Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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Social Tools: Generating Value While the percentage of companies adopting social technologies remains high, it has plateaued, according to McKinsey & Co. Respondents to its latest survey have for the frst time reported no growth in the share of organizations deploying such technologies. Yet the results suggest these technologies can facilitate substantial organizational change, provided that companies approach social tools as they would any large-scale transformation. Indeed, the companies reaping the greatest benefts from social interactions with both internal and external stakeholders already implement the key practices that support organizational change more comprehensively than all others do. Eighty-two percent of respondents say their companies use at least one tool (compared with 83 percent in 2012), and 67 percent report the use of at least one tool on mobile (compared with 65 percent last year). The most commonly used technologies are video conferencing, social networking, and collaborative editing, which we also saw last year. Research contributors include Jacques Bughin, Michael Chui and Lindsay Pollak. —Source: www.mckinsey.com The World of Telecommuting Did you know that an amazing 20 percent for workers around the world spend at least part of their workweek doing their jobs from home? These and other pertinent statistics from Ipsos are available in an infographic. —See the infographic:www.howdoibecomea.net/ telecommuting/ How to Stimulate Informal Learning One of the ways to stimulate informal learning is to develop an internal culture that is committed to learning, according to the professionals at Intellum. Most commonly, informal learning is a simple exchange between co-workers. But before you can expect managers and employees to share and teach openly, your organization must frst foster their ability to do so by developing a culture that's committed to learning. "To begin molding your internal culture, speak with executives and managers about the importance of creating an open culture that supports learning," Intellum recommends. But that's only one of fve ways to stimulate informal learning. For the other four… —More info: www.intellum.com Deals WEBANYWHERE, a global elearning provider, has been awarded offcial Moodle Partner status in the U.S., building on existing Moodle partnerships for the U.K. and Polish markets. Moodle Partnership is awarded to experienced service providers that have a proven track record. As well as serving Moodle users, Moodle Partners contribute both fnancially and through collaborative development to improve and evolve the core Moodle software. DOCEBO, a global Cloud e-learning solutions provider, has launched new soft skills online courses in partnership with its content partner Vado. Vado's learning courses are designed to help organizations take action to develop competencies, increase engagement, and quickly onboard and socialize new employ- ees. Vado's content is now available on the brand-new Docebo Learning Management System, through the Docebo Marketplace. GAME ON! LEARNING has a new a strategic partnership with SEALUND ASSOCIATES to offer customized "serious learning game" development services for corporate and government organizations. This unique collaboration pairs Game On! Learning, a thought leader in the implementation of corporate serious learning game strategies with Sealund, an experienced developer of high-end custom developed learning games for the corporate, government and education markets. MINDFLASH and OKTA, leaders in Cloud-based corporate training and identity management, respec- tively, have integrated their services to eliminate a costly obstacle for companies that covet secure, enterprise-class online training, but don't have the time or resources to invest in the integration of disparate software solutions: They have pre-integrated their Cloud services. Organizations can now launch online training programs quickly, and with greater confdence that sensitive corporate data is available only to confrmed personnel. SKILLSOFT will provide UPSIDE LEARNING with readyto-use courses on business skills, I.T. and desktop. Upside's extensive catalog course library now consists of banking, f, leadership and management, plus video-based courses. Upside Learning will sell these courses exclusively in the Indian market where the demand for readyto-use courses. The three new lines of catalog courses to be offered by Upside Learning comprise several curriculums and courses which specialize on a particular, relevant topic. LEARNING LIGHT, which provides advice and help to organizations using e-learning and learning technologies to improve their business performance, will enlarge its E-Learning Centre by including a wide range of performance support materials from ej4. The ej4 videos focus on performance improvement techniques and skills. In particular, they deal with improving sales and customer service skills but there are also videos covering leadership and management activities. The video content is Cloudbased so it's accessible anywhere via a range of devices. Elearning! December 2013 / January 2014 9