# Learn.com > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Learn.com > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Learn.com.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learn.com > Source revision: 1356796680 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American software company This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article contains promotional content. Please help improve it by removing promotional language and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic text written from a neutral point of view. See our advice if the article is about you and read our scam warning in case someone asks for money to edit this article. (January 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Learn.com" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Learn.com Inc. Type Private Industry Computer Software Founded 1999; 27 years ago (1999) Defunct October 2010; 15 years ago (2010-10) Headquarters Sunrise, Florida , U.S. Key people Jim Riley (CEO) JW Ray (COO) Don Cook (CMO) Gene Gainey (CSO) Bob Colletti (CFO) Ted Schneider (CTO) Products Business software **Learn.com Inc.** was a software company headquartered in [Sunrise, Florida](/source/Sunrise%2C_Florida). Learn.com provided on-demand [learning management](/source/Learning_management), [talent management](/source/Talent_management) software, and [e-learning](/source/E-learning) courses. ## History Learn.com was founded by Jim Riley and [Patrick Toomey](/source/Patrick_Toomey) in January 1999 as a website that allowed anyone to create and publish [e-learning](/source/E-learning) courses or e-learning sites called LearnCenters. Learn.com became an early example of a website containing [open content](/source/Open_content). In September 2000, Learn.com introduced the first commercial version of its LearnCenter LMS, with the assistance of co-founder JW Ray. In June 2001, Learn.com client [ECOT](/source/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](/source/Human_capital_management) industry's first integrated [Talent management](/source/Talent_management) suite. In September 2007, Learn.com introduced its WebRoom [web conferencing](/source/Web_conferencing) product. In June 2009, Learn.com introduced its Learn.com Personal Edition (LPE), a website that allows anyone to take courses and learn/improve skills or create and publish their own courses. In October 2010, Learn.com was acquired by [Taleo Corporation](/source/Taleo_Corporation) (NASDAQ: TLEO), a leader in the on-demand Talent Management market. In April 2012, Taleo was in turn acquired by Oracle Corporation and Learn.com technology became the foundation for the Oracle Learn Cloud product. ## Awards In November 2009, *Elearning! Magazine* announced that Learn.com won the newly created Best Talent Management System (TMS) category. Learn.com also won top honors for its Learning Management System (LMS) in this readers' choice award. The company continued the trend of Best Enterprise LMS recognition for a record fourth year in a row, having won top honors in 2006 from Training Magazine. In January 2008, *Elearning! Magazine* announced that their readers had voted the Learn.com LearnCenter platform as the Best LMS for 2007.[2] *Elearning! Magazine* voters also gave top honors to Learn.com's Information Technology (IT) and Soft Skills content libraries.[2] Learn.com LearnCenter was voted one of the Best Enterprise LMS for 2007 and 2008.[3] ## See also - [Human Capital Management](/source/Human_Capital_Management) - [Learning Management System](/source/Learning_Management_System) - [Performance Management](/source/Performance_Management) ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lager, B: "The Kids that ECOT Taught", page 250. EOS, 2002 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2elearning.com_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2elearning.com_2-1) Elearning! Magazine: "Best of Elearning! Awards 2007", Dec 2007 ["Best of Elearning! Awards 2007 - Elearning!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110707062139/http://www.2elearning.com/solutions/virtual-classroom/top-stories/top-stories-item/article/best-of-elearning-awards-2007.html). Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Elearning! Magazine: "Best of Elearning! Award Winners Named", pg 18 Dec 2008/Jan 2009 ## External links - [Company website](https://web.archive.org/web/20080312002533/http://www.learn.com/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Learn.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learn.com) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learn.com?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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