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The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS!

Upside Learning

Moodle is a good LMS with which has grown over the years and offers a host of functionality and features that are very useful to have in an LMS. Moodle has been able to sustain itself and keep evolving through its community, resulting in its emergence as a good option for anyone wanting to use an LMS. Nothing else!

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LMS Innovation: Where’s the Value?

Talented Learning

If you follow my writing — even casually — you know how excited I am about the direction of LMS innovation and its ability to help organizations create business value. Unlike those who think learning management systems (LMS) are largely irrelevant or are back office systems, I see tremendous value and potential everywhere I look.

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Seven Tips for an Easy and Effective LMS Switch

Upside Learning

It also needs a robust and reliable LMS solution amongst others (great courses, proper alignment of the training function with the LMS, technical support for the entire setup, etc.) The LMS remains a key link in the success chain. Is it any wonder that selecting the right LMS is not easy? Some could be: a.

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Is on-premise, perpetual licensing right for you?

Ziiva

The learning management industry is no different; according to a 2015 Capterra study, 87 percent of respondents use a web-based LMS, while only 13 percent have an on-premise or installed system. As is true with so many of the features and capabilities of an LMS, it depends on what you’re looking for. Are you one of them?

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The potential pitfalls of a custom LMS solution

LearnUpon

It is nearly 13 years since I started working in the LMS space. That time has been split between working on customized LMS implementations (about 8 years) and cloud-based LMS solutions during my time with LearnUpon. Reasons to choose a custom LMS. Pitfalls of a custom LMS solution. LMS Vendor QA. Bug Fixing.

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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

For example, Talent LMS listed on many of these sites, is noted as free. iSpring Learn – Not open source, and started out as an authoring tool (still core business), which has an LMS. Absorb LMS – 100% fee-based. Accord LMS – 100% fee-based, not open source. Absorb LMS – Hello again!

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A Look Back at 2020 for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

LXPs continue to add feature sets that are in an LMS, but refuse to call themselves an LMS, as a result there is a huge uptick in consumers confusion, because they believe an LXP is different than an LMS, and do not or unware of the nuances. There is ZERO Difference here. 2020 in the Learning System Space saw.