Investing in a learning management system (LMS) is not a decision your organisation should take lightly. While a LMS can yield an excellent return on investment, there are many trappings that need to be avoided if it is going to add significant value to your organisation. Here’s five LMS decision making and procurement myths that we think deserve to be debunked.
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A Learning Management System (LMS) is a software platform which facilitates the management and flexible delivery of content for web-based learning. It enables the administration, documentation, assessment, tracking and reporting of educational content and training programs, providing organisations with a cost effective method to fulfil their operational, compliance and training requirements.
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Investing in a Learning Management System (LMS) can be a difficult and time-consuming process for any decision maker. For reasons of both time and money, making the right decision the first time around is highly desirable. To avoid mistakes, it is recommended that your organisation give the following 5 points careful consideration.
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The eLearning Guild recently published a report titled ‘Learning Management Systems’, 2010 written by Patti Shank Ph.D. Between the period August 2008 and August 2010, there were 909 responses to the Learning Management Systems survey conducted by The eLearning Guild. The survey data was the basis of this report. Here’s some of the key findings as documented in the report.
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There is no doubt that Australia is a well connected and technology pervasive country. Current business, social and technology data points to a growing trend whereby users have the technology and tools to remotely connect to learning experiences. This impacts the education landscape and has implications for how, we as educators, design and deliver business training.
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In a recent research report conducted by the e-Learning Guild, leading commercial and open-source learning management systems were analysed. The report is titled: “Learning Management Systems – the good, the bad, the ugly,…and the truth”. Data was compiled from LMS survey responses from over 1250 Guild members, learning modality preferences from over 2350 members, and market share data from over 5800 Guild members employed in organisations of various size and industry sector.
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