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Skillsoft Acquires Element K for $110 Million

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

The business of eLearning in corporate training continues to shift. I'm just pointing it out as a "heads up" that the eLearning industry is alive and well and corporate training departments need to continue to stay up to date on the latest moves within our industry. You can read the full press release here. Yes, you are needed.

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Content – Change the Narrative

eLearning 24-7

Too many times I find that when talking about content, 3rd party content providers, content driven strategies from learning system vendors (which is quite hot) and marketplaces place more of a general approach to buying and pushing it. Content (formally known as courses as the main stay) follow the same suit.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

There may come a time, when you need content. Content these days, well, it is an umbrella term to represent courses (micro too), videos, articles, materials, workbooks, other types of learning resources, podcasts and so forth. If it can be consumed for knowledge, then it slides under content. . Who remembers NetG?

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Phew! Reflecting on #ASTD10

Learning Visions

Josh has a great vision of helping groups put out user generated content in an easily accessible way. I like his approach to training, “We create leadership packages – tools and resources for managers based on situational needs.” (He but I did make a point of checking out Bloomfire and their Collaborative Social Learning Community.

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BOB MOSHER – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Bob has been an active and influential leader in the learning and training industry for over 30 years and is renowned worldwide for his pioneering role in new approaches to learning. Bob started his career in adult education with Element K (now Skillsoft ). LEARNNOVATORS: You are a big proponent of ‘thinking beyond the course.’

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NIIT and OpenSesame Announce Content Partnership

OpenSesame

Today the OpenSesame team is thrilled to announce our latest strategic partnership: We’re working with NIIT, the global provider of managed training services, to provide NIIT customers with online training courses from the OpenSesame marketplace. said Edward Trolley, NIIT’s VP of Managed Training Services for Mid Market. “By

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Someone came up with a term for DVD content, a horrible idea – and well, nobody remembers it. GO1 picked off Anders Pink, which initially was a good idea; I mean, GO1 didn’t know the impact of AI in the content finding and bringing in (nobody did), and their strategy for leveraging AP was smart.

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