ABJADE Training Edge
Training Edge provide LMS, LCMS and Social Learning Software.
TrainingEdge offers:
- A complete, integrated learning system including a full-function configurable LMS, collaborative authoring, and support for informal learning.
- Full Configurable Functionality out of the box that eliminates costly and time-consuming customizations
- Software-as-a-Service Deployment that removes the concerns around hardware, software, upgrades, and maintenance
- Implementation in Days rather than weeks or months required by other vendors
- Fast Time-to-Value / Lowest Cost of Ownership enables you to focus on results rather than justifying expenditures
Learner Management (LMS)
Optimizes the effectiveness and efficiency of training administrators. Templates, automation to import existing user and course data, and a rich set of GUI-based configuration capabilities make it easy to configure and administrate the system to your exact needs without programming or long-term professional service contracts. Read More
Collaborative Authoring
Deliver highly effective learning in days. Reduce development time and relieve the burden on your training team with business-oriented functionality for collaborative content development, learning administration and on-going learner support. Read More
Social Learning 2.0
Take advantage of an integrated business social software 2.0 environment to support informal learning. Recreate and extend the invaluable student-to-student and student-to-instructor interactions that occur during instructor led training. TrainingEdge.com leverages the individual strengths and integrates a wide-breadth of social software capabilities including communities, wikis, blogs, expertise exchange, private messaging, and more to support informal learning and the bi-directional transfer of knowledge. Read More
Modularization
Organizing and delivering training content is the most important aspect of a training or learning professional program. Logical content flow, from one subject to the next, is a vital component to training courseware. Breaking subjects down into individual concepts, supported with the right context, is what really makes courses effective in their delivery. Additionally, modularized courses allow learners to quickly reference content and ensure they apply the principles according to training initiatives.
Intuitiveness
Guiding a learner from concept learning to knowledge mastery is the key to increasing individual performance. As a learner progresses through a training course, supported by quizzes, tests, games, reviews and other materials, they will feel their competency increase and enjoy training more. An effective LMS will allow clients to import various types of learning tools to guide their learners to knowledge mastery and performance, measuring individual progress throughout the training experience.
Interactivity
Maintaining learners' attention during training is as important as the training content itself. Each individual is unique in their style of learning and an effective LMS will adapt to and offer various learning styles. By illustrating content using various perspectives and learning formats, the training for each individual becomes more personalized and valuable. Content should be rich, delivered using such elements as scenarios, problem solving exercises, 3D models, videos, graphics, audio segments, and games. An effective LMS will help customers combine these elements and make memorable the training experience for learners.
Flexibility
Most organizations want to deliver training their own way. An LMS provider that most cultivates this forethought will provide more value to training programs. Knowing how to implement training, be it a primary training solution or part of a blended training program, will produce the most results. The most important flexibility in an LMS is its ability to cross-convert various mediums and deliver training using multiple platforms and formats. For example, converting a PowerPoint presentation to Flash and adding audio, video, and graphical interfaces to the presentation is what can bring a standard training module into a knowledge building, custom learning experience.
Traceability
Tracking and measuring the effectiveness of training programs is what separates an average LMS from an LMS focused on results. Individualized reports, measuring what an individual learned, how long it took them to take the training, and how well they achieved knowledge mastery is what validates training programs. An effective LMS provider gives clients the ability to see reports, in real-time, shows the information on an individual level, and how well the training was received. Knowing this information opens the door to individual customized training, as administrators recognize the skills of each person as well as their skill gaps. The administrator can then help each individual focus on the training that will help them do their jobs more effectively and efficiently, and/or implement change within the organization to hone the skills of individuals.
Learning object repository.
The learning object repository is a central database in which learning content is stored and managed. It’s from this point that individual learning objects are either dispensed to users individually or used as components to assemble larger learning modules or full courses, depending on individual learning needs. The instructional output may be delivered via the Web, CD-ROM, or printed materials. The same object may be used as many times and for as many purposes as is appropriate. The integrity of the content is preserved regardless of the delivery platform. XML serves this function by separating content from programming logic and code.
Automated Authoring Application.
This application is used to create the reusable learning objects that are accessible in the repository. The application automates development by providing authors with templates and storyboarding capabilities that incorporate instructional design principles. Using these templates, authors may develop an entire course by using existing learning objects in the repository, creating new learning objects, or using a combination of old and new objects. Authors may be subject matter experts, instructional designers, media production artists, a community of practice leaders, and so forth. The tool may also be used to rapidly convert libraries of an organization’s existing content, typically by adding media, customized interfaces, and instructional methodologies. An author may reside within an organization or at an outsourced provider.
Dynamic Delivery Interface.
To serve up a learning object based on learner profiles, pretests, and/or user queries, a dynamic delivery interface is required. This component also provides user tracking, links to related sources of information, and multiple assessment types with user feedback. This interface can be customized for the organization using the LCMS. For example, content may be presented on Webpages emblazoned with the company logo and a look and feel designed to reflect the desired corporate image. The look and feel may also be localized to the user’s region.
Administrative application.
This application is used to manage learners’ records, launch e-learning courses from course catalogs, track and report the progress of learners, and provide other basic administrative functions. This information can be fed into an LMS designed with more robust administrative functionality.
The downside of the LCMS proposition is that it takes a great deal of foresight, planning, and skill to design effective learning objects--even when templates and examples are provided. Designers must think in a non-linear fashion and have a fair understanding of all the contexts in which an object might be needed or used. For example, if a learning object is taken out of colntext or presented with insufficient supporting information, it can do more harm than good. Some courses, such as those required for safety or certification programs, are required to cover a specific set of topics in a certain order and should not be broken apart.
To be sure, learning objects--and LCMSs--are a fixed part of the future, but they will likely always coexist with other forms of learning, such as mentoring, learning by doing, and instructor-led training.
Support for blended earning.
People learn in different ways. Our LMS should offer a curriculum that mixes classroom and virtual courses easily. Combined, those features enable prescriptive and personalized training.
Ability to integrate with HR.
LMSs that aren't synchronized with HR systems miss the boat. When systems are integrated, a human resources employee can enter a new hire's information into the HR system, and the employee is automatically signed up for training tailored to his or her role within the company.
Administration tools.
The LMS must enable administrators to manage user registrations and profiles, define roles, set curricula, chart certification paths, assign tutors, author courses, manage content, and administer internal budgets, ans user payments. Administrators need complete access to the training database, enabling them to create standard and customized reports on individual and group performance. Reports should be scalable to include the entire workforce. The system should also be able to build schedules for learners, instructors, and classrooms. Most important, all features should be manageable using automated user-friendly interfaces.
Content integration.
It's important for an LMS to provide native support to a wide range of third-party courseware. When shopping for an LMS, keep in mind that some LMSs are compatible only with the supplier's own courseware, and others do little more than pay lip-service to learning content standards. An LMS supplier should be able to certify that third-party content will work within their system, and accessing courses should be as easy as using a drop-down menu.
Adherence to standards.
An LMS should attempt to support standards, such as SCORM and AICC. Support for standards means that the LMS can import and manage content and courseware that complies with standards regardless of the authoring system that produced it.
Assessment capabilities.
Evaluation, testing, and assessment engines help developers build a program that becomes more valuable over time. It's a good idea to have an assessment feature that enables authoring within the product and includes assessments as part of each course.
Personalized Learning
Personalized Learning model recognizes that every student is an individual, with a distinct learning style, learning pace, learning path, and learning aspiration. Learner characteristic and learning reassessment will automatically redirect the student or the learning to the targeted courses required. It also take in consideration the level of the learner and his knowledge base.
Expertise Exchange: Get Answers to questions by asking the system to find the right expert.
Expert Event : Share Knowledge and answer questions about specific topic.
Communities: share knowledge within group of peers .
Example (Nurses from London vs pediatrics in UAE)
Blogging: Keep your team up to date on important issues
Wiki: collectively author or edit content
LMS: Automate the training process through administrative , registration, skills inventory courseware access.
LCMS: Develop , Manage , Maintain learning centers
What is the difference between Blogs and Wikis?
A blog is a sort of online journal. It is updated daily or weekly or whenever the author desires. A wiki is a platform that is meant for anyone to update in real time. A blog is owned by an individual whereas wiki is being updated by many people around the world.
For blogs, the timeline is more important. For wikis, when an article was published matters less, because articles are supposed to be updated as new information becomes available. Blog posts are usually one persons' opinion, followed optionally by comments. Wiki articles represent consensus, but can have an associated discussion/talk page.
A wiki is a superset of a blog. A wiki can host a blog, but not viceversa. Too emulate a blog in a wiki, the wiki page needs to be protected against editing by other users than the author, and a comment widget (e.g. Disqus) needs to be added to the page.
A wiki allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page content in a collaborative manner.
A blog is a Web site that maintains ongoing posts. A blog is frequently updated,a personal Web site featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles or other Web sites. Through Training Edge you will be able to search wikis and blogs at the same time.
Wiki:
- Multiple Authors,
- Edited by a group or team,
- Contains links to other Wiki pages,
- Continuousy changing and growing rapidly,
- Many-to-many communication.
Blogs:
- Usually a single author. Sometimes can have multiple contributors,
- Author posts, user comments,
- Opinion Sharing ,
- One-to-many content.