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CIPD’s HRD 2011 – Good Show!

Upside Learning

Last week we had an exhibition stand at CIPD’s HRD 2011 at Olympia London – our very first ‘outing’ in the UK. It turned out to be a great show for us with executives from several blue chip companies visiting our stand to discuss their performance and learning challenges. Best Stand 2001 – Runners Up.

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Serious Games & e-learning Gamification #ICELW Concurrent Session Notes

Learning Visions

Games = organized play (Prensky (2001) Serious games = games with purpose Gamification = use of game design elemnts in non-game contexts (Deterding, 2011) Beyond complexity…a methodology (HEXA-GameBasedLearning GBL): 1. Did we achieve that as a company? Purpose/(educational) objectives – learning objectives 2.

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Part 1: The Shift From Push to Pull Learning

CLO Magazine

the parent company for Orkin. E-learning courseware company Skillsoft experienced a similar situation when it first invested in pull types of learning technology. In 2001, the company purchased Books24x7, a digital asset library software company. invested in informal learning tools and services.

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Employers Boosting Efforts to Help Workers Save for Retirement

CLO Magazine

To help contribute to employees'' retirement security, a growing number of employers have increased their company match to the 401(k) plan. on the first 6 percent of employee deferrals, with 19 percent of employers reporting this formula, up from 10 percent in 2011. Aon Hewitt''s research shows the most common match is now $1.00

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Blackboard CEO To Step Down

CLO Magazine

Chasen co-founded Blackboard in 1997 and oversaw the company's growth from just a handful of employees and a few clients to a workforce of more than 3,000. Chasen also oversaw the completion of more than 20 acquisitions and the company's transition back to private ownership in 2011 after its acquisition by Providence Equity Partners for $1.7

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A new recipe for learner engagement (and how to bake it)

CrossKnowledge

Corporates can enable their employees to develop by offering relevant ‘lifelong’ learning & development activities, and studies have shown that both employees and the companies they are working for will benefit (Aguinis & Kraiger, 2009). Learning offer. Annual Review of Psychology, 60, 451-474. Corbalan, G.,

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A Commitment to Move

CLO Magazine

He had been named the company’s first human resources director for India and was working around the clock to bring this fast-growing venture to life. Born with severe bronchial asthma, Varma’s condition worsened as Accenture expanded its India footprint from 200 people in 2001 to an astounding 40,000 employees by 2008.

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