Universities will finally accept they are service providers. As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. Countries that currently attract foreign students to their shores will need to brace for the impact on their local economies, as an ever-increasing proportion of students choose to gain an international education without leaving their home country. Offshoring will become the rule, not the exception. MORE

Leverage on outsourcing : In particular, look at offshore companies who are more agile, offer a wider range of services at a fraction of the cost, and significantly lower turn-around time. Localization: As you go online for a large part of your training, do not miss out to validate which trainings need to be offered in the localized versions. Rapid eLearning tools also offer rapid Localization – do evaluate them for such trainings. Introduction. MORE

Off-the-Shelf e-Learning content publishers, technology-driven training providers, and everybody in the e-Learning space is under pressure to maintain the pace of content design & development on the new platforms at the same cost. While outsourcing and off-shoring have been a buzz word for more than a decade, they are now hot in the list of e-Learning honchos as well. MORE

LearnUpon had just set off on their journey to be the best Learning Management System (LMS) in Australia when I first spoke with the CEO, Brendan Noud. “I’m ASQA (or, in some cases, a state regulator) has registered around 5000 training providers, known as Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), to deliver vocational education and training (VET) services. Will I have access to local Australian customer support? Local support will be especially key in Australia. MORE

BPO: Managing Services & Association eLearning. As such, associations are beginning to look outside their own organization for help with service management , or outsourcing the business process (BPO). Companies such as Accenture , GP Strategies and Web Courseworks offer external consulting and implementation solutions to businesses with needs ranging from IT services , training, and recruitment. So, the association hires experts to provide the services to fill that need. MORE

Customers can expect the same great products, people, and service that they have grown to love. The storm passed our development office and team’s homes while still a good distance offshore. There was minimal impact, and provided there aren’t any issues with local power, the team will be back in the office next week. Exciting news: Trivantis® has announced that it was acquired by StoneCalibre , a private investment company. What does this mean for you as our customer? MORE

link] conf2009 February 4-6, 2009 Campus Architecture and Middleware Planning (CAMP) Workshop: Delivering, Sourcing, and Securing Services Throughout the Student Identity Life Cycle , sponsored by EDUCAUSE, Internet2, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), and the National Science Foundation, Tempe Mission Palms, Tempe, Arizona, USA. link] company/events/ April 8-10, 2009 Edutech 2009: Education Technology and Services Show, Muscat, Oman. MORE

Universities will finally accept they are service providers. As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. Countries that currently attract foreign students to their shores will need to brace for the impact on their local economies, as an ever-increasing proportion of students choose to gain an international education without leaving their home country. Offshoring will become the rule, not the exception. MORE

Author Bio: Ron Cullimore | Head Of Client Services. Ron Cullimore is a deeply experienced customer service and recruitment professional. His expertise covers client experience and engagement, service management, business development, offshoring and recruitment strategy for start-ups, SMEs, corporations and multinationals. Build relationships on trust. MORE

link] or www.col.org/OERPolicy December 1, 2010 Security and Defence Learning : International Forum on Technology Assisted Learning and Training for Defence, Security and Emergency Services, 6 th , Hotel InterContinental Berlin, Berlin, Germany. link] December 1-3, 2010 European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), 8 th , Ayia Napa, Cyprus. link] December 4-7, 2010 Technology Information Education Services (TIES) Educational Technology Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. MORE

I just returned from a two week-long business visit to Australia this Sunday, not my first visit to the country but definitely the one where I sensed that the local eLearning industry is gaining momentum. A little googling and I discovered this report from The Canadian Trade Service, claiming the y-o-y growth rates in Australian elearning market to be around 27.3% There’s a noticeably growing inclination towards outsourcing especially custom elearning development services. MORE

The 12-year-old full-service software development firm in Boulder, Colorado, used to offshore most of its development to Armenia, but in 2013 they decided it was time to bring the work back in-house. The initial apprentices were all recommended by a local workforce development group, and Magyar vetted them with skills assessments, personality profiles and a few pre-class assignments. “We Hiring software engineers at a reasonable price has never been more difficult. MORE