E-learning Market Update - May 2012

Yesterday once more or a radical future?

What does the future of e-learning hold?  An increase in blended learning?  Resources not courses? An increase in social learning? Greater mobile delivery? Faster creation of content? Arguably these are all ideas that have been around for many years and which are simply being delivered through advances in technology. This month we look at how these advances might radically change our thinking about e-learning. For example, in ten years will all e-learning scripts be written by computer algorithms not instructional designers?

E-learning Market Update - April 2012

Last week we saw further consolidation in the Learning Management System market. This time through the acquisition by Blackboard of Moodle partners Moodlerooms and Netspot. These latest acquisitions have generated a lot of debate and emotion in the market. The main discussion has been why Blackboard, with their proprietary LMS product, have set up their own open-source division and acquired two Moodle partners. We believe there is no secret, this is just a natural progression and the development of an active commercial open-source market.

E-learning Market Update - March 2012

One sector that has had a long-time focus on e-learning and LMS is financial services. This month we take the temperature in the financial services sector with our review of the current challenges, and an invitation to take part in our own market survey.

E-Learning Market Update - February 2012

This month we report on major e-learning events held last month in London and Las Vegas. Attendance at both events was higher than ever. This growing interest in e-learning solutions and a buoyant e-learning market, has meant HR and talent management companies are keen for a piece of the action. Looks like some people were doing a little shopping at the show too. This week we saw another acquisition of an e-learning company by a talent management vendor keen to expand its reach into the e-learning market.

E-Learning Market Update - January 2012

As it is January we are looking ahead to see what might happen in the world of e-learning in 2012. Unlike many of the commentators who start with technology changes, we have started by looking at what businesses need to do and how they may deploy e-learning to help.

E-learning Market Update December 2011

This month we report on further consolidation in the learning technology market as SAP buys SuccessFactors; and we look forward to Learning Technologies, the main European e-learning event in January.

E-learning Market Update November 2011

This month we take a look at Ambient Insight’s new research report on the mobile learning market and key trends.

E-learning Market Update October 2011

Lots of market activity to report this month. Kineo’s Steve Rayson has been taking the temperature at recent events in the US and Europe. His eye was also taken by recent acquisitions and he came across a refreshing challenge to e-learning vendors. Also we share an update on the relative size of UK players based on most recent published accounts.

E-learning Market Update September 2011

Earlier this summer the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development published their latest survey on e-learning trends. The survey was based on responses from over 600 learning practitioners, we take a look at the survey results...

E-learning Market Update August 2011

Summertime; and living is not so easy. A turbulent time on the stock markets, credit downgrades, European debt and even riots in London.  Are there implications for e-learning? 

This month we take a look at E-learning Magazine’s 2011 User Survey and also some of the recent market reactions.

E-learning Market Update July 2011

Mobile learning:  do you really need to go native?

This month we look at the fast changing nature of the mobile content development market. We have previously highlighted the debate around developing native apps for specific devices such as the iPhone or web apps which work across multiple devices. This debate heated up recently with the Financial Times snubbing Apple and the App Store by launching a new mobile web app that runs entirely out of a Web browser.

E-learning Market Update June 2011

This month we look at the latest e-learning market update from Ambient Insight and assess some key trends.

E-learning Market Update May 2011

A few months ago we asked people in our global LinkedIn e-learning professionals group what trends they were seeing in the e-learning market.  Ask a big question, get a big answer...
In this month’s market insights, we share the top six trends to keep us moving forward this summer.

E-learning Market Update April 2011

This month we are talking bubbles and a tale of very different learning markets.  The corporate market for face to face training appears to be declining at the same time as we are seeing a boom in the e-learning and higher education markets. Steve Rayson gets into the bubble.

Market Update March 2011 - Scandanavian Market

With the opening of our new office in Sweden this month, we thought we’d take a look at the Scandinavian e-learning market. With around 20 million people in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and some of the highest internet usage and IT maturity in the world, these are our kind of people. So what’s their take on learning technology? Bengt Gustafsson, director of Kineo Sweden, takes us on a tour.

E-learning Market Update February 2011

Just when we thought we could rest after the busiest ever Learning Technologies show in January, along comes February. So much happening, so much to report, what do we cover? Let’s start with mobile learning, are you moving too fast?