despite the recession, companies are spending millions on ‘pointless
and ineffective’ training systems and e-learning courses. Charles
Jennings says it’s about time learning managers pulled their heads
out of the sand.
TrainingZONE,
©2009 Sift Media
Tuition Fruition (Jul 09)
Most
companies offer tuition reimbursement, but few manage it
strategically. Here's how to manage your program more effectively
for maximum benefit to you and your employees.
Training,
©2009
Nielsen Business Media
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Selling and Marketing
Education
5 Tips for Beating the Current Downturn with E-Learning (Aug 09)
Though the remainder of 2009 and beyond, the training department
will continue to be under an intense pressure not seen for many
years. With training still seen as a cost, not an investment, there
will be strong temptation for management to make quick cuts.
Training,
©2009 Nielsen Business Media
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Learning Methods and Media
The Continuous Learning Environment - Surviving Learning Solution
Discovery (Jul 09)
One of the most
significant changes in the last two decades has been the transition
from event-driven instruction to continuous learning. Unfortunately,
the design process has not kept up. While the classic ADDIE still
describes what has to be done, it requires refinement and iteration
in order to be effective, and the Discovery phase (needs assessment
and analysis) is key to the change. This article is a guide to
ADDIE’s makeover!
©2009 eLearningGuild
Who needs learning objectives? (Jul 09)
Are lists for losers? Charles Jennings ask the
age-old question.
TrainingZONE,
©2009 Sift Media
Platforms for Collaboration (Jul 09)
This
article identifies three kinds of collaboration platforms -
exploration, experimentation, and execution - and then outlines what
organizations can do to put these platforms to work for them.
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2009, ©2009 Leland Stanford
Jr. University
Five Free Learning Tools (Jul 09)
Resources for
learning professionals.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
The Challenges of Integrating Learning 2.0 (Jul 09)
Learning 2.0 has been
attracting a lot of attention as a concept and as an approach to
supporting learning. However, to be effective, it still requires the
cooperation of human beings - it is not a matter of technology
alone! Discover a systematic approach to design and implementation
of Web 2.0 technology in your organization!
©2009 eLearningGuild
Authoring Tools, Ghosts, and Scared Programmers (Jul 09)
Technology and practice in
e-Learning have been advancing quickly, and delivery modalities have
become more diverse in the last three years. Design and development
practices now offer a wide spectrum of choices, and everyone is not
“in the same place.” Lets look at what has been happening, and where
we may be heading.
©2009 eLearningGuild
LETSI and the Past and Future of Interoperability Standards (Jul 09)
Interoperability
standards, of which SCORM is the best known today, have a long
history. Today these standards are at a crossroads, involving
multiple organizations, educational institutions, and governments
around the world, and with requirements to support both traditional
and emerging modalities. Here’s an overview of the emergence of
LETSI, the newest of the three organizations involved in SCORM!
©2009 eLearningGuild
Three Things I Learned About Learning on My Deathbed (Jun 09)
Remember that a good course starts with things like no typos and
good grammar. After that, make sure that you’ve found the right
motivational hooks and created an environment that facilitates
learning. They’ll make your courses that much better.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
Try These Tips for Great-Looking Charts (Jul 09)
It seems that the last few weeks I’ve previewed a lot of courses
that had charts or graphs. Most of the slides kind of looked like
the chart below. You end up with a lot of information and not quite
sure what to do with it. Let’s look at three sure-fire ways to make
your charts and data more memorable.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
Build Branched E-Learning Scenarios in Three Simple Steps (Jul 09)
Some
people suggest that rapid e-learning is only good for basic linear
courses and they lament that they can’t build interactive scenarios.
Building branched scenarios with your rapid e-learning tools is not
only possible, but it’s actually pretty easy to do. Rapid
E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
3 Brainstorm Ideas for Your Next E-Learning Course (Jul 09)
The process of playing around and thinking about different ways to
approach the course will ultimately help you come up with some
pretty cool ideas. Besides, there are enough boring e-learning
courses to provide balance to the occasional dumb idea.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
Here's a Free PowerPoint Template and How I Made It (Jul 09)
Here’s how to create a PowerPoint e-learning template. We’re going
to use the screen shot as a starting point, but this isn’t about
copying the image. Instead, it’s about the process you go through
as you copy it. The idea is to grow in your visual design skills,
learn some techniques, and then learn to build it in PowerPoint.
The production process in PowerPoint helps you become more efficient
and faster when building courses.
Rapid E-Learning Blog,
©2009 Creative Commons
Articulate 09 - Rapid E-Learning (Jul 09)
Kineo reviews the latest
version of Articulate.
©2009 Kineo.com
Social Networking - A Force for Development (Jul 09)
Today, there is a need
for just-in-time learning solutions that cannot wait for the
discipline and rigor required by traditional instructional design.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
15 Tips for Webinars - How to Add Impact When You Present Online
(Jul 09)
Whenever you open your mouth, whether you're talking to one person
or a thousand, you usually want to get a specific message across.
How do you do that best when you are communicating through a
webinar? What's different when the lecture is in the virtual world?
How do you catch and keep your audience? Here are 15 tips.
©2009
ACM Inc
More Death by Slide Deck? (Jul 09)
Making the
most of the virtual classroom.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
The Non-Drowsy Virtual Classroom (Jul 09)
As in the classroom, so
online. Virtual classrooms live by slightly different rules, but the
foundation is still facilitating to ensure alert and engaged
learners.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
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Case Studies and Projects
Flex Training (Jul 09)
BB&T uses cutting-edge
learning management technology to bring agility to regulatory and
policy training.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
The Reality of Challenges (Jun 09)
LPL Financial boosts
resourceful learning by using fewer, but more efficient, learning
resources.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
Adding Value through Measurement (Jul 09)
Leadership
development firm The Soderquist Center reversed declining enrollment
in one of its signature programs by quantifying its benefits, and
learned more about itself in the process.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks - A Traditional Institution Evolves
(Jul 09)
An institution, with a
strong curriculum of live three- to five-day seminars, faced the
tough economic times of the nation and its target industry, and
expanded its curriculum to include online semi-synchronous training
methods. Learn about this response to the economic climate, and how
it was a key component of developing new curriculum and reaching new
audiences, an inevitable step in the evolution of a teaching
institution.
©2009 eLearningGuild
Content Mastery (Jun 09)
How Capital City Bank
transformed its training department into a cost-effective,
development powerhouse.
Elearning!,
©2009
B2B Media Co
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Measuring Education Value
The New Finish Line for Learning (Jul 09)
The
bar is being raised on successful training delivery, and on-the-job
performance improvement is the newest gauge of effective learning
transfer.
T+D Magazine,
©2009 ASTD
Productivity in a Networked Era - Not Your Father's ROI (Jul 09)
Today’s networked
era requires a new way to make investment decisions that
incorporates intangible assets and more accurately depicts how value
is created.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Cost and Availability Drive Modality Mix (Jul 09)
CLOs are
increasingly trying to apply the right delivery option for the
content, audience and environment.
Chief Learning Officer,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
Building the Business Case for e-Learning (Jul 09) plus
Proposal Insert
This
report takes an in-depth look at the evaluation phase of e-Learning
from a business perspective. Whether new to e-Learning or already
invested and considering a project extension, this report
illustrates the early decisions and analysis needed. It includes a
high-level financial analysis, a detailed ROI calculation and a
supplemental business proposal outline.
©2009 eLearningGuild
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Processes/Managing
Costs/Outsourcing
The Cost of E-Learning (Jul 09)
"How much will it cost?" It's one of the first questions asked by
anyone looking to start an online program. The answer, of course, is
neither easy nor straightforward.
eLearn Magazine,
©2009 ACM Inc
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Training Professional
Topics
7 Steps to a World-Class Rehearsal (Jul 09)
Rehearsal is a practice more honored in the breach than the
occurrence, and it should be the other way around.
©2009 Public Words
Use Visuals to Expand Your Presentation Reach (Jul 09)
The "Tell 'n' Show" method covers three key areas of a presentation:
content, design, and delivery. But it also stresses how to get more
marketing bang from the presentations you create by using them
across multiple delivery channels and audiences.
©2009 Ellen Finkelstein
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Education Administration
No
articles this month.
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Skills Gap/Technical
Certification
HP Helps Develop Real Skills for a Virtualized Infrastructure (Aug
09)
Virtualization is, without question, a
red-hot field in IT at the moment. Hewlett-Packard’s certification
programs around virtualization include training on blades, storage
and client computing.
CertMag,
©2009 Media Tec Publishing
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Webinars and Podcasts
Twitter, Blogs and Forums within a Certification Program (Jul 09)
- charts
here
Can they be used effectively to support a certification program? Can
they pose problems? This session will provide examples of what some
companies are doing to use these tools and to protect
themselves from candidates who abuse them. The session will be
primarily a discussion by participants discussing the pros and cons
of using social networking tools in certification programs. Joan
Lee, Genesys University.
CEdMA Certification SIG, 30 Jul 09
Exciting New Possibilities with Mobile
Learning 2.0 (Jul 09) - charts
here
Mobile learning has been talked about for at least ten years, but is
only now becoming a realistic possibility. That is because the
technological advances needed for new innovative applications are
just now coming on stream.
This webinar
explores this new world of mobile learning, and suggests how you can
use it in employee training.
Brandon Hall, 22 Jul 09
Designing Practice-Centric Learning (Jul 09)
This
session focused on the differences between Information and
Instruction, and described a series of instructional strategies
using sequences or stages to provide both. These strategies create a
"practice-centric" approach that requires learners to be actively
involved in their instructional experience.
eLearning Guild, 21 Jul 09
Leveraging User-Generated Content and Social
Media Tools (Jul 09) - charts
here
Cushing Anderson of IDC and
ACS
strategist Caroline Avey
discussed how
increasing learner engagement and commitment
to the content can have a powerful impact on learning effectiveness.
They describe how to leverage
user-generated content and social media tools
to increase the usage of training without radically shifting
delivery strategy.
Training Industry Inc, 16 Jul 09
Using Google for Online Learning (Jul 09)
- charts
here
This
webinar describes some of the pros and cons of using Google
applications in your organization and shows how 20 Google
applications are being used for online learning.
Brandon Hall, 15 Jul 09
Modern Enterprise Learning Index (Jul 09)
Bersin’s Modern Enterprise Learning Index includes 10 critical
guiding principles and related measures for high-impact learning in
today’s modern corporate world. These metrics can help assess
readiness for the next-generation of corporate learning and
determine priorities.
Bersin and Associates, 14 Jul 09
Making Sense of Social Media in Workplace Learning (Jul 09)
When Twitter is on the front pages of the newspaper, you know social
networking has arrived, but just because it's popular does that mean
it'll work in your organisational learning? This presentation
argues that using social media tools needs more thought than just
coupling some web 2.0 resources to teaching 1.0. Learning and
Skills Group Webinar, 9 Jul 09
Improving Your Online Presentation Skills (Jul 09) - charts
here
Not sure if you’re engaging enough online? You can become a more
engaging and persuasive spokesperson for your organization while
feeling comfortable and in control during your online seminars. This
presentation shares with you the techniques to use and pitfalls to
avoid when delivering presentations over the web. Adobe Webinar, 9
Jul 09
Rapid e-learning Project Management (Jul 09)
- white paper
here
The whitepaper and webcast describe some key tips and a model that
can easily be implemented to streamline your rapid e-learning
project management and ensure that your projects are delivered
within the parameters set.
Mohive Webinar, 8 Jul 09
Learning Management Systems - Trends and Issues (Jul 09)
What have been the recent trends in Learning Management Systems?
Where will these trends lead? And what are some of the issues that
LMS vendors and users face today? This webinar addressed these
questions.
Brandon Hall Webinar, 8 Jul 09
Structured Authoring and Information Reuse
(Jul 09)
This webinar describes the six steps you can apply immediately to
begin creating reusable, structured content together with the top 10
things authors and managers need to know about structured authoring
and information reuse.
Training Industry
Webinar, 7 Jul 09
Top Synchronous Training Myths and Their
Realities (Jul 09) - charts
here
There are several well-known myths associated with Virtual
Classroom, but attendees gave their experience of the
realities.
CEdMA Virtual Classroom SIG, 7 Jul 09
Managing Virtual Teams (Jul 09) -
charts only
here, chat
here
This webinar first looked at research on the most effective
practices in forming and managing a virtual team. This was followed
by an online clinic on problems with managing virtual teams that the
audience identified.
Brandon Hall Webinar, 2 Jul 09
Introduction to Mobile Learning and
Performance Support (Jun 09)
With over 4.1 billion mobile devices in use today, change to the
ways people work and communicate is inevitable. The question is,
"how can we best take advantage of it". This webinar explores the
issues and benefits of using mobile technologies to improve learning
and job performance.
Outstart Webinar, 30 Jun
09
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