About Guild Research
Helping you make sense of the depth, complexity, and future of learning technologies
Learning Guild Research works with industry analysts and leading practitioners to analyze existing and new sources of knowledge to bring you concise information and practical insights that you can use to make important decisions, inform practice, and stay current. This is where you will find out about research in the field, new technologies, and what your peers are doing and thinking, in practical language.
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Degrees for eLearning Professionals: What’s Needed?
In this report, author Patti Shank expands on her 2011 analysis of which degrees and credentials are of most value for eLearning professionals. Through interviews of academic faculty, corporate managers, and practitioners, Patti examines job forecasts and needs, the value of degrees to hiring managers, ratings for different Master’s programs, and what you can expect in terms of skill outcomes.
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2012 Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report
In this report, author Temple Smolen explores current trends in global eLearning pay and delves into unique areas of variance across gender, status, designation, and other compensation. Temple also evaluates average eLearning salaries across employer and employee variables, and includes a salary calculator to help readers compute baseline salaries with their own unique variables.
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Media for eLearning: Top Tools
In this report, author Nick Floro analyzes eLearning Guild research data on members’ use of media in eLearning. Nick examines which audio and video tools are most popular and how these tools are being used. The report also includes a number of helpful appendices, including one of tips for optimizing and managing media.
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Social Media for Learning
In this report, Jane Bozarth, Ed.D., analyzes eLearning Guild research on the latest trends in adoption and usage of social media for learning. Weaving connections between data and individual interviews, Jane also discusses organizational challenges and concerns about social media, and offers suggestions to overcome them.
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eLearning Degrees and Credentials: Needs of the eLearning Professional
In this report, author Patti Shank analyzes eLearning Guild research data on members’ needs for and experiences with eLearning degree and credential programs. Patti examines the program levels, types and focus areas, as well as respondent goals. She then looks at how respondents chose their programs, before closing with a discussion of how respondents assessed the value of these programs.
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Mobile Learning: Landscape and Trends
In this report, author Clark Quinn demonstrates how mobile learning means both augmenting formal learning, and moving to performance support, informal, and social learning as well. Clark also analyzes eLearning Guild research data about how people are currently using mobile, and discusses implementation issues, before taking a look to the future.
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2011 Global e-Learning Salary & Compensation Report
This report explores current trends in global pay and delves into unique areas of variance across gender, status, designation, and other compensation. The report also evaluates average e-Learning salaries across employer and employee variables, and includes a salary calculator to help readers compute baseline salaries with their own unique variables.
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Getting Started in e-Learning: Learning 2.0
In this report, author Patti Shank analyzes social media usage habits and attitudes among eLearning Guild members, examines the top social media technologies and the benefits they provide for e-Learning, and explains how these technologies are being employed by Guild member organizations.
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Getting Started in e-Learning: Learning Management Systems
Implementing a LMS is a complex and time-intensive endeavor. There are many considerations, and the first consideration is whether you really need an enterprise-level LMS. If you do, developing requirements for your specific needs before talking to vendors is a must. This new installment of the Getting Started in e-Learning Series will help you do just that – and more!
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Getting Started in e-Learning: Measuring Success
You put a lot of work into creating your e-Learning system. But do you ever wonder how successful your program really is? How would you go about finding out? Discover the tools, strategies, and systems needed to measure the success of your efforts in this report.