Despite L&D cutbacks, 2010 looks to be a promising year for e-learning.

Paris, 15th February, 2010 – Throughout the course of 2009, many organisations had to make adjustments in response to the harsh economic reality of the recession. When budgets are tightened L&D is often the first casualty, yet despite the significant constraints experienced by L&D budgets, CrossKnowledge, the European expert in the remote development of leadership and management skills through new technologies, continues to demonstrate steady growth and expects a favourable year for e-learning.

By Jérome Coignard, CIO of CrossKnowledge

In a recent post published on the Harvard blog, Bill Taylor notices the rise of the Teaching Organisation, as an evolutionary step of the Learning Organisation model. According to his observations, the most innovative companies are not just committed to continuous learning : they are strongly committed to teaching as well, sharing their ideas and best practices with their clients, partners and competitors.

OUCCPD, the central focus for workrelated professional development at the Open University, have joined forces with CrossKnowledge, the European leader in developing management knowledge and leadership skills using new technologies, to introduce a unique offering in the field of management training.

Executives at Alcatel-Lucent University programme decided they wanted 25% of all their training schemes to be provided through distance learning, particularly their management courses. To do this, they introduced mixed training courses, carefully combining self-study distance learning modules with group-based classroom tuition.