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Jack McGrathPresident, Digitec Interactive
Simon MorganPADI Worldwide
Session 101
What you Can Achieve with a Flexible LMS
• LMS “Defined”
• Determining the features you really need
• 80/20 Rule: Achieving Flexibility
• Case Study: PADI
What you can achieve with a Flexible LMS
– Asynchronous e-Learning courses – Assessments, testing, tracking,
reporting, and measurement– Scheduling/managing
classroom/instructor led training– Student registration – Automating reporting and tracking– Student history– Supports industry standards, such
as SCORM and AICC
LMS “Defined” – typical LMS functionality:
Source: eLearning Guild 360 Learning Management Systems Report, 3/07
Top reasons organizations use an LMS
Hands-on Activity: Step 1. Initial Requirements
TAKE 5 MINUTES
List the functionality you think you’ll need in your LMS
Survey says…
“Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, classroom pedagogy was characterized by one-way, teacher-centered/text-book-centered delivery of single-media information to students whose role was that of passive receptor.”
Learner Requirements: How we’re taught
Source: In Search of the Next Generation Online Learning Environment. Becker, Henriksen, 10/06
Source: eLearning Guild 360 Learning Management Systems Report, 3/07, ‘”What an LMS Can’t Do”. Mosher
How & where we really learn
– Social networking– Weblogs– Video blogs– Games– Collaboration– Wikis– Twitter– Technology du jour
Web 2.0 Feature-mania?
When we need to learn
1. When learning for the first time2. When wanting to learn more3. When trying to remember4. When things change5. When something goes wrong
Source: eLearning Guild 360 Learning Management Systems Report, 3/07, ‘”What an LMS Can’t Do”. Mosher
TAKE 5 MINUTES
•Who are they? List your learner groups
•How do they currently learn?
•What is the environment and their constraining factors?
Hands-on Activity: Step 2. Learner Requirements
Technical Requirements:
The Use-Case for your stakeholders
Source: eLearning Guild 360 Learning Management Systems Report, 3/07
TAKE 5 MINUTES
•List your Stakeholders
•Outline the use-case for each to identify what features they need
Survey says…
Hands-on Activity:
Step 3. Technical Requirements
Achieving Flexibility – the 80/20 rule
1. Initial Requirements2. Learner Requirement3. Technical Requirements
Source: eLearning Guild 360 Learning Management Systems Report, 3/07
Prioritize all your requirements, then choose a system that can
deliver 80%
• The PADI model• The PADI learner
– Blended learning experience
– Learner connectivity• The Stakeholders
– Localized Dive Shop administrators and Instructors
– IT Integration
Case Study: PADI
Jack McGrathPresident, Digitec Interactive
Simon MorganPADI Worldwide
What you Can Achieve with a Flexible LMS
Thank You!