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The Complexity Of Learning
Spotlight

UpsideLMS Wins A Silver In CLO’s Learning In Practice Award 2011
Case Study

Scenario-Based Course With Self-Paced Exploration
Up For Grabs

White Paper: Do You Need Games In Your eLearning Mix?


Upside Learning In A Flash
Industry Sightings
Mobile Data Traffic Expected To Grow Ten-Fold By 2016
50% Of U.S. Cellphone Users Have Apps
Upside Learning In News
Arabic Version Of UpsideLMS Released
Special Pricing For UpsideLMS Ends Soon
 
From The Director’s Desk
 
As our quote for this issue of Upside Learning Buzz rightly says‚ there is always a beginning; behind the awards and recognitions‚ the features and the frills‚ the people and their efforts.

Winning the Learning In Practice Award 2011 takes me back to the early days of our company when UpsideLMS was launched as a indigenously-built Learning Management System. Since then it has undergone numerous facelifts‚ notched various awards and recognitions‚ and served a wide range of clients across various industries and countries. I would like to thank you for being a part of our extended Upside Learning family. We owe our success to you as much as to all our team members.

Coming to the newsletter‚ the UpsideLMS flavor continues (quite evidently) in the news section too‚ while the other sections will give you a taste of custom eLearning‚ game-based learning‚ mobile learning and more.
 
 
Until next time‚ happy reading.


Amit Gautam
Director - Technology Solutions


 
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The Complexity Of Learning

Learning is a process that is riddled with complexity. The science of complexity offers a different type of lens to view learning‚ one that is apart from cog-psych lens designers so often wear.

So learn how ‘complexity’ as a scientific concept affects learning‚ especially if you consider learning as a complex adaptive network that is driven by human desire for knowledge and sociability‚ in our 2 part series on ‘The Complexity Of Learning – I and II’.
Spotlight

UpsideLMS Wins A Silver In CLO’s Learning In Practice Award 2011

UpsideLMS is on a roll! After winning 5 Brandon Hall Awards in May this year‚ our best value system has notched another award.

UpsideLMS has won a Silver in the 2011 Learning In Practice Awards under ‘Excellence in LMS’ category. These awards conducted by Chief Learning Officer magazine recognize industry leaders who have demonstrated excellence in the design and delivery of employee development programs.

Besides these‚ UpsideLMS has also been featured in TrainingIndustry.com’s Learning Portal Companies Watch List for 2011.

See all our awards and recognitions.
 
  Case Study

Scenario-Based Course With Self-Paced Exploration

Know how we helped American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) develop scenario-based courses targeted at the hospitality industry employees.

Some of the highlights of the solution were non-linear navigation for self-paced exploration‚ graphically realistic characters and environment‚ engaging and realistic scenarios‚ and judicious mix of infographic-style visuals and animations with plain text.
 
 
  Up For Grabs

White Paper: Do You Need Games In Your eLearning Mix?

Organizations looking to make investments in digital game-based learning (DGBL) are often unsure about what type of digital games to use and for what purpose. This white paper provides information on the imperative of using games in the workplace‚ for which audience and where to begin; it gives a comprehensive overview of the different types of games that can be used for organizational learning‚ and for what purposes they are effective. It also discusses how developing DGBL is different from developing conventional eLearning.

Read this white paper to know how to use digital games effectively at this time and given the current state of game technology. Download Now.
Industry Sightings

Mobile Data Traffic Expected To Grow Ten-Fold By 2016

Mobile data traffic is expected to grow ten-fold by 2016‚ according to research published by Ericsson. The firm said that this rise will be driven by a combination of emerging markets gaining better access to smartphones and mature markets using services that rely on mobile broadband more extensively. Learn More.



50% Of U.S. Cellphone Users Have Apps

Pew survey reports that half (51%) of users who have apps on their cellphones use them at least once a week. Less than a fifth (17%) do not use apps on a regular basis. For tablets‚ 39% use apps six or more times a week with 8% reporting no app activity. Learn More.
 
 
  Upside Learning In News

Arabic Version Of UpsideLMS Released

We are proud to mark yet another feature release that makes our solutions truly global. The unrivalled specifications of UpsideLMS are now extended to support Arabic language. UpsideLMS’ Arabic version not only extends full support for ‘right to left’ text and Arabic fonts‚ but also helps learning administrators to manage content in English.

Get the entire feature list and pricing details for UpsideLMS.
 
  Special Pricing For UpsideLMS Ends Soon

It’s only a matter of few weeks before the special pricing of UpsideLMS comes to an end. After carrying a price tag of $13500 per annum for unlimited users for the past 13 months‚ UpsideLMS is set to undergo a price revision in December.

Get in touch with us now to get the most of out of our special pricing.
 
  Upside Learning In A Flash

A recognized leader in training outsourcing‚ we are one of the leading names in Custom eLearning‚ Learning Management System (LMS) and Mobile Learning Solutions the world over. For over 7 years‚ our award-winning solutions and services have enabled 150+ clients from a diverse set of industries and countries manage their learning easily and effectively.

Our solutions and services portfolio includes:
  1. Custom eLearning Development
  2. Mobile Learning Solutions
  3. UpsideLMS - Our multi-award winning‚ best value Learning Management System
  4. Upside2Go - Our revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning
  5. Catalog Courses
  6. Technical Support Services
  7. UpsideLMS Administrative Services
Get a detailed overview of our solutions and services.

Bell‚ Tyco Learning‚ Ensco‚ Kraft Asia‚ L’Oreal‚ Australian Aerospace‚ L&T‚ HDFC are few of our prestigious clients managing their learning with our solutions and services. Read some of our client testimonials or read some case studies.

Last but not the least - Awards. We have been consistently picking up awards and other recognition every year‚ including the most recent‚ 5 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards (2010) for UpsideLMS and inclusion of Upside Learning in Training Industry’s ‘2010 Top 20 Learning Portal Companies List’. See all our awards and recognitions.

PS: If video is your kind of thing‚ here’s a short AV that will give you a sneak peek into our company in just 60 seconds.
 
   
 
 
 
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