Learning Management Systems

The type of online learning system you choose will depend on what you want your online program to "be." That, in turn, depends on a number of factors--what students should know and be able to do, technical considerations and the skills of online instructors. This post examines a few options for choosing an online learning "system."

Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning platform, introduces the latest grading tools to meet pedagogical goals.

Traditionally, grading has been handled by educators in their own evenings and weekends, hand marking papers to collate and review to track student progress and scoring. E-Learning has not only relieved educators of  this time consuming task, but given them well aimed tools for particular pedagogical scenarios.

Moodle is designed and implemented for teachers by teachers, and the recent advancements with the gradebook tool are evidence of that. Grading is easy to do on all devices, with a scrollable grader report optimized for all browsers and screen sizes.

This article will build on my previous one and explain how to incorporate the standard Moodle activities into an e-Learning presentation, thereby bypassing the Moodle navigation and having complete control over your course navigation design.

The world generates over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. Your learners are generating a tiny percentage of that data. However, that tiny percentage of the whole world’s data is actually a big percentage of your organization’s knowledge. “The definition of what is data has changed,” said David Dietrich, advisory technical education consultant at EMC.

In this article, I'll share 11 tips that will help you to choose the best Learning Management System based on your company’s needs. From scalability to usability, I will delve into the various things you may want to consider when searching for your best Learning Management System.

In many respects, an LMS Request for Information (RFI) is the first step in the LMS research process, and it can give you the opportunity to formulate an eLearning plan and budget before you even begin assessing potential LMS vendors. In this article, I'll share 11 tips to create a winning LMS RFI.

Blogging, tagging, liking, sharing on Facebook, tweeting – social networking is second nature for today’s students. Over the last 10 years the web has steadily evolved, as have its educational applications. Claroline Connect is the first real Learning Management System, dedicated to the learning process rather than the teaching process. Opensource, responsive design and full mobile (with offline option), Claroline Connect is a real step ahead and not one more “2.0 look-alike LMS”.

As the fusion of education and technology accelerates, educators have access to a growing range of eLearning platform systems. With so many systems to choose from, how do you know which one is right for you? And what are the “must-have” features?

In this article, I'll discuss how you can create a safe and secure eLearning environment for your audience. While it's next to impossible to prepare for every eventuality, there are a handful of ways that you can use to enhance the security of your eLearning environment in order to safeguard against some of the most common threats.

Let’s admit it, Moodle is not the prettiest of the bunch, plus the navigation can really turn into a client deterring labyrinth. In this article I will give some insight into how we took this ugly duckling and transformed it into a beautiful (and easy to navigate) swan by making a few simple changes.

In this article, you will find a list of Corporate Learning Management Systems that is as comprehensive and up-to-date as I can make it. One crucial step for eLearning professionals when developing their eLearning strategy is to choose the proper LMS. But, how many LMS's are there? How can you find them? How do you pick one?

Learning Management Systems, especially in the corporate training sector, usually contain sensitive information that we absolutely want to keep safe. Learn what are the main LMS security issues and how to solve them.