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... ideology that DIY learning and repurposing content is the way to go (and somewhat the ONLY way to go). Janet juxtaposes the recent inclusion of eLearning 2.0 type tools in Learning Management Systems against the philosophy that corporate and ... social media in commercial learning management systems is an assault on the very philosophy of learning 2.0?Ideologies ... is fine for an LMS to provide these and for learning organizations to use them. Most knowledge workers are used to ... embracing learning 2.0, who gives a rats ass where it lives.These are fair questions that are also central to the ...
eLearning Technology - Saturday, June 7, 2008 - CommentsLarger LMS Audience Means Lower Satisfaction
I just pulled a report as part of an LMS Evaluation and saw an interesting pattern:The pattern shows that the larger the audience the lower the satisfaction scores. My guess is that Learning Management Systems that target enterprise solutions and larger audiences will come out lower in LMS Satisfaction surveys.Other posts around Learning Management Systems:LMS Selection PresentationLMS Team Size and TimeLMS RFPLMS Selection Presentation ReformulatedLMS Selection Team and StakeholdersLMS Selection ProcessLearning Management Systems (LMS) ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, April 18, 2008 - CommentsTest SCORM Courses with an LMS
I was just asked by someone about how they could test a course they were creating against a particular Learning Management System (LMS) (in this case Docent 6.5). This is something we run into fairly often. We are developing a SCORM or ... changes to the course to try to fix it.We don't have direct access to a version of the LMS to test on.The client's staff won't give us direct access to the LMS to run tests.The client's staff is too busy to run a series of tests and they have no patience for problems.The client has not set up a version of the LMS just for this purpose.This happens both ...
eLearning Technology - Sunday, January 13, 2008 - CommentseLearning Guild Research Reports
... images to see more information about each report. Immersive Learning Simulations Learning Management Systems Synchronous Learning Systems Mobile Learning Measurement ... Rapid eLearning Tool SatisfactionSoftware Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools)LMS Team Size and Time I personally ... things such as the eMag, access to data behind eLearning Buyers Guide, Training Modalities, the e-Learning Salary & Compensation Report, and the e-Learning Projects Database.And, if I'm not mistaken this includes direct data access ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - CommentsLMS Selection Presentation
... your ownOther posts on LMS:Learning Management Systems (LMS) GotchasTracking Without an LMSLMS Dissatisfaction on the RiseDo You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS?Moving from One to Many - LMS Products are Two Generations BehindLeading with an LMS - Harmful to Your Health (or Skipping Stages ...Tools for On-Demand Information - An LMS?Point Solutions ... Just to close the loop on my series of posts that I created as part of preparing my presentation:LMS Team Size and TimeLMS RFPLMS Selection Presentation ReformulatedLMS Selection Team and StakeholdersLMS Selection ProcessLMS ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, November 5, 2007 - CommentsLMS Team Size and Time - Wow 23 Months!
... and BarriersOther posts on LMS:Learning Management Systems (LMS) GotchasTracking Without an LMSLMS Dissatisfaction on the RiseDo You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS?Moving from One to Many - LMS Products are Two Generations BehindLeading with an LMS - Harmful to Your Health (or Skipping Stages ...Tools for On-Demand Information - An LMS?Point Solutions ... and Time during an Learning Management System Selection and Implementation process.So, this post will end off the series of posts I was doing on LMS Selection as a precursor to my DevLearn presentation. The other related posts are:LMS ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - CommentsLMS RFP
Inviting the Vendor To PresentAnd finally LMS Selection Templates.Another good resource is: Learning Management Systems ... search on Google using a few tricks. For example:(LMS OR "Learning Management System") AND("Request for Proposal" OR RFP OR ... write a more specific requirement?For example in Learning Management Systems (LMS) A Review, one of the example requirements is:Describe capabilities for managing course capacity and waitlists issues. Most of the LMS vendors have the ... . All LMS products support a variety of learning formats. At least clarify what you mean by a learning format. Are ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, October 25, 2007 - CommentsLMS Selection Team and Stakeholders
Selection as part of The Learning Management Systems Symposium. I'm preparing this by posting my thoughts and notes prior ... captures thoughts around who should be involved in the LMS Selection.Great article by Karl Kapp - Selecting an E-learning Solution, Part 1: Who Should be on Your E-Learning Selection Committee? He includes:Training/Learning Manager or ... manager responsible for the process and a future LMS administrator.The Full LMS Selection Team includes the list above, but ... Unit RepresentativesFunctional Area RepresentativesLearner and Line Manager RepresentativesAdditional Future LMS ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - CommentsLMS Selection Process
I'm preparing for my part of an upcoming session at DevLearn on LMS selection as part of The Learning Management Systems Symposium. I'm going to prepare for this in a slightly different way. I'm going to create notes in my blog as a ... , what am I talking about:How to Conduct a SuccessfulLearning Management Systems (LMS) Selection ProcessLMS Selection Background:I'm coming from a background of personally working and coaching on a bunch of LMS selection, installation and ... audience of corporate learning folks who are contemplating LMS selection, what won't be useful (and I should delete).
eLearning Technology - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - CommentsLMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers
Update, Nov. 2007 - I've created a series of posts around Learning Management System (LMS) Selection:LMS Selection ... barriers and the importance of particular features during Learning Management System (LMS) Selection. To see better ... Systems 2 8.25 SkilISoft SkillPort Skillsoft 12 8.03 CourseMill Learning Manag.. Trivantis 1 8.00 Compliance LMS Pro ... Selection ProcessI thought I had previously wrote about this, but I realized when I was posting Learning Management Systems ... , etc. can yield more interesting results.Some other posts in my blog around Learning Management Systems:Learning Management ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 20, 2007 - CommentsLMS Conversation with Tracy Continues
... that caveat -You can find the beginning of the conversation and my list of Learning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas.In response Tracy just posted -LMS - I don't want to be Little Miss Should've. Among her points:Gotcha #1...Unrealistic ... should be really simple to do can sometimes be hard in an LMS. Especially if you don't configure things right from the ... bit cryptic. A "Use Case" is an example of how a particular user will use the system. Tracy - you actually have the ... system to do something for you. What exactly is that?The other key aspect to the gotcha is "differentiating." When ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, September 10, 2007 - CommentsLearning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas
... on Learning Management Systems. I'm not sure I can publish the details of my section in my blog, but the abstract is ... I regularly read Tracy Hamilton's blog. She's been writing about getting a new LMS. I hate to say it, but this is ... the process. In her latest post: What's Happening With My New LMS?!?! she tells us:Oh and my little meeting about my job role and what path this LMS will lead me down. NOTHING!!!! We can't possibly discuss that until we have the tool in place and know exactly in what capacity we will use the darn thing.Uh oh. They are bringing in an LMS and they don't ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 6, 2007 - CommentsHorizontal Learning
... not true. These technologies are institution-centric and vertical by nature. The concept of Learning Management System (LMS) was wrongly named. Better fit for a name would be Teaching Management System or Institution Control System. Same is ... LMS?).No student would use the current so-called learning environments during their worktime or freetime. In 2006 I was ... design" but the idea is right. If we are providing an LMS and thinking we are providing a good learning support mechanism ... Interesting post ... Horizontal technologies for learning ...In the eLearning sector many vendors have ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, August 30, 2007 - CommentsMoodle in Corporations
Clive just posted - Apples and Pears - about the eLearningGuild's new report on Learning Management Systems. I was one of the authors of the report and it was interesting to have an opportunity to interview people and see the numbers produced through a pretty extensive interview process.Clive points out one of the more interesting discoveries in the survey results numbers - Moodle comes back as being used inside lots of corporations. In fact, it appears near the top in ... covers the difference between an CMS, LMS and TMS). We had a fair amount of debate among the researchers about how to ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - CommentsLearning Management Systems (LMS)
Learning Management SystemsPosts that look at Learning Managment Systems (LMS): Tracking Without an LMS LMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise Do You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS? Moving from One to Many - LMS Products are Two Generations Behind Leading with an LMS - Harmful to Your Health (or Skipping Stages ... Tools for On-Demand Information - An LMS? Point Solutions vs. Suites and ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - CommentsInformal Learning and Learning Management Systems
Saw an interesting post by Dennis Coxe - Sailing by the Sound: What Informal Learning Means To Me where he points out the conflict today between learning management systems and content access / informal learning:But what really struck me ... " isthe slavish devotion to learning management systems. A learning management system is probably the apex of top-down ... clear answer is that the LMS is a barrier to learning that provides management and reporting that corporate training ... learning proponents are saying "Tear down that wall." Make learning accessible.While I don't necessarily agree ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - CommentsGoodbye LMS?
I had seen this paper (Social software: E-learning beyond learning management systems) before, but Jay Cross's take on ... ? Furthermore, how can you manage serendipitous learning thatis inherently unmanageable?I get the feeling that Jay and I are ... Solutions vs. Suites and Composition), their introduction to Social Software from a learning context, and their point that LMS ... products are causing us grief in corporate learning applications is that while we want some aspects of what an LMS provides ... tracking and communication system? Of course, The Innovator's Dilemma of Learning suggests that this solution may not not ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - CommentsLMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise
LearningCircuits published their 2006 Survey of Learning Management Systems and one of the more interesting quotes says something about the answer to my prior question Do You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS?... From the report:Most notable, purchasers who were very satisfied with their LMS droppedconsiderably in 2006, decreasing from 20.3 percent to ... 2006.And this trend is likely to continue as we realize that registration, tracking and reporting (key features of an LMS) is ... . It continues to feel like LMS Products are Two Generations Behind and that they are going to continue to make it ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, August 7, 2006 - CommentsDo You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS?
Learning Management Systems (LMS). They are rapidly growing features that are far beyond what anyone needs. If you look at ... captures how many of us feel about LMS products: As the number of features increases our satisfaction level begins to go down because of the complexity of getting it to work for us.What often happens when systems become very complex is that they begin to get replaced by simpler systems. This is exactly what's happened in the Content Management space. Wiki's have ... more complex systems. My last post, Direction of eLearning - Emergence or Big System, received a couple of ...
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