Hear TJ Seabrooks, CEO at Rustici Software, share how to design your learning ecosystem to set you up for success.

1. Webinar
Ins and Outs of Connecting
Technologies in a Modern
Learning Ecosystem
Thursday, August 27, 2020
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM CDT
Speaker
TJ Seabrooks
CEO at Rustici Software

2. What will we be talking about
● Understanding the learning landscape
○ Old vs new ecosystem
○ Industry growth
● Organizing your ecosystem
○ Content, systems, reports
● Building an example ecosystem
● Next steps
● Takeaways and final considerations

3. The learning landscape

4. The old “ecosystem”
Content System Report

5. The real ecosystem
LMSs
LCMSs
Mobile
Apps
LXPs/
LEPs
TMSs /
HCMs
Gamification
Platforms
Authoring
Tools
Off-the-
shelf
Content
Libraries
Simulators
Custom /
Bespoke
Content
Data
Analytics /
Business
Intelligence
Platforms
LRSs
Internal
learning
ecosystem

6. Understanding today’s market
By the numbers
$370B
The size of the global
corporate training
market.
23
The average number of
systems an organization
uses for L&D.
~12%Percentage of the training
budget that is spent on tools
and platforms.
*Training Industry “The Business Of Corporate Training Landscape: A Guide To The Training Market”
**Josh Bersin “Learning Technology Evolves: Integrated Platforms Are Arriving”
* ** **

7. The real ecosystem
694
LMSs
128
LCMSs
117
Mobile
Apps
20
LXPs/
LEPs
288
TMSs /
HCMs
81Gamification
Platforms
90
Authoring
Tools
277
Off-the-
shelf
Content
Libraries
117
Simulators
357
Custom /
Bespoke
Content
244
Data
Analytics /
Business
Intelligence
Platforms
11
LRSs
Internal
learning
ecosystem
#s of providers listed across
multiple software directories including
Capterra, Training Industry, eLearning List.

8. Order from chaos

9. The components
Applications
LXP
LCMS
LRS
Content distribution
Content centralizations
Purchased library
Multiple systems
Non-learning tools
● CRM
● Email
● Slack
Outputs
xAPI
APIs
LRS
BI tools
Databases
CSV
Content type
VR/AR experiences
Videos
PDFs and documents
PowerPoint decks
Activity type
eLearning courses (CBT)
Games
Simulation
Live training
Source
Internal L&D team
External vendors
Subject Matter Experts
Learners
Standards
SCORM
xAPI
cmi5
AICC
LTI
APIs

10. The problem
content
system
system
report
content
report
system

11. Organized hubs
Systems ReportsContent
Multiple
Functional
Hubs

12. The content hub

13. Content hub
Who cares? Why?
● Quality Control
● Efficiently update & version content in one place
● Reduce the number of authoring tools
● Provide access to content / insights
● Protect intellectual property
● Enable extended enterprise training
● Control storage & hosting costs
● LMS administrators
● Content creators
● Instructional designers
● IT / Security
● Risk management
● Product managers

14. Multiple content sources

15. What we built
● Every system doesn’t need to
support every standard
● Different technologies and tools for
different needs
● Who is the user of this hub?

16. The learning system hub

17. Learning system hub
Who cares? Why?
● Access to niche and best-of-breed learning
applications
● Single learner experience for accessing all
content
● Improved discoverability
● Increased adoption and engagement
● LMS administrators
● Learners
● Learning & development
department

18. Multiple learning systems

19. What we built
● Example of a Learner-Centric hub
● How are we using each system?
● Well designed systems can be hubs
or spokes

20. The reporting hub

21. Reporting hub
Who cares? Why?
● Single system of record for reporting data
● Data portability
● Report on outcomes & metrics alongside
training and learning data
● Enable more advanced analytics efforts
● Decision makers
● Executives
● Compliance auditors
● Content authors
● Everyone...

22. Multiple reporting systems

23. What we built
● Integration responsibility can fall
to a hub or a spoke
● Don’t look for 1 tool to do it all.

24. Imagine...

25. What we built

26. What we’ll add later

27. Next steps

28. Navigating procurement
● Who will be impacted by this effort?
(Learners, Administrators, Content Authors, Decision Makers, Executives)
● Who owns each functional hub
● Are there existing relevant systems or data to consider?
(HR, Performance Data, Sales Data, Employee Reviews, etc.)
● Which systems, tools and data are involved and who are those owners?
What to ask your stakeholders

29. Navigating procurement
What to ask your vendors
● What are the tools and platforms
capable of?
● Do the tools meet the needs of all
stakeholders?
● Can the data be exported or
shared in a non-proprietary way?
● What systems have native
integrations with our tools?
● What technologies are available
to integrate these tools and
systems?
● Does the vendor offer multiple
tools intended to be integrated?
● Avoid silos!

30. Summary & takeaways

31. Key takeaways
You will have multiple content sources, learning systems, and reporting tools
in your organization; prepare appropriately.
As you centralize different functions target specific personas.
Makes it easier to adapt to & integrate other Enterprise tools that exist
outside of the L&D department.
Identify low hanging fruit first; everyone loves an easy win.

32. Questions?
Ask me anything, really!
tj.seabrooks@rusticisoftware.com
rusticisoftware.com | scorm.com | xAPI.com
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