We live in a world where we want it all…all the time! A wealth of learning material can be a double-edged sword, though; if you don't implement some structure and guidance, your employees may be overwhelmed by a wealth of choice.
With this in mind, we asked our esteemed Skillsoft Global Leader Forum to share their thoughts on successful content curation for a winning elearning program.
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Learn about the Xchanging Women in Action Program from Skillsoft. Women in Action is a 12 month leadership program for women, aimed at senior and middle managers. Learn what the program consists of and how Xchanging were able to make it a success.
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Our 2016 Spring research topic was dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of building a successful and strategic learning culture. Our leaders shared their definition of a true learning culture, who is the owner of an organization’s learning culture, as well as what barriers stand in the way of a strong learning culture. Lastly, and most importantly, we learned what business outcomes they have seen positively impacted by having a strong learning culture.
- More than half of the world's population now uses the internet, with global internet users growing 8% year-over-year. Mobile internet and social media usage are also growing significantly.
- Social media users grew over 20% in the past year to over 2.5 billion active users monthly. Mobile social media use in particular saw 30% growth.
- The report provides statistics on internet, social media, and mobile usage globally and by region, finding continued growth in connectivity and usage around the world.
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Skillsoft took a look at the top trends that will impact talent and learning efforts in 2016. For a number of reasons, it's a pivotal time for the HR industry to make its move. However, the landscape of work is changing fast and the most adept pace-setters will adapt to take advantage of the top trends. At the same time, companies need to be cautious of industry trends that may be overhyped. This infographic provides a balanced view of practices that will keep your talent and learning strategy moving in the right direction.
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The document discusses how organizations need a learning-centric approach to talent expansion to address a changing workforce landscape. Specifically, it notes that skill requirements are shifting, baby boomers are retiring in large numbers, and the available hiring pool is shrinking. To bridge this "skills gap", the document advocates for a talent strategy that integrates learning, talent management systems, and accessible on-demand content. It introduces a unified learning-centric talent expansion suite to deliver relevant learning experiences and help organizations adapt to changing needs.
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Findings from ATD’s 2014 State of the Industry report are a good way to benchmark your organization’s training and development expenditures against others in the industry. View this infographic to understand the highlights.
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John Ambrose, SVP, Strategy Corporate Development and Emerging Business at Skillsoft, explores why big data is one of the hottest buzzwords in technology. Big data is already changing industries from retail to healthcare to transportation and more.
How can the learning industry benefit from big data? Skillsoft is undertaking groundbreaking research in collaboration with IBM, the biggest name in big data. John Ambrose shared some of the early findings of a multi-phase joint development agreement between Skillsoft and IBM Research to leverage the learning interactions of millions of learners to create more personalized, adaptive enterprise learning experience – in order to predict what content and topics learners will need based on a variety of factors including job role, company, and even day of the week.
In addition to sharing Skillsoft's efforts to harness the power of big data to transform enterprise learning, John shared other new developments and areas of strategic focus that Skillsoft is working on to bring the latest in learning innovation to our customers.
This document summarizes Skillsoft's cloud-based learning solutions for organizations. It outlines that Skillsoft helps organizations build learning cultures to improve employee performance and business outcomes. Skillsoft provides comprehensive online content and tools to deliver targeted learning across devices. It partners with organizations to develop customized learning strategies and tracks learning impact and ROI. Skillsoft has over 6,000 customers and supports 19 million learners globally with its expertise and experience in online learning.
2013 State of the Industry report by ASTDSkillsoft
In a continuously changing economic environment, organizations remain committed to organizational learning and development. Find out how 475 organizations report on training metrics in their organizations. View the ASTD webinar now: http://webcasts.astd.org/webinar/1007
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Best Practices for Content Curation from the Skillsoft Leader Forum
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THE "BEST" DO IT, AND THEY DO IT WELL.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO OWN THIS.
of Skillsoft's "Best" actively curate
and align learning content to
ensure learners have what they
need when they need it.
We have curated our own content playlists. Click the
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71%
of clients who actively curate
content have either dedicated
or part-time headcount fully
responsible for keeping content
current, aligned and relevant to
business initiatives.
68%
USE MULTIPLE TOOLS TO HELP CURATE CONTENT.
Did you know that Skillsoft is happy to provide
content mapping/alignment support to all clients?
Leaders use this service, as well as our Universal
Competency Toolkit, the Skillport search, SFIA
mappings, Skillsoft Books notifications and the
course catalog to find content recommendations.
KEEPING CONTENT TIMELY AND RELEVANT IS KEY.
Don't let your content get old!
Updating your content offerings annually is not
near enough. In order to provide the right content at
the right time, the majority of our "best" continually
curate content as needed or monthly, at minimum.
TIME IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
PREVENTING ACTIVE CONTENT CURATION.
TIPS FROM SKILLSOFT'S "BEST"
For the few Skillsoft leaders who are not curating
content, the primary reason for not doing so is time
to dedicate to the effort and people to curate. Ask
your consultant about Skillsoft's available tools to
support you in curating content.
WHAT DOES "RIGHT CONTENT" MEAN?
The best practice for ensuring you have the "right content" IS active curation.
Content curation is a key component of the Alignment section of the 4 Building
Blocks of learning program success.
THE TIME IS NOW.
If you are not curating your content, NOW is the time. It is clear that curating
content is critical in an overall learning strategy. Providing relevant, prescriptive
content to the right people at the right time is key to strategic alignment of
learning to business initiatives.
Value objectives defined upfront
with stakeholders buy-in
Annual success criteria is defined
in order to deliver progress toward
the value objectives
Schedule a recurring calendar appointment to curate content curation. This avoids you
'forgetting' or re-prioritizing the task.
Skillsoft Global Leader Forum Member
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Personalize curation by learner by enabling and helping learners self-assess needs. This
is a critical first step that leads them to development paths that best meet their needs.
Skillsoft Global Leader Forum Member
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Be specific when you work with Skillsoft to map your content. You have options to request
things like course length or content type to help make the mapping more targeted.
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ENGAGEMENT
Learning solutions aligned to
enable value objectives
Context is key (right people,
right content, right time)
ALIGNMENT
Communicate how learner
performance contributes to
organizational objectives
Accesibility and visibility are
vital to learner experience
ADOPTION
Demonstrate performance against
the value objectives
Run training like a business by regularly
measuring learning's efficiency,
effectiveness and outcomes
VALUE
Skillsoft’s expertly curated learning paths enable learners
to access Skillsoft's microlearning at the moment of need,
saving learners time and ensuring they apply what they
learn to the job quickly.
Content Curation from
Skillsoft's "Best"
We asked our Skillsoft Global Leader Forum
what they think about content curation.