Upside Learning

APRIL 20, 2016

When investing in a Learning Management System, Training Companies, whether moving to eLearning or looking to scale their existing business, have one need in common – the ability to deliver and manage training for multiple clients (corporate or individuals or a mix of both) effortlessly.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 22, 2017

After the advent of Learning Management Systems, managing learners may seem a problem with an obvious answer. The typical context in which learners access training from within the cyber and physical boundaries of the organisation, poses no challenge any more. So why has it reared its head again?

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Upside Learning

JULY 1, 2013

The reason is quite evident – the demand for Learning Management Systems (LMSs) for the delivery and management of training and performance support is on the [.] You Cannot Escape Mobile Learning!

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Upside Learning

APRIL 15, 2013

Driven by the rapidly changing way the people learn in the workplace today, Learning Management Systems have had to keep pace and change in their design and capability to deliver what today’s learner is asking for. Classroom Training. What else can it do? Let’s take a look.

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Upside Learning

JULY 1, 2014

Every organization has different requirements for their learning processes. Creating a customized Learning Management System for your organization with just the right blend of techniques and touch points is crucial to how efficiently your trainers train and your learners learn.

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Upside Learning

MAY 25, 2016

Are you a small- or medium-sized business looking at investing in a Learning Management System to manage your learning/training activities? If your answer is positive, you know just too well how buying one, with your limited budget and resources, is a big deal.

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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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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Released a couple of days back, this is the first year for the Top 20 Learning Portal Companies List, and it joins Training Industry’s current roster of top provider lists, designed to help assist buy?side side organizations in their searches for the right training partners. On another win, on another achievement.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 13, 2013

While blended learning has been a prominent trend in corporate L&D for maximizing training and development results for quite a while now, some organizations are still unsure of leveraging their Learning Management Systems (LMSs) for managing it.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Earlier this month I blogged about why Training companies are adopting eLearning. Reflecting on my interactions with Training Providers over the last couple of quarters, I’ve made a list of the top 8 reasons for them to adopt eLearning. Cost of Training Delivery : To reduce cost of delivery for training companies and their clients.

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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

MAY 19, 2010

In one of these posts, a question was raised whether an LMS can actually manage learning. Since it is called Learning Management System, it implies management of ‘learning’ or does it? Most of these systems manage processes related to these areas.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 13, 2012

How often have we heard our clients lament about the main function of the Learning Management Systems (LMSs) – that they are largely concerned with the management of learning rather than the process of learning itself? Managing Resources For Instructor Led Training (ILT).

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 23, 2012

Our stunning, best value Learning Management System , UpsideLMS v5.0, Some new features include client/ user license management at the Super Admin level in UpsideLMS’ 3-tier architecture (which includes Learner, Admin and Super Admin). UpsideLMS has been helping organizations manage their training for over 5 years.

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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. Exceptions can then be managed individually.

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Upside Learning

MAY 28, 2010

To some relief (I would be wary of Google as a competitor ), CloudCourse is still a very primary interface for scheduling of training activities. My take: CloudCourse is not a learning platform but a pure course scheduler platform. Related posts: Does An LMS Actually Manage Learning? And that would definitely be news!

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Upside Learning

MAY 11, 2016

Exactly 3 weeks back I had written a blog post – 10 Reasons why Training Companies must invest in a SaaS LMS. Soon after it was published, I realized that it lent itself pretty well for a presentation format. And so, without any ado, the content was rewritten from a presentation perspective, images added, and […].

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Upside Learning

JUNE 16, 2010

Provide a central and manageable system for both online and offline training. Works excellent for course management, delivery and tracking of formal learning. With the suppliers fragmented across verticals, focus areas, technical capabilities only a few LMS systems respond to the changing dynamics of the market.

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Upside Learning

JULY 21, 2009

Training companies the world over are changing the way they operate and the services they offer customers. An important one is the inclusion of eLearning (or online training) as part of their core offerings for existing and new customers. Who’s who in the LMS?

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Cloud computing is emerging as an inexpensive, quick and efficient way of delivering training through LMS. Talent Management. The line between talent management and learning management system is blurring by the day. Many companies have already started integrating TM and LMS.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 16, 2013

This was mainly focused on organizations that were currently leveraging their LMSs for managing blended learning. Find out the need of blended learning in your organization and how it will impact your learners’ and administrative performance. Increasing the reach of training. Learning Resources. LMS Features.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 1, 2010

Debates if LMS is looking at its own end or does it still add enough value to a company’s training/learning function. Does An LMS Actually Manage Learning? Debates if a Learning Management System can actually be called a Learning Management System. The LMS – Will It Survive?

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 5, 2011

This FREE webinar will be sponsored by Upside Learning and will address the critical problems and questions faced by most Small- and Medium- Businesses (SMBs) while selecting an LMS.

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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.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 18, 2010

Are more customers looking it as a mere tool which automates tasks and increases the productivity and efficiency of training department or are they looking it as a ‘solution’ or maybe something much bigger than that as well – strategy? Or does it make a difference if the LMS has social learning elements or collaboration tools or not?

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Upside2Go – our mobile learning solution, is the culmination of our innovation process. Upside2Go is a novel platform for mobile learning. Upside2Go enables you to not only access learning content but also participate in surveys, polls and forums; network with friends and peers; seek answers from content experts; and much more.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

That the LMS needs to incorporate social learning elements is no longer a point of debate but both a question of survival for the LMS itself and also a test of how the LMS handles the balance of both the elements of training and the ‘networkedness’ of the social learning.

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Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

Learners would be able to access content nuggets (videos, documents, or mini courses) from corporate information systems just when they need them. Performance Support will increase many-fold and we will see a lot of training take the shape of performance support. Birth of new Authoring Tools.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

For some of you the question might still be – why should my, or any organization for that matter, implement blended learning via an LMS? What advantages would it bring to my current training outputs? Streamlined training process. Overall, it centralizes your training function and reduces your time and cost expenditures.

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Upside Learning

MAY 11, 2010

Reading these posts and the comments on these posts made me think if the LMS is looking at its own end or does it still add enough value to a company’s training/learning function. Some kind of training need – either short term or long term, ad hoc or regular, triggers this.

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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

JULY 21, 2009

Training companies the world over are changing the way they operate and the services they offer customers. An important one is the inclusion of eLearning (or online training) as part of their core offerings for existing and new customers. Who’s who in the LMS?

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 30, 2016

Back in 2009 when we first shared our thoughts on.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

What is a Learning Management System used for? An LMS with inbuilt social media technology enables you to not only access learning content but also participate in surveys, polls and forums; network with friends and peers; seek answers from content experts; and much more. Administration. Documentation. Is that it?

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Upside Learning

APRIL 29, 2010

Technical Support also requires the resources to be trained on the LMS which either would take time if done on own or cost real money if external parties are involved. Either internal or hired resources would do this but not without a cost. Depending on your user base size this cost could be a small one or could end up being significant.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

It is these learners who are often ignored (to an extent) during the entire switching process, and yet the ones who actually leverage the benefits of the LMS and set the tune for your training ROI. Data (which includes content like learning material, user generated content, training records etc.) Options Research.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Balancing content delivered and the learning audience is one of the most delicate and important operations within LMS services. First, avoid the pitfall of introducing your employees to the LMS by forcing them to use the system for mandatory training. Let Learners Measure the Learning Effectiveness.

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