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Table 5. TYPES OF TOOLS (CORP) Currently Use Plan to Purchase E-learning development tools 75% 30% Web conferencing 71% 18% Assessment and testing 68% 14% Content development tools 65% 9% Off-the-shelf content 47% 15% Virtual events/classrooms 43% 12% Presenter tools 43% 10% Collaborative work spaces 41% Wikis, blogs or forums 40% 19% Project management tools 40% 7% Video solutions 39% 15% Knowledge portals 35% 19% Consulting services 34% 8% Content development services 30% 7% Social networks 28% 20% Rapid development solutions 28% 12% Mobile learning 26% 31% Online university content 22% 6% Localization & translation services 19% 6% Outsourcing services 15% 8% Content rating tool 13% 10% Gaming solutions 12% 16% 3-D/simulations 10% 10% Expert directory tool 5% 9% Virtual worlds 5% Traditional classroombased training accounts for 41% of training hours across the public sector. 19% 3% Question: Which of the following tools or services do/will you use? ogy (e-learning) budgets of respondents is $6.9 million, almost level with $7.0 in 2012. However, the enterprise learning budget was down 41%, to $8.66 million in 2013. Clearly, training has shifed to more efcient methods of e-learning, virtual, social and mobile. Sof skills training is the dominant content delivered via e-learning, blended and virtual instruction. Fify percent deploy IT training, and 49% deploy compliance training via e-learning. Testing and assessment jumps to frst place for the frst time in 2013, with 74% using this measurement method. Employee feedback falls to second (69%), followed far behind by course completion rates (50%). NOTE: Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple responses Table 6. TRAINING HOURS BY METHOD (PUBLIC) 2012 2013 TREND Instructor-led classroom-based 40% 41% +1% E-learning or online 28% 33% +5% Blended learning 22% 23% +1% Self-paced 23% 23% +0% Virtual classroom/online meetings 20% 18% -2% Social learning 10% 8% -2% NOTE: Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple responses Government Elearning! April / May 2013 25