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Pick of the Month: July 2012

Jane Hart

The month was dominated for me by the continuing need for change both in education and in the workplace. 1 – Change in Higher education. Chronicle article explains the business model , reviewed the Coursera approach: “I am certainly not a business person and the people starting this all seem like smart cookies to me.

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Grow multicultural leaders with coaching, not just business English

CLO Magazine

As workforces continue to grow more diverse, human resources and learning and development teams have embraced language training programs, such as Business English and ESL, for multicultural employees. building and marketing calls, Sameer will need to gain fluency in business communications in order to succeed with clients.

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What Does the Training Department Do When Training Doesn’t Work?

Performance Learning Productivity

Training Industry estimates the 2012 figures for the training market at $131billion in the USA and $160billion for the rest of the world – a global total of $291billion. In the ROI world the perfect solution consists of a identifying a clear causal chain linking and isolating training input with ‘hard numbers’ of output.

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Will Mobile Apps Change Training Forever?

Upside Learning

In my interactions with various business owners & training managers I’ve found a performance support initiative gets the management nod more easily as compared to a training initiative. Evidently, the management believes the advantage of a performance support initiative is immediate, and promises better ROI.

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The Impact of Declining Enrollments

Beyond Campus Innovations

Higher education student enrollments have been declining steadily in recent years. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , “While total undergraduate enrollment increased by 37 percent between 2000 and 2010 (from 13.2 While the reasons behind the trend are varied, the impact on institutions could be fatal.

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Breaking Down Big Data

SmartUp

With technological advancements and the presence of social networks, more and more data is created on a daily basis, and these data can be used by businesses in different aspects, e.g, These huge data sets can be used to analyze business problems you would otherwise have not have been able to address before. ROI Tracking.

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4 Reasons Companies Should Adopt Mobile Learning…Are You Missing the Boat?

SHIFT eLearning

1) Mobile devices allow businesses to distribute learning quickly. The 2012 report Mobile Learning: Driving Business Results by Empowering Employees in the Moment clearly states "The correlation with business results is direct. Calculating the Return on Investment (ROI) of Your Mobile Learning Initiative".