But corporations found it difficult to shoehorn open source into their infrastructure – especially for extended enterprise learning. Now, there are multiple reasons to seriously consider open source for corporate extended enterprise needs. To learn more, let’s dig deeper… What is Corporate Extended Enterprise Learning, Anyway? Sometimes corporations deploy a single extended enterprise LMS to serve external audiences and employees, alike. MORE

As 2012 draws to a close, its time to evaluate how in focus my lens on the future of enterprise mobile learning proved to be this past year and how many of my year ago predictions hit their targets. Whatever it is, this one is music to my ears after many years of toiling away to make mLearning a reality for the enterprise. The first part of this prediction was “spot on” – enterprise workers are better equipped on the mobile front at the end of 2012 than they’ve ever been. MORE

Because coaching’s a just-in-time, customized approach to development, it’s far more cost-effective than more prevalent one-size-fits-all approaches to learning. Join Juan Moran, Solutions Consultant at NovoEd, for a demo to learn how NovoEd’s collaborative learning platform enables global enterprises to transform in-person workshops into highly engaging digital learning experiences. “ Nature, dandelion, macro, close up ” by David Reed is licensed by Pixabay. MORE

I identify the Big Dogs as SumTotal by Skillsoft (yes, that is the actual name), Cornerstone OnDemand, Saba, SucessFactors and Oracle Taleo (although, I ask myself who is using this and if you still are why?). These are vendors who have been around a long time, build share of the market and generally speaking had early name recognition which has helped them in build business. Are they better suited than anyone else for Enterprise or Extended Enterprise? Saba Learning. MORE

While I do not know who WD will focus on in the market, my belief is that it will be SuccessFactors (an easy win), Cornerstone (mixed results), Oracle (victory!), SAP (if they can’t win this one, they shouldn’t be in the game), SumTotal Learn (mixed results – and how important – unknown) and to a very lesser degree Saba. The Low Price Scale Box. Some of the solutions that use this model start at a low number of users. MORE

Especially when people are in the field whether it is with consumers, at a job location, meeting with business clients, whatever. . Best of all, whether you are utilizing AR in education (I see this as a massive win for all students) or at a business location, you are no longer stuck with courses, even sims that are either boring, lack constant engagement or as we all know, turn off folks who frankly do not like e-learning. Costs and quality will vary. Low cost. MORE

The availability of cost-effective resources to facilitate wide collaboration (including open source software that enables wikis, discussion groups, chat and even web conferencing) presents the chance for organizations to reconsider the effectiveness of the performance support being offered to their people. What if you are still in the content creation business? Instead, my belief is that the discussion will be much more around rapid, low-cost content creation. MORE

Today is a banner day for extended enterprise education , because today we’re unveiling the new face of learning systems excellence – The 2019 Talented Learning Awards! As outlined last month , we’re simplifying the way we honor the best learning systems by focusing on two key extended enterprise categories: CORPORATE EXTENDED ENTERPRISE: Business-oriented solutions targeting external audiences such as customers, channel partners, suppliers and contractors. MORE

It is real – backed by evidence from business scenarios. But we do have a ton of data from learning technology buyers and sellers and we have decades of experience in evaluating, recommending, marketing and implementing business learning platforms. Saba acquired Halogen. Among the more than 700 vendors participating in today’s LMS marketplace, we continue to see a wave of learning solutions designed to solve “niche” business challenges. MORE

But every video your business creates will need to be stored somewhere—where exactly you choose to share your recordings will make a big difference to what your team can do with those videos and how your business may leverage them in the future. When West Marine looked at its business performance data, senior leaders knew the company had to change so it could thrive in a new retail environment. How to communicate a roadmap for future talent and skills to business leaders. MORE

Open Elms – The first free open source LMS, geared specifically for business. Cornerstone OnDemand (#24), Saba (#50). This is for the “Enterprise” edition and not “Maestro” #19 WBT Systems TopClass 9.4 – The first LMS to include the functionality of “Big Data” Responsive UI for mobile and offers dedicated single cloud for multi-tenant clients. 13 Totara - Extensive feature set, relatively low cost. MORE

Over her career, she’s successfully produced events, created/delivered presentations to groups of 2 to 2000, managed people and projects (local to enterprise), designed/produced and facilitated learning (digital, virtual, live), led a Human Resources department, and coached students, professionals, and entrepreneurs. In this session, you’ll learn about how coaching can help individuals, teams, and enterprises build resiliency to avoid or alleviate burnout. MORE

The truth is that given the size of the target base, experience with learning systems and the complexity of training to be administered, enterprises have different learning requirements at different points in time. This is called the Enterprise Learning Life Cycle, which broadly maps into 5 stages: The selection of the most appropriate LMS should ideally depend on where the company is in the Enterprise Learning Life Cycle. MORE