Apr 19

Academics and industry value Learning Light’s e-learning sector report

Learning Light’s definitive report into the UK e-learning sector in 2009 is winning recognition not only among the corporate e-learning community but also among UK academics.

‘The UK e-learning market 2009’, a report by Learning Light, a company limited by guarantee which focuses on promoting the use of e-learning and learning technologies, published at the end of last year, has prompted positive responses from both the commercial and academic worlds.

Using financial modeling and third party research, the report – which updated an earlier market survey by Learning Light, published in 2007 – suggested that the annual size of the UK e-learning industry is currently between £300m and £450m; with growth rates forecast of between 6.7% and 8%.

“This is exactly what I’d been looking for,” commented Anita Pincas, Senior Lecturer and a specialist in e-learning from the Department of Continuing and Professional Education at the University of London’s Institute of Education. “The report is extensive, clearly presented and among the best things in the field that I’ve seen.”

Anita Pincas was alerted to the Learning Light report by Dr Maggie McPherson, Senior Lecturer in ICT in education at Leeds University, who is also deputy chair of the Board of Learning Light.

Endorsing Anita’s viewpoint but from a commercial sector point of view, Vaughan Waller, Senior Instructional Designer with the international accountancy firm Moore Stephens LLP, said: “The e-learning sector has always been extremely difficult to define and, therefore, to quantify accurately. So far, Learning Light is the only UK based organisation that has grasped the nettle firmly and has produced trends and forecasts that are realistic and believeable.

“The benefit of Learning Light’s pioneering work in this field is that with two reports at reasonable intervals, we can begin to view and track trends in this sector over the last couple of years. Both suppliers and buyers of e-learning will be looking forward to further updates of this report.”

“The Learning Light reports make interesting and informative reading,” commented JJ van Delsen, sales director of Giunti Labs UK – the UK arm of Giunti Labs, the multi-national learning and mobile content management solution provider. “Importantly, the report also draws comparisons between the state and sizes of the e-learning markets in a number of European states.”

Matthew Lloyd, Managing Director of Omniplex, a provider of e-learning solutions with bases in the UK and North America, added: “Our own market research data in the UK is beginning to confirm some of the findings in the most recent Learning Light report. In particular, we’re seeing an increase in demand for simpler, easy to use learning management systems as well as a significant rise in interest in mobile learning, along with the personalisation and contextualisation of learning content.”

”Our goal in producing the report was to provide both suppliers and purchasers with an understanding of what’s possible, what’s available and where e-learning services and products are going,” said David Patterson, one of the report’s three authors. “An important part of the process of information gathering and interpretation for the 2009 Report was a series of interviews with organisations engaged in the e-learning market,

“We also commented on the convergence of technologies and design techniques for business, entertainment, gaming, learning and assessment. Finally, we included some analysis of public sector procurement patterns derived from the Learning Light Market Intelligence and Tender Information Service.”

The report is available, as a free download, from http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk or http://www.creativesheffield.co.uk/

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Notes for Editors

About the Report

This report began as a simple attempt to update the report written by John Helmer, on behalf of Learning Light, in 2007 on the size and value of the UK e-learning industry. The 2009 Report updates this by interviewing a number of leading players (vendors) in the industry to ask their view of the market and by further seeking to quantify the market size. This series of semi-structured interviews was conducted over two months in 2009, with over 24 companies spread across the UK. The edited narrative of the interviews is included in an appendix with the full version of the report and a synopsis in the short version.

About Learning Light Ltd

Sheffield-based Learning Light is a centre of excellence in the use of e-learning and learning technologies in the workplace. Its knowledge base contains over 400 papers offering insights and advice on how to use e-learning & learning technologies.

Learning Light works closely with the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, and has undertaken a Systematic Literature Review of the available papers on the effective use of e-learning in conjunction with the University of Sheffield.

Learning Light operates www.e-learningcentre.co.uk one of the leading resources on e-learning in the UK.

Learning Light occupies a unique space in the e-learning and learning technology sector networking with:

  • Suppliers of e-learning and learning technologies to support the growth of the sector
  • Buyers seeking out learning technology solutions to improve the effectiveness of their business or organisation
  • Leading organisations worldwide who provide it with market knowledge from around the globe

It:

  • Provides unbiased and impartial advice to both suppliers and buyers
  • Hosts events and workshops that provide the platforms to impart and gain knowledge by encouraging collaboration and sharing of best practice
  • Acts as a conduit between suppliers and buyers to forge successful business partnerships
  • Provides market intelligence and benchmarking information gained from its many contacts and networking partners
  • Provides access to research materials from leading learning technology professionals

Further information from:

David Patterson/ Gill Broadhead, Learning Light, +44 (0)114 223 2442

Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405

Apr 13

Learning Light invites contributions for its 2010 e-learning industry report

Learning Light is beginning work on updating its figures on the size, shape and state of health of the UK’s e-learning industry.

Last December Learning Light, a company limited by guarantee that focuses on promoting the use of e-learning and learning technologies, published its second report into the UK’s corporate e-learning industry. In the process it updated figures for this sector which were first published in 2007.

The 2009 report’s principal finding is that the UK e-learning industry remains robustly positive in its view of the market and the prospect for continuing growth. Using financial modeling and third party research, the report suggests that the annual size of the UK e-learning industry in 2009 was between £300m and £450m; with growth rates forecast of between 6.7% and 8%.

The figures from that report – ‘The UK e-learning market 2009′, available as a free download, from  www.e-learningcentre.co.uk or http://www.creativesheffield.co.uk/ – are now in the process of being updated to reflect industry trends throughout 2010.

Consequently, the Learning Light research team of Glyn Jung, Gillian Broadhead and David Patterson is beginning the process of information gathering and interpretation for the 2010 Report, via a series of interviews with organisations engaged in the e-learning market. These will range from micro-businesses developing innovative technologies to established major service and product suppliers in the UK

As last year, Creativesheffield is supporting the publication of Learning Light’s report on the e-learning industry in 2010.

Learning Light’s David Patterson said: “If you run a company which is active in the UK e-learning industry and would like to contribute facts and opinions to the 2010 Report, please contact Learning Light as soon as possible so that we can include your company in our assessment of the UK’s corporate e-learning market.

“The Learning Light Report on the e-learning industry is not just the most comprehensive assessment of the UK’s corporate e-learning sector, it is the only such report that has reliable, comparable figures for the industry over the last three years. As such, these series of Learning Light Reports make essential reading for all e-learning market analysts and commentators as well as would-be successful entrepreneurs in this sector.

“So we’re extremely grateful to Creativesheffield for its help and support in not only enabling us to compile these reports but also for making them freely available via their website,” he added.

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Notes for Editors

About the Report

This report began as a simple attempt to update the report written by John Helmer, on behalf of Learning Light, in 2007 on the size and value of the UK e-learning industry. The 2009 Report updated this by interviewing a number of leading players (vendors) in the industry to ask their view of the market and by further seeking to quantify the market size. This series of semi-structured interviews was conducted over two months in 2009, with over 24 companies spread across the UK. The edited narrative of the interviews is included in an appendix with the full version of the report and a synopsis in the short version.

The 2009 report’s principal finding is that the UK e-learning industry remains robustly positive in its view of the market and the prospect for continuing growth. Using financial modeling and third party research, the report suggests that the annual size of the UK e-learning industry is currently between £300m and £450m; with growth rates forecast of between 6.7% and 8%.

About Learning Light Ltd

Sheffield-based Learning Light is a centre of excellence in the use of e-learning and learning technologies in the workplace. Its knowledge base contains over 400 papers offering insights and advice on how to use e-learning & learning technologies.

Learning Light works closely with the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, and has undertaken a Systematic Literature Review of the available papers on the effective use of e-learning in conjunction with the University of Sheffield.

Learning Light operates www.e-learningcentre.co.uk one of the leading resources on e-learning in the UK. Learning Light occupies a unique space in the e-learning and learning technology sector networking with:

* Suppliers of e-learning and learning technologies to support the growth of the sector
* Buyers seeking out learning technology solutions to improve the effectiveness of their business or organisation
* Leading organisations worldwide who provide it with market knowledge from around the globe

It:

* Provides unbiased and impartial advice to both suppliers and buyers
* Hosts events and workshops that provide the platforms to impart and gain knowledge by encouraging collaboration and sharing of best practice
* Acts as a conduit between suppliers and buyers to forge successful business partnerships
* Provides market intelligence and benchmarking information gained from its many contacts and networking partners
* Provides access to research materials from leading learning technology professionals

Further information from:

David Patterson/ Gill Broadhead, Learning Light, +44 (0)114 223 2442

Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405

Apr 12

Giunti Labs presents its personal skills and portfolio management solution

Giunti Labs is bringing its newly released state-of-the-art personal ePortfolio and skills management solution to the HRD exhibition at Olympia, London, on 21st and 22nd April.

At this year’s HRD exhibition – being held at London’s Olympia on 21st and 22nd April – Giunti Labs, the world leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, is putting on show its state-of-the-art ePortfolio and skills management solution, along with its learning content development capabilities.

“Giunti Labs’ eXact Portfolio helps clients attract, develop and maintain employees, as well as align them to corporate strategic goals, to build a lasting competitive edge,” explained JJ van Delsen, Sales Director of Giunti Labs UK.

“It can be used as a stand-alone solution or as part of the learn eXact Suite – an integrated and state-of-the-art learning content management system (LCMS) for new generation e-learning and mobile learning strategies. This enables users to create, manage and deliver contents based on XML learning objects to a range of end user terminals, and it is compliant with international standards and specifications such as IMS and SCORM.”

Named in an industry report by Outsell, Inc. earlier this year as ‘the creator of some of the most dynamic, interactive, 3D, multi-11 device-integrated learning solutions in the market that exemplify how it all comes together in work and learning apps of the future’, Giunti Labs provides solutions to many sectors including public sector, defence, manufacturing, finance, retail, information and communications technologies (ICT), education and healthcare.

“In a world of rapidly developing competition, organisations need to identify their workers’ skills, knowledge and competencies, as well as deliver the right learning content just in time, where and when the user needs it,” commented Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Labs.

“So, at HRD this year, Giunti Labs will outline how it meets the learning individualisation needs of contemporary organisations with the media and skills-based personalisation features of its eXact Portfolio as well as the location-based and multi-device channel capability of its eXact Mobile modules for its enterprise learning content management solution, learn eXact LCMS.”

Giunti Labs is on Stand 1500 at HRD 2010.

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About Giunti Labs

Giunti Labs http://www.giuntilabs.com is a leading Online and Mobile Learning Content Management Solutions provider with offices around the world. Giunti Labs provides a wide range of solutions for content development, content management and content delivery, covering:

• Multi-language bespoke content production
• Content management and digital repository platforms
• ePortfolio and skills management solutions
• Mobile learning technologies
• Consulting and professional services

Giunti Labs provides solutions to many sectors including public sector, defence, manufacturing, finance, retail, ICT, education and healthcare.

Giunti Labs is part of Giunti Group, a leading educational and cultural heritage publisher with roots back to 1841. Over the years, Giunti has built a catalogue of over 12.000 titles and has acquired new brands worldwide.

Further information from:

Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs, +39 3474435167, m.leikas@giuntilabs.com

Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405, bob.little@boblittlepr.com