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Hi-Tech Networking: Elearning! Summit May 8th
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Meet Learning Professionals - See Exhibitors & Product Demos -
Ask Questions & Network with Others
All from the
comfort of your desk at The 1st Annual Elearning! Summit 2008.
Join Elearning! Magazine, Bersin & Associates and Learning
Leaders from across the globe at the Summit, May 8th 9AM- 4 PM
PST.
General Sessions Include:
>> Global Deployment of
Learning for Performance
>> Impact Business through
E-learning Programs
>> Hot Technology Innovations
The
1st Annual Elearning! Summit registration is complimentary to
industry professionals.
Founding sponsor: Adobe &
Adobe Connect
Register Now.
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Increase Learner Performance Through Interactivity
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Designing engaging interactive instruction can help learners
increase knowledge and performance, reports Karl Kapp e-learning
consultant.
In this web seminar slated for May 13th at
10 AM PST:
>>Learn how to use instructional strategies to
develop interactive exercises and activities that support
on-the-job performance.
>>Review five key design strategies
that encourage interactivity.
>> See examples of interactive
exercises and explore the possibilities of adding similar
activities to your instruction.
Join this complimentary
web seminar session, sponsored by Adobe Connect Pro.
Register Now for Free Seminar.
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Bad News: Business Cutting Back
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According to a study by the Institute for Corporate
Productivity, 88 percent of companies that were surveyed plan to
implement cost-cutting measures within a year.
When asked
about how companies plan to reduce costs, 87 percent said that
efficiencies will be improved. Seventy-one percent said they are
considering cutting discretionary spending, while 65 percent
will seek lower costs from vendors.
The good news is that
“just” 33 percent said that staff layoffs are imminent.
The most likely cutback targets are operations, closely followed
by administration and using external vendors or outsourcing.
Thirty-five percent said they will look to their Human Relations
departments for cuts.
“In this uncertain economic
environment, it’s clear companies are intent on not being caught
flat-footed,” notes Kevin Oakes, CEO of i4cp, “but so far it’s
looking more like careful surgery than a bloodbath. Layoffs
don't seem to be the first choice for a lot of companies.”
For More
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Elearning! Magazine Wins, Again!
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Elearning! Magazine won the Western Publications Association
Award for Best Computer, Technology and Training Trade Magazine
2008.
"For the 4th year, Elearning! Magazine has been
honored as one of the best trade magazines in the USA," reports
JW Upton, Vice President of Elearning!
The magazine
serves executives across the USA who are seeking solutions to
stay competitive, gain talent and improve employee performance.
"Every issue offers readers the roadmap to deploying successful
enterprise-wide learning initiatives...useful, actionable and
objective content," claims Jerry Roche, Editorial Director.
"When you pick up an issue of Elearning! Magazine, you will
learn something useful," concludes Upton.
"It is great
to be selected as the best in a very competitive technology
market," says Roche.
To view the current edition of
Elearning! Magazine, visit the web site.
Read More.
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Canadians Opt for Common Platform
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Canada’s provincial government recently announced a major
advancement in distance education.
Until now, the K-12
system, Memorial University and the College of the North
Atlantic all have had separate distance education programs. But
now, the three levels are partnering with Desire2Learn — a
provider of e-learning technology — to provide a common platform
across all education levels.
Students moving from high
school into post-secondary, who will continue to take courses
through distance education, will no longer have to learn or
adapt to a new system.
Education minister Joan Burke told
a Canadian newspaper that this is the first time in any
jurisdiction in North America that all public education
institutions have come together to provide students with a
common technology.
The project will cost about $1.3
million.
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Low-Tech Social Networking
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Companies in Silicon Valley — home to high-tech companies like Apple and
Google — are opting for “low-tech” social networking during staff
meetings. Managers are telling their employees not to bring laptop
computers to office meetings.
Naturally, there's even a snappy
term for the move: topless meetings.
Sue Fox, author of “Business
Etiquette for Dummies,” told the Los Angeles Times that “face-to-face
meetings have become a low priority because they're constantly
interrupted by technology, and people can’t figure out what to do.”
John Vars, one of the founders of Dogster.com, has another take: "Even
if people are just taking notes, they are not giving the natural human
signals that they are listening to the person speaking. It inhibits
teamwork."
And these “topless meetings” are just one dimension of
the new corporate-think. Another is “meataxo,” which means getting rid
of office meetings completely.
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