Mindspan is a newly formed IBM business unit chartered with helping customers develop every part of an e-learning environment. IBM Mindspan Solutions offers planning and design services, and content production and delivery. Developing online curriculum is really tough, and most people rarely produce a solid offering. The downside is it's unlikely you'll see small firms or Business Partners working with LearningSpace. LearningSpace 4.0 has been completely rewritten to remove Domino as the primary data store.
Domino is now a plug-in option for discussion databases.
Zeroing in on LearningSpace LearningSpace 4.0 lets you choose the method that works best for the content and audience. Effective learning occurs in various ways. LearningSpace 4.0 also offers improved management capabilities, such as easier publishing of online catalogs, automated course registration, easier management of courses and student data across the organization, and easier performance tracking of groups and individuals. With this tool, curriculum planners can structure the sequence of learning activities in a course, including support for prerequisites and branching. IBM Mindspan will also offer custom content development.