Improving your digital skills and getting certified is quite important in this day and age. But are all training provides equal? Let's see what you need to know. Would you get your money's worth from all providers? Are there any pitfalls you need to know? Well, as...
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The UK digital economy will need 2.3 million workers in the next five years
The digital economy boom can't achieve its high promises for one reason - there are not enough people who have the needed digital skills. In the United Kingdom alone there will be a need for 2.3 million workers in the digital economy by 2020. This is what the results...
Could microlearning be an effective training method?
The skills gap continues to get bigger. New technologies are so fast to the scene that few people know how to use them properly. Could microlearning help? The answer to that question is far from a simple "yes", "no" or even "it depends". Well, the last one may be the...
Demand for IT professionals forces companies to act fast
The demand for IT professionals and their insufficient numbers are forcing companies to act fast and hire as much people as they can and deal with it later. This is one of the conclusions you may arrive to after reading the study by Richard Curtin and the University...
SurePeople launches a new intelligent learning platform
SurePeople is recognizing that there is a huge need for qualified employees amongst many businesses and a change in training is vital. So it has a new intelligent learning and development platform which is aiming to fix this. The new platform is driven by individual...
Online and micro-video trainings are gaining ground, according to a new research
BizLibrary released a report on the “State of the Training Industry” which is a survey aiming to find the latest trends in the field. Online e-learning is becoming a preferred method along with micro-video trainings, says the report. The survey was carried this summer...
Is the lack of digital skills a myth?
Almost everywhere you look today in the IT industry you will see and hear the same thing - there is a huge lack of digital skills. But is that really true? The exact answer is "it depends" which is not really that exact, is it? The reason is that there are various of...
Creativedge launches new Toolkit Plus training sessions
Creativedge Training & Development has announced the launch of new version of its Toolkit Plus training sessions. They will feature new 180-minute sessions which will be available on request, the company says. The new Toolkit Plus training sessions will include...
Learning gamification can spark extra interest in training
Sometimes employees don't feel thrilled by the prospect of training. If you add game elements to the training aka gamification, you could have a real winner on your hands. This is what Nupur Avantika, the head of instructional design at Indecomm is saying in a new...
The top digital skills needed in the creative industries
The creative industries are also in a serious need of digital skills. The gap there is quite big and the competition is fierce. Government and industry-backed UK initiative NextGen Skills Academy has created a new qualification to help provide the digital skills...
Schools still don’t invest in digital skills for teachers
Schools are becoming more and more important in the development of digital skills, but they seem to be lacking initiative and making enough investments. This is what Freedom of Information (FOI) requests by the software company MapR reveal, ComputerWeekly reports. The...
New Skillsoft Mobile Learning App for Android and iOS
Mobile learning (m-learning) is shaping up as a big trend and training companies are already preparing for it. Skillsoft has a new app for Android and iOS which is set to deliver personalized on-demand experience to the learners, the company has announced. The...












