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Using a Learning Management System to Gather Good Ideas

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” This is the type of thing that happens in organizations that are either deaf to the input of workers, or have a culture where people are scared to speak up. Input from those on the ground, doing the actual work, is critically important to the success of any organization. What works in theory may not work in practice.

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Why the Real Cost of Your Learning Management System is Higher Than You Think

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Calculating the Total Cost of a Learning Management System. That house I purchased was in many ways like acquiring an open-source learning management system (LMS). So, what you saved in licensing costs was spent paying developers to configure the system and LMS administrators to administer.

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The Most Important Learning Management System Features to Support Instructor-Led Courses

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In many organizations, workplace learning consists of getting people into a room to listen to an instructor. When these organizations become fed up with the effort of trying to manage their learning initiatives using pen and paper, spreadsheets, and various stone-age tools, they acquire a learning management system.

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APRIL WEBINAR: A Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up Your Learning Management System

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It’s been quite a few months since we presented our popular Webinar on the topic of configuring a learning management system. We’ll examine: How to organize learners into groups. How to create learning plans. How to provide learners with a way to select the types of learning events they prefer.

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Turbo Charge Scheduled Events in Your Learning Management System by Using Tags

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Instructor-led sessions, either in physical or virtual classrooms, play a big part of many organizationslearning strategies. To support such initiatives, the best learning management systems (LMS) are equally adept at managing scheduled instructor-led events as they are at managing self-paced learning.

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The Learning Management System Feature People Hate the Most

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Satisfaction surveys of learning management system administrators invariably identify reporting as the most reviled feature in their platform. until that person leaves your organization and someone else needs to step in and take over the work. So, why aren’t LMS vendors fixing the problem? That’s great!

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The One Simple Tool You Can Use to Help Select the Right Learning Management System

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See my previous posts titled “ Why Your RFP May Not Get You the Best Learning Management System ” and “ The Worst Type of Question to Ask in Your Learning Management System Request for Proposal (RFP). There’s a simple alternative.

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