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Learning System White Papers

Aberdeen Group Research Brief: Key Technologies Enable Extended Enterprise Learning Success (234.68 KB)
Three key technologies - mobile learning solutions, social networking tools, and Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) - are playing critical roles in helping organizations address their learning challenges, and improve key business metrics. This Research Brief will look at the key challenges faced by organizations today, and how these three technologies are being used to address them.
Bersin & Associates: Learning On-Demand: A New Role for Enterprise Learning (455.25 KB)
Bersin & Associates believes that learning on-demand sets the stage for a new role for corporate learning and development (L&D) organizations that allows a more rapid and flexible approach to enhancing corporate performance. This research bulletin provides an overview of learning on demand, and differentiates it from other training processes and technology.
Bryan Chapman's Creating a "Learning" Culture: Jumpstart Toolkit (1.82 MB)
Making the transition from a traditional training approach to a "learning" culture can be a daunting task, but well worth the effort. This toolkit contains worksheets and interactive tools that will help you define the landscape of your desired learning environment, build a business case for learning, create a strategy, systematically work through the technology selection process, and evaluate the results of your transition.
Bersin: The Learning Content Maturity Model: Developing a Framework for Integrated Training and Knowledge Management (287.09 KB)
Bersin's Learning Content Maturity Model provides a framework for training professionals to assess their organizations' capacities for developing and managing learning content. In addition, it can be used to determine if, when and how training professionals should seek to evolve their organizations.
Chapman Alliance: LCMS, Not Just a Technology...It’s a Strategy! (144.66 KB)
Learn how organizations leverage an LCMS to meet organizational objectives such as developing new lines of business, mergers & acquisitions, training partners & customers, and sharing content across lines of business. This paper includes case studies as well as tips from organizations who have achieved their corporate goals.
A Comparison of Document Management Systems (DMS), Content Management Systems (CMS) & Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) (124.01 KB)
Because of the similarity of terms used in their names, the “CMS” in the term LCMS, buyers are often times confused as to why they need a learning content management system (LCMS) if they already have a document management system (DMS) or a content management system (CMS). In many instances the confusion arises because of a lack of understanding between the roles of two such systems and the synergies that can arise from these systems working together.

Social Business Software White Papers

Social Business Software: Realizing the Potential of Web 2.0 in the Enterprise (167.2 KB)
For the business community, the potential of the social networking phenomena is tantalizing. Yet learning where to start, how to best apply Web 2.0 models and what is needed in a true social business platform can be a challenge. This white paper taps into OutStart’s decade of experience working with clients to deploy SBS solutions and features several business use cases that show how social business software can have significant impact. It also looks at the social capabilities required for the enterprise and the metrics that can be used to justify and measure the value of these social software solutions.


Mobile Learning White Papers

Mobilizing Learning & Priority Communications -Business Use Cases and Technology Advancement (156.39 KB)
With the power, instant connectivity, and ubiquitous nature of mobile devices, their use in support of learning and priority communication initiatives just makes sense. This paper discusses leading business applications as experienced by visionary organizations as well as key issues that have been addressed through technological innovation.
Student Mobile Learning - a Concept and Proof of Concept (361.85 KB)
Students have a great affinity for their cell phones. Combine this with over 14 million students in the US attending the 4000+ colleges and universities and there is a big opportunity for mobile learning in higher education. This 'proof of concept' paper outlines scenarios where students were offered extra credit for creating modules on topics they struggled with. The modules were all created, delivered & tracked using OutStart Hot Lava Mobile