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Can the ‘big LMS’ break clear of formal training?

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For many of us who have been involved in e-learning for quite some time, the ‘big LMS’ has disappeared off the radar to some extent, particularly with the increased focus on informal and collaborative learning. Addressing this tall order takes a new breed of Learning Management System (LMS).”

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LMS widgets and user ratings

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Two aspects of the 'Performance Zone' site that Futuremedia created for private health care provider BUPA particularly caught my attention: LMS widgets : The site provides each user with a personalised home page that can be customised with all sorts of widgets, including RSS feeds, etc.

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Can PeopleCloud support learning in all its contexts?

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With the increasing awareness of the importance of informal learning, in all its guises, it is not surprising, therefore, that learning professionals should seek to broaden their scope by enriching their blends with coaching, practical work assignments, performance support materials and so on. However, there is a key difference.

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Totara: re-shaping Moodle for corporate use

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Last week I asked Can the ‘big LMS’ break clear of formal training? - I wanted to know whether Saba, one of the most successful of the big LMSs, could reinvent itself to accommodate informal learning. There is some overlap: both types of platforms can deliver resources and both can support certain types of learning activities.

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E-learning ain't what it used to be

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The modules are developed using an ‘authoring tool’ that sits on the developer’s computer and then delivered in finished form from some portable medium, such as a disk, or from an online platform such as a learning management system. So how did the slide show metaphor originate? Business as usual.

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E-learning ain't what it used to be

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The modules are developed using an ‘authoring tool’ that sits on the developer’s computer and then delivered in finished form from some portable medium, such as a disk, or from an online platform such as a learning management system. So how did the slide show metaphor originate? Business as usual.

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In support of a little moderation

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I finally got round to reading David Wilkins lengthy and emotive post A Defense of the LMS on his Social Enterprise Blog. Any practitioner who has to run a real-life l&d function for a large organisation would laugh at the suggestion that all learning should be driven by learners, informally, as and when needed.