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Delivering Corporate eLearningIn the Cloud with Amazon Web Services
Brent Harvey, Lambda Solutions | Peggy Kimmel, STEP Energy Services | Scott Ward, AWS
July 15, 2015
Today’s speakers
Scott Ward
Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Peggy Kimmel
Training & Development Manager
STEP Energy Services
Brent Harvey
VP Sales & Marketing
Lambda Solutions
Housekeeping
• Questions – use question pane in GotoWebinar window• Feel free to ask throughout – we will answer at the end • The recording will be sent to all webinar participants after the event.
Agenda
• Importance of eLearning for competitive & growing organizations• The three components of results-driven, corporate eLearning• Why Lambda Chose the AWS Cloud• How STEP Energy Services solved their training, learning and talent
development problems• AWS Cloud products components
Why Corporate eLearning: Competitive Advantage
• Spending on corporate learning is on the rise, why?
1. Growing skills gap2. Growing turnover3. Increasing Compliance
standards
Why Corporate eLearning: Competitive Advantage Cont’d
• A corporate LMS is a business-critical technology platform
• 50% of organizations operate in stages 1 and 2
• Organizations are looking for an LMS that meets stages 3 and 4
Source: Bersin by Deloitte, 2013
3 Components of Results-driven Corporate eLearning
Learning Management System
• Learning & Talent Development focused:
– Totara LMS– Moodle
Managed Cloud Hosting
• Secure and flexible cloud hosted environment
Future-driven eLearning Programs
• Strategic learning & talent development programs
Functions of a Corporate LMS: Moodle & TotaraLevel 1• Course Content Delivery• Student/Employee Registration and Administration• Courseware Authoring• Resource Management
Level 2• Training Event Management (i.e., scheduling, tracking)
Level 3• Curriculum and Certification Management, Badges• Skills and Competencies Management• Skill Gap Analysis• Training Record Management• Performance Management System Integration• Appraisals and 360 degree feedback
Level 4• Reporting—Impact of learning on business performance• Individual Development Plan (IDP)
Functions & Benefits of Managed Cloud Hosting
Functions• Availability• Support• Data Security• Disaster Recovery• Server Flexibility and Network
Benefits:• Economies of Scale • Cost-savings
Why Lambda Migrated to the AWS Cloud
Functions of Future & Results Driven eLearning
1. Increase Employee Engagement
2. Secure Talent Pipeline
3. Meet short-and long term business objectives
How STEP Energy Services Solved Training Problems
• Training and development programs before Totara LMS
• Programs after Totara LMS Advanced record-keeping & tracking Recertification notifications Extended learning opportunities Micro-learning
• Endless possibility for the future
AWS Products Used
• Resizable compute capacity
• 32+ instance types to choose from
• Complete control of your computing resources
• Windows and Linux Operating Systems
• Reduces time to obtain and boot new server instances to
minutes
• Pay only for what you use
• Provisioned IOPs option
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Virtual Servers in the Cloud
Broad Set of Compute Instance Types
M3
General purpose
Computeoptimized
C3
C1 CC2
Storage and IOoptimized
D2I2
HI1
G2
GPUenabled
CG1
Memoryoptimized
R3
M2 CR1
C4
M1T1 HS1
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon RDS is a fully managed relational DB service that is:– Simple to deploy– Easy to scale– Reliable– Cost-effective
Ease of deployment and patching
Push-button scalability
Choice of DB Engines
Automated backups
User snapshots and cloning
Monitoring and auto. host replacement
POSTGRE
Amazon RDS for Aurora (Preview)
Simple Storage Service (S3)Scalable Storage in the Cloud
• Storage for the internet• Store and retrieve any amount of data, at
any time, from anywhere in the web• Highly scalable, reliable, secure• 11 9s of durability!!• Fast and inexpensive• Pay for what you use• DIY Encryption or Amazon provided• Replicate data across regions• Integration with other AWS services
S3 Uses
On-premises Infrastructure
Traditional server
S3 Bucket with Objects
EC2EC2Other AWS
Services
Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)Block Storage for EC2
• Persistent block level storage• Attach to EC2 instances• Pay for what you provision• You are in control of how to use• DIY encryption or use AWS provided• Three different types of volumes
– General Purpose SSD– Provisioned IOPS SSD– Magnetic
EBS & EC2 together
RAID 0
One Volume Many Volumes
Next steps
• Are you ready to begin delivering Corporate eLearning?• Demo Moodle or Totara LMS:
– Register for a demo at http://go.lambdasolutions.net/bookademo_request
Questions and Poll
Lambda SolutionsBrent Harvey
lambdasolutions.net
STEP EnergyPeggy Kimmel
stepenergyservices.com
AWSScott Ward
[email protected] aws.amazon.com
• Are you ready to begin delivering Corporate eLearning?• Schedule a Demo of Moodle or Totara LMS:
http://go.lambdasolutions.net/bookademo_request
