Learning Management System

1. Learning Management System By Tony Mostafa Learning Management System Presentation

2. What is a Learning Management System (LMS)? • An infrastructure platform that allows the tracking of courses or training experiences in relation to learners Learning Management System Presentation

3. Tasks of an LMS? • Manage: • Learners • Courses • Curriculum • Present options depending on learner profiles • Track: • Learner needs and preferences • Course completion and scores • Facilitation Learning Management System Presentation

4. How does an LMS benefit an organization? • Cost effectiveness • Efficient employee/customer training • Centralized learning environment • Tracking and reporting • Immediate evaluation Learning Management System Presentation

5. LMS vs Traditional methods • ‘Classrooms’ sizes • Time • Ability to tailor courses • Affordability • Consistency • Interactive learning Learning Management System Presentation

6. Negative aspects of LMS • Not everyone learns the same way • Often confused to be a teacher instead of a manager • Training on using LMSs required first Learning Management System Presentation

7. Implementing an LMS – What you need to know: • How much will you manage? • What do you want/need to track? • Do you need to integrate it with other systems? • What is your budget? • What kind of support will you need? Learning Management System Presentation

8. How to implement an LMS • Identify a training need • Make sure IT dept is involved • Customization requirements • Use a phased approach • Ensure testing is done before going live • Train trainers and users Learning Management System Presentation

9. Some LMS vendors: • SAP • Docent • SABA • Blackboard • NetDimensions • SumTotal • Moodle Learning Management System Presentation

10. Deutsche Telekom implements LMS Learning Management System Presentation

11. About Deutsche Telekom • Founded in 1995 in Germany • Has 4 divisions • T-Mobile (Mobile Communications Provider) • T-Home (Provides Land-Line Communication) • T-Online (Internet Service Provider) • T-Systems (IT Systems Provider) • Has over 250,000 employees Learning Management System Presentation

12. Previous training: • Previous training done by Telekom Training • Owned and operated by Deutsche Telekom • Trains over 130,000 employees annually • A total of 12 training systems for all 4 divisions Learning Management System Presentation

13. Goal: • To eliminate the cost of maintaining 12 training systems • Increase the volume of self paced learning • Save costs (Travel costs, paperwork, training location) • Better administration • Efficient learning Learning Management System Presentation

14. Evaluation process • Created a steering committee to drive requirements • BraintrustElearning • Consisted of 40 stakeholders across the company • Identified 7 possible products • Two internally designed systems • One product only offered in the German market • Others were products available internationally • Docent, Saba, SAP, etc. Learning Management System Presentation

15. Selection Process • BraintrustElearningselcted SAP: • Other packages required too much training • Deutsche Telekom was used to SAP • Easier to integrate with other SAP applications • SAP provides extensive customization capabilities • Integration of previous courses and libraries Learning Management System Presentation

16. Cost of implementation • 15% of total project cost towards hardware and software • 85% of project cost towards training and implementing Learning Management System Presentation

17. Problems with implementation • Not using a Business Analyst correctly • Communications gap between end users and development team Learning Management System Presentation

18. Thank you! Sources: www.bersinassociates.com www.cedma-europe.org www.wikipedia.org www.elearnspace.org www.syberworks.com Learning Management System Presentation