The LMS market is heating up by the day for past many months now and it looks like it is going, more or less, as predicted by Bersin & Associates about 6 months back – The LMS market: hotter than ever. I have seen a significant increase in attention towards LMS both in terms of technology and also in terms of the end value being delivered by it to an organization, its end users (learners, instructors, and administrators). To keep up with the happenings, trends, innovations, and other information on LMS and to ensure our teams at Upside involved in core LMS development, client implementations, client support and Innovation team are in tune with the industry we follow a host of blogs that focus specifically on LMS, learning technology, and related topics.
I list below a list of top 13 blogs (in alphabetical order) that we follow for LMS (and learning technology):
- ALearning
- Bersin & Associates – The Business of Talent
- Bersin & Associates – Learning on the Leading Edge
- Educause – Learning Technologies
- eLearning Technology
- E-Learning 24/7 Blog
- eLearning Blog Dont Waste Your Time
- eLearning Weekly
- Elliott Masie’s Learning Trends
- Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day
- SumTotal Talent Development Blog
- Upside Learning Solutions Blog
- Workplace Learning Today by Brandon Hall Research
Initially when I started compiling this list I was hopeful of covering at least 15 blogs for LMS (and Learning technology). However I could not list more than 13 such blogs.
Please submit blogs which you feel have a strong focus on LMS and learning technology and would be worth to add to this list of preferred blogs.
I will come back and edit this post to add a few more blogs as I become aware of them. Cheers!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Amit.
Thanks for this list; there are a few I’d not heard of before … and thank you for including my blog as well; much appreciated. I’m honoured to be in such exalted company.
Kind regards, David
April 15th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Hi Amit,
My blog is fully dedicated to the LMS field, from an independent consultant point of view. It includes various topics, market analysis (mostly from the french market perspective) and vendors interviews. Unfortunately, it is currently in French. I am evaluating the opportunity to translate it in english…
http://www.lms-selection.com
April 15th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Hi Sebastien, I will have a look at the blog very soon. Thanks for pointing me to it. I’d use a translate tool to look through. I am sure it would be included when I edit this post and add a few more blogs shortly. Thanks.
April 15th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Hi David, thank you for keeping your blog valuable consistently. I am sure many people find your blog of significance.
April 15th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Hi Amit,
Could you also add the TrainingForce Blog to your list? The site is http://www.trainingforce.com/blog. This blog discusses many things that apply to LMS and the training industry, worldwide. Thank-you for your consideration.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Hi Amit,
You might want to check out IconLogic’s blog. It covers a pretty wide range of topics pertaining to the professional learning field including: Captivate, RoboHelp, FrameMaker, Camtasia, Acrobat and PowerPoint tips & tricks, Writing & Grammar for training pointers, and various articles about mLearning, eLearing and Social Media.
http://iconlogic.blogs.com/
April 15th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Hello Amit,
We just launched this informative video blog at http://elearningtv.blogspot.com/
Please check it out and add it to your list, thank you!
April 16th, 2010 at 3:41 am
Hi Amit
This is a great list – thanks for putting it together!
You may like to take a look at the Litmos ‘Learning Journey’ blog that I write which covers all topics ranging from LMSs and eLearning tech to industry news: http://blog.litmos.com
Cheers, Nicole
@Schnicker
April 16th, 2010 at 7:08 am
Thanks @Kim @AJ @Jeff and @Nicole
I will definitely have a look at all the blogs mentioned and come back and update my list shortly. Thank you all for pointing me to these blogs.
Cheers!
April 21st, 2010 at 10:15 pm
You can’t be serious….All I can say is Wow…you left out many great industry blogs….please…this is a very suspect list to say they are the “top” anything……totally link bait…..who are you kidding really….its not even good link bait….
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:17 am
Gloria,
I am sure there are very good blogs which are out there that I am not aware of. As I said in my post this is the list of top 13 blogs I follow. In fact, I am keen, and would be happy, to extend this list with more names. If you could please share a few blogs for LMS (and learning technology) I will soon edit my post to extend the list.
Thanks.
April 23rd, 2010 at 6:08 am
Amit — Thanks so much for the mention! There’s so much focus on LMSes these days that aLearning will be doing more posts on the topic. In fact, watch for an update in the next couple of days on the “LMS = Losing My Smile” post that got so much attention awhile back.
Keep up the great work here at Upside Learning Solutions!
April 23rd, 2010 at 6:13 am
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April 27th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Amit -
Thanks for this list (and for a great blog!). Trade and professional associations may also want to check out our ongoing series of (free) audio interviews with LMS providers in the association market at:
http://www.tagoras.com/tag/association-lms/
as well as our (also free) overview of LMS usage in the association market:
http://www.tagoras.com/docs/Tagoras-Association-LMS-Report-Overview.pdf
Jeff
April 28th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Amit – thanks for such a useful list.
April 28th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Thanks Jeff. I will have a look shortly at the links you have provided.
April 28th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Thanks Jaspreet.
May 8th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
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May 21st, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Hi Amit,
LMS-selection.com is now partially translated in english, including all LMS vendors interviews.
April 12th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
hi Amit,
here’s another blog for the list – concentrating on what is important when choosing your LMS to do the one thing it’s meant to – make staff better at their jobs.
http://www.brightwave.co.uk/blog/what-is-important-when-choosing-your-lms
Cheers,
Peter Styles
August 31st, 2011 at 7:37 am
In the LMS space, I enjoy the blogs by DOTS (http://is.gd/rosS1h) and Xyleme (http://www.xyleme.com/blog/).
August 31st, 2011 at 8:44 am
@Gloria Goldstein – Wow, Amit left out many great industry blogs – but you can’t even name one.
November 14th, 2011 at 9:58 am
Amit, this is very generous of you! Thank you! You are welcome to check out my blog and feel free to add it to this resource: http://www.effectiveonlineteaching.com
Thanks for your posts!
December 6th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Helpful list. Thanks. Many sites are industry-specific. It would be helpful if that was identified on the list.