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I want to make something very clear – Moodle and other open source LMSs, LearningPortals, CMSs, etc. Moodle: Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. You can either have all open, which many companies do not want, or are stuck with course keys and other additional non-necessary steps.
I want to make something very clear – Moodle and other open source LMSs, LearningPortals, CMSs, etc. You can either have all open, which many companies do not want, or are stuck with course keys and other additional non-necessary steps. are NOT out of the box solutions. They are not turnkey. You must customize.
When so many potential customers are seeing the advantages of open source, creating their own learning or VLE portals or seeing the value of various social media types and incorporating them into some type of social learning community, the “do nothing&# spin is well, a time warp into the past. Event management.
Author once, deploy to many: As workforce and learner profiles change over time and distance, organizations must develop learning strategies that resonate with new generations and people of different cultures. These generations are savvy technologists and expect to learn using familiar tools.
Revenues across the board are up, profit margins are healthy and competition is on-going (always a good thing). Illogical – I often see systems that add features that seem as though they tossed a bunch of ideas on a wall and whatever stuck up there, went into their platform. The LMS market is strong. The Negatives.
Latest: 303 LMS & LearningPortal Vendors. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab. LearningPortals. Again, a learningportal can achieve this – i.e. by you incorporating APIs, mashups or some component of such with code and you are using as a back end a CMS. E-Learning 24/7.
Virtual classrooms and smart-boards are used in a more student-centered way (not putting all the attention to one person up-front=bad). Open Educational Resources Matures 4. Learning Analytics 6. openup exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it.
Latest: 303 LMS & LearningPortal Vendors. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab. LearningPortals. Again, a learningportal can achieve this – i.e. by you incorporating APIs, mashups or some component of such with code and you are using as a back end a CMS. LMS Directory.
Newest Version – LMS/LearningPortal Directory. Ability to e-mail – write and send to people outside of the system, a few vendors are doing this – innovators – and something I believe is needed to enhance LMSs and LearningPortals to the next level. Latest M-Learning Tablet Information.
While they still offer the LMS as we all know it, and its “learning&# approach, they are really driving into the TM space. Continued growth for open source solutions; Moodle is still the king; especially in education, although it is slowly starting to appear in the business and government side. #2 2 Mobile Learning.
The LMS/LCMS/LearningPortal market continues to be strong. In my latest directory, 393 LMS vendors – global, of which 34 or so are open source systems. Folding up shop and switching to a new market: Talent/Performance Management, new product lines not tied to e-learning, services. It was a myth.
If you as the customer want to create your own API/Mashup or find one on the net and want to integrate it into your paid LMS, the vendor will charge you. The spin of course, is that open source systems enable APIs. Open marketplaces for courses created by end users. Mobile Learning and Tablets. And for free? Bonus Trend.
I include LearningPortals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. Open Source LMS of the Year. My runner-up is Operitel’s LearnFlex LSP. Runner-Up Social Learning Management System of the Year – Upside Learning.
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