IDeA sell LearningPool
Yesterday I was at an e-learning showcase event in deepest darkest Devon ( I am lucky enough to live in this beautiful part of the UK) organised by LearningPool. Until recently LearningPool were the e-learning arm of the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) but they have been cast adrift to make their own way in the world. I think this is probably good for LearningPool but I'm not sure why IDeA gave up on e-learning (I guess because they never really got it - most of their high value stuff is face-to-face). There is an interesting quote in the press release regarding the sale however:
"The local government sector currently spends in the region of £300 million annually on training and it is estimated that by 2008 over 50 per cent of learning in the UK will be done electronically or on the internet."
That is an optimistic figure...but if it's true then LearningPool and all of us e-learning activists will be extremely busy in 2007!
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