Elearning! August - September

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Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.

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News E-learning Is Still Booming 77% of American corporations were using online learning, up from 4% in 1995. This means the number of companies using online training methods is dramatically increasing mainly because technological barriers are diminishing and customer priorities are shifting away from stand-alone training courses. Mobility Adds 9 Productive Hours Federal government employees can give U.S. corporations plenty of reasons why a mobile workforce should be promoted in the private sector. According to a recent survey, federal employees believe they are more productive as a result of mobile devices, gaining, on average, nine hours per week. Federal government annual productivity gains from mobile devices correlates to a monetary savings of $28 billion. Mobile work creates $28 billion Corporate training is a $200 billion industry. in productivity. Corporate training alone is a $200 billion industry. E-learning represents $56.2 billion of this, which will grow to $107 billion by 2015, according to Global Industry Analysts. The U.S. and Europe account for more than 70% of the global e-learning industry. The fastest growing market, however, is Asia Pacifc, with revenues expected to grow at an annual rate of 20%. —More info: http://info/shiftelarning.com/blog Feds are device diverse and are bringing their own (BYOD); more than half (55%) using smartphones use their own. >> While agencies are taking mobile security steps, BYOD security risks are not yet locked down; just 11% of feds who use personal devices for work say their agency has a BYOD policy. >> –Global Industry Analysts >> Feds see even greater opportunity ahead; 58% of them say agencies can take greater advantage of mobile devices, and 57% would consider paying to have their personal device updated or certifed as safe. —Source: Mobile Work Exchange 55% of Feds support BYOD. 10 August / September 2013 Elearning!

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