Content about Learning management system

February 20, 2012
Training Today: Products and Services (Jan/Feb 2012)

The latest products and services launching in the training industry.

>> Whiteboard Products launched a suite of its environmentally friendly products that will help improve the way businesses in the U.S. and Canada train, present, learn, teach, and brainstorm. The supercharged whiteboard on a roll sticks with static to any flat surface. Users simply unroll the whiteboard, tear off a sheet along the perforation (or roll it out to make a 65-foot-long whiteboard), and place it on the wall. Additional products now available include the Magic Blackboard for colored displays and a Clearboard that can be written on with dry erase markers.

February 17, 2012
New Article: What’s an LMS? Part 2

Lessons learned about Learning Management System implementation, software training, internal marketing, and user adoption from the Training & Organizational Development manager at Multi-Chem.

 

By Glenn Drysdale, Training & Organizational Development Manager, Multi-Chem

February 17, 2012
What’s an LMS? Part 2

Lessons learned about Learning Management System implementation, software training, internal marketing, and user adoption from the Training & Organizational Development manager at Multi-Chem.

By Glenn Drysdale, Training & Organizational Development Manager, Multi-Chem

Recently, I embarked upon an adventure: implementing the first Learning Management System (LMS) in our company. The first article (http://trainingmag.com/article/what%E2%80%99s-lms-part-1) looked at identifying needs, making the business case, choosing a vendor, and obtaining senior leadership buy-in. Here in Part 2, we look at implementation, software training, internal marketing, and user adoption.

February 10, 2012
What’s an LMS? Part 1

Recently, a Training & Organizational Development manager implemented the first Learning Management System (LMS) in his company, Multi-Chem. He says it has been a rewarding venture, providing functionality the company has needed for some time. The experience yielded many lessons that might be helpful for others. Here are some of the lessons he learned along the way.

By Glenn Drysdale, Training & Organizational Development Manager, Multi-Chem

Recently, I embarked upon an adventure: implementing the first Learning Management System (LMS) in our company. It has been a rewarding venture, providing functionality we have needed for some time. The experience yielded many lessons that might be helpful for others. Here are some of the lessons we learned along the way.

February 6, 2012
Digging Deeper: Learning Systems

 

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February 6, 2012
Your New Role: Learning Content Curator (Part 1)

Imagine a time when learners actively come to a learning community we have built and nurtured, and pull exactly the learning they need at the time and place they need it. Effective delivery of such curated learning content will require new tools, strategies, and technologies that force us to think outside of the boundaries of the e-learning course and the corporate LMS and go far beyond the link-sharing tools used on the Web.

By Chris Frederick Willis

January 3, 2012
Soapbox: Paychex Train-the-Trainer Partnership Program

The Paychex Train-the-Trainer Partnership enhances the training skills of a select few business unit subject matter experts, giving them the tools and confidence to educate peers and fellow employees. It also allows the Training Department to become a more integral partner with the business unit, providing support and resources to achieve mutual goals.

By Lisa Green, Training Manager, HRS and H&B Operations, at the Paychex Training and Development Center

Kelly Schnupp never thought participating in a three-month program to enhance her training skills would have such a powerful and immediate impact on the company’s bottom line, but her experience with the Paychex Train-the-Trainer Partnership has left her pleasantly surprised.

January 3, 2012
The Integrated Learning Manifesto

The time has come for a new, integrated model for corporate learning. Technology should provide a platform for seamlessly delivering carefully selected, timely, role-appropriate learning opportunities at the right point in career development. Learner needs must drive the LMS, not the other way around.

By Chris Frederick Willis, CEO, Media 1

November 23, 2011
Soapbox: The Case for Performance Support

A common misunderstanding of “informal learning” is that it can’t be intentionally designed, implemented, and measured. This assumption is wrong. Informal learning is actually a defendable discipline better known as Performance Support. Performance Support (PS) is providing intuitive, tailored aid to a person at his or her moment of need to ensure the most effective performance.

By Bob Mosher, is Global Chief of Learning Strategy and Evangelism, LearningGuide Solutionsand Jeremy Smith, Leader of Learning Solutions, Herman Miller

October 4, 2011
Innovations and Best Practices in E-Learning

Online learning is constantly changing and improving. The best LMS platforms stay up to date with current technologies, make adding your e-learning courses easy, and, most importantly, give your users a reason to keep learning.

By Chad Hoke, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, BlueVolt

The first thing you want to ask yourself when considering, implementing, or switching to a new learning management system (LMS) is: Will it be easy to use?

Think about the majority of your LMS provider’s users. How tech-savvy are they? Don’t over-estimate your users’ tolerance for complexity. One of the most common complaints we get from companies is that their usage is far less than they expected.

September 14, 2011
Vi Changes Its Workforce Culture with Learning Management

Thanks to its creative use of learning management technology, Vi—the owner and operator of older adult living communities—has enjoyed dramatic results: Online course use has grown more than 1,000 percent, learning costs have fallen by 28 percent, and the company has enjoyed a 5.5 percent increase in customer satisfaction.

By Michael Boese, Sr. Vice President, Taleo Corp.

Thanks to its creative use of learning management technology, Vi—the owner and operator of older adult living communities—has enjoyed dramatic results: Online course use has grown more than 1,000 percent, learning costs have fallen by 28 percent, and the company has enjoyed a 5.5 percent increase in customer satisfaction.

May 2, 2011
APC Institutes Corporate Global Health Check

To continue solidifying its efforts to become a centralized training organization, APC by Schneider Electric created a global corporate health check, which aims to provide its business with best practice metrics to measure activity and spend, as well as the business impact of training.

By Margery Weinstein

To continue solidifying its efforts to become a centralized training organization, APC by Schneider Electric created a global corporate health check, which aims to provide its business with best practice metrics to measure activity and spend, as well as the business impact of training.

October 8, 2010
Virtual Training: An Engaging and Cost-Effective Way to Learn

Read a case study about Medco’s 2009 Market Group Virtual Event “Strategies for Driving Mail & Positioning the Therapeutic Resource Centers,” a fully interactive five-day event in a virtual learning environment that incorporated online learning, live chat, discussion forums, immersive booths, downloadable collateral, and live and on-demand sessions.

By Joerg Rathenberg, senior director, Marketing, Unisfair

October 1, 2010
Soapbox: CMS vs. LCMS

Content Management System or Learning Content Management System—
do you need both? The answer in most cases is “Yes.”

By Massood Zarrabian

Organizations often are confused as to why they need a learning content management system (LCMS) if they already have a content management system (CMS). The confusion usually starts with the similarity in their names and continues due to not understanding the roles of two such systems and the synergies that can arise from them working together.

October 1, 2010
Training Today: LMS Goes to the Dogs

VCA Animal Hospitals used to 
rely on software combining 
PowerPoint presentations and audio narration to deliver training to its hospital workforce, which comprises 13,000 workers in 500-plus animal hospitals across 40 states. But as the company grew, it needed to provide more training both to hospital staff and support-office employees. The solution? Purchase a learning management system (LMS) and customize it to meet VCA’s needs.

VCA Animal Hospitals used to 
rely on software combining 
PowerPoint presentations and audio narration to deliver training to its hospital workforce, which comprises 13,000 workers in 500-plus animal hospitals across 40 states. But as the company grew, it needed to provide more training both to hospital staff and support-office employees.

October 1, 2010
Training Today: Tips to Outsource Training

With learning management 
systems (LMSs) offering more sophisticated functionality, will more companies look to outsource the operation of them? The answer might very well 
be “Yes,” according to NIIT Enterprise Learning Solutions President and business head Sapnesh Lalla. In a recent conference call, Lalla said the future of training outsourcing lies in learning technologies, learning content, and proprietary and off-the-shelf delivery.

With learning management 
systems (LMSs) offering more sophisticated functionality, will more companies look to outsource the operation of them? The answer might very well 
be “Yes,” according to NIIT Enterprise Learning Solutions President and business head Sapnesh Lalla. In a recent conference call, Lalla said the future of training outsourcing lies in learning technologies, learning content, and proprietary and off-the-shelf delivery.

He also offered tips for companies considering outsourcing training functions:

February 1, 2009
SCC Soft Computer

"Training initiatives are not done unless there is a business reason to do it," she says. "When we get contacted to do something, we ask, 'which of our key performance indicators it's designed to move,' 'what results we expect,' and 'how will it affect our customers?' Then we make the decision of how to support it from a training perspective."

"Training initiatives are not done unless there is a business reason to do it," she says.

November 1, 2002
E-briefings fill a learning gap at KPMG

Although full-blown Web-based skills training has its place, many organizations feel the ability to rapidly build and deliver online content that raises employee awareness is an equally important strategic asset.

Although full-blown Web-based skills training has its place, many organizations feel the ability to rapidly build and deliver online content that raises employee awareness is an equally important strategic asset.