eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

More multilingual options to their web sites, trials and social learning. Lite LMSs are growing and there is clearly a need in 2011. Newest Version – LMS/Learning Portal Directory. As of 1-13-2011, there were ZERO dead links. The promotion runs through 1-21-2011. A few are truly innovating.

News 65

News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

eLearning 24-7

JULY 3, 2010

I’m on my way to get a car that enables me to launch a robust social learning system. OmniSocial is a social learning platform, with learning management capabilities and with the ability to select individual apps in the system and only use those you select to install onto your web site or learning portal.

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2013

According to a December 2011 issue of Business Insider, the mobile apps analytics firm Distimo said many popular apps were games such as Angry Birds, social networking such as Facebook, Skype and Twitter, and other content such as Google Maps and iBooks. As learning evolves from an event to something systemic, learners need guidance.

Authoring Tools 74

Authoring Tools Social Networks Blended Learning Webcast 74

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

That smartphones were the answer to mobile learning. Social learning? A calling to a large number of vendors (small, medium and big), are all reporting strong numbers in January, with many saying that January 2011, was their best month – numbers and business wise, in the last few years. 3 Social Learning.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

Boosts mobile learning value, social learning (P2P is a form of social media) and removes the browser issue for many businesses (i.e Feature set is rich – think of the possibilities, even with a learning management or learning portal system. Social learning takes on a whole new meaning.

Open Source 77

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the webinar, I brought up how LMS vendors were themselves perpetuating the myth of the bad things of social media (which is a necessary component of social learning), so, rather than identify the facts and data to potential clients who are concerned about social media and thus social learning, they instead do not include it in their system.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the webinar, I brought up how LMS vendors were themselves perpetuating the myth of the bad things of social media (which is a necessary component of social learning), so, rather than identify the facts and data to potential clients who are concerned about social media and thus social learning, they instead do not include it in their system.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 5, 2011

When it comes to the e-learning market, specifically the LMS space (and you can toss in LCMS, CMS, Learning Portals as well), there are a lot of traps that customers fall into and can’t get out. An opportunity to share, discuss, network, communicate, socialize in a truly virtual experience.

Case Study 61

Case Study Custom vendor SkillSoft 61

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

In 2011 , another well respected vendor had the gall to tell me that they were committed to the LMS market and had poured money into this endeavor and yet when you viewed their site it clearly focused on TM/PM. In fact they told me that 63% of their customers were using the system as a TM/PM and not as a LMS.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

In 2011, the trend is showing that those days are gone. After all, if you can create a couple of APIs that provide strong social learning functionality, and the LMS vendor offers an add-on for social learning, do they really want you to put yours in? Mobile Learning and Tablets. And for free? Bonus Trend.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2011

Innovators and Risk Takers – emerging technology integrated, new ideas, pushing the envelope in what is possible in e-learning/social learning/m-learning, coming up with something that has never been done before – risk takers. 2011 will show profitable gains for a large portion of vendors across the sector.

Blended Learning 73

Blended Learning Innovation Productivity Product 73