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Cost of Blended Learning Hyperconnection a New Life Skill? The average price per fnished hour of blended learning is $3,938, and it takes 49 hours to create one hour of learning (on average), reports Brian Chapman, analyst, Chapman Alliance and author of the study. The study also found that its development time is 49:1, meaning it takes 49 hours to create one fnished hour of blended learning (on average). "There also is no standard blend," Chapman observes. "There were 188 different blends, using a variety of delivery formats and integrating new, emerging technologies (such as social, mobile, and informal learning)." Other fndings: >> Creating "new" content can increase your development ratio to 69:1. >> When repurposing existing content (for 60 percent or more of the blended course) the development ratio average drops to 22:1. >> Outsourcing content takes less time than the overall average (31:1), but the cost per fnished hour goes up by an additional $1,158 per fnished hour (vendor markup). >> Shorter blended courses (less than one day in duration) increase the development ratio average (81:1). >> The longer the course, the more effcient the development ratio becomes. —Source: www.chapmanalliance.com "Hyperconnectivity" is a new watch word in the consumer technology world. "Hyperconnected" people own a tablet, a computer, a cell/ smartphone, or "all of the above." Part of the attraction of being hyperconnected is the use of social media. Facebook has 800 million users who spend 700 billion minutes using it every month. Twitter has 225 million users, 20 million of whom follow 60 or more accounts. And more than 1 trillion videos were watched on YouTube in 2011. Important life skills by 2020 will be: >> Public problem-solving through cooperative work >> Searching for quality information online >> Being strategically future-minded >> Concentration —Sources: Pew Internet & American Life Project, www.internetprovider.org 49:1 Number of hours to create one hour of blended learning Deals Carillon is now a business partner with ENGAGE IN LEARNING, which provides the former with new e-learning courses that feature practical tips and techniques, interactive exercises and video clips on communication skills, personal effectiveness, infuencing, leadership and teamwork, coaching, customer service, and managing high performance. Many of Engage in Learning's courses have a complementary interactive e-book, which summarizes the e-learning content and enables learners to create their own notes and action plans. Richardson, a leading global sales training and strategy execution company, today announced a partnership with FIRMWATER, a specialized learning management system (LMS) vendor, for delivering their award-winning online sales training, Richardson QuickSkills. The library consists of over 60 core selling, service, and sales coaching courses. Firmwater assisted Richardson in migrating all existing clients and historical data to the Firmwater LMS platform. Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) is joining the TOTARA SOLUTION PARTNER NETWORK. OSC has spent the last 10 years developing talent, improving HR performance, and providing strategic advice for governments and corporations. With the addition of Totara LMS to OSC's qualifcation, research, and consulting portfolio, OSC helps customers use the latest technology to make workplace education more fun and effective while maximizing the return on their training investment. iJet University, a provider of riskmanagement solutions, has selected the JUMPSTART portal for online, on-demand training on travel safety for enterprises. Each delivered training portal additionally implements the business rules and modes of conducting e-commerce determined by the portal owner. An integrated, private-branded shopping cart enables online payment and course enrollment by individuals via credit card. The site owner can enable promotion codes and subscriptions with automatic recurring charges. e-commerce transactions include bulk purchase of multiple course seats via purchase order or charge card. Seat assignment can be controlled by the site owner or by customer enterprise registrars. Credo has acquired ONLINE TUTORSOLUTIONS.COM, which will signifcantly enhance its fagship Literati solutions with technologies that connect students to on-staff, state-certifed tutors at their point of need. The acquisition furthers Credo's mission to work with libraries, educators, publishers and technology providers to create a society in which everyone has the ability to learn and an opportunity to succeed. TALENTSOFT has furthered its strategic growth in Europe by opening a new subsidiary in Benelux. After consolidating its presence in the U.K., Germany and Sweden, TalentSoft has turned its sights on Brussels, the location of its newest subsidiary. Supported by a dedicated trilingual team, TalentSoft boasts of in-depth expertise in light of the specifc requirements of the Benelux HR management solutions market. This new subsidiary strengthens the software vendor's already solid foothold in Belgium and underpins existing strategic partnerships designed to provide customized solutions for local requirements. San Diego-based E-LEARNING MIND has been acquired by Capas, Inc., a Detroit-based private equity investment frm. Established in 2008, E-Learning Mind delivers corporate learning solutions to Fortune 100 brands such as Citigroup and Nestle. It offers customized e-learning solutions and strategic tools for a myriad of needs including: sales training, systems training, product knowledge, health and safety, customer service, and compliance training. Elearning! June / July 2013 13