Today’s enterprise learning strategies require smart solutions that go beyond the capabilities of traditional tools. A Learning Platform empowers L&D departments to drive business growth through their efforts, and a key pillar of this solution is the Learning Management System (LMS). Our complete guide to a Learning Management System is here to help. Our complete guide to a Learning Management System (LMS). on all learning activities. MORE

I felt that having awards only for learning systems, wasn’t enough, because off-the-shelf content plays a huge role. In all seriousness, without content you wouldn’t need a learning system of any sort, just give folks binders of paper (like the old days). MORE

I explained the “standards” I see are requirements for any system to be called an LMS (and various subsets). The Alternative Vendors of Learning. A vendor can call themselves whatever they want if it makes them happy or sad too, I guess. But if they have the basics below, they are an LMS, regardless of how they view the learning system world. . Ability to see/view, select/pick courses (and nowadays content too) somewhere in the system. MORE

Maybe you scored it via Wiley, but in many possibilities you purchased the content thru your LMS vendor. It’s much easier than say going directly to the content provider, buying it from them and then having them talk to your LMS vendor to put it in for you (which, honestly you should do, because it will save you money). What if instead of focusing primarly on the LMS, you went courses first from a vendor and in return got the LMS for free. MORE

I explained the “standards” I see are requirements for any system to be called an LMS (and various subsets). The Alternative Vendors of Learning. A vendor can call themselves whatever they want if it makes them happy or sad too, I guess. But if they have the basics below, they are an LMS, regardless of how they view the learning system world. . Ability to see/view, select/pick courses (and nowadays content too) somewhere in the system. MORE

Active Learning. Active learning is a strategy focused on encouraging learners to actively participate in training. Examples of active learning activities include practical tasks and problem-solving conducted in small groups. It’s a five-phase framework that instructional designers use; a guideline for building effective training and learning support tools. In today’s fast-paced learning environments, the AGILE method is often seen as more efficient than ADDIE. MORE

The downside to this, is I wasn’t able to listen to Death Cab for Cutie (a band), but on the upside, I learned that this person was one of the first 100 employees ever to work at Microsoft. First, when our discussion turned to machine learning, he said, “People forget that computers are really dumb,” and in the end of everything, its all binary – i.e. 1’s and 0s. Every one of these vendors can be found on my platform, FindAnLMS.com. MORE