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Update 2/20/2018: This article has been updated to reflect more recent information and fresher statistics and reports. You've got a phone near you right now. It's probably on your desk, in your pocket, or on your lap.

Your day starts with coffee and a long to-do list. You rush frantically from meeting to meeting, and your schedule is in a constant state of fully packed flux. You have a slew of corporate students to train, courses to design, and results to study.

Avi has a problem with his applicant tracking system. He loves his job managing hiring and HR at his family-owned company. The hiring process at his company is rigorous—the industry is fairly niche, the company is small, and he's very selective about who he interviews for open positions.

I'm the worst person to shop with. I may have a really specific idea of what I want, but I still have to go to five different stores to make sure that I'm getting the best option at the best price.

A whopping 89% of LMS users report that they would be more engaged with their eLearning application if it had a points system. Gamification works to engage students by applying game principles (points, progression, competition) to learning activities.

Have you ever looked at an online lesson plan and thought, "Wow, that's beautiful. All the information is clear and concise, the quiz is clever, and the multimedia really hammers the point home."

We live in a techie world. It seems that no matter what profession you're in, the last five years have given you a dozen new technologies that can help you do your job faster, more effectively, or with less hassle.

With a name like Blackboard, you know that this software is made to cater to training and education. And since 1997 (basically forever in software years) Blackboard has been the learning management system of choice for more than 16,000 organizations and over 24 million users.

Humans are not big fans of change. It's stressful and confusing, and if you think I'm wrong, think about how long it's been since you last updated your phone.