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Online Learners are Lifetime Learners
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A recent report from Research and Markets Ltd. ("The Future Online Learner") predicts continued growth in online enrollments. The report also identifies four types of future online learners: career climbers, perfection seekers, mid-life changers and content dreamers.
Half (47%) of those surveyed indicated they are very interested in a degree or certificate program offered partially or completely online. Furthermore, those most interested in online education expect to enroll sooner than their less-enthusiastic counterparts.
In the prime of their lives, future online learners are better educated and compensated than the average U.S. resident, the report continues. Sixty-nine percent have earned at least a bachelor's degree. Half (49%) are between the ages of 35 and 39. Business is the preferred field of study.
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Surviving. No! Thriving in a Tough Learning Market
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In a panel discussion with six learning executives conducted last week, Elearning! Magazine reports these five key strategies for thriving in the current economic market.
1. Protect revenue producing learning investments. "CLOs and executives need to tie what they are doing with the life blood of the company," reports George Selix of Sun Microsystems. "Second, execute it great.. . and deliver results," he concludes.
2. Get talent where you need it. "It's the business stupid," says Nick Van Dam of Deloitte. Look at all the business units (globally) deploy to grow areas and train to fill those (emerging) jobs. From USA to China, India, etc.
3. Re-deploy, train and develop employees via e-learning and online learning, now more than ever. "With 600 partners (worldwide), we need (to continue to train) for growth and global needs," stresses Van Dam.
4. Be an advocate for this process. If you are absent from the table and the discussions, you will lose and so will the company in the long term.
5. "Keep focused on where you want the company and your team to be at the end of this recession, in 12 to 18 months," says George Selix of Sun Microsystems. Those that had the best plan, will benefit earlier than those that did not.
Executive participants include: George Selix, Sun Microsystems' Senior Director of Employee & Partner Learning Services, Bill Byron Convevitch, CLO of Wireless Internet Institute, Nick Van Dam of Deloitte, Deb Tees, Vice President, Enterprise Learning Initiatives for Fifth Third Bank, Steven Teal, former CLO of Honeywell and Larry Israelite, Vice President, HR Development for Liberty Mutual. See full feature article in the upcoming Elearning! Magazine January 2009 edition.
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There's a "powerful need for higher value services to support global content value-chain strategy ... for delivering multilingual communications that align with global business goals," says a report from Gilbane Group Inc. And innovative "language service providers ... are uniquely positioned to assist organizations with these services."
The new report, sponsored by Jonckers, is titled "Multilingual Communications as a Business Imperative." It compiles the results of in-depth interviews with people who manage content and translation/localization within multinational organizations worldwide.
"Most respondents believe that current efforts are falling short," says Karl Kadie, contributing analyst with Gilbane Group. "Many need value-added services to help transform the way they achieve their goals. Language service-providers have significant expertise in delivering the needed services, especially change management."
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More than 400 votes have been counted for the Best of Elearning! Awards. Discover what products and services have been honored as the best solutions in 2008, from readers of Elearning! Magazine.
Join our editors on Friday, November 7th at 11:30 AM PST and learn about the best solutions in the market. More than 40% of the finalists are new honorees - a sign of healthy innovation in the e-learning marketplace. After the session, dialogue with the editors, readers and honorees in the Networking Lounge Best of Elearning! Chat.
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Powering Enterprise-Wide Learning
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Training budgets are tightening. Travel is impossible and global teams need training.
Join this session, hosted by Ed Stengel of Brookwood Media Arts, and learn the 5 steps to creating a successful e-learning training program for the enterprise.
Discover:
>> Which tools and technology to use to create, manage and deploy learning across the enterprise,
>> The programs and content to transition quickly and effectively,
>> And how to measure performance and effectiveness of learning.
Join this complimentary web session, sponsored by Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.
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Best Practices Around the World
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"Global Learning and Talent Solutions: Best Practices" from Bersin & Associates offers insights into how companies around the world are taking a global view of learning and talent management and meeting challenges with innovative solutions.
Overall, most globalization initiatives fall into one of three categories:
>> Centralizing organizational structures and integrating key processes.
>> Improving cost controls.
>> Developing high-impact learning programs, with particular emphasis on leadership development, career development, and rapid skills development.
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