eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2010

Very very impressive, with mega features including desktop sharing, audio/video, whiteboards, along with remote administration tools, a moderating system, and a tool for importing documents in 32 different formats, integrates well with Moodle, but you do not need to have Moodle. If you want more power, have to purchase Pro version.

Open Source 70

Open Source Web Open VOIP 70

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Geared toward e-learning developers and instructional designers. The biggest problem facing the industry in the past few years are the lack of course authoring tools for e-learning developers and instructional designers. MLOAT - Multimedia Learning Object Authoring Tool. Embed audio, images and Flash objects.

eLearning Tools 85

eLearning Tools Authoring Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I would be afraid to enter, seeing the words, “trainer and trainees&# in the same sentence for an online learning solution. Ease of use – No tech skill required, no knowledge of online learning required (but.see further down). Next upload your elements – this can be word documents, videos, audio, etc.

Version 40

Version Productivity Product ILT 40

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2010

As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. It is not as though, social learning is going to disappear.

Social Networks 73

Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 10, 2011

With all these vendors talking about their solution and its capabilities on mobile devices, it should be easy to find an app for that. Regardless if the vendor is m-learning specific, content authoring tool, LMS, web conferencing or a hybrid. Thus they can advertise they offer mobile learning. Blackboard Learn?

iPad 77

iPad iPhone vendor iTunes 77

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2010

Every month, I will providing an emerging technology that I believe will be a game changer in the e-learning industry. I call it ELGC (E-learning game changer). Improves video and audio quality – extensively – thus your Social Learning/Social Media experience has just increased infinitely; Vivemo, Blip.tv

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games Firefox Flash 40

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2010

Every month, I will providing an emerging technology that I believe will be a game changer in the e-learning industry. I call it ELGC (E-learning game changer). Improves video and audio quality – extensively – thus your Social Learning/Social Media experience has just increased infinitely; Vivemo, Blip.tv

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games Firefox Flash 40

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2011

This month’s news and notes includes details on the E-Learning 24/7 Course Authoring Tool Shootut, A new Content Authoring Tool Directory along with interesting data points, LMS Info and final tidbits. E-Learning 24/7 and E-Learning TV presents: Rapid Course Authoring Tool Shootout. How it will work.

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools News CertPoint vendor 71

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 17, 2013

Problems with recording audio. Video goes in and out with the audio – They explain it has to do with the latest version of Flash, but how about coming up with an alternative. Record Live Audio/Video. I found the record live audio and video (which is occurs when you select “video”) to be a disappointment.

Productivity 58

Productivity Product Slides Audio 58

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 4, 2012

For my instructional designers and e-learning developers, they loved creating courses. Layers and Conditions – if you have experience with Photoshop or similar products that use layers, then your learning curve is less. Learn more – great idea, but they failed at this too (more in a sec). Entering Storyline.

Articulate 75

Articulate Productivity Product Flash to HTML5 Conversion 75

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 14, 2012

Most systems in the education space are still strongly focused on synchronous based learning. Other cool components that are part of this system, Community Content Commons – repository of learning objects, resources – created, vetted and assessed by the Epsilen community, external content providers including CSIS and PBS.

Education 74

Education Social Networks Moodle Blackboard 74

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 7, 2011

Audio In Web Conferencing. A little known secret and often overlooked involves audio tied to recording. If the presenter is using VOIP, then audio is recorded during the presentation, because the audio is coming through the computer’s speakers. Audio bridges. Avoid this like the plague. Transcript Time.

Web 66

Web VOIP vendor Audio 66

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

While there are plenty of vendors who offer trials, without you having to contact them first or register, there are plenty who do not. NexLearn Professional sim tool – They want you to sign a MDNA before seeing the product (In my case they thought I was an e-learning developer. Cobent CoAuthor. Knowledge Quest – No.

Authoring 68

Authoring SCATE Tools Assima 68

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

2010 E-Learning 24/7 Awards (No official icon logo handed out to winners, rather just a “WHOO-HOO&# – uh, you can make that sound to yourself.thank you). iPod, mobile phones, YouTube, message boards, e-mail. Comes with a screen capture tool, spell checker (many RCATs do not), Slide audio recording & editing.

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I knew that its core audience would be instructional designers and e-learning developers. . From products that ranged from the latest versions of RCATs to new vendors in the space, including text to speech. . For e-learning developers and instructional designers, they were aghast and in shock.

DevLearn 72

DevLearn Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion Tools 72

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . The data shows that what many vendors assume end users want is far from accurate. Too many vendors are focusing on talent/performance management as the next feature/component in their systems.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 22, 2010

Very rare to find with vendors, but for those of us who do not want our end users to see a final version of stuff not relevant to the topic, an edit option prior to the final version (which includes the audio/video portion) being released, can be cool. E-Learning 24/7. No thank you. Must have it.

Web 40

Web vendor License Social Media 40

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

LMS Vendors. I must admit I am still in a daze on some shocking data, I saw in the last few weeks (on a side note: the new and updated version of my LMS/LCMS directory will be available for download this upcoming Tuesday). 30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. E-Learning 24/7.

vendor 66

vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2012

This will become one of the biggest features in 2012 – especially with people wanting to create simulations without being an e-learning developer. The latter is slowly gaining speed, which is an advantage to LMS vendors who have a CAT in their own product – which is SCORM,PENS/IMS compliant. Vendor adoption is slow.

Authoring Tools 76

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Back again to bring this first in a series of rankings for the top ten learning management systems for 2013. Still listed as a social learning management system, they have made some new strides that really work for me. Support of the iPad, thus mobile learning. 7 eLogic Learning. Hello from sunny Los Angeles.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 6, 2010

I’ll be the first to admit, that I was not a big fan of the previous versions of the Plateau system. Plateau Learning. A major, major improvement from previous versions, but I digress. Unless you have a dedicated person from IS or IT, you either start to learn some basic db skills or learn SQL or cry.

Plateau 64

Plateau System Productivity Product 64

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Final Frontier of E-learning. To boldly go where no e-learning speaker from Los Angeles in the last few years has presented at… Wheeee Wheee. To boldly go where no e-learning speaker from Los Angeles in the last few years has presented at… Wheeee Wheee. E-Learning Date.

Conference 66

Conference Compliance Training Authoring Tools Online 66

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 12, 2012

10 eLogic Learning - Essential LMS. At one time a true freebie – they still offer a stripped down version, their new fee based system provides enough oomph to make anyone go “Wow” Features include: The standards – i.e. my 90/10, whereas 90% of the features are the same in the majority of systems in the space.

Compliance Training 99

Compliance Training LMS SCORM Offline 99

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 3, 2010

What I found was a solution that is a rapid e-learning authoring tool that offers easy to use functions as uploading learners and basic tracking results. For example: your first PPT slide is on the timeline then you add a word document, next an image file, another slide (your 2nd one in the deck u uploaded), then audio/movie and so on.

Productivity 49

Productivity Product PPT ILT 49

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Equally horrible, is that some companies are still using old versions of IE or an outdated computer system with Windows 2000 on it. Some vendors are making this change in such a way, that learning (as defined by a LMS) is becoming smaller, while the drive to TPM is becoming stronger and is driven internally to make this happen.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2011

Back in the day, a punk rock group called Madness released a wonderful tune called, “ One Step Beyond “, sadily if you were to look at the state of the e-learning industry as a whole today, perhaps the song should have been called, “One Step Behind&#. How can this work with e-learning?

Streaming 67

Streaming iTunes Apple Association LMS 67

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 26, 2011

If you do not have or use IE, you can download a desktop version to build, sort of defeats the purpose of SaaS. The “Files&# area contains all the images, video, audio, etc., Even with a learning portal, many people have some type of database on the back end for tracking purposes. E-Learning 24/7.

Easygenerator 68

Easygenerator Authoring Productivity Product 68

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 12, 2011

So, when I went and checked out Saba Social, Saba’s new social learning platform, I had very low expectations. Testing worked well on all well known browsers: Latest version of Chrome, Firefox 5, IE 9 and latest version of Safari (did not test with Opera, Avant or a few others). I was surprised. my downstream is 20Mbs.

Saba 69

Saba Social Networks Social Productivity 69

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2012

This is one of those blended learning solutions, I previously noted. The reason I say education/academia more so – is that it is geared towards synchronous based learning, which is used more than 95% in education/academia space. You are still able to add video clips, audio, etc. E-Learning 24/7. Bottom Line.

TechKnowledge 71

TechKnowledge Assessment PPT vendor 71

CommLab India

AUGUST 24, 2016

Are you considering translating your e-learning courses? As an e-learning vendor with 15 years of experience and translation expertise, we at CommLab suggest you outsource your translation services to a vendor who has the required expertise to produce multiple language versions of e-learning courses.

Outsource 44

Outsource Off-shore e-learning vendor vendor 44

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

File repository – another reason to boot LCMSs once and for all, this feature includes version updates and some analytics. Ability to have video with audio on the main screen, whereas end users enter – after logging in. Mobile Learning – yes you can view it on tablets and smartphones. E-Learning 24/7.

Productivity 71

Productivity Product Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 71

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

In this scary version, the LMS vendor is holding off implementing the Tin Can API until they see how it plays out. This is the same fear mind you, of two years ago, when you asked vendors if they were going to focus on mobile learning with tablets. E-Learning 24/7. Three years from now?

LMS 78

LMS vendor Wink e-learning vendor 78

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2010

As the evolution of e-learning continues, the rapid content authoring tools (RCAT) market follows suit. This is a growing market with new vendors showing up, but at the same time, others disappearing. Templates with some learning objects? A robust learning solution of multiple capabilities and outputs?

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 71

eLearning 24-7

MAY 24, 2011

jpg,gif,png), audio file (.mp3), In test version, product did not work in FireFox, had problems in Safari, but worked well in Internet Explorer. Limits audio files to.mp3. Those who are e-learning developers and instructional designers, and those folks who are not. E-Learning 24/7. SCORM 2004, 1.2

Authoring 66

Authoring Productivity Product Tools 66