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The Greening of Training: How Sustainability is Reshaping Organizational Learning: Is your company "going green?" Would you like it to? This paper looks at corporate sustainability efforts and the pivotal role that the learning department can play in them. Also included are practical ideas for making training more environmentally-friendly.; Tags: Workforce management, SkillSoft, sustainability, training; White papers 2007-12-01
The Impact of Work Force Agility on Business Performance: Agility is an issue that is becoming more and more prominent in businesses across industries. While it is a common goal, its meaning can be somewhat ambiguous. Depending on the context, agility can mean different things to different organizational units. But one common thread persists: the accelerating speed of change....; Tags: SkillSoft, performance, industry; White papers 2007-11-16
skillsoft Case Study: U.S. Air Force: The U.S. Air Force delivers 2,000 business and IT courses, more than 300,000 Referenceware licenses, and 22 custom courses to a global audience. The solution is mapped to Air Force Job Qualification Standards for targeted crew positions and delivered on a combination of platforms. The Air Force and SkillSoft are...; Tags: SkillSoft, Air Force, information technology; Case studies 2007-08-01
EMEA e-Learning Benchmark Survey: The Future of Learning: Take an in-depth look at how employees use e-learning; when and where they do it; what specific skills e-learning has enabled them to develop; how these skills have been put into practice in the workplace; and whether the knowledge gained is widely shared. Most e-learning surveys are often limited in...; Tags: SkillSoft, e-learning, workplace, survey, knowledge, performance, tool; White papers 2007-03-01
Business Courseware: This is a template for business courseware of project management.; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, SkillSoft, project management; Tools & templates 2007-03-15

Making The Abundant Relevant: Solving Today's Learning Challenges Through A Next Generation Technology Architecture: There are two major challenges facing SkillSoft customers today: the need to integrate a wide variety of technology systems and content types, and the need to present content in a way that is relevant to the individual learner. These problems are getting more difficult as the number of content types...; Tags: SkillSoft, e-learning; White papers 2005-12-01
Getting Started with e-Learning: Eight Questions to Consider: The face of corporate learning has changed. It is no longer possible to develop your human capital with a single approach. Today's corporate environment calls for out of the box thinking, incorporating the benefits of many types of learning to benefit your company's single biggest investment -- your people. Evaluating...; Tags: Benefits, SkillSoft, benefit, e-learning, human capital, environment; White papers 2007-09-01
Linking Learning to the Broader Human Capital Strategy: For organizations to leverage learning to its fullest potential, learning programs need to be targeted at critical competencies and strategic business objectives. When learning strategy is linked with human capital strategy the results can be dramatic. In this white paper from the Human Capital Institute, noted experts from...; Tags: SkillSoft, human capital, competency, strategy; White papers 2005-11-03
Instructional Design Model For Courseware: Just as fashion designers cannot create new lines of clothing without regard to principles of construction, shape, and form, designers of effective e-learning also require similar knowledge of foundational principles, theories, and models. This paper describes the instructional design model that is at the core of every course SkillSoft develops....; Tags: SkillSoft, theory, e-learning, knowledge, strategy; White papers 2007-08-01
Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning: Leadership is an important element of organizational success. So, it is not surprising that many companies look for ways to extend the benefits of leadership development to more employees. Technology-based learning approaches such as online courses, books and video programs can be used effectively to develop employees at all levels....; Tags: Corporate communications, SkillSoft, leadership, video, benefit; White papers 2007-08-01
skillsoft Product Strategy Roadmap: SkillSoft looks forward to introducing many new solutions that address our customers' learning challenges and help learning programs effectively connect to business objectives at a strategic level. This paper offers a thorough overview of SkillSoft's development plans for the coming months and the customer needs that these initiatives are designed...; Tags: SkillSoft; White papers 2007-06-01
Business Impact And Challenge Series: Design And Development Guidelines: Nowadays learners expect e-learning to be as engaging and visually rich as many of the Web-based environments they encounter on a daily basis. SkillSoft's latest content innovation, the Business Impact and Challenge Series offerings, were designed with those expectations in mind. Using a rich mix of Flash-based animations, video, and...; Tags: SkillSoft, e-learning, animation, workplace, asset, environment, video, Web; White papers 2007-03-01
skillsoft Business & Organizational Skills Course Listing: This tool is used to list skillsoft business & organizational skills course with duration and course number.; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, University of Maryland, tool; Tools & templates 2005-04-16
Open Learning Services Architecture (OLSA): An Integrated Learning Environment That Meets Your Enterprise Needs: With an expanding inventory of content and new, more dynamic content types that combine traditional courseware with related services, SkillSoft customers are often challenged by the integration and maintenance necessary to deploy these resources to their learners. SkillSoft has responded to this need with the creation of SkillSoft Open Learning...; Tags: SkillSoft; White papers 2006-10-01
The skillsoft Learning Growth Model: As organizations enter into more advanced forms of learning, it is critical that they have a plan for future development. The SkillSoft Learning Growth Model is being used by organizations around the world to chart their course toward the most efficient and effective corporate learning possible. The journey to performance-oriented...; Tags: Business structures, SkillSoft, partnership, performance; White papers 2006-08-01
Eight Phases Of Workplace Learning: A Framework For Designing Blended Programs: Learning organizations recognize the prevalence of informal or just-in-time learning and search for ways to support this type of learning in tandem with more formal blended training programs. This paper proposes a structure of eight phases of workplace learning that can serve as a framework for designing blended learning solutions...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, SkillSoft, workplace, JIT, training; White papers 2006-08-01
Strategic Issues Facing Enterprise Learning: Report From skillsoft's Executive Advisory Board: SkillSoft brings together its Executive Advisory Board (EAB) annually to discuss the major issues of interest to the enterprise learning community. The group is comprised of high level executives in many of the most advanced learning organizations in the world. Their opinions and concerns are a bellwether for the overall...; Tags: Corporate governance, SkillSoft, board; White papers 2006-06-01
Instructional Design Model In IT Courseware: SkillSoft's instructional design model for courseware is based primarily on the concepts of performance-oriented instruction, mastery, and the sequencing of instructional activities and strategies. The model draws heavily from adult learning principles that emphasize learner initiative, self-management, interactivity, and experiential learning. These concepts are captured within a four-cornerstone framework consisting...; Tags: SkillSoft, strategy, information technology, performance, desktop; White papers 2006-06-01
An E-Learning Proposition: Skillsoft is an e-learning specialist that has been around for nearly two decades. The company's been busy during that time, having come up with nearly 3,000 online courses (spanning business skills, IT, compliance, and desktops) and indexed (think Google Books) 10,000 searchable business/IT books via its acquisition of Books24/7, and...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Line56 Media, e-learning, business skill, acquisition, content management, desktop, information technology; White papers 2006-04-28
Competency Management: Reasonable Expectations, Strategic Considerations And Success Factors: Competency management goes to the very core of the organization; instilling competence and contribution as the culture's value-set. It can empower the individual and provide vital work force decision support to management. But implementing this process takes some care and planning. Done well, it is a powerful business process that...; Tags: SkillSoft, decision support, business process; White papers 2006-03-01