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500+ LMSs in the world – how do you know you’re choosing the

right one?

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500+ LMSs in the world;How do you know you’re choosing the right one?

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Dr. Allen PartridgeSr. Technology Evangelist, eLearning

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Choosing an LMS

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Fun, Fun, Fun!

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Maybe not.

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Today’s session is designed to expedite your journey from perspiration to inspiration

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Key

Con

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s • LMS • Standards• Skills• Buy-in• Motivation A

lignm

ent • Goals

• Culture• Enterprise• Brand

Eva

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ion • Process

• Trends

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Key Concepts

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• What is an LMS and do I really need one? Will it solve all of my learner tracking needs?

LMS

• SCORM, AICC, xAPI• What about content file types, security, transcripts,

reporting data, & mobility?

Standards

• Why does skill alignment matter? Why should I track skills?

Skills

• How can I get leadership on board?

Buy in

• Working people don’t have time for training

Motivation

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What does an LMS mean to you?

Do people Google first?

Is training an operational expense?

Does your LMS make a difference?

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What should an LMS provide?

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Paul Wilson, Choosing an LMS for your Organization: https://adobe.ly/2i24XtK

Katrina Baker’s books on this topic are great.Written with real-world experience and full ofhumor and wisdom: http://amzn.to/2hS3Qcy

…there are four things your LMS needs to tell you through reporting in the following order:

• Employees ability to perform their job• Employee compliance with regulatory

training• Employee immediate reaction to training• Test results

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Standards?

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Security Standards

ISO SOC 1 SOC 2 FedRAMP

Mobility

HTML5 Responsive / Adaptive

Device Detection Touch ready

Media File Formats

PPT DOC PDF Video Web Content

Data Standards

SCORM AICC xAPI

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Organizational Alignment

Jerry is the Learning Director of a bustling new mid-sized organization. He values a training approach that aligns training to his organizational goals. He wants to track & measure verifiable results. He’s interested in on-the-job improvements as a direct result of training.

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His only training solution today is a stack of handouts and a very tired trainer named Sheldon.Nobody likes the training. People say the training is dull, irrelevant and that they don’t havetime for it.

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Do It for a reward

I want to do it, so I will

Do it or you’re fired

I don’t see any reason

to do it

External Interna

Positive

NegativeDaniel Pink’s inspiring Ted Talk about motivation.

Sustainable, long-term

motivation

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Autonomy

Purpose

Mastery

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Leadership team defines an

organization strategy.

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Learning team, aligns that strategy to skills

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Employees choose the best courses to satisfy assigned

skills.

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Recognize & reward individual achievement

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Validate ROI with reports on skill achievement

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Captivate Prime works for Jerry

Support for Skills & Blended Learning give everyone autonomy & self-determination.

Gamification & Badges recognize & reward mastery of new subjects.

Feedback & skill assignment clarify the purpose of training.

Aligns skills to the strategic plan & tracks manager’s delayed feedback.

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Alignment

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Describe your organizational learning culture?

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Describe your organizational learning culture

Purpose

Mastery

Autonomy

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Evaluation - Process

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• Technical• Budgetary• Pedagogical• Personnel

Determine your needs

• Use a spreadsheet to track / compare features in each• Compare Available Solutions• Elements Identified as Needs

Develop a Comparison Matrix

• Consider the Cloud - reliability• Request Live Demos• Smoke test the content first

Contact Leading Vendors

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Comparison Matrix Approaches - Considerations

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• A requirements comparison is more important than a feature comparison

Requirements may not equal Features

• Consider weighting requirements to add importance to areas that are higher priority• Consider weighting product fulfillment of the requirement

Not all features are equal

• Most online comparison charts are actually being promoted by a vendor• Decide the priorities yourself, and decide how well a tool does something yourself.

Don’t fall for marketing comparisons

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Evaluation - Trends

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• Video• Mobility• Social Learning• Gamification• Immersion

Separating Fad from Future

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Still Hungry for more?

Check out these resources for more training in Adobe Captivate

• Blog: http://elearning.adobe.com/• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/adobeelearning/• AdobeTV: http://tv.adobe.com/channel/e-learning/• Adobe EDEX: http://edex.adobe.com/• Adobe KnowHow: http://www.adobeknowhow.com/• Email me: allenp@adobe.com

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