eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 3, 2014

With 2014 already in play, it is time for many LMS vendors to awaken by the trumpets playing the background – you might think it is Muzak, but no it’s trumpets. In 2014, I believe it will be the year of video for consumers in e-learning, specifically with content and as a one off on that – in the LMS.

Video 84

Video LMS Change Ratio 84

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 14, 2019

Change of messaging, and the seemingly misunderstanding by vendors that there is a difference between training and L&D. What I hear a lot is “L&D” and not training, when they identify who they are targeting for the tools, platforms, etc. LRSs not being utilized by vendors who have it in their systems.

Industry 74

Industry vendor Coaching AICC 74

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 8, 2014

They fail to let people know that building something isn’t free, even if the software to do so is equally free. And now, I present my top 15 systems for 2014 as of mid-year (final 2014 rankings will be in December). 15 Administrate – Part CRM, part financial tools, and a unique approach that works for a LMS.

LMS 86

LMS Learning Management System System Management 86

Academy of Mine

MAY 30, 2023

Rather than businesses hiring software developers to build their own LMS, they can just subscribe to a cloud-based LMS to make use of the software. One reason that’s true is because of a popular LMS feature known as learner reports, which keeps track of attendance, user engagement, quiz scores, and more.

LMS 40

LMS Learning Management System Authoring Tools System 40

Cloudshare

OCTOBER 25, 2020

“Training contributes directly to product adoption, customer success, and company growth,” says the first paragraph of our popular ebook, How to Optimize Your Customer Software Training. It’s packed with 51 best practices to achieve new levels of performance in customer software training. Tracking test results or other outcomes.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Performance Support Performance Authoring Tools 98

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

With folks being out of the office in droves, this in turn led to, an overall slow sales cycle for a large percentage of vendors in the learning system space. Back in the mid 2000’s and then again, around 2010-12, the summer was a dead zone for vendors. When targets are missed, well, that is not good news for a vendor.

Learning System 84

Learning System System Compliance Training vendor 84

Learnnovators

JANUARY 28, 2015

Joe is also a frequent teacher and presenter at industry conferences and at client sites, especially on the subject of eLearning development tools. His tool reviews appear each month and he is the recipient of several awards for his work in eLearning, including a Lifetime Achievement Award way back in 1999. What is the future?

Authoring Tools 113

Authoring Tools Blended Learning Instructional Design Adobe Captivate 113

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Ecosystems for authoring tools – I’m not talking about it in the same scope of the LMS space (which I foresaw and which is occurring), rather think of it as a one stop shop for all your needs – I see this coming more by 2016, but there are already vendors doing it. Seems easy, never is. Anyway, this leads to.

News 78

News vendor LMS Learning 78

Learnnovators

JANUARY 30, 2015

Joe is also a frequent teacher and presenter at industry conferences and at client sites, especially on the subject of eLearning development tools. His tool reviews appear each month and he is the recipient of several awards for his work in eLearning, including a Lifetime Achievement Award way back in 1999. What is the future?

Authoring Tools 100

Authoring Tools Blended Learning Instructional Design Adobe Captivate 100

Kitaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Although digital publishing is a promising market, publishers, vendors, and authors are struggling with the constant threat of online piracy with the rise of peer-to-peer file exchange services like torrent sites. With the availability of several digital publishing software, publishing documents is just a few clicks away.

eBook 52

eBook Education Torrent Compliance Training 52

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 3, 2014

I mean someone had to come up first with “gamification” for a LMS, a first “output to HTML5″ for an authoring tool, a first for “high retention rates” (which on a side note, is worthless – I mean come on, how is it possible that every LMS vendor’s retention rates are in the upper 90 percentile?).

LMS 70

LMS vendor Learning Management System Gamification 70

Kitaboo

JANUARY 30, 2020

In a physical library, proper records have to be maintained to keep track of the books borrowed and returned. You only need to manage a database where you can neatly categorize each book based on its title, publishing date or author name. You can create a digital library with the eBook creation software itself.

Library 88

Library eBook Digital Benefits 88

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 26, 2014

ASTDTK14 zoomed into Vegas last week with about 60 vendors (est.) On the expo side, and I know ASTD Events are going to disagree with me (err, they already have via Linkedin), I wasn’t overly impressed on the number of vendors’ booths. Conferencing vendors – Were there any? But overall, feedback was a plus.

ADL 66

ADL ASTD vendor Social Networks 66

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 29, 2015

on “Gamification” This information was from end of 2014. On the LMS side, at the end of 2014, 590. 40 vendors had at least three gamification features (8 of them had at least four features). Standard Gamification Features (The basics in today’s gamification space, even back in 2014).

Gamification 40

Gamification LMS Market vendor 40

eLearning 24-7

MAY 13, 2014

Although after talking to several vendors, irritation seemed to be a part of their response to me. Estimate 55% e-learning related content, including e-learning vendors and ILT vendors who added a “virtual training” component as part of their offerings. Expo vendor pick up in terms of leads and traffic.

Authoring Tools 69

Authoring Tools Conference ASTD Blended Learning 69

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 21, 2014

Act 2 – Select only a vendor who is well known (name recognized). What it does mean, is that the vendor is strong in marketing and getting their name out to the general public. Unless this is a LMS and that is an authoring tool and you need both, then they are on to something. If not, try it. it is good.

LMS 69

LMS RFP Cornerstone OnDemand vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

And you must have it by mid 2014. No surprise that some vendors are also waiting to see what happens. M-Learning with a native app – slowly trucking along, but I am hearing quite a few vendors who are either in development or getting going in 2014. Screen capturing/recording with various audio/video tracks.

Trends 77

Trends vendor Wiki e-learning vendor 77

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 24, 2014

Another one on the rise for LMS vendors and honestly, e-learning vendors as a whole. Anyway, this trend is gaining some steam and it is clear that vendors as a whole have finally realized three important items. As a result, vendors who were anti- on/off synch are now working on it to become a reality. or earlier.

Trends 81

Trends LMS vendor Open Source 81

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 14, 2014

Enables you to upload not only your own courses, but also courses via a 3rd party authoring tool and/or purchased via a 3rd party provider. . Also contains some type of mobile, an assessment tool or survey tool and social (or at least it is on its roadmap). So you have to use their authoring tool to create courses.

Association Learning Management System 74

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS PENS 74

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 5, 2015

For this year’s forecasts, I reviewed and analyzed the data – not only for 2014, but 2013 too. Rather than go into a whole diatribe about CMI-5, I recommend you read this info on CMI-5 (put together in part from vendor RISC). In 2015, I do expect to see an increase in the number of vendors implementing xAPI.

Authoring Tools 40

Authoring Tools LMS Predictions vendor 40

eLearning 24-7

MAY 28, 2013

to the expo vendors who forgot to bring any type of product example to the show – this event will go down in history! An additional fee of $700 per day for vendors who wanted to use Wi-Fi, which some vendors found to be spotty at best. I suspect it will go up more in 2014. Training Reinforcement Tools – Big!

ASTD 82

ASTD Analysis Conference SumTotal 82

eLearning 24-7

JULY 29, 2015

Topics covered in this quarter’s Q&A: Assessment Tools in 2020. LMS Vendors to watch. Q: I attended your session on the Future of E-Learning 2020 and was curious on your perspective of where assessment tools will be in 2020. A: I’m split on the fence with standalone assessment tools (example: Questionmark).

Cornerstone OnDemand 40

Cornerstone OnDemand vendor OnDemand Enterprise 40

Talented Learning

JULY 24, 2018

Are technology vendors responding with better compliance training solutions? LTG started in 2014 by merging two U.K. One of our customers is an East Coast state port authority that runs three airports. Every software company in the world has been affected by that regulation. Each company is managed as a separate brand.

NetDimension 41

NetDimension Compliance Training Compliance Podcasts 41

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Mobile to Me is not necessarily M-Learning to you (from the vendors’ perspective). Mobile is still on the rise, with more vendors (LMS, authoring tools, assessment, e-learning tools, etc.) Some vendors still only enable this capability via a smartphone, but more are incorporating tablets.

Instant Messaging 69

Instant Messaging Skype vendor iTunes 69

LifterLMS

OCTOBER 8, 2023

He is a software engineer with more than 12 years of experience developing websites and applications. Also visit the creators of the LMScast podcast over at LifterLMS , the world’s leading most customizable learning management system software for WordPress. Like linking to websites like Wikipedia have very high domain authority.

Association Learning Management System 103

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Server 103

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Publish includes reporting and tracking details that you can tweak. No SaaS – While the e-learning industry as a whole is going into the cloud, AT vendors as a whole are staying with desktop, even though they have features such as notes (ideal for collaboration, SME peer review in the cloud). myself, reading a guide? Bottom Line.

Articulate 69

Articulate Productivity Product Authoring Tools 69

Learnnovators

MAY 15, 2015

35% does not even use an authoring tool at all. The ‘old guard’ in e-learning finds it difficult to believe that what worked in 1980 does not work in 2014. No social learning, no informal learning, nothing about connecting learning to the business. Are they still using pen and paper? in our post here. “ in our post here.

Innovation 169

Innovation Diversity Training Instructional Design Performance Support 169

Talented Learning

OCTOBER 13, 2016

As I get deeper and deeper into the industry, I’m more convinced than ever that “focus” is the key LMS technology trend of today’s winning vendors. Unfortunately, it is too easy for LMS vendors and buyers to get lost in the “me too” feature race and fail to see the forest for the trees. I’ve heard there are 700 LMS vendors.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System Association LMS Trends LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 27, 2015

I track 645 LMSs in the world. Several vendors are offering discounts, if you decide to purchase their LMS. A few of the vendors are offering at least 10% off the price of the system. Below are the vendors who offering some type of discount if you end up buying the system. Name of the Vendor, with link under it.

LMS 40

LMS Gamification vendor Docebo 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Sure someone can argue that it is due to multiple variables, but if the main variable is due to online courses and the usage of a LMS for tracking, learning paths and those courses within it, nobody can argue that it has no impact. Q: I am hearing a lot of about your upcoming State of the Industry 2014 report which covers the LMS industry.

Issue 69

Issue Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS 69

Learnnovators

MAY 15, 2015

35% does not even use an authoring tool at all. The ‘old guard’ in e-learning finds it difficult to believe that what worked in 1980 does not work in 2014. No social learning, no informal learning, nothing about connecting learning to the business. Are they still using pen and paper? in our post here. “ in our post here.

Innovation 100

Innovation Blended Learning Diversity Training Instructional Design 100

eLearning 24-7

MAY 5, 2015

The problem though is that there is a crisis going on in the K-12 sector and it is tied in part to e-learning (with wins and losses) and LMS vendors who serve that sector. and K-12 LMS vendors (a chunk of them). Possibly three parties in the rest of the world – Schools, some Governments, and a nice slice of K-12 LMS vendors.

vendor 40

vendor Blended Learning Moodle RFP 40

Talented Learning

JANUARY 8, 2020

But the industry’s unbridled expansion started to lose steam a couple of years ago, when vendors began seeking growth through acquisition. This consolidation trend remained front-and-center in 2019, with M&A headlines like these: Absorb Software Acquires Extended Enterprise LMS Provider, eLogic Learning. Good question.

Predictions 87

Predictions Association Learning Management System Enterprise Association LMS 87

Ed App

JANUARY 5, 2021

A learning management system (LMS) is a software application that handles all aspects of the learning process, including the housing, delivery, and tracking of company training content. Cloud-computing or Software as a Service (SaaS) LMS applications are usually a pay-as-you-go service available via monthly or annual subscriptions.

Website 52

Website LMS Authoring Tools SCORM 52

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Well, for one thing it identifies one of the items I see as gaining hot momentum in 2014 and continuing to hit the heat cycle in 2015 – Learning Chunks/Bytes. Let’s hit the zoom in button and see some of my forecasts for 2014. If you are a LMS vendor, you have to have gamification. What’s the Point? What is it?

LMS 86

LMS Wiki vendor Gamification 86

Ed App

JANUARY 11, 2021

Companies use Learning Management Systems (LMS) to document, track, report, automate, and deliver various courses, training, and learning and development programs to their employees. Plus, it is easier to track employee progress, and all learning content is available in the one Learning Management System (LMS). NextThought.

Blended Learning 52

Blended Learning LMS Authoring Tools Corporate eLearning 52

eLearningMind

MAY 21, 2021

While most learning platforms can accept AICC-compliant content, the specification is no longer being maintained or updated because the AICC group—the folks responsible for maintaining and updating the specification—dissolved in 2014. AICC is also not commonly used outside the U.S. eLearning programs can no longer be held hostage by anyone.

AICC 52

AICC SCORM xapi Authoring Tools 52