Lessons learned over the last 10 years

It’s an exciting month for all of us at LearnUpon – we are incredibly proud to be celebrating our 10th birthday.

To mark this significant milestone, we sat down with CEO Brendan Noud and CTO Des V. Anderson, LearnUpon’s co-founders, to chat about the valuable lessons they’ve learned over the last 10 years. Here is a brief summary.

How has the LMS industry evolved over the last decade?

Des:

Over the last decade, elements like uptime and the rapid delivery of features have now become the norm in the industry, thanks to cloud-based LMSs becoming the go-to learning solution. Some LMSs are being left on the shelf based on the unreliability of out-of-date technology or the way that they’re deployed. That wasn’t necessarily true when we started out. And of course, how people learn has changed dramatically. It’s all about micro, on-the-go learning, and it’s no longer about the long, time-consuming, information heavy courses. Today, the most important aspects of any training program is the core LMS and delivering the best learning experience possible.

What’s your big prediction for how corporate training will change in the long-term?

Brendan:

A digital-first mindset. I believe that teams are more and more focused on, and valuing, L&D, especially high-quality L&D. Ensuring focus and spend alignment in this area will become more of a priority. But more importantly, relating to ecosystems, collating all your learning data and reporting on that will be a key long-term sustainable component. Your focus is about ensuring it’s happening; the impact is in how it’s happening.

Visit our blog post, Lessons Learned from 10 Years in the LMS Space for the full article.