Blogs Archives - Learn on Demand Systems

Learn on Demand Systems Named to Third Training Industry Watch List for 2020

New Port Richey, Fla, November 19, 2020 – Learn on Demand Systems has been named a 2020 IT Training Watch List Company by Training Industry. This is the company’s third Watch List recognition since May 2020, complementing recent listings in the Online Learning Library and Training Outsourcing categories.

The 2020 IT Training Watch List is intended to better inform professionals about the best and most innovative providers of training services and technologies.

“We are honored to be named to a third Training Industry Watch List since last May,” said Corey Hynes, CEO of Learn […]

Jenny Davis2020-11-19T21:07:06+00:00Blogs, Press Releases|

Learn on Demand Systems Surpasses 650 Challenge Labs in 2020

New Port Richey, Fla, November 19, 2020 – Learn on Demand Systems is adding 100 labs to its popular Challenge Labs library in the last six weeks of 2020, bringing the total to 650 unique labs. This milestone is particularly notable as the company was recently recognized as a leader in the IT Training industry as a 2020 Training Industry Watch List company.

These challenge-based, scored labs give learners extensive hands-on practice to develops skills across a variety of technologies, from Linux to Microsoft Azure to security, to help them prepare for certifications […]

Jenny Davis2020-11-19T21:39:53+00:00Blogs, Press Releases|

Re-introducing Launch, our quarterly event series

Join us for Launch Q4 2020, coming up December 9 & 10.

Multiple tracks. Multiple days. All LIVE and online across multiple time zones.

Learn more at https://lods.one/launch and register today!

Jenny Davis2020-11-30T16:45:08+00:00Blogs, Events|

Announcing NEW Live Chat Support!

More exclusive access to technical support for your classes, labs and lab development is here!

Learn on Demand Systems prides itself on providing world- class, 24/7 customer support. We’ve extended that commitment with a direct 1-to-1 live chat with our Support team.

You are now able to immediately engage with our Support team on any page within Lab on Demand and Training Management System (TMS) as well as within lab instances.

This new chat feature, developed during a recent Hackathon, provides our customers the option to receive immediate assistance on any questions or technical needs while working within the […]

Jenny Davis2020-11-19T22:17:00+00:00Blogs|

Steptober 2020: Thirty-one Short Days and a Month Filled with Amazing Results

Corporate wellness challenges aren’t a new thing, but when your team is spread across the world, you need to get more creative.

We don’t have a parking lot for a 5K or a break room for healthy snacks, but we do have a Wellness channel in Microsoft Teams where our team members share their activities, workout successes and favorite recipes.

Halfway through September, “Steptober” was announced. The premise was simple: Create a team, set your personal daily step goal and results would be tabulated weekly and tracked as a percentage to goal.

About 15 minutes later, teams were forming and the gloves were […]

Jenny Davis2020-11-06T20:30:45+00:00Blogs|

Learn on Demand Systems Renews Cornerstone Membership with The Performance Testing Council

New Port Richey, Fla, October 15, 2020

Learn on Demand Systems has renewed their Cornerstone membership with The Performance Testing Council, a non-profit dedicated to innovation in Performance-based Testing, which replaces traditional tests with real-word tasks performed in live environments.

“Cornerstone members like Learn on Demand Systems show their leadership in the performance testing field by making a significant investment in The Performance Testing Council,” says Julie Wineberg, Executive Director of The Performance Testing Council. “Their support aids in continuing our viability as a non-profit consortium focused on sharing knowledge and experience with many professionals in the testing industry.”

Learn on Demand Systems […]

Jenny Davis2020-10-26T17:14:15+00:00Blogs, Press Releases|

Learn on Demand Systems Named to G2’s Fall Grid Reports

New Port Richey, Fla, October 6, 2020 – Learn on Demand Systems has been identified as one of the best providers for both Virtual IT Labs and Technical Skills Development, based on its high levels of customer satisfaction and likeliness to recommend ratings from real users on G2, the world’s leading business solutions review website.

Companies that receive top honors are named to G2’s quarterly grid reports. Learn on Demand Systems joined G2 in August 2020 and achieved placement on these two grid reports within their first month of membership.

“We are pleased to be included in G2’s […]

Jenny Davis2020-10-06T11:55:32+00:00Blogs, Press Releases|

Announcing our Simplified Developer Experience

Learn on Demand Systems prides itself on the advanced capabilities the Lab on Demand platform provides authors when creating lab environments. These environments can take a lot of work to get from concept to prototype to production environment, and we are working on a variety of platform changes to simplify your lab development experience.

These changes are designed to provide more efficient workflows and reduce development time. The new experience was announced in the Launch Q3 Keynote as well as explained in greater detail in the event session, Time is Money – Build […]

Jenny Davis2020-11-24T21:47:43+00:00Blogs|

How to Engage Students in Online or Blended Classes

In March, due to the spread of coronavirus, community colleges and universities nationwide closed their physical campuses and quickly moved to online classes. The effort was vital to ensure that instruction continued.

According to a recent report in “The Chronicle of Higher Education,” only 24% of higher education institutions will offer fully in-person classes this fall. The others will offer fully online or blended learning. With the majority of students learning in an online classroom, creating engaging online and blended learning experiences is critical.

Why is engagement important to learning?

Engagement has long been a defining and critical component […]

Laura Faughtenberry2020-08-28T17:43:54+00:00Blogs|

Building Hands-on Labs in a Hybrid Cloud Environment

Learn on Demand Systems has a long history of developing hands-on labs that are instructional, compelling and creative. We have a full staff of lab developers, editors and testers who create cloud and software-based labs on a variety of platforms.

Many of our customers have found that their lab developers can be more efficient while creating labs if our team edits and tests the labs, freeing them to do what they do best. We also optimize labs so that their use of resources balances performance and cost.

We have also built web services that automate the management of hybrid environments, freeing our […]

Jenny Davis2020-08-20T18:57:53+00:00Blogs, Case Studies|

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