CLO Magazine: outsourcing on decline,

From this edition of the (free) CLO magazine, I remember:

Training Outsourcing on the Decline: (probably US only, not sure?)

• Decisions to outsource rests mainly on whether the needed volume and quality of training can be supported by internal staff.
• The most important activities, according to CLOs, in the learning function are: custom content design, training delivery, strategy development, program oversight and learning technology management. Reporting and measurement came 6th.
• The most outsourced activities, according to the same CLOs are: custom content development, training delivery, learning technology management, and only small portions of all the rest.
• It seems that companies are using external training providers primarily for activities that are important but do not require the transfer of management authority.

IOL: Determining the impact of Learning

• Like metrics for learning or not, but you need to justify it somehow to upper management. Total students trained or course smileys says little on impact.
  
• ROI is often designed too complex but might work.
• Another way is to go for the 'Impact of Learning' or IOL instead of the Return on Investment (ROI)
• There are these three basic steps to IOL as a way to demonstrate the value of learning: insight - individual - impact
• And I still would like to see a complete example before I'm intelectually capable of understanding this approach

Creative destruction in the learning industry

• Disposable technology demands faster and more relevant learning than what can be designed and delivered using old ADDIE methodologies of yesterday. (Connie Twynham)