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Reed Learning Launches Little Book of Inspiration

London (UK), January 2014 - Reed Learning has announced the next in its award-winning series of Little Books for L&D professionals. -œThe Little Book of Inspiration: By Pioneering Thinkers from the Learning & Development World" will be launching at Learning Technologies and Learning and Skills 2014, 29 - 30 January, at London's Olympia II venue. » MORE

Annual Study

Business Impact of Technology-Enabled Learning

London (UK), December 2013 - The annual Towards Maturity benchmark study carried out across over 500 organisations including BT, BA, NHS Direct, Toyota Motor Europe, and Bupa, reveals that technology-enabled learning has helped businesses reduce staff churn by nine percent, speed up new product roll-out by 24 percent, and reduce learning delivery time by 22 percent. » MORE

Survey Results

MySQL Users Open up on Open Source

London (UK)/ Helsinki (FI), December 2013 - SkySQL, a provider of open-source database technology, has announced results from the first-ever MySQL Insights Survey. Conducted between August and September this year, 244 respondents from enterprises, SMEs, and public-sector organizations expressed their opinions on the fast-changing world of open-source software. » MORE

Benchmark

Toward Maturity's New Learning Agenda

London (UK), November 2013 - The results of the 2013-14 Towards Maturity Benchmark have been announced, and the report, "The New Learning Agenda: Talent, Technology and Change" is now available to download. The ELA Award winners have also been unveiled, and a new essential guide, The Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual, has been launched. » MORE

Juniper Research

Mobile Augmented Reality: 200 Million Globally by 2018

Hampshire (UK), November 2013 - New findings from leading hi-tech analysts Juniper Research have shown that the mobile augmented reality (AR) market is set to increase dramatically from sixty million unique users this year to nearly 200 million in 2018. The market will expand from the early-adopting gaming segment and navigation-based utility to becoming an integral part of the consumer's ecosystem. » MORE

Juniper Research

Mobile Devices to Be Worth 19 Billion USD by 2018

Hampshire (UK), October 2013 - New findings from leading hi-tech analysts Juniper Research has revealed that the retail revenue from smart wearable devices, including smart watches and glasses, will reach nineteen billion US dollars by 2018 compared with 1.4 billion USD this year. Revenues will be driven by high price points for these devices allied to their anticipated strong market demand. » MORE

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Sixth Survey of Learning-Industry Pay Launched

Stoke Prior (UK), October 2013 - Blue Eskimo, a specialist recruitment company in the learning industry, has just launched its annual work and salary survey. The survey, now in its sixth year, is the most comprehensive study of its kind and provides the learning industry with its sole dedicated benchmark for salary and work statistics. » MORE

Little's Britain

Adult skills study results to be revealed

Bob LittleLondon (UK), October 2013 - (by Bob Little) The 16th international conference on -˜Human Capital and Investments in Education' takes place on 10th October in the Congress Centre of Prague's University of Finance and Administration - and it's there that the results of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will be revealed. PIAAC focuses on the skills people need for success in the information age. It looks at the skills people use in their jobs, including: reading; numeracy; team work; communication; presentation skills; information and technology skills. » MORE

Speexx White Paper

How Communication and Technology Impact Profitability

Armin HoppMunich (GER), September 2013 - Speexx, an award-winning provider of online corporate language training, has released a free white paper for HR and L&D professionals of global organisations. Entitled -˜Empowering Communication - What's in it for the Bottom Line?', the white paper examines current eLearning and talent-management trends and gives practical advice for reaping the full benefits offered by technology. » MORE

New Issue

RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal

Barcelona (E), August 2013 - The Universities and Knowledge Society Journal (RUSC) is a semiannual open-access e-journal jointly published by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC, Spain) and the University of New England (UNE, Australia) that appears in January and July. The current issue has a special section focusing on the outlook and challenges for education and technology in Mexico and Latin America. » MORE