Free E-Learning Reports

Kineo E-learning Reports are designed to provide you with the practical support you need to improve performance through e-learning and communication.

Our free e-learning reports bring you quickly up to date with key issues. We help you get to the heart of the matter, with practical views and advice.

Browse our free e-learning reports below. You can also browse our free E-learning Guides developed with Ufi/LearnDirect on subjects such as learner support and podcasting.

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Free guide: performance management e-learning tips

Performance management - it's the most important thing you ask your managers to do. But is your e-learning living up to your own high standards for performance? This free guide takes you through six key steps for performance management e-learning.

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Free guide: Creating learning communities with Moodle
What are the benefits of building a learning community? They’re more than you might think. And the cost? If you use an open source LMS tool like Moodle (and you know we do) – it’s less than you think. Find out how to extend the life of your learning and tap into the latent expertise in your organization in this free insight guide.
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Free guide: six steps to scoping
Scope – the final frontier…or rather, the place where it all starts. Get the scope and structure of your e-learning right, and good things will happen. Get it wrong, and…well, you’re not going to get it wrong. Because you can use this guide...

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Free guide: Managing stakeholders
Get your stakeholders identifed and on board, and you might just have a successful e-learning project on your hands. Here's how.
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Free guide: 50 ideas for free e-learning 2009
Our very first report in November 2005 was Matt Fox's great insight guide on 50 ideas for free e-learning. 50 months later, It's time for an update, and here it is.
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Free guide: 10 ways to yawn-proof your e-learning
Finding yourself in need of inspiration to keep your learners awake and focused in your courses? Our free guide gives you 10 ways to get learners sitting up.
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Compliance e-learning: free best practice guide
Compliance training. You can travel a long way around your organization before you find a phrase that causes more people to hurl their laptops at you.What can you to to improve its reputation and impact? Our free insight guide can help you out. 
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In-house e-learning: skills guide

It's a good time to be developing a level of skills in e-learning within your in-house team. Budgets are being cut and this puts more pressure on internal teams to deliver more on the payroll, without going out to providers for support. At the same time, e-learning tools and methods are evolving, which can give you more control. But you still need the skills. Which ones, at what level, and what do you really need in-house? Our guide explains more.

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Induction: Blended Approach Guide

Induction, new hire orientation, onboarding: by whatever name you use, it's a challenging learning solution to get right. But it's critical to make that positive first impression with learners.

Our free guide shares examples and practical advice for making the most of your approach to orientation.

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More for Less Report
There has never been a greater focus on reducing costs than right now. All the surveys show greater pressure on learning and development costs. The latest Bersin research in the US market revealed that training spend per learner fell between 2007 to 2009. In large organizations expenditure on online learning also fell for the first time ever and there will be continued pressure in 2010. ASTD’s recent survey showed that over 50% of respondents are being challenged to do more for less with their budgets. This survival manual looks at the practical steps that you can take to reduce your learning and development costs.

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Virtual Classrooms Guide
In this Kineo Open Source review paper Mark Aberdour and Steve Rayson look at the fast evolving area of virtual classroom products and how to make them work for you. This market has been recently shaken up by the introduction of the DimDim open source product and the advent of hosted software-as-a-service solutions, so we thought we’d see what the state of the union was in this sector.

 

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New to E-Learning

New to E-learning? Welcome to the party…

We know that if you’re new to e-learning, it can all seem a bit mystifying – there’s a lot of jargon talked out there. So let’s keep things simple:

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Product Knowledge E-Learning

To generate sales, your front line team need to be up to date on what you sell, and how you want them to sell it. Every organization needs to do it – but how to do it at speed, keep it up to date, and stick to your budget? Kineo's latest report looks at how to design effective product knowledge e-learning and the benefits it can deliver.

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Rapid E-Learning: A Modest Prospectus

We know what it’s like. You’ve moved your funds from Iceland to Ireland and you’re still not feeling too confident. You could put some gold bullion under your bed, but your bed may be nationalized at any moment. What’s a savvy investor to do? We've got an idea...

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How to Design Rapid Blends

In this free e-learning guide we explore what makes a good blend and provide case studies for line managers, call center staff and sales staff.

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How to Rapidly Identify Training Needs
An insight guide to pinpointing and prioritizing training needs  - rapidly of course.
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The Benefits of E-Learning

One of the impacts of the credit crunch has been a fresh look at the potential of e-learning. We decided to take a look at some of the research and examine the benefits of e-learning, including evidence of:

  • Lower costs
  • Faster delivery
  • More effective learning
  • Lower environmental impact

We provide some key data for your e-learning business case.

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Soft Skills and Rapid E-learning

A free Kineo guide on the design and development of soft skill simulations.

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How to Market Rapid E-learning

Updated version (2008) of our popular guide to marketing e-learning.


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Project Initiation Checklist for Rapid Elearning

A free Kineo guide on how to set up your rapid e-learning project for success.

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Graphics for Rapid Elearning

Rapid e-learning should be beautiful. Find out how to source graphics in this free guide.

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How to design learning communities

A free guide on how to design, develop and support learners through learning communities.

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How to design Rapid E-learning

Stephen Walsh explains how rapid e-learning design is different -- and better -- than traditional methods.

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Sustaining performance in rapid e-learning

A free guide on how to ensure your learners get the best from rapid e-learning.

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E-learning 2.0

Steve Rayson explores the development of E-learning 2.0 and what it all means.

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Learning & Performance Support

Steve Rayson and Mark Harrison explore the issue of learning and performance support.

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Four technology tips for e-learning project managers

Mark Harrison explores ways in which you can make your elearning project run smoothly.

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7 Angles on Rapid E-learning

Stephen Walsh looks at how rapid e-learning means more than just a tool, and explores 7 key points to be aware of if you're going to benefit from rapid e-learning.

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Rapid E-learning Briefing

Matt Fox explores the Rapid E-learning phenomenon. Check out his briefing to see what works and find out about challenges and solutions to developing effective rapid e-learning.

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Learning Strategy Master Plan - Part 4: Sustainability

How to make your learning sustainable.

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Learning Strategy Master Plan - Part 3: Efficiency

How to make your learning efficient.

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Learning Strategy Master Plan - Part 2: Effectiveness
How to make your learning effective.
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Learning Strategy Master Plan - Part 1: Alignment

How to align your strategy to your business objectives.

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UK E-learning Market Briefing (Jan 2006)

Our detailed review of the UK e-learning market in January 2006. See our e-learning market updates for the latest news.

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7 Ways to Market E-Learning
Stephen Walsh with some key advice on helping to ensure your learning initiative is a success.
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13 Ways of Managing Informal Learning

Our report shows 13 ways to help facilitate what may account for 80% of your organization's learning.

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50 Ideas for Free E-learning - Summary

Matt Fox's great report on free tools for e-learning.

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