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Eighty-two percent of the organizations say that they use E-learning Develop- ment Tools, but also rising in use are Web Conferencing, Content Development Tools, Off-the-Shelf Content, and Project Manage- ment Tools. Fiſty-two percent report that they are us- ing LMS systems on-premise, and 33 per- cent say they now have SaaS/cloud-based installations. Highest on the "planning to add" list over the next 12 months are Mobile Learn- ing in the No. 1 spot; followed by E-learn- ing Development tools at No. 2 and Social Networks at No. 3. Looking at current implementations, deployments and initiatives, corporations told us the following were in various stages of implementation or planning: >> 86 percent report that they are imple- menting an E-learning programs; >> 34 percent say they are implementing Global Learning programs; >> 33 percent say they are rolling out Mo- bile Learning or Support initiatives; >> 31 percent report implementing Social Learning programs; >> 25 percent say they are implementing programs for User-Developed Content; and >> 24 percent are still in the process of rolling out programs to support the Ex- tended Enterprise. Te survey reveals that expenditures for mobile learning will increase by 152 percent this year over 2011. Comparing these results to trends and patterns in the public sector, 145 agencies and other public-sector members report: >> 60 percent of training hours are being conducted outside the traditional class- room — a continued upward trend; >> traditional instructor-led classroom- based training declined to 40 percent from 48 percent in 2011; >> e-learning accounts for 40 percent of all training hours, up from 37 percent in 2011; >> virtual classrooms account for 20 per- cent of all training hours, like 2011; >> self-paced training continues its down- ward trend, ending up at 23 percent of all training hours; and >> social learning held at 10 percent for a second year in a row. Leading the public sector's 2012 purchas- ing expectations, with 47 percent of the organizations plan to acquire them, are E- learning Development Tools. Other popular purchases in the public sector: Mobile Learn- ing (38 percent), Web Conferencing solutions (30 percent); Knowledge Portals (26 percent), Content Development Tools (25 percent) and Virtual Classrooms (23 percent). Tough Mobile Learning already has a substantial base of deployment, the survey reveals that expenditures for such products and services will increase by 152 percent this year over 2011. Outsourced Services comes in second with an 86 percent in- crease; Virtual Classrooms and Social Net- working initiatives are next with a 76 percent increase; E-learning Development Tools and Collaborative Workspaces tie with a 73 percent increase; and Off-the-Shelf Content acquisitions show an increase of 35 percent. MEASURING IMPACT The top method of measuring impact for both the corporate sector and the public sector is Employee Feedback: 78 percent and 71 percent, respectively. Typically, this is done via an instructor/class evalu- Government Elearning! July / August 2012 17