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FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Immigration policy must be a compromise

FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Immigration policy must be a compromise

FT.com / Technology - Skills and learning: Training in use of collaboration tools breeds culture of togetherness

FT.com / Technology - Skills and learning: Training in use of collaboration tools breeds culture of togetherness

E-Learning Market Consolidates as SkillSoft Buys Thomson NETg

E-Learning Market Consolidates as SkillSoft Buys Thomson NETg

Skills: Small business makes big demands (FT)

Employees of small or medium-sized companies often claim to enjoy shouldering broader responsibilities than they would have been able to in a big corporation.

Productizing Business Knowledge (Line56)

Harvard Business School's publishing unit does a brisk trade in book and periodicals, distributing some of the most valuable business writing in the world. What's interesting is how the unit is turning some of that information into e-learning functionality.

E-Learning: Design and Teaching (Line56)

Learning systems design and pedagogy are important components of executive-oriented e-learning

Blackboard and the Information University (Line56)

Examining the way in which information delivery has come to replace education

Blackboard Sues for E-Learning (Line56/PortalsMag)

Vendor's IP claims may scare a lot of smaller players out of e-learning; suing Desire2Learn may put a fright into open source projects as well

State of the Portal Market 2006: Portals and the New Wisdom of the Enterprise (BEA)

Uses for E-Learning (Line56/PortalsMag)

Online learning can be applied to any function or constituency; some ideas from vendor OutStart

E-Teaching (Line56)

Don't forget the pivotal role of the teacher in e-learning; the case of Cornell University's Samuel Bacharach

E-Learning's True Value (Line56)

Courseware value isn't just in the technology; lessons from an eCornell class

E-Learning for Partners (Line56)

Drinks giant Diageo calls attention to a new use for e-learning

E-Learning for Hospitality, Food Service (PortalsMag)

Cornell's School of Hotel Administration gets from learning to e-learning; the categories blend easily, and create stronger learning communities

Moving Beyond the Search Box: Empowering Employees Through e-Learning (KMWorld)

Recently, we held a webinar entitled "Moving Beyond the Search Box: Empowering
Employees Through e-Learning." Gary Szukalski of Autonomy joined in a conversation
with Andy Moore of KMWorld and Richard West, Head of Organizational and e-Learning
of BAE Systems. They discussed how BAE Systems was able to save over $113 million by
aligning and integrating their workforce with next generation employee learning
through the implementation of Autonomy technology. Richard then explained how the
BAE Systems Virtual University (VU) takes advantage of differentiating Autonomy's
IDOL technology to deliver measurable, credible, and defendable business value
measured in the $10's MMs.

ACS Must Prove E-Learning Execution as It Acquires Intellinex (Gartner)

ACS gains a hosted e-learning suite with the purchase of e-learning service provider Intellinex. Without the proper focus and marketing by new parent ACS, the deal could reduce Intellinex's status as an e-learning player.

E-Training (Line56)

Elluminate explains the proposition; a number of big names, including Apple, are aboard

The utility of face-to-face training is shrinking. The biggest reason is cost. Fuel prices aren't going down anytime soon, and the training function is big on travel. "When our customers focused on classroom training, either trainees would fly into a central facility or trainers would fly all over creation to deliver personal classes," says Rajeev Arora, VP of Marketing for niche e-learning specialist Elluminate.

That means racking up big travel bills as well as losing employee productivity. That's because when people are in a central location being trained, they aren't doing their jobs. Of course, those aren't the only limitations of traditional on-site training. There are also the problems of reuse and on demand access to content.

Elluminate's solution to the problem is to deliver an online training platform. That doesn't mean courseware; unlike an eCornell, for example, Elluminate isn't in the business of supplying learning content and pedagogical models. Elluminate is focused, rather, on the means of delivery of existing training content.

The E-Learning Experience (Line56)

Minnesota School of Business explains what's compelling about e-learning; simulations score big

Building on our resolution to make this the summer of e-learning, we recently spoke to the Minnesota School of Business (MSB) about their use of software for learning in the classroom and in the workplace.

One of the most interesting moments in our discussion with Dr. Andrea Olson, Research and Development Director at MSB, was when she used the term "blended experience" to refer to her overall vision of e-learning. That model, which means combining online and real-world experience in the broadest possible delivery scheme and pedagogic context, is also something to which eCornell CEO Chris Proulx referred in our kickoff conversation with him.

Video Learning (Line56)

Why video can save money for, and add interest to, classroom environments; the case of Lamar University

Blended E-Learning (Line56)

eCornell brings together traditional and Internet-age models of learning to deliver a new proposition; a neglected but high-value neighborhood of e-learning

Sharpening Performance (Line56)

How eCornell works with Air Products to keep knowledge long and innovation strong; reiterating the benefits of online learning

E-Learning: Let's Get Going (Line56)

We prepare to make a sustained and detailed case for a long neglected application area; let's make this the summer of e-learning

Line56.com: Enterprise Video

Line56.com: Enterprise Video

An E-Learning Proposition (Line56)

Skillsoft offers us another opportunity to dig more deeply into the value and importance of e-learning

Accreditation for e-learning programme (FT)

Cosmetic giant L’Oréal’s e-Strat programme has been awarded Certificate of E-Learning (Cel) accreditation by the European Foundation for Management Development.

L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge awarded EFMD CEL accreditation (EFMD)

The European Foundation for Management Development is delighted to announce that the L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge has been awarded EFMD CEL accreditation, the first worldwide accreditation of technology-enhanced learning programmes in the field of management education.

Joint Education Venture Pairs Riverdeep and Microsoft (Riverdeep)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and Orlando, Fla., March 23, 2006 - Improving academic achievement is the key objective behind a unique relationship between Riverdeep and Microsoft, Riverdeep announced today at the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando.

Mohive Launches “100% E-Learning Content Tracking Guarantee” Program (The Open Press)

Oslo, Norway (OPENPRESS) March 24, 2006 -- Mohive, a leader in e-learning publishing systems, today announced their “100% E-Learning Content Tracking Guarantee” program. The program guarantees that all e-learning content created in Mohive Toolbox will track all relevant data in a company’s Learning Management System (LMS).

Quality and branding are crucial factors (FT)

Distance learning/e-learning – that is, studying “virtually” while maintaining a full-time career – is increasingly seen as a viable alternative to more traditional, face-to-face learning.

Expanding market tending to divide into two camps (FT)

It is hard to imagine an MBA programme with 40,000 active students at any one time, but such is the case with the University of Phoenix, Arizona. Well, the business school is in Arizona; the students could be anywhere in the world.

Online learning comes of age (FT)

New technology allows institutions to take the distance out of remote learning, comments Ray Irving, head of learning resources for the MBA at Warwick Business School in the UK.

CeBIT 2006: link-lab present adaptive eLearning Content Management System

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(openPR) - Berlin, Germany, March 6, 2006 - link-lab introduces it's Content Management System especially designed for eLearning at CeBIT hall 9, booth B39.

The Power of Grid (Line56)

No matter what your niche, you're only as strong as your back end; the story of Savvica and its reliance on a flexible grid approach

Savvica is an online e-learning company with an intriguing premise, which is to serve as a hub for instructors and students across thousands of disciplines (check it out at www.nuvvo.com).

E-Learning for Channel Partners Delivers Increased Value to SME Customers: Electronic Knowledge Transfer (SAP)

SAP is growing faster than the industry average in the market segment for small and midsize enterprises (SME). The involvement of its partners - and their specialized knowledge - is vital for its success. As part of the new SAP PartnerEdge Program for Channel Partners, the company has established a comprehensive, three-tier training and education curriculum.

Small and midsize enterprise customers, as well as the subsidiaries of SAP's larger customers, increasingly turn to channel partners to help them at every stage of their IT projects. Preparing channel partners to meet customer needs is a top priority for SAP. SAP has therefore introduced a comprehensive, partner e-learning curriculum and built learning paths to ensure that both technical and sales personnel gain the knowledge they need to help customers through every phase of their IT projects.

EduFactory to Present at Sharing@LearnShare on Tackling E-Learning Challenges with Success (i-Newswire)

(I-Newswire) - February 16, 2006 ( Washington, DC ) – The challenges that face senior learning leaders when striving to stay ahead in the e-learning marketplace are demanding. In a dynamic, global economy, companies consistently face obstacles in their training programs that prevent proactive growth. These obstacles include: delivering available, relevant content at all times; vendor reliance; and struggling with aligning training objectives with business objectives. EduFactory will be addressing this issue and show organizations how to easily, effectively and inexpensively create, manage, and update online courses on March 1-2 when senior corporate training professionals will be gathering in Las Vegas for the Sharing@LearnShare conference. ( www.learnshare.com/Site/Sharing/vegas2006/vegas.aspx ).

Saba Wins Best of 2005 Elearning! Award for Learning Management Systems (Saba)

Reader’s Choice Award Recognizes Saba Enterprise 5 as ‘Comprehensive’ and ‘Configurable’

Redwood Shores, Calif., February 8, 2006 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, today announced that readers of Elearning! Magazine selected Saba Enterprise 5 as the Best Learning Management System/Learning Content Management System. Readers described Saba Enterprise 5, Saba’s next-generation HCM suite, as a “comprehensive, integrated suite that is open, scalable and configurable”.

Netpioneer mit E-Learning Suite mplay Version 2.0 auf der Learntec 2006 (contentmanager.de)

Zu der vom 14. bis 16. Februar 2006 in Karlsruhe stattfindenden Fachmesse für Bildungs- und Informationstechnologie Learntec präsentiert die Netpioneer GmbH ihre E-Learning-Suite in neuem und erweitertem Gewand. Sie umfasst die Module mplay (Autorentool), den neu integrierten mPlay-Server (LMS) sowie den mPlay Virtual Classroom. Die Komplettlösung für aktive und flexible Aus- und Weiterbildung ist noch eingängiger und schneller als frühere Versionen, ermöglicht bequeme Erstellung von Schulungen, einfache Auswertung der Ergebnisse und vermittelt noch mehr Lust am Lernen.

E-learning and Learning Management (TEC)

Learning management systems help organizations provide employees or students with access to classroom and on-line learning and also facilitate the planning and tracking of user development. They may include tools for course authoring, content management, virtual classrooms and collaboration.