Learn.com

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Learn.com Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Sunrise, FL, U.S.
Key people	Jim Riley, founder, CEO, chairman
Industry	Computer Software
Products	Business software
Employees	#
Website	www.learn.com

Learn.com is a software company, with headquarters in Sunrise, Florida. Learn.com provides on-demand Learning Management and Talent management software, and e-learning courses.

1 History
2 Awards
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] 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 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.

In June 2001, Learn.com client ECOT became the first electronic charter school in the nation to graduate students.^[1]

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 suite.

In September 2007, Learn.com introduced its WebRoom web conferencing product.

[edit] Awards

In January 2008, Elearning! Magazine announced that their readers had voted the Learn.com LearnCenter platform as the Best LMS for 2007. Elearning! Magazine voters also gave top honors to Learn.com's Information Technology (IT) and Soft Skills content libraries.