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| Workplace |
| White Paper on Rules of Engagement |
 Coventry (UK), July 2010 - Employee engagement in the UK remains low because employers are focusing on the wrong things, claims a white paper produced by the Training Foundation. It offers thought-provoking insights to employers that are worth considering in the light of their current engagement strategies. [more...] |
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| Market Test |
| New Happy Book Released as Beta |
| London (UK), July 2010 - The Happy Manifesto, the second book from training company Happy Ltd, has been released in an online beta version. The idea is that, as with software, the book be market tested before publication, with readers suggesting changes and even stories from their own experience. [more...] |
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| Instructional Design |
| Six Steps to Creating High-quality Video Training |
| Santa Rosa, CA (USA), June 2010 –Video is the fastest means currently available to create engaging online learning experiences, especially for the masses. With this in mind, in the following article, Jeremy Vest of Learning Solutions Magazine explains how to best use video as a rapid instructional design and development tool. He provides a step-by-step guide for creating great instructional video design and producing such experiences. [more...] |
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
| Learning technologies blogs and 'free learning resources' |
 London (UK), June 2010 - (by Bob Little) The internet has prompted many changes to our way of life. Within the 'eLearning' world in particular, it has made access to learning materials, information and performance support easier than ever. The downside is that there are so many of these materials available in a myriad of locations that it is often difficult to find them and/or to find the most appropriate ones for our needs. [more...] |
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| Cedefop Forecast |
| Common European Trends in Skills Supply and Demand |
| Thessaloniki (GR), April 2010 – Cedefop has published a medium-term forecast up to 2020 on skills supply and demand in Europe. It shows that while general trends are common throughout Europe, there are substantial differences among Member States. [more...] |
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| Broad Horizon |
| Kineo Offers Shots of Theory |
| Brighton (UK), March 2010 – Kineo suggests that a little theory doesn’t hurt. To practice instructional design with intention, practitioners need to know what instructional strategies to use and why, in order to help maximize the learning. This means knowing a bit about learning theory and instructional-design theory. [more...] |
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| Letter from UK |
| Trainers, know your place! |
| London (UK), November 2009 - (by Bob Little) IMC (UK) Learning Ltd has revealed research that looks at the barriers organisations encounter when providing training/learning. It also reveals attitudes towards adopting eLearning tools, as well as organisations’ current use of new and emerging technologies for training. The research shows that 83% of respondents agree that enabling employees to learn is very important and say their organisations have defined training systems in place. Some 32%, however, agree that employees have little, if any, time for organised learning as they are too busy working for the survival of the business. [more...] |
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| Labour Market |
| Blue Eskimo’s 2009 Salary and Work Survey |
| Bromsgrove (UK), October 2009 - Blue Eskimo, a recruitment company for the training and eLearning industries, has just launched its annual salary and work survey. The survey is run in conjunction with the eLearning publication e.learning age magazine. [more...] |
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| New Publication |
| Distance and eLearning in Transition |
 Budapest (HU), October 2009 - EDEN Online has announced a new joint publication by ISTE and Wiley, "Distance and eLearning in Transition – Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges". The book is a selection of the strongest EDEN conference papers from the past few years, revisiting research, innovation, and professional practice in distance and eLearning. [more...] |
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| Informal Learning |
| High-Impact Practices for Corporate Training |
| Oakland, CA (USA), October 2009 – Bersin & Associates has published a new research report - a guide to modernising corporate training strategies through social and informal learning. The study contains data-driven research, best practices, tools, and examples to help adapt learning processes to the realities of business, available technologies, and today’s new learning styles. [more...] |
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| EU Study |
| Tax Incentives for Education and Training |
| Thessaloniki (GR), October 2009 - Cedefop has announced the publication of their recent study 'The use of tax incentives to support education and training in six selected Member States' (Germany, France, Ireland, Austria, the Netherlands and Finland). The study shows that there is considerable scope for tax incentives to cover a greater share of investment in education and training than they do today. [more...] |
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| Collaborative Technologie |
| Are You Ready for Learning with Web 2.0? |
| Brussels (BE), July 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems, a provider of corporate training solutions, has announced the publication of the white paper "Are you ready for learning with web 2.0?". The paper explores how collaborative technologies such as blogs, wikis, and social networking can dramatically increase the reach and impact of organizational learning. [more...] |
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| Sales Trends |
| Financial Services Industry Research Report |
| Philadelphia, PA (USA), July 2009 - Richardson, a global sales-training and performance- improvement firm has released a new financial services industry report entitled "Sales Trends and Strategic Initiatives". The work reviews strategic adjustments to business processes, practices, and skill development in the financial services industry. [more...] |
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| Market Trends |
| Open Source Continues to Change the Business World |
 Brighton (UK), July 2009 - Is the business model of the future one where the customer no longer pays? Kineo explores the ideas of author Chris Anderson's book "Free: The Future of a Radical Price" and its implications for eLearning. Anderson argues that people are generally suspicious of 'free' and that, generally, they have been right to think this way. Most existing business models have tended to demand that somewhere along the line, somebody has to pay. But this, he says, is set to change. Andersen argues that in the digital world, everybody else can be subsidized by only a very few paying customers. [more...] |
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an eLearning Platform | | 3D simulations and serious games are attaining ever-increasing significance for the learning world. A special case of its own is the virtual world Second Life. The CHECK.point eLearning Whitepaper "Second Life as an eLearning Platform" seeks to contribute to the discussion about Second Life’s suitability as a technological platform for education and training. The study answers questions like "For which application scenarios is Second Life suitable?" and "Which topics can be implemented successfully in Second Life?"
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