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History of the LMS

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Most of it came, via 3rd party providers, or what we referred to as “boutique shops” – think custom development (fee-based) that someone, company, government, institution, and so forth hired to create a course or courses. ISP (Internet Service Providers) fees were high. Oh, and access wasn’t free. Blackboard.

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#HRTECH Learning Vendors Preview – Who to see and who to avoid

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I mean it wasn’t the other way around, which was a plus, but on the other hand, you have a course provider buying an LMS vendor. The same course provider whose own LMS, Skillport is either a toss in (usually the case) or is sold to customers (I saw a contract where – Skillsoft charged the customer for it). No pressure here.

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