Exhibit 10.12

Silicon Valley Bank

Amendment to Loan Documents

|Borrower: |  | Click2learn, Inc.
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|Date:     |  | December 6, 2002 

THIS AMENDMENT TO LOAN DOCUMENTSis entered into between SILICON VALLEY BANK ("Silicon") and the
borrower named above (the "Borrower"), with reference to the various loan and security agreements and other documents, instruments and agreements between them, including but not
limited to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated September 4, 2001 (as amended, if at all, the "Existing Loan Agreement"; the Existing Loan Agreement and all related documents,
instruments and agreements may be referred to collectively herein as the "Existing Loan Documents").

The
Parties agree to amend the Existing Loan Documents, as follows:

1.Present Loan Balance.Borrower acknowledges that the present
unpaid principal balance of the Borrower's indebtedness, liabilities and obligations to Silicon under the Existing Loan Documents, including interest accrued through December 6, 2002 is
$400,466.67 (the "Present Loan Balance"), and that said sum is due and owing without any defense, offset, or counterclaim of any kind.

2.Amendment to Existing Loan Documents.The Existing Loan
Documents are hereby amended in their entirety to read as set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, and related documents, being executed concurrently (collectively, the "New Loan Documents"). The
Borrower acknowledges that the Present Loan Balance shall be the opening balance of the Loans pursuant to the New Loan Documents as of the date hereof, and shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be
Loans made by Silicon to the Borrower pursuant to the New Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the execution of the New Loan Documents, the following Existing Loan Documents shall continue in full force
and effect and shall continue to secure all present and future indebtedness, liabilities, guarantees and other Obligations (as defined in the New Loan Documents): All *standard documents of Silicon
entered into by the Borrower in connection with Letters of Credit and/or Foreign Exchange Contracts; all security
agreements, collateral assignments and mortgages, including but not limited to those relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property; all lockbox agreements and/or blocked
account agreements; and all UCC-1 financing statements and other documents filed with governmental offices which perfect liens or security interests in favor of Silicon. In addition, in
the event the Borrower has previously issued any stock options, stock purchase warrants or securities to Silicon, the same and all documents and agreements relating thereto shall also continue in full
force and effect.

*portions of the Existing Loan Documents pertaining to the Equipment Advances (the "Existing Term Loan") (such portions being hereinafter referred to as the
"Existing Term Loan Documentation") not amended pursuant to the New Loan Documents, and all

3.General Provisions.This Amendment and the New Loan Documents
set forth in full all of the representations and agreements of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede

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all prior discussions, representations, agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject hereof.

|Borrower:         |                                            | Silicon:           
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|CLICK2LEARN, INC. |                                            | SILICON VALLEY BANK
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|By:               | /s/JOHN ATHERLYPresident or Vice President |                    
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|By:               | /s/STEVEN ESAUSecretary or Ass't Secretary |                    

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