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PopQuiz Do You Make the 1 Results: 6-7 makes you Mensa material 4-5 means you are a skimmer — and can learn oh-so much more! Fewer than 4 correct? This issue is your Sunday reading assignment. Try again! Grade? What does “LEED” stand for? a) Learning Education: Exemplary Discipline b) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design c) Legislation for EcoEnvironmental Districting b) 2,000 c) minus 34,000 5 6 7 2 3 4 What percentage of respondents to an Elearning! poll say that they are members of three to five social networks or online communities? a) 43 b) 67 c) 72 What is “cloud computing”? a) electing not to participate in SaaS or any available Web 2.0 services b) partitioning a separate “cloud” drive on your computer c) using software and data that do not reside locally on your computer In November of last year, how many IT jobs were gained domestically? a) 117,000 According to a survey by Gartner, Inc., how many companies plan to grow their use of software-as-aservice (SaaS) this year? a) one out of two b) three out of four c) nine out of ten When should an organization consider “versioning” its learning content? a) when a course requires pre-course training or existing knowledge b) when a course is a standalone module without pre-requisites c) all the time d) never According to recent studies, how much learning in an organization occurs informally? a) 50 percent b) 80 percent c) 93 percent Editorial Index Collaborative Strategies www.collaborate.com Elearning! magazine www.2elearning.com Energy Star program www.energystar.gov IMS Global www.imsglobal.org MasterNewMedia www.masternewmedia.org National Assn. of Computer Consultant Businesses www.naccb.org Gartner, Inc. www.gartner.com Bersin & Associates www.bersin.com Advertisers American Business Media www.americanbusinessmedia.com Blackboard www.blackboard.com Coastal Training www.coastal.com Elearning! Excellence www.2elearning.com Elearning! Subscription www.2elearning.com/subscription.php Elearning! Summit www.2elearning.com Elearning! Website www.2elearning.com pg 27 pg 2 pg 3 pg 33 pg 51 pg 9,11 GeoLearning www.geolearning.com HCM Summit _elearning.asp SkillSoft www.skillsoft.com Answers: (1) b; (2) a; (3) c; (4) c; (5) c; (6) a; (7) b pg 17 pg BC 7 www.aberdeen.com/2-0/marketing/hcmsummit 5 Elearning! magazine is published bi-monthly by B2B Media Company LLC, PO Box 77694 Corona, Ca 92877. Application to mail Standard Class is filed with Sheppardville, KY Post Office. POSTMASTER: Send all address changes to: Elearning! PO Box 77694, Corona, CA 92877. Subscriptions are free to qualified professionals in the USA. All international or non-qualified subscriptions can receive Elearning! e-zine complimentary by ordering at http://www.2elearning.com/subscription.php. Elearning! magazine is a trademark of B2B Media Company LLC. All rights are reserved. Elearning! February/March 2009 49 http://www.2elearning.com http://www.collaborate.com http://www.bersin.com http://www.2elearning.com http://www.energystar.gov http://www.americanbusinessmedia.com http://www.geolearning.com http://www.imsglobal.org http://www.blackboard.com http://www.coastal.com http://www.masternewmedia.org http://www.aberdeen.com/2-0/marketing/hcmsummit_elearning.asp http://www.aberdeen.com/2-0/marketing/hcmsummit_elearning.asp http://www.naccb.org http://www.2elearning.com/subscription.php http://www.gartner.com http://www.skillsoft.com http://www.2elearning.com/subscription.php

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Elearning - February/March 2009 Contents Editor’s Note News Social Networking Popular Learning Needs Technology On Competency Management IT Employment Drops Trendlines Deals Learning Roles in Talent Management Informal E-Learning and Web 2.0 Cover Story: Learning Your Way to Profits Collaboration Trends, Strategies 12 Wishes for LMSs, LCMSs Tips: Recession-Proofing Your Job Case Study: Military Training Case Study: City of Arlington, Va. New Products Pop Quiz Last Word

Elearning - February/March 2009

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