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Social Learning: Top Down Versus Bottom Up

CLO Magazine

There are two broad categories of learning technologies emerging: top down and bottom up, according to John Ambrose, senior vice president of strategy, corporate development and emerging business at Skillsoft, an e-learning and performance support company. Skillsoft went this route with its inGenius social product.

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CLO Symposium

Jay Cross

The buzz on Friday was Skillsoft’s acquisition of Element K. Some of us speculated that perhaps the acquisition came about to shut up Element K, whose attack ads were irritating Skillsoft mightily: At a lunch sponsored by Knowledge Advisors, David Vance gave an overview of Talent Development Reporting Principles. Stephen M.R.

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Customer Complaints, How to Avoid the Traps

eLearning 24-7

Trap #3 White Papers and Case Studies in the Space – inc. At one time, vendors were honest, stating “white papers&# as marketing materials. A white paper is a marketing tool. Example: Skillsoft sells content – business, soft skills, etc. any E-Learning product. A marketing material.

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2017 Talented Learning LMS Awards: Best of the Best

Talented Learning

We immerse ourselves in their blogs , videos, webinars, case studies and white papers. Skillsoft – Percipio. Here’s how we separate the “signal” from the noise. On an ongoing basis, we engage with vendors through social media. How clear, consistent and distinctive is their messaging? ServiceRocket – Learndot. Honorable Mention.

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Covid-19 Aid: Free Tools and Resources for Virtual Learning and Remote Work

Talented Learning

“Alone Together” White Paper. via SumTotal and Skillsoft. Don is a leading authority on instructional design and delivery. He’s also one of the most engaging and sought-after speakers in the global learning community. 5) REMOTE WORK HOW-TO RESOURCES. via Centrical. Business Continuity Learning Center.

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A Conversation with Bryan Austin of mLevel

Kapp Notes

Bryan has had a distinguished career in corporate Learning & Development, including leadership roles with Skillsoft, Kaplan, AchieveGlobal and NETg. we recently published a free white paper on this research, which includes how we’ve designed the model into mLevel ( [link] ). He founded Game On!