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                                    UNITED STATES
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                                Washington, DC 20549
  
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                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):       February 12, 2002
  
  
  
  
                                    DOCENT, INC.
  
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
  
  
  
             Delaware                   0-31537                   77-0460705
   (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission File          (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation )                Number)            Identification Number)
  
                                2444 Charleston Road
                           Mountain View, California 94043
  
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
   Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (650) 934-9500
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  Item 5.           Other Events.
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  On February 12, 2002, Docent, Inc. (the "Company") announced plans to reduce
  costs and realign resources that resulted in an approximate 20% reduction in the
  Company's workforce.
  
  Separately, Dan Epel, the Vice President of Corporate & Business Development,
  has left the Company in order to pursue other interests.
  
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated as of February 15, 2002.
  
                                    DOCENT, INC.
  
                                      By:   /s/ Arthur Taylor
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                                      Arthur Taylor
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                                    UNITED STATES
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                                Washington, DC 20549
  
                                     -----------
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):       February 12, 2002
  
                                    DOCENT, INC.
  
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
             Delaware                   0-31537                   77-0460705
   (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission File          (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation )                Number)            Identification Number)
  
                                2444 Charleston Road
                           Mountain View, California 94043
  
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
   Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (650) 934-9500
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  Item 5.           Other Events.
  -------           -------------
  
  On February 12, 2002, Docent, Inc. (the "Company") announced plans to reduce
  costs and realign resources that resulted in an approximate 20% reduction in the
  Company's workforce.
  
  Separately, Dan Epel, the Vice President of Corporate & Business Development,
  has left the Company in order to pursue other interests.
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated as of February 15, 2002.
  
                                    DOCENT, INC.
  
                                      By:   /s/ Arthur Taylor
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                                      Arthur Taylor
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  
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