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History of the LMS

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CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. Then comes along AOL (did you know folks still have an AOL e-mail account? I used them).

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Gamification in E-Learning – Are you really learning?

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70% of the Global 2000 will have at least one gamified application by 2014 (Gartner). You also have probably read (not sure if you received any points) that gamification is the next big thing in e-learning. . Even in education there has to be real value – real attainment to a learning goal or objective.

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Reader’s Mailbag – You Ask, I Answer

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There are vendors who refer to their system as a learning platform, or anti-LMS or not an LMS, but have the standard features of one. If someone spins they are a micro-learning platform, they slide under here. For the record, every system out there can do micro-learning, and have been able to, since 2000.

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The 5 most common LMS complaints from end users

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They may follow up with you or your LMS administrator for more information and even have you on the call for a period of time or whatever. For example, I recall a few folks telling me that their system didn’t work with Windows 2000 (yep, they had it on their computers and it was a large size public company). E-Learning 24/7.

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When your LMS BFF is no longer

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I recommend the Likert here because if you go open ended, you will want to hurt yourself the moment someone responds with pages of information. Since it is highly likely you are going to have a SaaS LMS, finding out whether you are using a MAC vs PC is not relevant, since vendors are browser agnostic (more on that in a sec.

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Dispelling the LMS Myth

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He was online quite a bit and provided a wealth of information to his clients. There was something about him becoming formal and informal, which I took to mean he enjoyed going to the opera and such affairs or just chilling by the pool with his friends. E-Commerce. SIS integration (Student Information Systems).

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Something is Going on Down there in the LMS Market

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SCORM 2000 will work. Use my content authoring tool directory, which lists over a hundred vendors, their products and includes price points. It identifies those who offer trials and provides additional information. E-Learning 24/7. Topyx is SCORM 2004, which means that a tool that is SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2,