We’re big admirers of the work that Towards Maturity do inpromoting the benefits of using learning technologies in the workplace. Their 2010 benchmark survey is up and running, and we’d urge you to make the time to take part.

In our latest Kineo Insights webinar held on April 28, 2010, we had a lively conversation with some great minds in Learning & Development:

· Will Thalheimer, Learning-and-Performance Consultant and Researcher

· Vince Serritella, Former CLO WW Grainger and Director Motorola University

· Mike Booth, Learning & Technologies Manager, Cable & Wireless

Our panelists got quite passionate as we talked about defining the mission of an L&D organization and some best practices and potential pitfalls we may encounter along the way.

We had a great time in Orlando at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions Conference & Expo. A big highlight was Cammy’s presentation on Friday with Ellen Wagner of Sage Road Solutions and Koreen Olbrish of Tandem Learning: “New Skills for Instructional Designers.”

Up here in the northern hemisphere, it’s that time of year again. Time to pack up your beach bag, slink off to the hammock, and take of your shoes. But that doesn’t mean the learning needs to stop! We’ve always got a book nearby to keep our brains from turning off too much.

This year, we asked searched our own souls and asked our network what books we should be reading. The network doesn’t disappoint!

We've just refreshed the site (Jan 2010) and are keen to get your feedback. So if you've got 2 more minutes, let us know what you think. We're planning a more substantial refresh later in 2010, so it'd be great to get your thoughts.

 You can take the survey here.

 Thanks for your time and we hope you're enjoying the site.

Survey says: What you told us about your e-learning challenges

In last month’s Newsletter, we launched Part 1 of our eLearning Best Practices survey. We take a look at the results and trends.

Our key takeway? E-learning is alive and well and living in California. Ok, we can be a bit more specific. From the Expo, to e-learning karaoke, to the sessions, here’s some of what we soaked up.

And we’ve just run our own Webinar on Webinars to spread the word on what makes good learning in a webinar (yes, we felt a little dizzy too). If you caught it, you’ll already know some of our trade secrets. If not, check out our tips below. It’s all about the sharing.

How does your e-learning stack up? We've created a short survey to gather your views. And we'll reward your time with a free Articulate skin. Fair enough?

Kineo U.S. CEO Steve Lowenthal led a breakout session entitled Moodle: Changing the Face of Corporate eLearning at the Chicago eLearning and Technology Showcase on August 19th.

We recently ran a webinar on product knowledge e-learning. They came from from California, Merseyside, the Philippines and many points in between to share views on how to do product knowledge right. Find out what we talked about and check out our slides.

Interesting analysis of disruptive technologies by Henry Blodget in today's Sunday Times. He argues “Disruptive technologies do not immediately replace existing technologies because they are better.”

Catching the mood - reflections from the Kineo crew at ASTD

Kineo attended and exhibited at the ASTD ICE conference in Washington in June and so we had a chance to test the temperature in the US. But what did our team pick up? Here are some headline thoughts.

The eLearning Network (eLN) is a community of people involved in e-learning, from suppliers to users and key figures in the field. Kineo took part in a recent event which brought together members of the community and key speakers to give insight on the topic of ‘Creating Engaging Learning Content’. Find out what we took from (and, of course, brought to) the session.

June looks like a busy month for e-learning events across the globe. We list some of the upcoming events below.

We had a good look at the 2008 LMS survey undertaken by the E-Learning Guild and its findings in relation to Moodle LMS. It came as little surprise to us that Moodle has become the most used LMS by organizations of all sizes or that it was the most cost-effective LMS to install and customize. On-going costs of Moodle were also the lowest per user, not surprising given Moodle is Open Source and licence free.

We are grateful to Dave Boggs, the founder and CEO of SyberWorks, for his latest article on the benefits of e-learning. It is a very thoughtful and well researched list. We have set out his key points below, the full article is here.

Steve Rayson was the Kineo ambassador at this year's Online Educa show. This is what he found out on his travels (other than that Berlin is cold in December. But so is Brighton).

There were a huge number of sessions at this year’s Online Educa, held in Berlin at the start of December. There were so many sessions it took me some time to decide which ones to attend. After a few espressos and much debating I headed off to the various conference rooms. Below is a five minute overview of the things I found out at this year's event.

‘Doing more with less’ was the theme of the Kineo seminar held in London earlier in November.

The seminar participants included a range of Kineo clients, and those considering how to do more with less in their organisations, and eager to find out how a rapid approach could help.

This week we gave a webinar presentation on Moodle to over 100 members of the Learning and Skills Group.

You can listen to the Moodle webinar here.

The slides are below, please contact us if you want to discuss any aspect of Moodle.

At the airport on the way to my summer vacation I was browsing the bookstores for something to keep me occupied when I came across the latest Harvard Business Review.  Two articles on learning caught my eye and somewhat reluctantly I handed over my £15 for the magazine. Before we had even taken off I became engaged in Amy Edmondson’s article on the competitive imperative of learning and by the time we landed in France I was reading the article by Kotter on strategies for managing change and the critical importance of learning. It is fair to say that the book I was supposed to be reading for my book club, Salmon Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, didn’t really get a look in during my flight.

There are some great points for learning professionals from these articles. Here’s my summary, so your summer reading can be a little lighter…

Articulate today launched their new pro studio suite Articulate 09. Packed with new features, Articulate 09 makes it easier than ever to create world class rapid e-learning.

How can you deliver business benefits with rapid e-learning? We are bringing together some experts in the field from Kineo, HSBC, Cable & Wireless and other organisations to discuss what works in practice.

We will be getting together in Covent Garden, London on November 12th - and we’re inviting you to join us.