SkillSoft Raises the Bar for e-Learning with its inGenius Social Learning Layer
07 Abril 2010 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading SaaS provider of
e-learning and performance support solutions for global
enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized
businesses, today announced the launch of inGenius, a social
learning platform layer that enables customers to securely empower
their employees to find, create and share knowledge assets and
expertise with their colleagues as they leverage the extensive and
trusted SkillSoft library of on-demand learning assets. SkillSoft
officially unveiled inGenius to the public at Bersin &
Associates IMPACT 2010 conference: The Business of Talent®.
“Online social learning has become one of the primary elements
of today’s modern corporate training model,” said Josh Bersin, CEO
and president, Bersin Associates. “inGenius integrates social
learning with structured content in unique and powerful ways,
enabling Skillsoft customers to add knowledge sharing,
collaboration, bookmarking, and other elements of informal learning
right into their existing SkillSoft solutions.”
SkillSoft’s inGenius enables social learning by extending the
value of expert information and infusing it with the knowledge and
expertise of an organization’s own employees. Unlike many
stand-alone social networking applications, which most often lack a
particular application focus, inGenius is built on SkillSoft’s
trusted Books24x7 On Demand content collections containing more
than 25,000 titles -- digital books from leading publishers,
analyst research reports, and white papers -- as well as 1,300
videos of leading thought leaders and practitioners.
“A shift is taking place in how people discover, read and share
business-critical information and insights. The shift fuses the
amplification power of social networks with proven informal
learning solutions to change one-to-many monologues into meaningful
many-to-many conversations. SkillSoft’s approach recognizes that
information workers are not just learners, but also knowledge
contributors, and provides organizations with a seamless way to
capture and share their tacit wisdom,” said John Ambrose, senior
vice president, strategy, corporate development and emerging
business, SkillSoft. “Companies are just beginning to grasp the
potential of social media through their personal experiences with
products like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Wave. But they
are searching for solutions that can harness the power of internal
online communities to bring tangible value to the organization.
With inGenius, learning organizations worldwide can experience for
themselves how social learning can foster greater collaboration and
results by leveraging SkillSoft’s secure, trusted and proven
e-learning software and content.”
The Books24x7 library includes more than 25,000 titles,
on-demand resources comprising digitized IT and business books,
book summaries and videos on a wide range of relevant information
technology, business skills, computer desktop skills and compliance
subjects.
inGenius enhances SkillSoft’s core learning assets with a
feature set that enables learners to leverage content assets as
seeds of discussion and to add community content (“co-content”)
including notes, comments and ratings that add a unique layer of
context and relevance, specific to their organization. SkillSoft
further enhances the social learning experience with opportunities
to build connections and allow sharing between learners. inGenius
also enables learners to discover knowledgeable colleagues by
searching social profiles.
Release 1.0 of inGenius is available through the Books24x7 On
Demand Platform.
Future releases of inGenius will extend support to SkillSoft’s
SkillPort LMS and other e-learning modules.
About SkillSoft
SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL) is a leading SaaS provider of
on-demand e-learning and performance support solutions for global
enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized
businesses. SkillSoft enables business organizations to maximize
business performance through a combination of comprehensive e-
learning content, online information resources, flexible learning
technologies and support services. SkillSoft is on the web at
http://www.skillsoft.com.
Content offerings include business, IT, desktop, compliance and
consumer/SMB courseware collections, as well as complementary
content assets such as Leadership Development Channel video
products, KnowledgeCenter(TM) portals, virtual instructor-led
training services and online mentoring services. SkillSoft's
Books24x7(R) product offering includes access to more than 25,000
digitized IT and business books, as well as book summaries and
executive reports. Technology offerings include the SkillPort(R)
learning management system, Search-and-Learn(R), SkillSoft(R)
Dialogue(TM), inGenius™ and virtual classroom.
SkillSoft courseware content described herein is for information
purposes only and is subject to change without notice. SkillSoft
has no obligation or commitment to develop or deliver any future
release, upgrade, feature, enhancement or function described in
this press release except as specifically set forth in a written
agreement.
SkillSoft, the SkillSoft logo, SkillPort, Search-and-Learn,
SkillChoice, Books24x7, ITPro, BusinessPro, OfficeEssentials,
GovEssentials, EngineeringPro, FinancePro, AnalystPerspectives,
ExecSummaries, ExecBlueprints, Express Guide, Dialogue and inGenius
are trademarks or registered trademarks of SkillSoft PLC in the
United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners, countries.
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