Learn.com was a software company headquartered in
Sunrise, Florida. Learn.com provided on-demand
learning management and
talent management
Talent management (TM) refers to the anticipation of required human capital for an organization and the planning to meet those needs. The field has been growing in significance and gaining interest among practitioners as well as in the scholarl ...
software, and
e-learning
Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning. When referred to with its abbreviation, edtech, it often refer ...
courses.
History
Learn.com was founded by Jim Riley and Patrick Toomey in January 1999 as a website that allowed anyone to create and publish
e-learning
Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning. When referred to with its abbreviation, edtech, it often refer ...
courses or e-learning sites (called LearnCenters). Learn.com became an early example of a website containing
open content.
In September 2000, Learn.com introduced the first commercial version of its LearnCenter LMS, with assistance of co-founder JW Ray.
In June 2001, Learn.com client
ECOT became the first electronic charter school in the nation to graduate students.
In September 2002, Learn.com acquired Learn2 Corporation, a provider of e-learning content.
In June 2004, Learn.com acquired Mentor Communications, Inc.
In December 2005, Learn.com introduced LearnCenter X, the
HCM industry's first integrated
Talent management
Talent management (TM) refers to the anticipation of required human capital for an organization and the planning to meet those needs. The field has been growing in significance and gaining interest among practitioners as well as in the scholarl ...
suite.
In September 2007, Learn.com introduced its WebRoom
web conferencing
Web conferencing is used as an umbrella term for various types of online conferencing and collaborative services including webinars (web seminars), webcasts, and web meetings. Sometimes it may be used also in the more narrow sense of the peer-l ...
product.
In June 2009, Learn.com introduced its Learn.com Personal Edition (LPE), a website that allows anyone to take courses and learn/improve skills or create and publish their own courses.
In October 2010, Learn.com was acquired by
Taleo Corporation
Taleo Corporation was a publicly traded database vendor based in Dublin, California, Dublin, California which was acquired by Oracle in 2012. Taleo's product offerings primarily focus on talent acquisition (recruitment), performance management, ...
(NASDAQ: TLEO), a leader in the on-demand Talent Management market. In April 2012, Taleo was in turn acquired by Oracle Corporation and Learn.com technology became the foundation for the Oracle Learn Cloud product.
Awards
In November 2009, ''Elearning! Magazine'' announced that Learn.com was the first winner in their newly created Best Talent Management System (TMS) category. Learn.com also won top honors for its Learning Management System (LMS) in this readers' choice award and continued the trend of Best Enterprise LMS recognition for a record fourth year in a row as the company had won top honors in 2006 from ''Training Magazine''.
In January 2008, ''Elearning! Magazine'' announced that their readers had voted the Learn.com LearnCenter platform as the Best LMS for 2007.
[Elearning! Magazine: "Best of Elearning! Awards 2007", Dec 2007 ] ''Elearning! Magazine'' voters also gave top honors to Learn.com's Information Technology (IT) and Soft Skills content libraries.
Learn.com LearnCenter was voted one of the Best Enterprise LMS for 2007 and 2008.
[Elearning! Magazine: "Best of Elearning! Award Winners Named", pg 18 Dec 2008/Jan 2009]
See also
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Human Capital Management
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, an ...
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Learning Management System
A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, materials or learning and development programs. The lear ...
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Performance Management
Performance management (PM) is the process of ensuring that a set of activities and outputs meets an organization's goals in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on the performance of a whole organization, a ...
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Software companies established in 1999
1999 establishments in Florida
Software companies based in Florida
Companies based in Broward County, Florida
Sunrise, Florida
2010 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct software companies of the United States