{"id":3986,"date":"2014-09-22T08:50:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.paradisosolutions.com\/paradiso\/blog\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:04:10","slug":"top-lms-trends-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/top-lms-trends-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Top LMS Trends of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The eLearning industry has experienced significant changes in the last years: LMS\u2019 releases, new and improved versions of partnerships, plugins\u2019 updates, new trends, and seamless integrations. All of these improvements helped the industry grow significantly compared to past years. To be able to stay ahead of the game, LMS vendors and developers must continuously improve and innovate. As the eLearning industry expands, we have looked into and listed<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ludificacion-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"ludificacion\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> some of the <b>top LMS trends for 2014<\/b>:<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Gamification: <\/b>this feature is extremely important to keep user engagement at a maximum level. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paradisosolutions.com\/learning-management-system\/education\">Gamifying LMS<\/a> courses stimulates healthy competition by implementing game mechanics and new ways of thinking on your training, while the participant&#8217;s reward center in the brain gets continuously stimulated.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Tin Can API<\/b>: introduced in 2012, Tin Can API is a rising star and an important eLearning tool that has entered into play in 2014, thanks to its potential to transform the learning landscape. The Tin Can API helps instructors to track learning and measure results. It also helps to evaluate the learner\u2019s performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Mobile Learning:<\/b> a trending topic in the eLearning industry in recent years. In a nutshell, the mobile learning is the ability to provide instruction through mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. M-learning supports documents, multimedia, notifications, quizzes, assignments and other course material. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Two variants of M-Learning ar<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mobile-learning-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"mobile-learning\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">e:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paradisosolutions.com\/solutions\/mobile-learning\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Dedicated mobile apps:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a> its implementation consists in an eLearning instance on a mobile application using the most popular operating systems of the market.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Responsive themes:<\/b> the most cost-effective solution, being the responsiveness the ability of the system to rapidly adjust to different screen sizes, in order to adjust to any mobile device.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Social Learning: <\/b>it made an explosive entrance in the eLearning industry. This trendy feature promotes a top\u00a0LMS environment by encouraging learning, facilitating communication and enabling sharing. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paradisosolutions.com\/social-learning\">Social learning<\/a> also encourages each participant to learn from and with the other members of the group by leveraging tools such as:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Social wall<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Video Conference<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Wikis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Forums<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Chats<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Discussions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You will be able to get more out of the social experience if it\u2019s combined with other great tools and trends such as mobile learning and some well oriented integrations.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">As you can see, there are numerous <b>top LMS trends for 2014<\/b>, and many others are still to come since the eLearning industry is rapidly changing! 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