Learning in the Workplace

There are two ways a company may purchase a learning management system/learning content management system (LMS/LCMS). They can license the software and host it on their own servers internally, or they can purchase a hosted service where the software is hosted on the vendor’s servers.
 
The hosted vendor service option is also called SaaS.  SaaS (vendor [...]

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) and e-Learning authoring tools can help with all parts of on-the-job training. Depending on your organization’s needs, you can use an LMS to track and manage one or more parts of the OJT process.

This article outlines some important major benefits, as well as considerations to take when using SalesForce.com.

Online “training” is acceptable and even preferred when the desired outcome is to educate.
Doing the real training is required and perfectly feasible, even with large groups of people when the desired outcome is acquiring skill and proficiency.

Learning to use web conferencing technology is pretty easy, but there is a lot more to training via web conference than just putting on a headset, dialing up an audio‐conferencing bridge, and logging onto the application.

It is important to ask yourself four main questions before writing and developing e-learning content.

In this article, Steve Pena, Senior Designer and Implementation Consultant for SyberWorks, Inc., gives advice for implementing a learning management system.

Mouse clicks do not always mean interactions. Engaging users in a meaningful way can prove to be a lot more effective towards the user experience and, therefore, content can be more easily understood.

Some things to consider when creating a learning management system (LMS) hierarchy for your company or organization and the use of competency management and job-role hierarchies, as an organization strives to develop training plans with their LMS.