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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

The other day, I was listening to an audiobook, and the author spoke about ideas. I thought about this, as you can tell, and said to myself, okay, let’s write a post where the e-learning history and thus learning systems, authoring tools, and alike are intertwined with good and bad ideas. Not Articulate.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

The latter included an authoring tool, too. Learn.com – First a content aggregator, then jumped into the LMS market, acquired by Taleo, who promised to invest heavily. If you ever wondered what down the tubes look like, look no further than Learn.com. Skillsoft – Dominated the course/content marketplace.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

CBT (Computer-Based Training). ILT (Instructor Led Training – Workplace, even EdTech – K-12 and Higher Education). WBT (Web-Based Training). Why have a system to house courses, when ILT was the main way of learning and training? Many folks running training and L&D, also saw the Five straight down the page.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

You can build your own via a 3rd party authoring tool. In addition to adding content, they are now expanding into additional platforms, authoring tools and so forth, but this is about content, so I’ll stay on the path. If it can be consumed for knowledge, then it slides under content. . Who remembers NetG?

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#HRTECH Learning Vendors Preview – Who to see and who to avoid

eLearning 24-7

And to those who are constant readers from all over the world and training, L&D and other professions, I give two high fives, four low fives and a bucket of joy. There are few and I mean only a few who follow this pattern (example: Skillsoft), where the course library is the primary and the system secondary. SumTotal by Skillsoft.

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LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers

Tony Karrer

I was one of several authors who collaborated on the survey questions and wrote different sections of the report. An LMS is a big, expensive tool that takes quite a bit of work and is generally harder than you think it's going to be when you start out. Tools for On-Demand Information - An LMS? SkilISoft SkillPort Skillsoft 12 8.03

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