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Buy, Build, or Blend? Use Cases for Off-the-Shelf and Custom eLearning

SweetRush

There are lots of reasons to choose an off-the-shelf product over a custom eLearning solution. Need to refer back to this list? We’re a custom eLearning solution provider, and we recently purchased a suite of 10 off-the-shelf IT security training courses that were distributed to our entire workforce.

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Best Elearning Courses for You: Custom Content or Off-the-shelf Courses

Hurix Digital

Off-the-shelf elearning Courses: An off-the-shelf course refers to an official course outline which is delivered as if it was originally prescribed to be taught by a certain trainer. Availability of templates – You can choose from the various templates available, or get a customized template designed by the vendor.

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Training Standards

Tony Karrer

Until eLearning vendors bite the bullet, come to real standards on formats, and then the tools and structure can build up to support those standards, eLearning is never going to be what it can be. Programmers are very much used to accessing code examples, reference libraries, seeking and getting help, etc.

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Product Review: Litmos LMS

eLearning 24-7

On the right hand side of the Course detailed information, the learner sees a noticeboard which provides additional information (a nice feature, since you can add additional encouragement or positive feedback), a button to continue taking the course, go back to “home&# page or additional references. Streamlined and easy to use.

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4 Key Benefits of Custom eLearning Solutions

Obsidian Learning

If you make the decision to go custom, challenge yourself and your eLearning vendor to create something that your employees will be willing, and motivated, to use after they’ve taken a course and learned something new. Don’t get me wrong; there are subjects that are better suited for an off-the-shelf purchase.

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eLearning Costs : eLearning Technology

Tony Karrer

You need to review all the variables (business objectives, cultural starting place, environment in which learning will predominantly take place, mix of media most suited to content, time available amongst learner base, performance change required etc etc ). If you are interested in designing a learning experience, then no one metric fits.

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Is There a Better Way to Social Learning?

Xyleme

However, those vendors who rely solely on this argument are very likely to find themselves quickly marginalized. To stay relevant, George believes training vendors should do two things: Stop talking “learning” and start talking “capacity” and “execution” like the rest of the C-suite.