Training Budgets Decrease Overall 
Earlier this year, The Masie Institute conducted a survey of more than 500 organizations from around the world. Based on results, overall learning budgets have decreased in the past year...

Virtual Groups More Difficult to Manage
"Leading and managing a virtual team can be more difficult than contending with a face-to-face group," observes Dr. Gary Woodhill, director of Research and Analysis for Brandon Hall...

Deals

CPP Announces Strategic Alliance 
CPP Inc., an industry leader in research, training, and organizational development tools including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment, announced a strategic alliance with learning solutions provider ThinkWise, Inc...

Blackboard Acquires Terriblyclever Design LLC
Blackboard Inc. has acquired Terriblyclever Design LLC, maker of MobilEdu...

WEB 2.0: Virtual Environment for Online Meetings
Forterra's On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (O.L.I.V.E.) enterprise virtual world product is ideal for collaborative meetings, training/learning, events, and other specialized applications...

LMS: Trellis LMS Offers Best of Both Worlds Trellis LMS is based on an open source software making it from step one a cost-effective solution...

LMS: Driving Your E-learning Programs With Learning Evolution's LMS
Learning Evolution's world-class learning management capabilities are designed to address the unique business needs of any organization...

Your New Elearning! E-Zine Has Arrived 

Companies spend an average of $1,202 per employee on training, according to a 2009 report released by Bersin & Associates. What's surprising is that even in today's tough economic climate, many companies are still tracking completion rates to evaluate the value of their investment in e-learning. And this is 40 years after Donald Kirkpatrick first published his ideas on evaluation! Why has there been such a lack of progress in measuring the return on investments (ROI)?