Corporations, hospitals, non-profits, and many other organizations are making the switch to open-source Moodle, the world’s most widely used learning platform, for their professional development, onboarding, compliance, and other training needs. Driving this trend is the fact that open-source software is both free to use as well as highly customizable to meet specific user needs. No matter the type of organization, Moodle can streamline best of breed training content into a centralized online environment for a more flexible, efficient, and economical training solution.

In this session, you will learn why open-source Moodle sets the bar in the corporate, government, and non-profit sectors and how an organization can best take advantage of these cost effective solutions. We will highlight why open-source technologies such as Moodle are superior and discuss trends in training platform adoption. We will also discuss best practices for using Moodle as a training tool, such as how to create an efficient onboarding process, use analytics to track employee training and improve outcomes and skillsets, and how to incorporate eCommerce functionality such as a shopping cart to share/sell courses.

You will gain insights on:

• The growing open-source trend in the corporate sector
• How using Moodle can lead to receiving the highest possible level of service at the lowest possible price
• Best practices in Moodle implementation and utilization

Mr. Carlson co-founded eThink Education more than nine years ago and today has oversight of the entire operation.  He brings over 15 years of education technology experience, including 6 years at SunGard HE (now Ellucian) as a Senior Technical Consultant where he worked extensively with Student Information Systems.  Mr. Carlson holds a BS in Physics and Astronomy from The Evergreen State College and is active in advising entities on eLearning initiatives through outside advisory roles such as his seat on the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board.

As VP of Business Development & Strategy Mr. Jones is responsible for overseeing eThink's channel network and partner relations as well as working with the executive team on various strategic initiatives. Mr. Jones joined the eThink team in 2014 and he brings over 14 years of education technology experience including 4 years with the New York Times and 4 additional years providing Virtual Course Material solutions. Mr. Jones holds a MBA from University of Baltimore and a BS in eBusiness & Marketing from Towson University.