Themen

Movers and Shakers

Second Annual List of eLearning's Top Ten Published

London (UK), January 2011 - For the second year in succession, January sees the publication of corporate eLearning's "Top Ten Movers and Shakers" by Bob Little - in three lists covering "the World", "Europe", and "the UK". Of the 31 names on the three lists (nineteen men and ten women), only two names appear on more than one list: Fabrizio Cardinali, of the Italy-based LCMS producer, eXact learning solutions, and Piers Lea, of the eLearning content specialists LINE Communications. » MORE

Charities Lead the Way

Harnessing Social Networking for L&D

London (UK), January 2011 - Charities are ahead of their private and public-sector counterparts in harnessing the blueprint of social networking for learning. Martin Baker, founder and MD of the Charity Learning Consortium, says he is not surprised - using social media for learning is compellingly cost effective for charities, with private, exclusive networks in particular really proving their worth. » MORE

Survey

European Workforce Mobility on the Rise

Framingham, MA (USA), November 2010 - The analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced the Western European results from its 2010 EMEA Enterprise Mobility Survey, which questioned 1,240 end users in thirteen countries across EMEA on the latest workforce mobility trends within their organizations. Interviews were conducted in July-August 2010 across seven countries in the Western European region of the survey, including ten company-size categories and industry verticals. » MORE

Increasing Skill Levels

Personal Learning Accounts - Building on Lessons Learnt

London (UK), September 2010 - Research on personal learning accounts was funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills as part of a programme of activity to inform development of proposals in "Ambition 2020: skills, jobs, growth". The report was produced by Consulting Inplace Ltd and authored by Dr Steve Johnson, Richard Holt, Naz Khan, Mark Morrin, and Dr Szymon Sawicki. The following is a summary of the report. » MORE

Publication

Supporting Tutors of Adaptive eLearning

Saarbrücken (GER), September 2010 - Over the last decade, the use of eLearning has become widespread. However, its further development and deployment faces a number of threats. Van Rosmalen's publication "Facilitating the Design and Support of Adaptive eLearning: Models to Assist the Tutor" discusses two models that address these needs. » MORE

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

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

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

'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