IBM Launches Innovative Tools to Create Custom Learning Courses in Real-Time

IBM Launches Innovative Tools to Create Custom Learning Courses in Real-Time

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new technologies and consulting services that are designed to allow employees to automatically create customized, Web-based learning courses for their personal use, in real-time. Developed by IBM Research, the world’s largest IT research organization, and by IBM’s Human Capital Management and Learning Solutions practices, these two new software tools, Dynamic Learning Experience (DLE) and MAGIC (Metadata Automated Generation for Information Content), work in tandem to streamline the preparation and assembly of learning material, including documents and video content. These tools are specifically designed to help make learning easy and attractive to employees.

These tools are part of IBM’s robust portfolio of learning capabilities and can be integrated into any learning solution by learning consultants in IBM’s Human Capital Management practice. Today, most repositories of learning materials are difficult to navigate and reside across companies in multiple and often incompatible IT systems. They do not offer the ability for customization by employees needing to tackle particular areas of learning. Additionally, this complexity does not encourage employees to proactively learn and keep their skills up to date — an area of critical competitive advantage.

“DLE and MAGIC exemplify IBM’s concept of innovation: invention applied to practical business challenges — in this case the future of work,” said Yael Ravin, Program Director, Learning and Organizational Performance, IBM Research. “As the nature of work continues to change, ‘one-size-fits-all’ courses simply don’t fit the needs of many professionals. These technologies allow users to not only learn in small amounts of time, but to take control of their learning by customizing content and other options to fit their individual needs and preferences.”

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