Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

There has been fantastic comments around Learning Management System Easy of Use. This post was based on an inquiry that I received from someone who manages their current LMS implementation that is based on Moodle with some customization. They do customer training around products that the company sells.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 18, 2008

I just pulled a report as part of an LMS Evaluation and saw an interesting pattern: The pattern shows that the larger the audience the lower the satisfaction scores. My guess is that Learning Management Systems that target enterprise solutions and larger audiences will come out lower in LMS Satisfaction surveys.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

I received an inquiry about the need for a low cost LMS solution and I've not had time to help this person with answers. We have roughly 500 learners and would use the LMS for mainly tracking and registration of ILT courses, communication (possibly through message boards), and posting of class materials.

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Low Cost LMS IntraLearn Cost 103

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You can put the audio or video inside a SCORM course and load it into an LMS. Given the small audience and limited scope, likely a Rapid Learning Management System would make a lot of sense if that was the direction. They are not used to connecting via an LMS. This is a change to What Goes in the LMS?

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Track Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting 115

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Just to close the loop on my series of posts that I created as part of preparing my presentation: LMS Team Size and Time LMS RFP LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers Thanks again for the input.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Presentation Reformulated LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process From several comments and from looking at my list of issues, I realize that writing a good LMS RFP is challenging and it's easy to make lots of mistakes.

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RFP Association Learning Management System LMS Virtual Classroom 104

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 13, 2011

And it would be nice if it was a Rapid LMS. I'm a little concerned how well LMS solutions will handle the webinar integration and the subscriptions. Here are some resources that I found that may help: LMS eCommerce Solution Product Review: Litmos LMS LMS For SMBs And Training Companies – A Year On, Is It Still The Same?

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Low Cost IntraLearn Hosting Cornerstone OnDemand 122

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I'm preparing for my part of an upcoming session at DevLearn on LMS selection as part of The Learning Management Systems Symposium. Especially what am I missing, what will be useful for an audience of corporate learning folks who are contemplating LMS selection, what won't be useful (and I should delete).

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LMS RFP eLearningGuild Brandon Hall 102

Tony Karrer

MARCH 10, 2011

The needs are very similar to those in Rapid LMS and LMS Solution for Simple Partner Compliance Training. Related posts: LMS Selection Process Low Cost LMS eLearning Technology. Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.

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Solution LMS Compliance Training Low Cost 105

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Steve Wexler from the eLearningGuild's research group just helped me get into some interesting data around Team Size and Time during an Learning Management System Selection and Implementation process. So, this post will end off the series of posts I was doing on LMS Selection as a precursor to my DevLearn presentation.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 8, 2009

I saw a post by Bryan Chapman discussing how long it takes to select an LMS. And he and I do a lot of LMS selection and implementation work. I put out some of that data in my post - LMS Team Size and Time - Wow 23 Months! Learning Strategy Defined? This is a common LMS Selection Gotcha.

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LMS RFP eLearning Guild eLearningGuild 100

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2010

To help me get moving, I just posted Storyboard Templates and iPhones – Best of December 2009 over on eLearning Learning. They have a licensed LMS, but want to move away from it and build a custom LMS that meets their specific needs. Is it a good idea to start with an open source LMS ? Their questions: 1.

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Custom LMS Compliance Training Open Source 102

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 23, 2007

As I discussed in my post LMS Selection Process , I'm preparing for my part of an upcoming session at DevLearn on LMS Selection as part of The Learning Management Systems Symposium. In my previous post I presented my high-level LMS Selection Process. Thanks to everyone who has already contributed.

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LMS Teams Flash DevLearn 100

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2006

I had seen this paper ( Social software: E-learning beyond learning management systems ) before, but Jay Cross's take on the implications of the paper in LMS, we hardly knew ye is interesting: LMS create a walled garden in an era when walls are falling down. Does a Learner WANT an LMS?

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LMS Social Software Courseware Analysis 100

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

With that caveat - You can find the beginning of the conversation and my list of Learning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas. In response Tracy just posted - LMS - I don't want to be Little Miss Should've. In fact, what seems like it should be really simple to do can sometimes be hard in an LMS.

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Conversation LMS Learning Management System Track 100

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 13, 2008

I was just asked by someone about how they could test a course they were creating against a particular Learning Management System (LMS) (in this case Docent 6.5). We don't have direct access to a version of the LMS to test on. The client's staff won't give us direct access to the LMS to run tests.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 7, 2006

LearningCircuits published their 2006 Survey of Learning Management Systems and one of the more interesting quotes says something about the answer to my prior question Do You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS? percent to 14.6

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LMS Learning Management System Survey Report 100

Tony Karrer

JULY 26, 2006

My last post, Direction of eLearning - Emergence or Big System , received a couple of interesting comments and I wanted to add a couple of follow-up thoughts. What often happens when systems become very complex is that they begin to get replaced by simpler systems. But that's not really what's going to replace the LMS.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

I’ll have more coming on this topic, but today someone asked me how to approach is going through an LMS selection because the general feeling was that the existing LMS was too hard for users to use. They currently use Moodle as an LMS with some customizations. Does a Learner WANT an LMS? eLearning Technology.

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Virtual Classroom LMS Moodle WebEx 100

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 30, 2007

Horizontal technologies for learning. These technologies are supposedly designed for learning but that is not true. The concept of Learning Management System (LMS) was wrongly named. Better fit for a name would be Teaching Management System or Institution Control System. Quite true.

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Wiki PLE LMS eLearning 2.0 100

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I'm about to present at the LMS session at DevLearn. I wanted to capture this to be able to come back and talk about a few of these items later: What are the benefits, ROI, outcomes to be expected from LMS implementation? What are the challenges and pitfalls of integrating with multiple learning sources? Make or buy?

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LMS LCMS IBM DevLearn 100

Tony Karrer

JUNE 7, 2008

Janet Clarey wrote an interesting blog post in response to the relatively recent edupunk meme which is basically an ideology that DIY learning and repurposing content is the way to go (and somewhat the ONLY way to go). type tools in Learning Management Systems against the philosophy that corporate and commercial is evil of the edupunkers.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Recently I posted on Learning Materials asking the question - What Goes in the LMS? Should go in the LMS - Only finished content. Certification/Accreditation management: companies still need to know who went through which course and when, and what was his/her score at the end of it.

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS Score 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Over the past few years, I spend part of December going back through my blog to recap a bit of what some of the key things I’ve learned over the course of the year. I’ve been doing this the past few years, for example: Learned about Learning in 2009. And every year I use this as a Big Question – see: Learning 2010.

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Text-to-Speech Compliance Training Diversity Training SharePoint 200

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 3, 2007

As a non-profit, buying an LMS program that would track our GED students in math, writing, reading, social sciences and science would be extraordinary. Our need is also to make the learning process fun! How can we both have a system which engages the student and tracks their academic progress?

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 8, 2009

eLearning Learning Hot List May 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009 Here is the best stuff from May 2009 via the eLearning Learning site. Clive on Learning , May 29, 2009 Implementing New Learning Technology? Hope you enjoy. Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals.

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Social Networks Wiki Corporate eLearning Case Study 100

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Continuing on from my earlier posts: LMS Selection Team and Stakeholders LMS Selection Process Great suggestions from everyone. Topic #1 - LMS Dissatisfaction - Don't Do It! Over stating how much LMS you need and/or missing the opportunity for a Starter LMS. Underestimating people required to operate an LMS.

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RFP eLearningGuild LMS Brandon Hall 100

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

Someone was just asking me about the big trends in learning and the implications of those trends on corporate learning and development. So, here's a bit of a compilation of some of the things I've been talking about in my blog which points to some of the major trends in learning. This will be a slow evolution.

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Trends Blended Learning Social Networks eLearning 2.0 121

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 1, 2009

To create this list, I’m using eLearning Learning as described in Using Special Parameters to Create Year End Post for details on how I’ve come up with this list. Business of Learning Trends in Learning Side Note – Read Counts I also looked at the top posts according to read counts. I’m including posts from December 2008.

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Long Tail SharePoint LMS Knowledge Worker 155

Tony Karrer

JANUARY 11, 2007

Some interesting thinking going on by Lee Kraus and Mark Oehlert around where the LMS is going to need to go if we really are going to allow for small content chunks that can be quickly accessed. I personally think that the LMS is quickly being relegated to longer, developmental activities and compliance activities.

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LMS Compliance Training Analytics Emergent 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Mzinga is a merger of KnowledgePlanet (an LMS provider and also the maker of the eLearning simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software company. It makes me wonder what this says about the LMS and tools market. It sounds a lot like an LMS with integrated communities.

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Social Networks Social Network KnowledgePlanet Mzinga 100

Tony Karrer

MAY 26, 2009

eLearning Learning Hot List - May 15, 2009 to May 22, 2009 Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Eye Candy , May 16, 2009 Facilitating Online | Centre for Educational Technology , May 19, 2009 Are Your E-Learning Courses Pushed or Pulled? ,

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Social Media Mobile Learning Media Social 104

Tony Karrer

MAY 14, 2007

Informal Learning and Learning Management Systems Informal Learning - Let's Get Real - Part II Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What Informal Learning - Let's Get Real Elves, Measuring Results and Informal Learning eLearning 2.0:

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Informal Learning Informal Blended Learning eLearning 2.0 139

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Sitting in a fun presentation by Kevin Oakes at DevLearn on the Rise and Fall of the LMS. Part of the rationale for this argument is that the LMS market is not ever going to be "huge" - meaning the market leaders are $100M companies and they likely can't grow much beyond that. So, how can you get big? You go broader. His bottom line.

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KnowledgePlanet GeoLearning Learn.com Plateau 105

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 15, 2011

Over on eLearning Learning , we've just launched a new version with some great new features. In case you don't know about eLearning Learning, it brings together content from leading experts and companies like the Adobe Captivate Blog , Clark Quinn , Clive Shepherd , Jay Cross , Karl Kapp , and really too many to list.

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Rapid Intake Rapid eLearning Examples eLearning 182

Tony Karrer

MARCH 31, 2011

I'm hoping that readers can weigh in on both aspects: (1) specific thoughts or suggestions on LMS products that might fit and (2) how do you get answers to questions like this? The LMS offers courses with both nursing and HCS-D credits. Typical Gap Found The biggest gap is in the number of credits most LMS products allow on a course.

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LMS Learning Management System Education System 180

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 20, 2009

While there are a lot of different Learning Management Systems with very different features, the requirements in this situation are a bit different. So here are some of the requirements I see for this customer that are a bit different from what you would find in a normal corporate LMS RFP. It's hosted. It's easy to use.

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