the future of connected learning: skillsoft strategy
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The Future of Connected Learning: SkillSoft Strategy. John Ambrose November 6, 2008. Speed of Change. Connected Learning. Compliance. Leadership Development. Six Sigma. Customer Service. Project Management. Three Market Shifts. Shift 1: Learning Portability . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Future of Connected Learning: SkillSoft Strategy
John AmbroseNovember 6, 2008
Speed of Change
Project Management
Customer Service
Leadership Development
Compliance
Six Sigma
Connected Learning
Three Market Shifts
Shift 1: Learning Portability
The Mobility Paradox
10% of this year’s 1.2Bhandsets will be
web-ready smart phones
Will grow to 30% by 2011
The Mobility Paradox
“In 2007, portable media was expected to grow very quickly – driven by the perceived need for disconnected learning” “In 2008, however, the expected growth has declined as a result of an increased focus on the appropriateness of delivery modality.”
- IDC eLearning Report, June 2008
Learning Delivery Trends
Mobile Devices
Mobile Challenges • Multiple platforms• Shifting standards• Slow networks• Rapid obsolescence• Economics
Mobile ‘Truths’
• Supplements, but does not replace traditional e-learning
• Component of the corporate “learning ecosystem”
• Appropriate content, appropriate device, appropriate time
• Tracking and reporting is key• Should not be device dependent• SkillSoft platforms continue to evolve to
offer increasing mobile capabilities• Must be simple
Mobile is an Extension of the eLearning Ecosystem
Online
Offline
Watch or listento downloadedvideo or MP3
Search a database for urgent snippet
Select from many modes
Take a course or read a chapteron an airplane
Offline Courses
Offline Chapters
SkillSoft’s Years of Mobile Expertise
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New Mobile Enhancements• Visual Indicator• Above Search button• Appears on Every Page
Innovation Lab Preview
SkillSoft Strategy:• Continues to be an R&D priority• Mobility is an extension, not replacement• Focus on “In-between” learning• Web/email delivery• Trackability is key
Shift 2:Learning Ubiquity
Key is OvercomingObscurity
SkillSoftPortletsliberate
learning
Learning Programs
Search-and-Learn
My Plan
Booklist
Favorites
Passive Generic Static
Active Personal Dynamic
How Can These DriveLearning Ubiquity?
Web 2.0 and Social Learning
User-Generated Recommendations
User-Generate Tags (Coming Soon)
User-Shared Annotations (Coming Soon)
SkillSoft and the Collaborative WebSkillSoft Ubiquity Strategy:• Leverage Portals and Web 2.0 Technologies• Must Add Incremental Value to Learning• Drives Ubiquity• Trackable and Reportable
SHIFT #3The War for Talent
New Segment Emerging
Talent Management
New Segment Emerges
Common Thread
Focus today is on automating
existing processes
“Simply can not automate your way
out of a global skills shortage”
Example: How Learning and Talent Management Integrate
Automating Integrating Measuring Changing Behavior
SustainableBusinessValue
Learning Drives Behavior Change
SkillSoft and Talent Management
Our Strategy:• Very Early Market • “Swiss” with TM vendors • Leverage OLSA• Listen to clients• Learning as the ‘Killer Talent App’
