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UK Workers Ready to Jump for the Right Offer
London (UK)/Arlington, VA (USA), April 2011 - Despite high overall job satisfaction, most UK workers would consider job offers - citing salary and career opportunities. A recent survey of over 2,000 UK workers conducted by YouGov on behalf of Plateau Systems reveals that, despite high overall job satisfaction among workers (62%), a large majority (72%) would consider a new job opportunity if approached. » MORE
New Analysys Mason Report Available for Download
London (UK), February 2011 - For the annual Mobile World Congress, Analysys Mason is offering a collection of expert opinion pieces and analysis titled "Mobile Insight and the Connected Consumer". Some of the content is based on results of the Connected Consumer survey conducted with consumers across Europe and the USA, measuring trends in telecoms and media. » MORE
Two White Papers from Questionmark
Norwalk, CT (USA), February 2011 - The increasing use of wikis, blogs, and portals as learning environments has brought the use of embedded assessments to the fore as a way to help learners remember more and forget less. How can this new trend work for your organization? How will it impact the way you use online surveys and quizzes? And how can it help improve learning? Two free white papers from Questionmark offer insights and practical tips about using assessments effectively in a fast-changing world. » MORE
UK Businesses Are Failing Employees on Training
London (UK), February 2011 - Research commissioned by IT and business skills provider Global Knowledge shows that businesses are failing to meet the career aspirations and training needs of their employees. Despite 72% of employees viewing learning and development opportunities as just as important as salary when choosing their next job, many still face barriers from their employers in getting the training they want. » MORE
Looking Ahead to a New Decade of Learning
North Woodchester (UK), February 2011 - The British Charity Learning Consortium has collected comments from some of its members about the challenges they've faced in the last decade in learning and development (L&D) and invited them to indulge in a little crystal-ball gazing on the industry's future. Read on to find out what Martin Baker, Laura Overton, Peter Honey, Ian Ross, and the charity L&D managers think is in store for a new decade of learning. » MORE
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
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
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
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
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