Content about Assistive technology

July 25, 2011
Free LMS for the Small Business

Many companies, especially smaller ones such as search engine marketing firm OrangeSoda, often find that building a learning management system (LMS) is too expensive for their limited budgets. Find out how OrangeSoda developed several in-house LMSs for virtually nothing.

By Evan James Griffin, Manager, Training and Development, OrangeSoda Inc.

It’s hard to ignore the influence of technology in our lives. It has changed the way we shop, travel, and communicate, affecting literally everything we do. Its power also recently has changed the world of training, resulting in a booming $50 billion industry. This is no surprise to those who understand one of the greatest training challenges: scalability.

October 1, 2010
LMS Lessons

Three 2010 Top Young Trainers 
share their experiences with 
implementing or re-engineering 
a learning management system—
from identifying the innovative 
functionality they needed to 
meeting the training 
challenges associated with 
the launch. Plus, the latest 
LMS bells and whistles.

By Lorri Freifeld

With technology changing 
every second of every day, it’s no surprise a learning management system (LMS) quickly can become outdated. But it’s no easy task to re-engineer a current LMS or find exactly the right new one to purchase. For some of the latest LMS 
innovations, see the sidebar below, and check out the lessons three 2010 Top Young Trainer winners who faced such challenges in the last two years learned about LMS functionality and training.

Vanguard’s Vision

September 1, 2002
— or at least your presentations.

At the start of a recent presentation-skills seminar on effective public speaking, veteran presenter Tom Mucciolo took a small remote control out of his pocket and held it up. A good remote, he said, is the first thing to get when you are ready to improve.⻼皺欸/

At the start of a recent presentation-skills seminar on effective public speaking, veteran presenter Tom Mucciolo took a small remote control out of his pocket and held it up. A good remote, he said, is the first thing to get when you are ready to improve.⻼皺欸/

September 1, 2002
Atek Tote-Remote

Atek's Tote-Remote is another no-nonsense remote control best suited for slideshow presenters. It has a rocker switch to flip forward and backward through a slideshow, a laser pointer and an F5/escape button. Installation requires simply plugging the rece.⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾Ѐ�涆醿焷䀹ퟤ૩欸/縨૩蠏焸膿焸蕑焸૩ۘ૪蠏焸ی૪纗焸ۘ૪軸焽ퟤ૩舸焸塰焽絑焸ퟤ૩絛焸

Atek's Tote-Remote is another no-nonsense remote control best suited for slideshow presenters. It has a rocker switch to flip forward and backward through a slideshow, a laser pointer and an F5/escape button. Installation requires simply plugging the rece.⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾Ѐ�涆醿焷䀹ퟤ૩欸/縨૩蠏焸膿焸蕑焸૩ۘ૪蠏焸ی૪纗焸ۘ૪軸焽ퟤ૩舸焸塰焽絑焸ퟤ૩絛焸