eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc. Over 2,400 social media sites. Which of the following social media sites do you have an account?

Social Media 76

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 76

Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, June 08, 2007 Instructional Designers Tools Theres been a good conversation going on over at Christy Tuckers Experiencing E-Learning blog about instructional design. HI just came across you site, via Twitter.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Tools 100

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2010

If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. The trend is already appearing with more systems adapting to this change, and shows every sign of significant growth, especially with APIs & social learning. HTML5 & Rapid Content Authoring Tools.

Trends 70

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 70

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 4, 2011

LMS/LCMS/Learning Portal (commercial or open source), social learning stand-alone, hybrid system, web conferencing, mobile learning. Combines the benefits of Twitter, Facebook, social bookmarking sites, aggregators. What solutions ? Who can use it ? Anyone, regardless of vertical. What solutions ?

Social Learning 77

Social Learning LCMS Social Learning Portal 77

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Open Source Product of the Year (i.e. Social Learning Content Authoring Tool. Project blog, comments, & RSS feeds keeping authors connected. Game based learning. Blogs can be embedded into courses/content. In social networking alone, over 385 sites. Game Changer! Composica: Composica 4.

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

Vendors are hearing us and are making changes. More multilingual options to their web sites, trials and social learning. If it says “updated link&# , when you click the link it will go directly to the site. 17% of LMS vendors have a product demo on their site, without having you register to see it.

News 65

News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 20, 2011

In my latest directory, 393 LMS vendors – global, of which 34 or so are open source systems. Folding up shop and switching to a new market: Talent/Performance Management, new product lines not tied to e-learning, services. Acquiring another LMS or e-learning vendor. It was a myth.

Social Networks 72

Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

I have seen continued interest and downloads for open source AR tool kits. Augmented reality style: people see in real time the brainstorming ideas, they are transformed into a visual design based on the app, people communicate with Twitter or a built in micro blog, voting is possible and final ideas are vetted.

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

eLearning 24-7

JULY 3, 2010

OmniSocial is a social learning platform, with learning management capabilities and with the ability to select individual apps in the system and only use those you select to install onto your web site or learning portal. Sites and Zones. Sites and Zones – Sub categories (listed as Manage Sites and Zones).

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

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. This is part of my new features that I will be offering as part of this blog. I call it ELGC (E-learning game changer). Open Source not Proprietary like Flash. Enhanced multimedia.

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. This is part of my new features that I will be offering as part of this blog. I call it ELGC (E-learning game changer). Open Source not Proprietary like Flash. Enhanced multimedia.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games Firefox Flash 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A common argument I’m hearing from vendors on why they do not offer a social learning component in their system. &# “Companies are blocking social media access at their site and/or have social media governance policies&#. Majority of employees access social media sites out of the workplace. Integrated e-mail.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Monitoring of the industry, following it and then selecting winners (E-Learning 24/7 aka this blog, follows this approach). With this process, only those companies, vendors or individuals who fill out an application or entry form are eligible to win an award. Open Source Product of the Year (i.e.

Authoring Tools 63

Authoring Tools Open Source vendor SCATE 63

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Extended Enterprise blog post and directory will be visible this weekend. Equally of interest, are the increase in open source systems that offer for a fee, hosting on their own servers, rather than on yours. I still believe this will be a winner in 2012, and that more vendors will jump into this space. Prediction.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Certainly with the rise of rapid e-Learning tools and the increase in SME-published content well start to see an increase in the frequency of updates to e-Learning material. As an e-Learning vendor, I think its our responsibility to make sure that our clients have thought this through.

Version 100

Version Content Second Life Rapid eLearning 100

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. Extended Enterprise – System must have e-comm, multi-tenet – fully skinnable, additional functionality. Open Source LMS of the Year. These standout to me. Categories.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

If you’ve followed this blog long enough, you’ll know that I am big on presentation skills. Can You Learn from a Recording? We make them available to our members via our Web sites and from other Web sources, sometimes for free and sometimes for a fee. It’s almost an unfair advantage.” – The McKinsey Mind.

Google Buzz 85

Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc. Over 2,400 social media sites. Which of the following social media sites do you have an account?

Social Media 49

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 49

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 7, 2010

This is not a marketing or sales pitch angle, and that has been made clear to the vendors. Documents you can download containing API information, Social media sites – by category, Other search engines you can use. E-Learning 24/7.

LMS 53

LMS RFP vendor Brandon Hall 53

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Blog – This was on the trial and for a nice product like this – it should be removed for the trial. Lets Go Site Administration. I know Totara is going to say that the product is built on open source and the folks who are buying it know the technical aspects/Moodle and thus this isn’t an issue.

Totara 70

Totara Productivity Product Blended Learning 70

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Vendors were saying, lets “wait on those&# or “our customers are not requesting them, so we are holding off&#. Social learning? If they were doing it, Facebook like page, a crummy blog that looks nothing like a real blog, a Twitter like feed, maybe RSS, text chat and YouTube functions and upload/download angle.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Authoring tool salesperson or site makes it look so easy to create this interactive course, but unless you have an ID skill set and with tech skills, it won’t happen. E-Learning vendors offer training or tell you they have robust training, you find out it is PDF guides with an accompanying video. E-Learning 24/7.

Authoring Tools 21

Authoring Tools vendor LMS Open Source 21

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2012

Many companies ban access to social media sites, especially Facebook. Think marketplace – whether it is free – created by the vendor or links to widget directories to use in your product – i.e. open source or APIs or an exchange. A couple of vendors are offering this as a feature. Widgets/add-ons.

Authoring Tools 76

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

In today’s market there is no reason to buy a product that requires you to do a full customization, either on the front end, back end or entire system, unless – you decided to go with an open source solution such as Moodle or Drupal, where you need that extensive customization. If I am vendor, whose product is paid (i.e.

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2010

If you choose not to use the WebEx solution, you can use another via an API or another vendor, but for the latter it is a link to the web conferencing solution (common practice in the industry, if you do not use their preferred conferencing solution). Social Learning. The standard features are a blog and wiki. E-Learning 24/7.

GeoMaestro 58

GeoMaestro GeoLearning Productivity Product 58

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Some vendors are providing some widgets are part of their system, and then customers can go onto the web and locate widgets to add or more often than not, create their own. The growth of open source and with Web 3.0 Forecast: More vendors offering the integration capability of APIs. Widgets is mixed and not as strong.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

CommLab India

JANUARY 26, 2017

You have heard about e-learning and are looking to contact vendors for a quote. But before doing that, it is a good idea to understand the typical services e-learning vendors provide and how they price those services. Services provided by e-learning vendors and how they are priced.

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e-learning vendor vendor Services Outsource 44