This presentation was given at the Wellington EdTech Meetup on January 26th 2015. The focus is on how organisations are reframing their thinking around what they want to do with Learning Management Systems. Thinking has moved from managing learner's access to courses, to LMSs being a tool to manage the process of developing people. In the future we're likely to see additional technologies being folded in so that the LMS becomes the fabric or glue that lets dispersed learning thrive.

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Learning Management
System Whistlestop Tour

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What for?
Traditionally: Connect
learners to courses
Now: Drives learning
across the organisation
Will: provide the fabric
for dispersed learning

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The building blocks

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Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators
People

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Performance
management
Curriculum
- Roles
- Objectives
- Competencies
Learners
Managers
Administrators
Define what they
learn
Curriculum
Roles
Objectives
Competencies
Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators

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Performance
management
Curriculum
Roles
Objectives
Competencies
Types of
learningReporting
- By role
- Standard or customised
- Integrates all types
- Badges
- Certification
- Evaluation
Performance
management
- Objectives
- Goal setting/tracking
- 360 feedback
- Link to HRIS
And how…
Built in LMS/SCORM
Learning assets
Assessment
Face-to-face
Online
Social
Webinars
Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators

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Performance
management
Access
Types of
learningReporting
- By role
- Standard or customised
- Integrates all types
- Badges
- Certification
- Evaluation
Performance
management
- Objectives
- Goal setting/tracking
- 360 feedback
- Link to HRIS
Enrolment
SSO
Permissions
Payments
Learners
Managers
Administrators
Provide access
Built in LMS/SCORM
Learning assets
Assessment
Face-to-face
Online
Social
Webinars
Curriculum
Roles
Objectives
Competencies
Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators

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LMS Whistlestop Tour © Synapsys 2015
Performance
management
Access
Types of
learningReporting
By role
Standard or customised
Integrates all types
Badges
Certification
Evaluation
Performance
management
- Objectives
- Goal setting/tracking
- 360 feedback
- Link to HRIS
Report activity
Curriculum
Roles
Objectives
Competencies
Built in LMS/SCORM
Learning assets
Assessment
Face-to-face
Online
Social
Webinars
Enrolment
SSO
Permissions
Payments
Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators
Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators

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LMS Whistlestop Tour © Synapsys 2015
Performance
management
Access
Types of
learningReporting
By role
Standard or customised
Integrates all types
Badges
Certification
Evaluation
Performance
management
- Objectives
- Goal setting/tracking
- 360 feedback
- Link to HRIS
Manage people
Curriculum
Roles
Objectives
Competencies
Built in LMS/SCORM
Learning assets
Assessment
Face-to-face
Online
Social
Webinars
Enrolment
SSO
Permissions
Payments
Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators
Learners
Facilitators
Managers
Administrators

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Year One
Organisation
FtFadmin
eLearning
Compliance
Reporting
Careerdev.
Perf.Man
Rev.gen
Ext.
stakeholder
needs
Health
Government
Automotive
Science
Construction
Commercial
Prof. serv.
Health

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Organisation
FtFadmin
eLearning
Compliance
Reporting
Careerdev.
Perf.Man
Rev.gen
Ext.
stakeholder
needs
Health
Government – – – – – – – –
Automotive
Science
Construction – – – – – – – –
Commercial
Prof. serv.
Health
Year Three

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Latest trajectory
What How
70/20/10 Badges/hours/micro credits
Experience API
Social learning
3rd party value Multi-tenanting/sub-themeing
Continuing Professional
Development
Content sharing, social/dispersed
learning
Wherever you get it, wherever you do it, it
counts

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Badging

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Experience API
Credit Liz Burow (@burlix)

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phil.garing@synapsys.co.nz
Thoughts?