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What’s the Difference Between an LMS and an LCMS? Hint: It’s Not Just the Letter “C”

Association eLearning

Suppose your members need training to introduce them to a new product that affects your field. Your association pays a vendor to create an interactive course that goes over the features of this new product. Now suppose the association wants to save money by making the course themselves and decides not to hire a vendor.

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6 Key Factors For Outsourcing Custom eLearning Development On A Budget

eLearning Industry

If you are looking to outsource custom eLearning development on a stringent budget, there’s good news! There are 6 simple steps you can take—along with your vendor—to ensure the project stays within your budget and timelines. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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The Importance of eLearn Source Files

B Online Learning

In the time that I have been working in the eLearning industry (about 20 years), I have noticed one truth from the clients side and that is that content vendors come and content vendors go. This is not a bad thing of course, unless you’re a content vendor on the ‘going’ side of the equation, […].

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7 Tips To Stay Ahead Of eLearning Trends And Adapt To Changes

Infopro Learning

Then the news broke that new mobile devices wouldn’t support Flash, and opted for HTML5-based apps instead. Thankfully, RSS feeds and news alerts give you the power to still learn about noteworthy eLearning trends. Pay A Weekly Visit To Your Favorite eLearning News Sites. Sign Up For Alerts And RSS Feeds.

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Buy the Course Keep the Source

B Online Learning

Nearly all off the shelf vendors make you pay a subscription for a pre-defined bundle of courses under the auspices of value. This obviously gives the client purchasing the courses with an immediate cost to account for in one budget year, making the business case process much more straight forward and easy to justify.

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Blackboard buys Moodle partners: open source?

Challenge to Learn

This really is news. Blackboard is one of the largest LMS vendors in the world and is considered state enemy #1 in the Moodle community. I visited the Blackboard news page: screenshot of Blackboards news page. Interesting combination of information on this page.

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The Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning

The Learning Dispatch

For more on the legal aspects of accessibility, see our “ Accessibility in the News, Legal Edition ” page.). Ensure Vendors Provide Accessible Training. Ensure Vendors Create Accessible Training. Update: A Brief Look at What’s Changed ” on Lexis Legal News (subscription required, trial available).). Ask questions.