30 Years
of Award-Winning
eLearning Excellence

Whether you are looking for a new eLearning program to be developed, or would like to enhance your current one, you have come to the right place. Experience is OUR difference!

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  • 106110 Working Hours

  • 704 Completed Projects

  • 197 Clients

  • 325521 Students Taught

Our Driving Force

Welcome to Media Learning Systems, a Toronto-based, twelve-time award-winning eLearning company, and Canada's Number 1 online learning organization. At our core, we are - and have always been - a company focused on learning. As our name suggests, we utilize various media such as audio, video, animations and illustrations to craft engaging eLearning programs. Since 1996, we have set ourselves apart with the belief that compelling eLearning can make anything possible. Well-designed eLearning boosts performance, enhances on-the-job effectiveness, increases learner satisfaction, drives better outcomes, and improves your bottom line.

Explore our four key areas of digital learning expertise below.

About Media Learning Systems Inc.
Custom Articulate 360 Built Courses

Custom-Built Articulate Storyline Courses with AI Powered Technology

Our core focus is on creating AI-driven, highly immersive eLearning using the powerful Articulate suite of products. It's quite simple: Effectively designed courses produce better online learning outcomes. Courses we develop engage your learners and are built to be optimized for any device. We work with Storyline® primarily to produce cost-effective (yet striking) AODA-accessible and ADDIE-complaint eLearning in any language you require. We are your Toronto authorized Articulate development company for a reason.

Content/Curriculum Writing & Translation

Content/Curriculum
Writing & Translation

Looking for new curriculum to be developed in English or any of the 15 languages we work with including American Sign Language? We can work from scratch or from your rough PowerPoint, Word outlines or directly from your subject experts. We employ a team of skilled content writers, technical editors, test question experts, disability complaince consultants, and language translators to assist you with all of your curriculum development needs for eLearning delivery. We also provide instructional design development including storyboard creation, ideas to make content more interactive, and ways to evaluate successful learning outcomes of your eLearning programs. Let us take care of all of your content procurement needs.

Digital Video, Animations & Explainers

Digital Video, Animations
& AI-Powered Explainers

At Media Learning Systems, we combine eLearning with edutainment! If you would like sophisticated AI powered animation-based explainers, Synthasia AI talking heads, advertising videos, digital video enhancements, branching scenarios, or interactive simulations added to your Storyline projects, you have come to the right place. Our explainer videos service educational, research and advertising sectors with clients such as IMAX, University of Western and Dairy Farmers of Ontario to name a few. Let us script, storyboard, shoot new video and build your engaging explainer videos or animations that will wow your audience and jump start your learning or advertising campaign.

Learning & Development Management Consulting

Learning & Development Specialist Consulting

For Toronto and GTA organization in need of on-site or virtual personalized eLearning/digital learning consulting, look no further than Media Learning Systems. Our CEO, Dr. Jonathan Ross, will work with your company and move your eLearning program ahead without having to go through the hassle and budget requirements of hiring a full-time or internal learning manager position. He can assist you with: LMS RFP consulting and best practices, ADDIE model application, project management, enterprise learning platform integration, DACUM needs assessments, and provide advice on the best solution for delivering eLearning to your employees or customers. If required, Dr. Ross can even take on your organizaton's identity (with a dedicated email address).

Articulate 360 Courses with AI Technology

Custom-Built Articulate Storyline Courses with AI Powered Technology

Our core focus is on creating AI-driven, highly immersive eLearning using the powerful Articulate suite of products. It's quite simple: Effectively designed courses produce better online learning outcomes. Courses we develop engage your learners and are built to be optimized for any device. We work with Storyline® primarily to produce cost-effective (yet striking) AODA-accessible and ADDIE-complaint eLearning in any language you require. We are your Toronto authorized Articulate development company for a reason.

Content/Curriculum Writing & Translation

Content/Curriculum Writing
& Translation

Looking for new curriculum to be developed in English or any of the 15 languages we work with including American Sign Language? We can work from scratch or from your rough PowerPoint, Word outlines or directly from your subject experts. We employ a team of skilled content writers, technical editors, test question experts, disability complaince consultants, and language translators to assist you with all of your curriculum development needs for eLearning delivery. We also provide instructional design development including storyboard creation, ideas to make content more interactive, and ways to evaluate successful learning outcomes of your eLearning programs. Let us take care of all of your content procurement needs.

Digital Video, Animations, AI-Powered Explainers

Digital Video, Animations & Explainers

At Media Learning Systems, we combine eLearning with edutainment! If you would like sophisticated AI powered animation-based explainers, Synthasia AI talking heads, advertising videos, digital video enhancements, branching scenarios, or interactive simulations added to your Storyline projects, you have come to the right place. Our explainer videos service educational, research and advertising sectors with clients such as IMAX, University of Western and Dairy Farmers of Ontario to name a few. Let us script, storyboard, shoot new video and build your engaging explainer videos or animations that will wow your audience and jump start your learning or advertising campaign.

Learning & Development Specialist Consulting
Learning & Development Management Consulting

Learning & Development Specialist Consulting

For Toronto and GTA organization in need of on-site or virtual personalized eLearning/digital learning consulting, look no further than Media Learning Systems. Our CEO, Dr. Jonathan Ross, will work with your company and move your eLearning program ahead without having to go through the hassle and budget requirements of hiring a full-time or internal learning manager position. He can assist you with: LMS RFP consulting and best practices, ADDIE model application, project management, enterprise learning platform integration, DACUM needs assessments, and provide advice on the best solution for delivering eLearning to your employees or customers. If required, Dr. Ross can even take on your organizaton's identity (with a dedicated email address).

How We Are Different

There are many exceptional eLearning companies out there, so what makes us stand apart from the competition?

Demos

Review samples from some of our recent work. Select each image to open the demo in a new tab.

Sample Portfolio

eLearning Portfolio

However, we thought it would be helpful to demonstrate our eLearning course development abilities by including a few screenshots of recent portfolio pieces over the last few years. Contact us for working demos of projects we are able to share with you. We also have a promotional Storyline demo we can send you that shows our best work and provides more information about our development process.

eLearning Course Development for Scotiabank
eLearning Course Development for Foresters Financial
eLearning Course Development for Johnston Equipment Canada
eLearning Course Development for City of Toronto
eLearning Course Development for IMAX Learning
eLearning Course Development for Dental Association
eLearning Course Development for Johnston Equipment
eLearning Course Development for Medline Canada
eLearning Course Development for IPEX
eLearning Course Development for Centerra Gold
eLearning Course Development for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
eLearning Course Development for JPMorgan Chase
eLearning Course Development for Spring
eLearning Course Development for Spring
eLearning Course Development Example
eLearning Course Development for Lift & Co.
eLearning Course Development for CABR.
eLearning Course Development for Neural Outcomes
eLearning Course Development for Neural Outcomes Slide
eLearning Course Development for Altima Dental
eLearning Course Development for Dairy Farmers
eLearning Course Development for Dairy Farmers
eLearning Course Development for Driver's Education Online Program
eLearning Course Development for Dairy Farmers
eLearning Course Development for Western University

The Team

Media Learning Systems is powered by a talented team of staff and contributors who make the magic happen. At the center of it all is our President and Learning Officer, Dr. Jonathan Ross.

Dr. Jonathan Ross, Toronto
About Jonathan

As Founder and President of Media Learning Systems Inc. (MLS), I have guided the company’s growth from its beginnings in 1996 as a small University of Calgary-based distance education unit to a leading force in eLearning innovation. For three decades, I have been dedicated to helping organizations transform the way they deliver training through engaging, effective, and scalable online solutions.

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What Our Valued Clients Are Saying

We strive for the highest level in customer satisfaction. We consistently use our exit survey results to improve the way we interact with our clients and develop our future learning materials. Read what just a few clients are saying about us and our development process.

I have had the pleasure of working with MLS for over a decade, and I can confidently say they have set the standard for excellence in e-learning.... Their commitment to creating appealing and engaging courses has consistently delivered a positive user experience. From the outset, their team has demonstrated an impressive ability to craft content that is not only educational but also captivating. Their courses are meticulously designed, with a perfect balance of interactive elements and visually appealing graphics that keep learners motivated and involved. What stands out most is their dedication to staying ahead of industry trends and incorporating feedback. This proactive approach ensures that their courses remain relevant and effective, adapting seamlessly to the evolving needs of both learners and organizations.Working with MLS has been a rewarding experience, marked by their professionalism, innovation, and genuine commitment to enhancing the learning journey. I highly recommend them to any organization looking for a top-notch eLearning partner.

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Dayna Yesford Director of Specialty Sales & Education - Johnston Equipment

For over 13 years now, Dr Ross and his team have been working with us to produce over 50 courses and training sessions for our industry members and install/maintain ...our MOODLE LMS and online proctored exams. We have enjoyed working with Media Learning Systems, and together we have won 12 prestigious international awards for eLearning excellence. On behalf of the Real Estate Council of Alberta, we would like to thank everyone at Media Learning Systems for your invaluable contribution!

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Joseph Fernandez Director, Education Programs - Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA)

We are very fortunate to have found Media Learning Systems to digitize all of our theatre services e-training for our staff around the world (to date about 30 courses, ...each in 6 languages). Jonathan and his skilled team have transformed our courses into engaging online learning modules our theatre staff respond well to. We will continue to rely on MLS for all of our elearning course needs for years to come.

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Todd Spence Theatre Services - IMAX

We have worked with the talented group at MLS for 5 years now. Back in 2020, MLS understood and met our urgent need to pivot into the virtual landscape ...of education because of COVID-19, and delivered 70 immersive, engaging and interactive digital modules in English and French for us as well as 16 gamified PowerPoint lessons. Now our lessons are available to classrooms across Ontario—whether they're being taught in-person or virtually. Thank you for all of your hard work team...and meeting our crazy deadlines! We will definitely be back to do more projects with MLS.

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Audrie Bouwmeester Director of K-12 Education Program - Dairy Farmers of Ontario

It has been an extremely positive experience working with Dr. Ross and his team at Media Learning Systems (MLS) in creating engaging and interactive eLearning courses ...for our members. MLS has been very easy to work with, very timely in responding to our needs and we are extremely pleased with the final product. Dr. Ross has been very communicative and proactive in assuring our needs and our learners needs were always met at each stage of the development process. It is essential for an organization or Subject Matter Expert (SME) and an eDeveloper to work well together, this is the key to success in any eLearning project and Dr. Ross has proven he can do this very well. It is stated on MLS’s website that MLS strives for the highest level in customer satisfaction and this has been clearly evident all along the way. I would highly recommend Dr. Ross and his team.

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Kyle Fraser Manager, Quality Assurance Resources, The College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario

From needs analysis through to design and customization phase, MLS was easy to work with. A very short turnaround and a high-quality product on this eLearning effort ...led to exceeding my desired learning outcomes for our many TELUS communications professionals.

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R.J. McLeod Manager - Network Systems - TELUS

We are very pleased with how the elearning Diversity and Inclusion training has been received by our new employees. Media Learning Systems was able to take our rough ...PowerPoint slides and transform them into interactive and compelling Storyline lessons we could never have done ourselves with our in house resources. We are glad we went with this company and were part of the MLS experience.

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Christine Larochell Manager - Corporate Training - Centerra Gold

We went with Media Learning Systems to develop our fire and safety awareness program because of their reputation for creating excellent courses, as well as their ...low quoted price. We were not disappointed. Unlimited change rounds came in handy as we tweaked our scripts and approach throughout the development cycle, keeping us on budget. The course Media Learning Systems created for us is now being used by all 50,000+ employees of the City of Toronto - including mayor Olivia Chow herself! Feedback has been almost 100% positive, and we selected Jonathan and his team once again for the next course version.

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City of Toronto

We chose Media Learning Systems to partner with to develop all of our Cannabis education programs for the Canadian marketplace because they were the most cost sensible, ... yet thoughtful company we had the pleasure of working with. Our CannSell Retail Training program has enjoyed great success nationwide in part thanks to everyone at MLS.

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Frank Desimini Vice President - Lift & Co.

Dr. Ross's Blog

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Most Recent International eLearning Awards

We love to brag when it means our clients are gaining recognition for how well their students are learning and creating a buzz about the courses they have taken!

Clients

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Contact Us

We would love to quote on your next project, or just chat about your eLearning needs within your organization.

Head Office:

Media Learning Systems Inc.
1 King West, 48th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 1A1