If you are looking for a SaaS LMS that offers internal and external training, Looop is a good choice. Like EdApp, this extended enterprise training LMS works for teams large and small but it offers much less built-in features.

Top 10 Enterprise LMS

Are you seeking to maximize the learning within your enterprise? Finding the right learning system will allow your employees to receive the benefits of a modern training program and result in better training results. Statistics show that dated, workplace training that involves an afternoon of sitting in a boardroom going through PowerPoint slides are as much uninspiring as they are ineffective. A modern Learning Management System (LMS) has proven to improve learning transfer by 17%, improve engagement by 50%, increase development speed by 300%, and reduce development costs by 50%.

Based on these statistics alone, it’s worthwhile for any business, enterprise or not, to step out of traditional training and embrace modern LMS. Discover some of the top 10 enterprise LMS below to boost your employees’ learning experience.

Key Tenants of Enterprise Learning

Too often, learning and development professionals struggle to go beyond the proverbial training box. Traditional training is essential for teaching the basics of new knowledge and skills. Nevertheless, to be effective, it must be supplemented with microlearning that can be easily consumable by the learner rather than buried in lengthy manuals and overly complex multi-day course materials. Learning concepts can be mined from the larger training programs and used as performance support tools such as checklists and short instructional videos that are available at the point of need. Once the material has been mined, it can also be used to repeat the learning process over a period of time, creating a spaced learning offering to reinforce challenging concepts.

The best learning assets in most organizations are people. A robust Enterprise Learning Strategy will craft processes and develop technology platforms that support collaboration, problem-solving, and the co-creation of knowledge. This collaboration is often through communities of practice and discussion platforms like Slack or Microsoft Teams. Incentivizing active participation in learning communities is also essential to building a collaborative culture. In addition to collaborative discussion platforms that give all community members a voice, the development of Expert Finders can be incredibly impactful for larger and more siloed organizations – especially when there are hidden people in your organization who have niche expertise.

Enterprise Learning strategy must generate data for analysis and iterative improvements to organizational learning outcomes. The key is to build data collection directly into technical systems. Traditionally data collection was in the exclusive domain of classroom rubrics and course summative assessments. This can be extended to include a robust system for tracking formative assessment data and social learning activity using the xAPI specification. When you expand what kinds of data you’re collecting, organizations must also ensure learning and development professionals are trained to craft valid and meaningful formative and summative assessments and analyze the data to improve learning assets incrementally.

The need to create reusable content is not an old concept. L&D organizations struggling to define a process should start by looking beyond the traditional content development models where student manuals are the norm. Learning objects are vital to creating a reusable, self-serve content model. With various instructional delivery modalities available for today’s learning and development professional, training programs should leverage and Headless CMS approach to share instructional content in multiple learning contexts. Let’s say you’ve produced a two-minute video that explains how to publish a news article on your company’s intranet. That video could add value as a stand-alone content object in a knowledge base or a learning module within a more extensive communications course. Architecting content in such a way that it’s intuitively reusable is essential if we’re going to stop recreating the wheel and trying to keep multiple versions of similar learning assets up to date.

Elevate findability by harnessing the power of KM through taxonomy, ontology, and a well-architected search system. A well-architected metadata strategy is essential when you expand your learning assets to include courses, webinars, job aids, performance support tools, communities of practice, and subject matter experts. Because of the diversity of learning aids, these assets likely exist across multiple systems, and that’s OK. As long as learning assets are contextualized and related with consistent metadata, they can still be findable. Moreover, if related using more advanced techniques like ontologies, a complete network of learning resources can be created in a way that can naturally be assembled and pushed in customized ways to each unique user.

Summary

Enterprise Learning can be transformative to an organization, offering significant business value, especially when considering the modern learner can quickly consume knowledge and information and immediately apply what they have learned. An Enterprise Learning Plan with a learner-centric approach results in better performance, more focused engagement, and a better user and customer experience.

Are you ready to channel curiosity rather than command and control? Empower individuals by giving them the autonomy to take the reins on their continuing education journey, and your Enterprise Learning Program will thrive. As a result, you’ll see increased engagement, enhanced workforce skills, and a modern learning culture instilled across your organization. Our instructional systems designers are here to help bring your Enterprise Learning program into the modern age; contact us to learn more.

Deneena Lanius Deneena Lanius is a Senior ISD Consultant supporting various clients with their enterprise-level initiatives and the full life-cycle of developing training. She has spent most of her professional career in Instructional Design Technology, focusing on blended learning and learning ecosystem environments. As a ScrumMaster, Deneena has led multiple Agile ISD projects to help clients achieve their optimal training initiatives. More from Deneena Lanius »

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https://www.edapp.com/blog/top-10-enterprise-lms/
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