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Got LMS Implementation Questions? Ask a Learning Tech Analyst

Talented Learning

I think that’s why so many people are uneasy about software implementation. That’s because the LMS landscape has mushroomed to more than 1000 systems in recent years (also thanks to the rise of cloud computing). To learning systems vendors, it suggests that you want to change the underlying software code.

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18 Top Learning Systems Trends to Watch in 2018

Talented Learning

Callidus Software acquired Learning Heroes and Learning Seat. Decades of expensive LMS solutions gave way to a pricing revolution over the last 10 years, as cloud computing paved the way for low-cost LMS competitors that drove the overall price point down. When and how to use an RFP (or not). Saba acquired Halogen.

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Talented Learning’s Greatest Hits: 2017 Edition

Talented Learning

Last year, we added a new element – a video tour – where I walk through software features to discover and demonstrate how they work. In this post, I try to help by shedding light on LMS “free trials” and sandboxes – another aspect of learning systems purchasing that has changed dramatically with the rise of cloud computing. #3

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The LMS Sandbox: How to Play For Keeps

Talented Learning

Complexity is the price we pay for the benefits of disruptive innovation caused by hundreds of new learning platforms entering the space since the rise of cloud computing over the past decade. This familiar approach to software evaluation has been around for decades. 6) Request for Proposal (RFP). 3) Discovery.