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This issue of Competence News contains:
- News Item - E-learning and Homeland Security
- Editorial - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
- Introducing - Series - Learning Management Systems and the IT professional
- Word Gems - Free Interactive "Knowledge Objects" on Business Finance, Investing and the basics of Computer Technology
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e-learn·ing n. Learning that is assisted by using computer and information technology as a tool to help transfer knowledge.
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News
Item - E-learning and Homeland Security
The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) is taking credit
for influencing the Homeland Security bill (HR 5005) by successfully lobbying
for inclusion of a requirement that each federal agency establish the
position of Chief Human Capital Resource Officer. Part of the duties of
this new post will be to develop and advocate a culture of continuous
learning to attract and retaining employees with superior abilities.
In a prepared release, Tina Sung, President and CEO of ASTD, stated:
"The creation of this positon will help agencies maximize their human capital and improve organizational performance so that they manage effectively and serve U.S. citizens"
The full release can be found at:
http://www.astd.org/virtual_community/press_room/pdf/homelandSecurityRelease.pdf
Editorial - Merry Christmas!
In this season of goodwill and peace, let's postulate that war, violence and intolerance take a permanent holiday from Jan 1 2003 onward. I'm sure we would all prefer to get on with the positive task of bringing about a knowledge revolution that can and does transfer the knowledge necessary for us to create a world community where everyone can flourish and prosper.
All the best!
Larry Byrnes
Editor
Competence News
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New Series- Learning Management Systems and the IT Professional
Cisco’s CEO, John Chambers, has been quoted as saying that, as a killer internet application, e-learning will make e-mail look like a rounding error. The elearning market has gone from 0 to several billion in sales annually in the last few years. It is predicted by IDC to grow at a 37% compounded annual growth rate through 2006, which would put the market well over 10 billion less than a decade from when it started!
IT professionals will have an increasing role in the deployment and administration of the “Learning Management Systems” (LMS) and “Learning Content Management Systems” (LCMS) that enable elearning. This has inspired us to write a multi-part series on elearning, what implications this has for IT professionals and how to deal with this latest enterprise wide system that “will make email look like a rounding error”.
Part 1 – Definition of Learning Management/Learning Content Management systems.
An LMS or LCMS (the distinction is becoming increasingly blurred) is a knowledge transfer (training) solution that facilitates the creation, storing, assembling, delivering and administering of training courses to individuals. These are large data base systems with extensive user and administrator interfaces that help match up an inventory of personnel and an inventory of courses. The systems will, ideally, deliver the personnel skills needed for any organization to achieve its strategic objectives.
These LMS/LCMS systems could also be called knowledge management systems. We like the knowledge system term as it communicates the basic, simple purpose of these systems – to help transfer knowledge.
The role of the IT professional in the selection and deployment of these systems will become increasingly vital. These articles we’ll cover some of the basics of learning management and learning content management systems and how this relatively new enterprise priority is leading an evolution from an information economy to knowledge based economy.
The next article will cover why anyone would want an LMS and LCMS.
A good elearning glossary - http://www.e-learningguru.com/gloss.htm
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