Content about Learning management systems

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.

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every second of every day, it’s no surprise a learning management system (LMS) quickly can become outdated.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.

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