Themen

New Publication

Study Explores Training and Development

London (UK), April 2007 - The findings of a new study into learning, training, and development based on 58 case studies of learning and development across nineteen countries are published in 'The Changing World of the Trainer - Emerging Good Practice', written by Martyn Sloman. » MORE

Cooperation

Food for Thought

Hannover (GER), December 2006 - Quality and standardisation in eLearning have become crucial success factors for organisations in learning, education, and training: Handbook on Quality and Standardisation in ELearning Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, Jan Martin Pawlowski (Eds.). » MORE

Inadequate Support

New Study: Managers Are Vital for Knowledge Transfer

Bracknell (UK), November 2006 - A quarter of all training is wasted because delegates do not get the chance to apply their learning and they are not adequately supported by their line manager, according to a new Kirkpatrick Level 3 benchmark study from KnowledgePool, the managed learning services company. » MORE

Participation

New Understanding of Knowledge

Berlin (Germany), October 2006 - "Knowledge is not a product but a process", says George Siemens, the Canadian eLearning expert and keynote speaker at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2006. He invites the attendees to help "build" his conference keynote speech by contributing their ideas and thoughts on a special wiki site. » MORE

Orientation

Survey Finds: eLearning Obstacles Can Be High

Bonn (Germany), October 2006 - eUser, a Europe-wide survey of citizen needs and preferences related to lifelong learning and eLearning funded by the EU has established that two people in three who have done an eLearning course are satisfied with the experience. » MORE

Authoring Tools Survey Released

Brighton, July 2006 - The selection of eLearning authoring tools is based on three key criteria, according to the findings a recent online survey by the Brighton-based consulting company Kineo. The survey showed that while there is no clear winner in the authoring tools market yet, several products are making headway, but they need to make improvements to meet customer needs. » MORE

Seven Steps to Sustainability

Brighton, June 2006 - If you build it, will they stay? Much eLearning is built quickly these days, but is it built to last, or does it wither on the vine? Kineo explains how to ensure your learning is sustainable in a free briefing paper released this week. » MORE

Evolving eLearning

Bologna, June 2006 - Are you tired of the usual overviews? Are you looking for grounded and actual analysis of eLearning evolutions in Europe and their implications on policies and practices for growth and innovation? The HELIOS Report 2005/2006 suggests an original approach to the critical analysis of innovation in learning in Europe! » MORE

Embracing Technology in Saudi Arabia

Dubai, June 2006 - (by UmmeSalma Mujtaba) Saudi Arabia's public sector is making world-leading use of IT and network technologies to improve services to citizens, a survey has found. The study was sponsored by Cisco Systems® and was done under the patronage of the Saudi Ministry for Communications and Information Technology. » MORE

SkillSoft Undertakes Research Project

Dubai June 2006, (by UmmeSalma Mujtaba) Over the past five years, various companies have conducted several major research studies into eLearning. Findings from the latest piece of research by SkillSoft identify the perceptions of eLearning amongst over 200 employees within organisations across EMEA who are actually using eLearning as an integral part of their development. Sixteen organisations participated in this study and made their employees available during the research phase. » MORE