E-learning vendor DigitalThink Inc. on Friday plans to announce a new version of its service for delivering courses that can handle more content, more quickly.
Version 2.1 of the San Francisco companys L5 Learning Delivery System, available on Friday, features a 300 percent increase in the amount of content it can deliver and a 40 percent improvement in processing speed, DigitalThink will announce.
The latest release also includes new reporting capabilities that DigitalThink incorporated from its acquisition in April of Horn Interactive, a provider of simulation for e-learning. L5 already could assess the performance of users as they worked through e-learning coursework, but Version 2.1 extends those reporting capabilities to simulations as well, said Todd Clyde, DigitalThinks vice president of products.
“It really opens up a world of being able to use simulations for assessment,” he said.
The L5 system is offered as a hosted service and acts largely as an add-on to traditional learning management systems. Learning management systems focus on connecting users to the right courses, while DigitalThinks content-delivery system lets enterprises integrate content from multiple vendors and across multiple systems, personalize content and manage it more centrally, Clyde said.
Mazda North American Operations this week began using the L5 system, along with its internal learning management system, in the training of sales, parts and service people at its 700 dealerships in the United States. Erik Radle, manager of sales operations for the Irvine, Calif.-based company said that the systems reporting capabilities will be important as Mazda expands e-learning globally.
“Were going to be able to design better courseware and use simulations more effectively based on being able to see how people are performing,” Radle said.
Pricing for the L5 Learning Delivery System, based on a subscription, varies depending on the volume of content, number of users and functionality selected, Clyde said.