eLearning Software Standards

April 27, 2016

Why Software Licensing Must Consider The Needs Of The End User

As the traditional software application market migrates from the desktop to the enterprise and mobile, end user license management becomes a must-have design issue for software development servicing the eLearning community. For more than twenty-five years, I have had the pleasure of working with commercial software development teams. My first real lesson came when I joined Software Publishing Corporation as VP of development where end user awareness was more important than features. And then there was the effort involved with consumer-based software authentication in the form of end user licensing. I was surprised how much time we spent in internal warfare discussing how best to enforce user access with product management, financial, and legal effort. I’ve learned some dos and don’ts about software licensing that I’d like to share. Warning: This is going to sound a little preachy.

by Ken Whitaker

April 18, 2016

What Is SCORM? 5 Essential SCORM Facts You Should Know

Even though the content standard is discussed all the time, many eLearning professionals still struggle to answer the question: "What is SCORM?" In this article, I list 5 essential SCORM facts that will help you get to grips with the full potential of SCORM for your learning and training programs.

by Des V. Anderson

April 15, 2016

3 Functional LMS WordPress Themes To Take Your Language School To The Next Level

As new and improved ways of online teaching and eLearning have started to gain in popularity, the standard classroom no longer represents a unique resource of knowledge. And it is no wonder, giving the speeded pace of living our everyday lives have taken. Here are 3 LMS WordPress themes to help your language school stand out.

by Jovana Cenejac

March 10, 2016

SCORM Vs Tin Can API: What’s The Difference?

Do you understand the difference between the two most popular content standards? In this article, I will outline the key factors that will help you decide which eLearning standard you should invest in: Enter the dilemma SCORM vs Tin Can API.

by Des V. Anderson

March 5, 2016

ePub For Education: Meet EDUPUB

It was a lovely sunny day when I finished my product backlog grooming and was heading towards planning a new agile sprint around optimizing the readability of an ePub book that my product produces. Suddenly my boss asked me “Hey! Mr. Product Manager, do you know what an EDUPUB profile is? We have a meeting around EDUPUB with a prospective client today evening”. Guess what; I only ended saying that EDUPUB is a new ePub profile. The question in itself is very haunting, especially when your stint is in education domain. I spent the whole night discovering the profile. Covering the complete profile is beyond the scope of this article, so I’ll just focus on some glimpses of EDUPUB profile.

by Akhil Mittal

January 11, 2016

Migration From Flash To HTML5 - Warning: You May Be Losing Money

If you are reading this, you have decided to adopt mLearning or mobile learning and are evaluating an efficient way to migrate your legacy Flash content to HTML5. Your objective is to provide enhanced flexibility and a better learning experience to your learners. However, there are several issues that you must be aware of as you move forward with migration from Flash to HTML5. Otherwise, you may be losing money in the process and might not meet the required ROI on your investment.

by Asha Pandey

December 12, 2015

4 Must Have Learning Management System Features

Not every Learning Management System (LMS) is the same. Make sure you review the Learning Management System features you need to have a successful training and development program.

by Jeffrey Roth

December 11, 2015

5 Ways WordPress Learning Management Systems Outperform Standalone LMSs

WordPress is new to the eLearning scene, and boy has it made quite the entrance! Here are 5 reasons why WordPress Learning Management Systems (LMSs) outperform standalone Learning Management Systems and why your next eLearning website ought to be powered by WordPress.

by Rishabh Jain

December 8, 2015

Yes We Can: A Tin Can API Primer

This isn’t the first Tin Can API explainer article ever written. But the subject is so important to the future of eLearning that, basically, the more the merrier. If we adopt it, Tin Can API is going to be a genuine game changer, so read on if you’ve heard of it but aren’t quite sure what it is, how it works, and what it can do.

by David Hill

October 24, 2015

4 Reasons Why SCORM Is Dying And How You Will Survive!

Sharable Content Object Reference Model, or simply just SCORM, is dying a slow death. In fact, the only reason why it’s still used is because administrators of Learning Management Systems have been doing so since the very beginning. And so they have just accepted it as the standard. But wait a minute; let’s take a step back.

by Gilles Mattelin (Hiring)

October 13, 2015

How To Convert Legacy Courses Into HTML5 The Right Way

You have decided to adopt mLearning (or mobile learning) and are ready to move your legacy courses to HTML5. Obviously, this involves a significant budget and you want to be certain that you have chosen the most efficient approach to convert your legacy courses into HTML5. In this article, I will share some case studies to outline how you can manage this migration into HTML5 the right way.

by Asha Pandey

October 12, 2015

How Tin Can API Compliant Learning Management System Can Help Your Organization

Tin Can API is the new learning standard adopted by a growing number of learning professionals and organizations to make sure they get the most out of their training endeavors. There are many benefits of this new standard in entirety, the main being that it is a powerful platform for assessing the true impact of training.

by Heena Nanda