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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Its nearly Halloween and with that comes the shocking and fearful excitement or lack thereof of the scariest things on the plane appearing at the movie theaters, in costumes, television and for us, the course authoring tool market. Of course the “we have to sell everything” is often a ruse, so is this pitch. eerie laugh).

CD-ROM 83

CD-ROM Authoring Rapid Intake Flash to HTML5 Conversion 83

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

12-21-2012. For the rest of us, it isn’t, unless you see the latest takeaways as examples of what is to come or more importantly what hasn’t – which is really a could be doomsday to many vendors – unless they wake up! In my newest directory, I have 138 vendors. 37 support m-learning. SoftChalk 7.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Rapid Intake 72

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APRIL 11, 2013

billion dollars in revenue – Q3 2012 (Engadget, 2012). If you are taking a deep look around the LMS market you may be hearing a new buzz word, “ecosystem” Some LMS vendors have used the term in the past because they themselves saw their platform as a one stop shop. Net sales of 466.1 Amazon.com 13.18

LMS 78

LMS Blended Learning vendor Learning Management System 78

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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. Thus, simulations, courses that were engaging/interactive (in many cases) was available.

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

For each of these items in e-learning. In 2012 it has been all about collaborative/peer review with authoring products, and it still will be in 2013, but the avatars/actors with/without backgrounds are going to be in “fuego” Where can it go? In 2012, I’ve seen a slow uptake with tools that can output to HTML5.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

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MAY 18, 2012

For some people WBT is merely sticking a PPT online converting it to Flash and whalla – a new course. I recall talking to one vendor who described the above to me and called it a virtual classroom, or as she excitedly said, “a webinar” I looked at her thinking, “am I on candid camera”?

Virtual Classroom 66

Virtual Classroom News ILT vendor 66

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

World of Learning Conference – Birmingham, UK – Lots of potential here. Well organized – a must show for e-learning vendors in 2015. If I am a LMS vendor who is either exploring Europe, has clients in Europe or wants to have clients in Europe – you should be here. . Here is one for free.

LMS 92

LMS SCORM vendor Microsoft 92

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

20 eLab - The user interface is intriguing and enables anyone to build a course, without having the typical “ooh that looks so lame” with some rapid content authoring tools. Of course it can still look lame – the course that is – but that isn’t because of the product, rather umm (well you know who).

Authoring Tools 74

Authoring Tools Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion Tools 74

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MARCH 30, 2012

We are an industry of hype and one of these new hype statements are “unlimited courses” It may seem brand new, something super exciting that is exclusive to these vendors. Go back 13 years and you will see that nearly every vendor allowed unlimited courses into their systems. Fast forward to 2012.

LMS 73

LMS Server vendor Calendar 73

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

As of mid 2012, 58 million people used Mac OS as their primary OS. In the first four days of the latest version (July 25, 2012) of MAC OS, Apple sold 3 million units. In October 2012, Apple claimed that one in five laptops/desktops sold in the U.S. Some numbers to ponder. Mac OS market share is 7.1%

Authoring 68

Authoring SCATE Tools Assima 68

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

If you want to track in a learning management system or learning platform that supports SCORM then you want it. If your goal is just to post the course on a server and let people access it, just for the sake of learning and you don’t care about tracking of any sort – then no, you do not need any compliance standard.

RFP 68

RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Over the course of the past few months, I’m seeing something. I re-affirmed it in my forecasts for 2012. Some base analytics – who took the course, completed the course, maybe progress. I should note that you cannot use any 3rd party vendor authoring tool to upload courses into these systems.

LMS 78

LMS CoursePark Learning Management System vendor 78

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MAY 11, 2010

You can build courses in HTML5, as you would in Flash — thus as rapid e-learning authoring tools see this as common place, they will need to adapt, thus enabling HTML5 files to be inserted. Some camps have full HTMl5 web page development implementation somewhere around 2012-2021, which clearly is a big gap.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games Firefox Flash 40

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MAY 11, 2010

You can build courses in HTML5, as you would in Flash — thus as rapid e-learning authoring tools see this as common place, they will need to adapt, thus enabling HTML5 files to be inserted. Some camps have full HTMl5 web page development implementation somewhere around 2012-2021, which clearly is a big gap.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games Firefox Flash 40

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Well, a lot has been happening in the past three months, from SaaS driven to talent management to course authoring to name changes and everything in between. Continued increase in the number of vendors, regardless of size or target customer size (i.e I expect to see over 80% of the market go SaaS by the end of 2012. Prediction.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Early Signs for 2012. This will become one of the biggest features in 2012 – especially with people wanting to create simulations without being an e-learning developer. PowerPoint – Ability to integrate or use PPT in your courses. What does it all mean? Here are some other features that are RED HOT.

Authoring Tools 76

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

For those of uninitiated, Online Educa Berlin, is an e-learning conference geared towards higher education and with some corporate. If you are an e-learning vendor in the higher education space and doing or planning on doing business in Europe, this is the place to be. And yes, yes it was. Quality of sessions.

Conference 66

Conference Compliance Training Authoring Tools Online 66

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JANUARY 10, 2012

ASTD TechKnowledge – if you are an e-learning vendor this is a must show for you. I’ll be at the upcoming show in Vegas – with iPad in hand, note taking and of course, live tweeting. Many vendors I talked to tell me that in reality, most shows are money losers for them. Salespeople Scary Stories.

vendor 66

vendor ASTD Scanning e-learning vendor 66

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Still listed as a social learning management system, they have made some new strides that really work for me. Big win still with the communities tied to not only groups but also specific courses. Support of the iPad, thus mobile learning. At the end of 2012, was #4, now it is #6. More collaborative features. Easy to use.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

Vendors in this space include Docebo, eFront, Litmos and of course Totara. Featured courses. Graphical progress bar – basically less text or funky icons that only the vendor knows what is – example, a recall one vendor using a floppy disk to represent an online course. My Learning.

Totara 70

Totara Productivity Product Blended Learning 70

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MAY 11, 2012

E-Learning has been minimal. However, this clearly had changed in 2012. I would estimate that there was a 60-40 split, still instructor led driven, but even a significant number of the ILT vendors were offering subsets or capabilities to turn their ILT into online via webinars or online courses. Mobile Learning.

ASTD 82

ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

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JULY 23, 2012

Some systems in this space include e-commerce at no additional charge. The standards – curriculum paths, reports, calendar, batch uploads, assign users to one group and they see X courses, while another group sees Y courses will appear in these systems, along with the most common features in any system.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

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APRIL 14, 2015

Because the company was using Windows 2000 (in 2012 no less) and the LMS vendor did not support Windows 2000. Did the insurance company’s lead tell the vendor what they were using? Did the vendor ask? Do not have dummy data and fake courses in your system. Contains detailed profiles on 44 LMS vendors.

LMS 40

LMS vendor RFP Issue 40

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Can list “feature” courses. Ability to e-mail a group of people or an individual within the product – ideal for classroom, webinars or even admin to send specific notifications without having to sent it to everyone. Can you use it for sending notices for courses – absolutely. Course Catalog.

Productivity 71

Productivity Product Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 71

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JULY 20, 2011

Despite the overwhelmingly number of vendors who have a “desktop only&# solution, based on what I am seeing- a result of new feature sets – this will change. The collaboration – enabling instructional designers or every day folk to work on a course or courses together, is smart. This eliminates that issue.

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

E-Commerce. Customized skinning – albeit in today’s market there are some vendors who charge for skins – disgusting! Modules in 2012. Excluding the above, there are vendors out there who charge extra for. Social learning – in many cases it is a more robust than your standard chat, discussion, etc.

LMS 74

LMS vendor Compliance Training Centra 74

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JULY 16, 2012

The exceptions are there of course: Moodle and a few others, but people are moving more and more into the cloud. Most authoring tools in LMSs cannot output to HTML5 nor have robust feature sets – however there are more and more authoring tool vendors who can output courses into HTML5 and have some sweet feature sets.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System Trends Association LMS LMS 72

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

When I spoke to numerous vendors on tablets, I kept hearing the same song, “we aren’t hearing it from our customers, OR we are looking in the future OR perhaps in 2012″ It was smartphones, you silly man.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69