|
Professionals committed to Building Smarter Companies read Elearning! Magazine
and eNewsletters. If you wish to continue receiving Elearning!, do nothing. You
will continue to learn about vital trends, news and updates. If you do NOT wish
to receive future editions, please unsubscribe by scrolling to the end of the
page, and select unsubscribe.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
This Issue's Sponsor: Adobe
|
|
|
.
|
|
|
|
| |
Elearning! Summit 05.08.08 Encore
|
|
Did you miss the Learning Best Practices Showcase?
You can still view these valuable sessions on-demand.
Hear
how HP, CA and many leading corporations deployed programs that
impacted the bottom line, leveraged technology to increase
performance and effectively deployed global initiatives.
Hosted by Elearning! Magazine & Bersin & Associates.
Join the
sessions compliments of Elearning! Magazine, and sponsored by
Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.
Join the Session
|
|
|
|
| |
Hot Topics from The Show Front
|
| |
The last day is winding down at ASTD's San Diego Expo. Some
reoccuring themes of budget cuts, globalization and vendor
dissatisfaction still lingers. However, the show is definitely
larger than previous years, and many attendees are seeking
solutions actively.
Hot topics surround competency,
compliance and collaboration. The key drivers are pressing
performance issues, tighter staffing and budgets.
>> One
source reported that 23% of employees surveyed missunderstand a
crucial aspect of their job, resulting in greater risk and lower
profitability. The solution? An appropriate assessment of skills
and a development program to fill the gaps. This is especially
vital in the compliance area where violations are extremely
costly to an organization.
>> Attendees are voicing the
need to efficiently and effectively deploy content to global and
diverse audiences. In our informal survey, about 25-30% of our
visitors are "new" to e-learning and searching for assistance.
Many say "I was directed to develop our e-learning program." LMS
and virtual classrooms are the top solutions sought.
See
this issue's "Editor's Pick," for products that turned our
heads.
More Info.
|
|
|
|
| |
LMS Needed But Can Improve, Says Survey
|
|
|
A study of Learning Management Systems users, conducted by the
E-learning Guild this year, revealed the following:
•
70.6% of surveyed organizations use an LMS, and 79.5% of
organizations with more than 5,000 workers use an LMS.
•
94.6% are convinced that a LMS is essential to their
organization; 95.5% believe a LMS allows people to access
learning more easily; and 94.3% assert that a LMS allows members
to distribute better learning throughout the organization.
• LMSs score low satisfaction scores, particularly for the
ability to support specific and complex business process models
(2.28), support for immersive learning simulations (1.62),
support for talent/human capital management initiatives (2.23),
and support for Web 2.0 features (1.87).
• The average
costs to acquire, install and customize a LMS for all industries
and organization sizes is $85.68 per learner.
• The
average cost to maintain the LMS is $44.62 per learner.
Read
More.
|
|
|
|
| |
Maximizing Learner Transfer
|
|
The most important factors that determine the success of
transferring learning to the workplace have been pinpointed in a
ground-breaking research program carried out on behalf of the
Irish Management Institute by Dr. Paul Donovan, its head of
management development, and internationally renowned trainer
John Townsend.
Donovan and Townsend identify the critical
actions that need to be taken to maximize learning transfer:
work environment, training design, trainee characteristics and
transfer climate.
The two are the co-authors of several
popular books on facilitation, training needs analysis and
training evaluation.
Learn More
|
|
|
|
| |
Integrating Social Networks for Business
|
| |
Brandon Hall Research says that some organizations are unsure about the
benefits and risks of social learning.
One-third of employers
block access to social media sites like social networking and video
services. Reasons include effects on productivity, loss of information
control, abuse by employees, and vulnerability to outside viruses.
Sixty-six percent of respondents to an informal survey on the topic of
social learning technologies said their organizations block at least
some social media sites.
Creating a social learning environment
is requiring that workplace learning technology shift from an
infrastructure that is content-based to one that is built around people.
Consequently, some learning technology vendors are moving from providing
closed, stand-alone systems to creating products that are more
integrated with popular Web 2.0 technologies.
Written by Janet
Clarey, a senior researcher at Brandon Hall Research, “How Learning
Management Systems are Integrating Social Learning Technologies: Review
and Outlook,“ describes how Web 2.0 technologies are being supported by
commercial LMSs.
Learn
More
|
|
Elearning! eNews is published by B2B Media Company, a privately held trade
publishing and electronic media company. Elearning! brands are produced by
B2B Media Company's Trade Publishing Unit. The custom publishing division
offers complete turnkey third party publishing, production, and fulfillment
services. To learn more, visit
elearning.B2BmediaCo.com
To advertise in Elearning! eNews,
contact sales at 888-201-2841 x842 or by email at
sales@B2Bmediaco.com
|
