Learning platform 5app and Freeform Dynamics, an IT industry analyst firm, in collaboration with CIO WaterCooler, a networking community for IT leaders and technologists, release a new report titled 'The Post-Pandemic CIO: Views on leadership, communication and engagement'.
The ways in which we learn have changed over the decades, and this isn’t just being reflected in educational establishments but businesses too. The latest approach is being called ‘learning in the flow of work’. But what is it, and what does it mean for L&D teams?
A bite-sized news round up: L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2022; Learning Awards 2022; Priorities in workplace learning with Andy Moss Managing Director at City & Guilds Corporate Learning; Headlines from across Learning News.
Ashley Sinclair from MAAS Marketing, winner of the Start-up gold award at the Learning Awards 2022, explains why marketing is a critical skill in learning and development.
Risk management experts beTravelwise are promoting stress-free business travel by distributing travel safety awareness training in partnership with learning consultancy and course designers Walkgrove. More than one in four business travellers have a negative experience, but most employees remain unaware of their company’s travel guidance or policies. The digital learning materials help employers meet their duty of care responsibilities by promoting risk awareness and planning measures to prevent common travel mishaps and improve workplace security in a variety of settings.
The Great Resignation – the name given to the large percentage of workers voluntarily leaving, or planning to leave, their jobs – is something that has been getting more and more media coverage as months go by. Initially recognised in the US last year, it seems to be spreading globally, and according to research, has definitely hit the UK.
Interview with Federico Presicci, winner of the Rising Star gold award at the Learning Awards 2022.
The University of Exeter is launching an exciting new mental health initiative. And, there are potentially benefits for other universities too. The digital platform will be available to every university in the UK from March 2022.
Scotland’s leading provider of digitally delivered learning and assessment materials, eCom Scotland, has become a member of Offshore Energies UK, the leading representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry.
LNTV, Feb 24: Neuroscientist Amy Brann discusses learning habits and effective learning; Gemma Towersey discusses learning design; Martin Couzins has a new report into climate change and sustainability and asks how it may affect the workplace; Robin Hoyle looks at why Tik Tok dissolved its L&D department; plus a news round up from Learning News.
'Potential Leader' position demonstrates growing recognition of Thought Industries approach and leadership within emerging customer learning management category.
Celebrating the highest achievements in workplace learning and development.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released the new 2022 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems. The research shows that the pandemic continues to shape the online learning market as organisations grapple with supporting a remote and hybrid workforce.
Capita’s Education and Learning business, part of the Capita Public Service division, has delivered six months of strong progress since launching in August 2021. The creation of the new Education and Learning business saw the merger of the successful Capita Learning business with Capita’s wide range of education contracts.
Over 1,000 new courses including customer success and service, human resources, diversity and inclusion, sales and marketing, and professional development, have been added to Articulate's creator platform for workplace learning.
The L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2022 results are out. They show how Covid-19 continues to affect learning and development world-wide.
A new report suggests business leaders are leaning on the learning function to help deliver business transformation. Learning News asks the report's co-author, Matt Donovan from GP Strategies, how the learning function is changing.
Growing demand for marketing training has prompted a partnership between the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Australian Marketing Institute. The new partnership aims to meet growing demands for marketing training for marketers in the UK and Australia, providing access to over 90+ virtual courses and will enable CIM and AMI members to take advantage of a preferential rate and allows best practice, training and resources to be shared to drive innovation within the sector.
Omniplex Learning, the leading provider of eLearning solutions, unveils new brand, providing L&D access to all the tools and resources to deliver successful learning.
The pandemic has flipped the script on what skills are ‘valuable’ in the workforce – and forced individuals to rethink how to invest in their ‘skills equity’. In this article, CEO of Learning Pool, Ben Betts, reveals why skills are now the ‘new currency’ and how data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning can unlock exciting new opportunities to scale upskilling in order to adapt to rapid change.
Vimeo integration enables users to include Vimeo videos in their kahoot sessions, creating more dynamic and visually compelling learning experiences.
The Charity Learning Consortium has created a growing range of little books, filled with top tips, hints, exercises, case studies and action points to support good practice in learning and development.
What might 2022 hold for the learning sector? Learning News puts this question to Andy Moss, Managing Director of City & Guilds Corporate Learning which includes the Kineo digital learning business.
Education technology funds and edtech entrepreneurs have invested $8M in FourthRev; New university partnership established with King’s College London.
Learning Performance Benchmark 2022 early findings; VR in L&D - new report published; Compliance learning - comprehensive briefing by Kineo; Increase in UK acquisitions activity at the start of 2022.
Research by Udacity and Ipsos shows that digital transformation is stalling due to lack of job-ready digital talent and that there is a significant disconnect between the views of L&D professionals and employees over how successful they think L&D’s programmes are.
With increased pressure on businesses to be flexible, resilient, increase efficiency and to meet sustainability goals there is an unprecedented need for new skills in the workforce. In order to thrive during periods of change WMG has launched the Skills Centre, offering an ever changing and growing range of courses to meet current and future industry and business needs. The Centre is launching with seven new courses in innovative technologies ranging from energy systems, intelligent vehicles, digital and manufacturing.
After publishing what it believed would be eight ‘Key Learning and Development (L&D) Trends’ in 2022, the provider of online training and assessment, eCom Scotland, has carried out further market research among its clients to gauge the accuracy of its predictions.
Learning Now TV, Jan 27: Most people are getting learning measurement wrong according to Kevin Yates who joins Nigel Paine on LNTV this week; Michelle Parry-Slater talks to the World Vision charity on making content inclusive; plus we hear from our regular commentators Robin Hoyle and Martin Couzins and the Learning News bulletin.
The UK learning sector has seen an increase in acquisitions and investment activity: Looop, Virtual College and Walkgrove are amongst those acquired since the start of 2022 and Learning Pool has acquired True Office, an adaptive learning tech provider.
A new report out this week has the game-based learning market growing at 22% over the next four years to reach almost $30 billion.
Acteon has been announced as the winner of the Outstanding Innovator category in Co-op’s Supplier Recognition awards.
The COVID-19 pandemic has helped bring frontline workers closer together but has exposed deep divides with leaders, according to research from Microsoft.
eLearning Brothers has announced the acquisition of a video-based practice and coaching platform, Rehearsal.
EDI has become a top priority for all organisations and especially charities. A new white paper published by the Charity Learning Consortium explains how to create an effective learning programme in equity, diversity and inclusion to help drive cultural change.
360Learning, which recently announced a $200M investment for growth and acquisitions, has announced it has acquired the UK LMS vendor Looop; the business aims to build an era of collaborative learning focused on L&D automation and leadership.
1 in 10 UK workers, over 3 million people, want to start their own business in 2022 according to research by Intuit Quickbooks.
Why is it more important than ever to focus on the business impact of learning interventions? And how can communication campaigns help deliver that impact? Learning News aims to find out in a spotlight interview with Acteon Communication and Learning.
Learning Pool, the UK-based leader in learning technology, today announced the acquisition of True Office Learning, the award-winning adaptive compliance technology firm based in New York City.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of organisations are discovering that digital learning solutions offer learning that is flexible and targeted to their audiences. Through the acquisition of the UK company Walkgrove, Semcon is expanding its leading offering in digital learning with a local presence in a new geographic market.
We are delighted to announce that Virtual College has reached an agreement with Netex, a Spanish technology company specialising in e-learning solutions and listed on the Spanish BME stock market, for them to acquire all the shares in Virtual College.
New research shows that the marketing industry has bucked wider digital skills trends by stagnating or declining over the last 12 months. General Marketing is the only discipline to see any significant improvement, increasing by 7 per cent. Target Internet and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) are calling on the industry to prioritise the development of digital skills at all job levels.
Eight key trends will dominate the learning and development (L&D) sector in 2022. These trends have been identified from market research undertaken by eCom Scotland, a leading provider of online training and assessment and which, over the last 25 years, has been building an enviable worldwide reputation for its solutions’ quality and reliability.
It can’t be denied, technology is currently changing the way in which L&D teams operate throughout all industries and sectors and is providing the L&D professional with many new creative options. To help navigate these, Virtual College, a digital learning provider with over 27 years’ experience, has released a report titled "The Future of Learning & Development". This report explores and discusses the new ways in which technology can be used to enhance digital training programmes.
Virtual College has completed a series of reports into the views of 2,000 of its learner community on how workplace learning is evolving. Learning News spoke to the series authors.
Listing on the London Stock Exchange marks a new chapter for Skillcast. The co-founders reflect on their 20-year journey and the road ahead.
Interview with Nahdia Khan from Mind Tools for Business on the early findings from the Learning Performance Benchmark 2022.
Video storytelling platform enables learning leaders to bring their expertise and knowledge to LPiLEARN, inspiring L&D teams with real-world experience.
Online platform helps L&D professionals rapidly build competence in essential skills to future-proof their roles.
Legal & General and Hive Learning win the Gold Award for 'Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies' at the 2021 Learning Technologies Awards,
