Open Source? Keep an Open Mind
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DevLearn 2017 Conference & Expo - October 25, 2017

Jim Farrell
Director, Learning Design and Development
SAS Institute

Candace Marles
Manager of Digital Learning
SAS Institute
There are amazing software tools out there, but L&D departments are typically the first to be cut and the last to receive funding. How can you deliver world-class training on a shoestring budget?
In this session, you will learn how a large corporation used open-source tools to deliver a data scientist certification program, training for customers, and enablement for employees within the company. You will learn how open-source tools allow companies to go green by replacing printed materials with annotatable PDFs. And you will learn how collecting detailed analytics with an open-source LRS is shaping the direction of the entire education division.
In this session, you will learn:
- What “open source” means
- What open-source options are available
- Different ways to deliver on an open-source platform
- How you can utilize an open-source LRS
- How plug-ins allow for the ability to expand to a larger ecosystem
- How to extend a training program globally
Audience:
Novice to intermediate designers, developers, project managers, managers,
directors, and senior leaders (VP, CLO, executive, etc.).
Technology
discussed in this session:
Moodle, Learning Locker, TechSmith Camtasia,
GoAnimate, and Amazon Web Services.
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