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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

To understand the history of the LMS, there are five items that drove it. ILT (Instructor Led Training – Workplace, even EdTech – K-12 and Higher Education). The Online Course Revolution – AKA WBT You can thank Education, specifically higher education, for the online course debut, and yes, even the LMS.

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The LMS – Let’s Set The Record Straight

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The premise that an LXP, for example, does so much more than an LMS is 100% untrue. The vast majority of LXPs today are within a learning platform, or an LMS or as an add-on option to either of those offerings. Docebo, an LMS, scores around 62%. Thrive, a former legit LXP, is now an LMS. Yet here we are. Both are LMSs.

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The Broken Dream – LXP

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On top of all that, the LXP vendors (as a whole) pushed a false pretense that the LXP was vastly different than say an LMS. One of my favorite early vendors was GeoLearning. A museum type of look, whereas we could add sponsors (it was an association), and folks could click the logo and go to the web site of said sponsor.

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Latest E-Learning Insight and News

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They see an opportunity in the SMB space where customers may not want to purchase an ERP for HR or a full blown HRIS and then purchase or have a LMS. For consumers who are worried about these systems being hacked, I have yet to hear of a SaaS LMS being hacked. Why more features on the side of HR? Doesn’t matter. How amazing?

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One Step Behind

eLearning 24-7

A LMS that came with a e-commerce, a chat room, discussion boards, front end look that did not appear to a be a LMS, library, bookstore (capability), art gallery (I used it for sponsorship purposes). GeoLearning. Yet it was a LMS, and had all the capabilities of a LMS. Flashback. The vendor? What happened?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Guild Event Take Home Point #1

Learning Visions

The group included Andy Snider ( Snider Associates ), Bjorn Billhardt ( Enspire Learning ), Pete LeDoux ( GeoLearning ), Doug Foster ( D Foster Associates ), Adam Girard (Bank of America) and myself. Andy asked, "So, whats the next big thing in e-Learning?" Some ideas were tossed about: integration, personal learning, 3D, web 2.0,