Clark Quinn (@Quinnovator) and Richard Clark (@rdclark) presented session 201 at mLearnCon on “Context, Content and Collaboration: Keys to Successful mLearning”. There was a lot of information covered in this session, but here are just a few of the takeaways: 63% of mobile workers prefer to use a smart phone... more
The #LearnX conference was on this week (June 9th – 10th) in Sydney at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre and was keynoted/opened by Lrnchat‘s very own Jane Bozarth, which was a real treat. I only attended the first day but found it to be action-packed with keynotes, breakout sessions and... more
There was an interesting article in the New York Times this week called ‘Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls‘. It reinforces the idea that due to usage demands, many phones are no longer being designed for phone calls but instead for web browsing, emailing, apps, games and... more
I’ve just read the “Association: Learning Management Systems” report released in October 2009 by Tagoras. The report was based on the responses of 11 LMS vendors (Avilar, Blackboard, Digitec Interactive, GeoLearning, iCohere, LearnSomething, Meridian KSI, Peach New Media, Results Direct, WBT Systems and Web Courseworks) and it has some interesting... more
We’re releasing some new color themes for Litmos accounts this week and so I was putting together a high contrast version for partially sighted people. After spending some time working out the right combination of colors needed I stumbled across a very simple way to do it which does not... more
Many technology solutions providers have a pretty small number of staff working in-house compared to the actual number of resellers and end users for their products. Plus, most technology products once delivered to resellers or end users, require some amount of product sales training. This is when an online training... more
Wainhouse Research has released results of a report conducted by profiling a group of big vendors in the eLearning, web conferencing and video space. Some pretty huge growth is estimated in these areas for the next few years, some of which is mentioned below: Wainhouse Research estimates the overall educational... more
A new survey released last week by Citrix Online and Kelton Research of 1,100 businesses and 4,300 workers in Britain, France and Germany shows some very positive results for the online training industry. Overall 500 businesses and 1300 workers in the UK were surveyed, here are some key figures to... more
We’re happy to announce the release of the new ‘Team Leader’ role in the Litmos Learning Management System. This much-requested permission level sits squarely in between a regular ‘Trainee’ and a ‘Training Administrator’ and fulfills a very specific purpose. The Team Leader cannot create or edit training courses but they... more
If you’re putting together your eLearning or online training content and you can’t stand the sound of your own voice, or you just need a professional voice of a different accent or language to narrate the audio, look no further than www.voice123.com. Voice123 is a really cool site that has... more
