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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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| 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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| Skills in Europe |
| Qualifications Are Rising, but Inequalities Persist |
 Thessaloniki (GR), June 2009 - The level of qualifications and skills is rising across Europe, particularly among younger people – and even more so among women. But inequalities in the level of education persist among Member States. These are some of the conclusions of the first pan-European forecast of its kind, Future skill supply in Europe: medium-term forecast up to 2020, published by Cedefop. [more...] |
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| Sharing Information |
| White Paper: Delivering Assessments Safely and Securely |
 Norwalk, CT (USA), April 2009 - Questionmark has released a white paper that takes a new look at ways to keep tests secure and offers special-focus Web seminars on Authoring, Reporting, Perception 4.4. The white paper explains cost-effective security measures that match each assessment's stakes. It further suggests security solutions and testing environments for everything from low-stakes satisfaction surveys to high-stakes licensure exams. [more...] |
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| Vocational Training |
| Cedefop Report on European Policy Cooperation |
 Thessaloniki (GR), April 2009 - Ján Figel’, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, recently announced the publication of Cedefop’s latest policy report, entitled Continuity, consolidation and change. The communiqué was issued at the Agora conference, held in Thessaloniki under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the EU. [more...] |
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| Continue Successes |
| Keeping and Gaining Customers in an Economic Downturn |
| London (UK), January 2009 - In an attempt to provide practical advice and guidance to organisations in the current economic climate, the organisational- development consultancy Echelon is offering its customers free access to a paper on 'retaining customers in an economic downturn'. [more...] |
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| Research Report |
| HR Leaders Are Overlooking eLearning Tools |
| Sevenoaks (UK), November 2008 - According to new independent research released by eLearning and advanced content-solutions provider IMC (UK) Learning Ltd, only 52% of HR professionals have invested in learning management systems (LMS) or rapid authoring tools in their organisation, even though 79% believe it is important to be able to produce in-house training quickly and cost effectively. [more...] |
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| Inspired Learning |
| The European Strength of 'unstructured' learning |
| London (UK), September 2008 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and communications solutions, has conducted a survey of HR professionals working within large European organisations with a minimum of 3,000 employees. The majority of respondents sited 'unstructured' learning interventions as a crucial element for inspiring the curiosity to learn in their work force. [more...] |
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| Cedefop Reports |
| Informal and Non-formal Learning under the Loop |
| Thessaloniki (GR), July 2008 - Learning acquired outside schools - whether at the workplace, at leisure, or even at home - is increasingly becoming an accepted route toward acquiring formal qualifications. The expansion of systems validating such learning is partly due to the rapid development of National Qualifications Frameworks across Europe. [more...] |
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| Papers and Projects |
| Collaborative Research Project for rapid eLearning |
 Cirencester (UK), June 2008 - Elearnity, a European corporate learning analyst, has announced a comprehensive programme of research and white papers into rapid eLearning. With its focus on producing eLearning content in days or weeks rather than months, rapid eLearning is a highly attractive proposition for corporate eLearning teams. It's having a real impact on corporate eLearning and eLearning suppliers. [more...] |
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| Whitepaper |
| Dynamic Content: Connecting Business Performance and Learning |
 The Hague (NL), June 2008 - New or revised learning content should be made available immediately. By using a Learning Content Management System (LCMS) with a dynamic content delivery model managing content becomes quick and easy, allowing you to connect learning to business performance. An LCMS equips your workers with current knowledge to drive sales, improve customer service, reduce cycle times, reduce costs and improve performance in whatever role they have. [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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