Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

Earlier I had shared the 8 things to follow while implementing blended learning via an LMS. For some of you the question might still be – why should my, or any organization for that matter, implement blended learning via an LMS? And blended learning program carried out via an LMS enables you to do just that.

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Upside Learning

JULY 19, 2012

We received a Request For Proposal (RFP) from a leading Banking and Financial organization last week to deploy an enterprise wide Learning Management System. Like every other Bid Manager, I too was excited as it was a good opportunity; but my excitement soon turned into disappointment when I opened the Bid Document.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 11, 2010

As mobile learning gains ground there will be (and already is) a growing need to look beyond notifications for users and quick-follow-up assessments through mobile devices. There is a need to look at porting some other critical learner and administrator side LMS functions to mobile platform/devices. Access to Support center.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Training Companies needed to enable themselves with the tools and technologies needed to go online with their training material and find the right systems and backend partners to support them during and after this crucial exercise. It is a multi-award winning, best value LMS available for SMBs and Training Companies.

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LMS Blended Learning Companies Social Networks 196

Upside Learning

JULY 2, 2010

The good news first: the market is upbeat about LMS technology; in the recent past I have seen an increasing number of enquiries on LMS – which is good. In fact a couple of RFPs from very large organizations were similar in defining what they need from an LMS.

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Association Learning Management System LMS Classroom Compliance Training 227

Upside Learning

JANUARY 23, 2012

Our stunning, best value Learning Management System , UpsideLMS v5.0, is built to include features that trainers and learners have always wanted in an LMS. This enables a Super Admin to manage user licenses for multiple clients. Looking for more information or a quick chat? UpsideLMS v5.0 The Features.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

What is a Learning Management System used for? Most instances of the LMS are capable of a lot more than what they are currently utilized for. Let’s look at how you can exploit the capabilities of your LMS to the max. MICRO-BLOGGING: Check if your LMS offers a Micro-blogging feature. Administration.

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Wiki LMS Social Networks Micro-Learning 252

Upside Learning

APRIL 16, 2013

In our earlier blog post, 5 Tips For Managing Blended Learning Through An LMS , we had discussed the ways in which organizations can mix different teaching materials and tools into an integrated learning experience using an LMS. is robust enough to run blended learning in a smooth way. LMS Features.

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Blended Learning Blended LMS Virtual Classroom 244

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

In the past I have written a few posts mainly focused on making the process of selecting the right LMS for your business need – be it internal training management or selling training as a business. We also shared our experience about what typical things training companies look in an LMS for. Implementing an LMS is no mean task.

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LMS Tips Firewalls Hosting 260

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2012

As I keep meeting many of my prospects, I always confront a very common question, “Can you help us to understand how we can maximize the Return on Investment (ROI) of our LMS?”. The question indirectly extends to how can we calculate the ROI of an LMS and highlight the positive outcomes of it.

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ROI LMS Tips Metrics 268

Upside Learning

MAY 11, 2010

It seemed the LMS was under fire recently from many corners and questions were being raised about its very future – Jane Hart recently posted what is the future of the lms reviewing the useful of an LMS, followed up by a similar post by Harold Jarche suggesting the LMS is no longer the centre of the universe.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 7, 2010

A recent post on our blog poked fun at Learning management systems and underlined the disconnect that is possibly present in organizations that use an LMS to create, deliver and manage learning. Learning measurement, it looks like, is not an easy term to define.

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LMS Effectiveness Wikipedia Learning Management System 239

Upside Learning

JUNE 7, 2011

Of late one of the things I’ve heard from prospects and clients is “I need Facebook in my LMS&#. On further probing ‘Facebook’ translates to easy ways of interacting and sharing information with colleagues and friends within the organizations defined boundaries. Do you want Facebook in your LMS?

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 10, 2011

The Wiki is one of the most under-utilized and underestimated feature of an LMS. This post is an endeavor to explore the various uses of the LMS Wiki. As the pace of technological change speeds up, many jobs will require constant adaptation, because of new information and new task requirements.

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Upside Learning

JULY 16, 2010

About almost an entire year ago (just five days short to be precise) I put up a post on Learning Management: What does a Training Company need an LMS for? A year on and I was trying to review if things have changed significantly in for what a training company (or even an SMB) would need from an LMS in today’s scenario.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2013

The posts are broadly divided into 3 categories – Mobile Learning, Learning Management System and Learning Technology. Mobile Learning. The Future Of Mobile Learning. Top 7 Myths Of Mobile Learning. 6 Steps To A Better Mobile Learning Strategy. Mobile Enables Informal Learning.

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Best eLearning Blended Learning Augmented Reality LMS 277

Upside Learning

JUNE 29, 2010

I am pleased to share that our flagship and award-winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS , has been named as one of the “Five Emerging Learning Management Systems (LMSs) to Watch&# by Brandon Hall, chairman of Brandon Hall Research in Chief Learning Officer magazine’s July 2010 edition.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 17, 2013

I believe an LMS could be a good place for sharing and capturing tacit knowledge. Of course you’ll need to have an LMS with progressive design and implementation, which allows for informal and social learning interactions to happen in your enterprise. Earlier we had written about getting the most out of your LMS.

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Knowledge Wiki LMS Blended Learning 229

Upside Learning

JANUARY 7, 2011

Customer Complaints, how to avoid the traps makes for an interesting read; especially so because it looks at the LMS sales process purely from a customer’s perspective. And more importantly, how do we deliver the value we promise, and what the customer expects from us when it comes to our LMS? Simple: honesty! Bogeyman data.

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Case Study LMS AICC SCORM 223

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The LMS market has evolved significantly over the last decade or so. And there probably are more than 250 LMS systems in circulation around the world. Now, with a new packaging and pricing we have made it very simple for businesses to choose an LMS.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2011

In a previous post I had discussed how changing technology might call for a change in approach to make implementing and managing change in an LMS more effective and fruitful. Stakeholder engagement’ is a term commonly thrown around in the communications and project management worlds. Now, go learn something!

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Upside Learning

MAY 28, 2010

Of course, there is no limit to what I would think a system like that could include – e.g. my first thought was whether it supported SCORM or any other standard like that. The question is not warranted given the features it describes clearly on its information site, but I did hear some murmur around a new LMS being launched by Google.

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Google Docs Platform Google Calendar LMS 225

Upside Learning

AUGUST 27, 2009

Selecting an LMS is a challenging task and that’s just because it takes care of an important business function and needs to work well. The web today holds a great deal of information on how to select an LMS, LMS Selection tools, directories of leading LMS systems, sample RFIs, and a whole lot of other very useful and handy information.

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LMS Firewalls vendor Evalution 207

Upside Learning

MARCH 10, 2023

This includes learning styles, attention span of a goldfish, millennials/generations, and more (references in this PDF, if you care). Superstitions are beliefs that don’t get explicit support, but manifest in the work we do – for example, that new information will lead to behavior change. The last category is misconceptions.

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Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

I share the two graphs just to emphasize that the pace of change will only increase and all our predictions about evolution of Learning Technology could come true sooner than later. Increase in capacity of mobile phones and networks to make them potent devices for learning bringing Mobile Learning on the horizon.

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Learning Technologies Authoring Tools Technology Simulations 271

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

It also needs a robust and reliable LMS solution amongst others (great courses, proper alignment of the training function with the LMS, technical support for the entire setup, etc.) The LMS remains a key link in the success chain. Is it any wonder that selecting the right LMS is not easy? Some could be: a.

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS Effectiveness 222

Upside Learning

JANUARY 31, 2012

For those of you who still haven’t taken a look at this stunning, best value LMS , we suggest you do it now. is an evident departure from the traditional LMS systems where mostly functionality is all that’s cared for and practically no attention is given to the User Experience (UX). UpsideLMS version 5.0 Stunning New GUI.

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Calendar LMS Version License 189

Upside Learning

JULY 4, 2013

In his book, Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization (Wiley, 2013), Dan Pontefract defines ‘Pervasive Learning’ as: “learning at the speed of need through formal, informal and social learning modalities” (I got the above definition from Dan’s blog, the book is still on my ‘to read’ list.)

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eBook Learning Evalution eLearning Developer 275

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I spent a day at the Learning Technologies show exhibition in London this week. There is a lot of talk of mobile, social, and informal learning at the vendor stalls this year. The most confused, if not misused, term seems to be mobile learning. To be fair it does help your mobile workforce learn through your LMS.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Offline Internet 262

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Not one of these various forums/media of learning can be tracked by an LMS, yet it can’t be denied that these are effective learning methods. Learning happens everywhere! As we all know, learning can occur in different forms and can happen anywhere (not necessarily through courses hosted on an LMS).

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Simulations SCORM Slideshare Forum 252

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

This LMS Has No Traps! Lists the possible traps that might arise in the sales process of an LMS, and views each from the point of view of UpsideLMS. LMS Wikis: Unharnessed Potential. Wiki, although one of the most powerful sources of information, is one of the most under-utilized and underestimated feature of an LMS.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

For identifying devices we used the information in request headers. Ideally when we launch course content from LMS we open it in new popup window, so that course gets its own desirable window size. Related posts: Eight Tips for LMS Implementation Five Myths of Mobile Learning Adobe AIR & Flash Player 10.1–

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Upside Learning

MAY 14, 2010

Blackberry Widget SDK: You can get more information about Widget SDK here. We used it as a backend of our solution to communicate with online database/LMS. We used Google Gears API to store the tracking information of the user. It uses the open source SQLite database system. Device software 5.0 Implementation: 1.

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SCORM HTML Offline Google 206

Upside Learning

MAY 3, 2010

It was an exciting moment when Tom Werner of Brandon Hall started announcing the names of the winners for various categories in the online ceremony for the 2009 Excellence in Learning Technology Awards. We were informed that the UpsideLMS was a finalist in three categories and we were waiting to find out what award we were going to win.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 9, 2010

You could create native or web apps or simply deliver them through an LMS that’s mobile compatible. Device to Access Information. As adults learning happens most often when we are stuck with a problem or have made a mistake. To make it even simpler and easy to access the links can be sent over sms. Performance Support Agents.

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Mobile Blended Learning Performance Support Micro-Learning 263

Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2013

You can deliver offline as well as online learning elements, performance support and just-in-time information on your learners’ mobile devices and achieve greater learning outcomes. Just in case you are delivering web-based learning, poor network connectivity can pose some problem.

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iPad Custom eLearning Development Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 270

Upside Learning

AUGUST 16, 2012

Experience suggests that mlearning works best in enhancing the social, informal, just-in-time, and performance support solutions/initiatives. Are they willing to spend time and money on creating a worthwhile strategy / plan for mobile learning in the organization? Does mobile learning fit in your learning strategy?

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Mobile Learning Learning Strategy Mobile Flash to HTML5 Conversion 269