Editor's Note

To all those who thought LMS is heading toward its demise, our Cover Article will put you at ease. Author Craig Weiss says, "Well, I for one, never saw a demise. I never saw anything close to it. What I saw and what I do see is a refreshing solution that is still not at mature stage."

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Where The LMS Is Heading: A few capabilities that will impact LMS

It seems that every day I have been seeing articles on where is L&D heading, what will happen with the LMS market, the LMS industry, how much the LMS industry is worth and so forth.Especially when some of the folks now touting the LMS space were the same people writing about its demise.

Do You Have A Learning Strategy?: 5 reasons why most of you don’t have one

The Brandon Hall Group 2015 State of L&D Study has a phenomenal set of data behind it. For instance, did you know that 41% of organizations do not have a formal learning strategy? This is consistent with the data from our 2014 study, which fell at 40%.

6 Signs Employees Need Training, NOW: Delivering training when employees need it

How often have you groaned at the thought of attending yet another training session that you didn’t need? How often have you wondered “Why am I here” while going through an eLearning course and struggling not to doze off?

Why Implement eLearning In Your Organization?: 5 reasons

Education is what makes everyone involved in an organization work most effectively. Businesses, charities, universities, and individual courses on a variety of subjects all stand to benefit from the proper implementation of education. Virtual learning is conducted through an LMS, or learning management system, which is a cloud-based software application.

The M-Learning Movement: It’s a way to create a more dynamic experience

M-Learning is a term used to describe the idea of using portable, electronic devices as a tool for learning. Mobile devices are everywhere, it is said that around 6 billion people have access to a connected mobile device across the globe and for every one person that accesses the Internet from a PC there are two people who access it from a mobile device. So it’s really no surprise that mobile devices are becoming so big in the learning and education sector. eLearning made the first step in breaking out of the traditional classroom environment and mobile learning is just a way to take eLearning further, giving people the option to learn virtually anywhere.

Are Your Learners Tech-Resistant?: 7 tips for working with them

If eLearning professionals had their way, every learner who logged into the eLearning environment would embrace technology wholeheartedly. However, in reality, there are learners who fight technology at every turn and are completely resistant to the eLearning technologies at their disposal.

The End Of Training: Understanding objectives, goals, results and outcomes

Corporate learning is the means to an end. Employees are trained to perform their jobs. Effective job performance is a utility. If the ends (utilities) don’t justify the means (training), the means deserve to be cut.

Mistakes In eLearning Design And Development: 10 mistakes to avoid

73.6 percent of technology-delivered training at the Fortune 500 firms comes through online methods (workforce.com). Out of the $200 billion Corporate Training industry, $56.2 billion is represented by eLearning (Global Industry Analysts). Online courses emerged in the 80s and since then eLearning has been radically changing the training industry. While the eLearning industry is experiencing rapid evolution and organizations have seen massive cost and time saving through it, there are still issues like learner boredom, lack of interactions, lack of relevance, and inadequate real-world problem-solving.