As online learning becomes an essential part of education in general, institutions face a major challenge: how to offer a personalized, cutting-edge, quality educational experience.
In today’s world, almost everything can be completed through a smartphone. In the US, an average adult spends almost three hours per day on their cell phone, whether that’s reading work emails, entertaining themselves, or messaging loved ones. Thanks to the increase in phone usage, it’s no surprise that trends and habits have shifted and adapted to include smartphones. Education is no exception to this.
Everyone should care about the security of the technology they use. This is no less true when it comes to learning systems. From higher education institutions looking to secure the data privacy of their students to corporate organizations ensuring their training complies with their security requirements.
Learning management systems (LMSs) have become indispensable to both higher education institutions and corporate organizations. As teams explore their options for an LMS or for other forms of digital learning and training environment, the terms “open source”, “closed source”, and “proprietary software” inevitably come up.
Using self-hosted Moodle™ to meet your learning management needs can offer your institution a reliable user experience, but the open-source service comes with some hidden costs and inefficiencies. If your organization loves the operability of a Moodle™-based LMS platform, you can still take advantage of the platform and have a better experience with Open LMS.
Do you need LMS training? It may seem like a silly question but it’s worth asking! After all, LMS platforms become more ubiquitous by the day, with many people joining the workforce now having their first exposure to LMS platforms long before they reach college. However, exposure to and familiarity with platforms doesn’t guarantee people are using them in the most effective way possible—even if their day-to-day job revolves around them.
Moodle™ is one of the most popular learning management systems (LMSs) in the world, with a presence in over 245 countries and more than 41 million implemented courses to date. Open LMS cherry-picks the best attributes of Moodle™ to offer a unique platform in the LMS market. Open LMS accomplishes this by adding the flexibility, tools, content, and integrations required to create exceptional learning experiences. This is possible thanks to the possibilities of open-source innovation, as well as the guarantees and advantages of a SaaS (Software as a Service) offering.
The days of high-stakes, paper and pencil examinations are numbered. Like everything else, high-consequence testing is moving to the digital world. In many cases, in-person proctoring is becoming less necessary as online exam software advances. Digital testing also allows results to be returned to students more quickly than in-person, physical exams. That means less waiting and wondering for your students.
The days when education happened only within the four walls of a classroom, with a teacher talking non-stop in front of a chalkboard, seem long gone. Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine education without a screen, whether that’s in higher education institutions or corporate training. Technologies like Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have impacted and revolutionized every aspect of learning. But, are you realizing this technology’s full potential?
