Heartbeat Review: A Community-First Platform for Courses, Memberships, and Cohort Learning

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In a number of articles on this site we have talked a lot about different types of Learning Management System – including heralding a more recent type of platform based around community-learning. Over the Read more

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Should your LMS also handle Sales and Marketing?

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When organisations start building an online academy or course business, one architectural decision often appears very early — though many people don’t realise how Read more

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The Components of a Modern Learning Management System

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Several years ago, while analysing the changing role of LMS platforms in both corporate and academic environments, I proposed a framework for understanding the Read more

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Where Course Creators Go Wrong When Choosing an LMS

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Over the past few years, I’ve worked with course creators and training organisations at very different stages of growth. Some were launching their first programme. Others were migrating Read more

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Selling courses on-line: 10 Critical questions to ask before choosing an LMS

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AI Create Index 220 (meaning that although the copy is original and product testing was caried out,  AI was used in the research for the content, and the Read more

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The Rise of Social LMS’s: Why Community will shape the Future of Learning

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AI Create Index 540 (meaning that although the copy is original and product testing was caried out,  AI was used in the research for the content, and the copy was refined and Read more

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Not all LMS Platforms are Created Equal (Updated)

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(Originally published on LinkedIn in 2018 and revised in 2023, now updated for 2025 with new insights into today’s evolving LMS landscape)

AI Create Index 040 (meaning AI was not used in the research or writing the content but Read more

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