eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Many e-learning vendors put $$$ ahead of their customers. Thus, it is wonderful to see vendors who have stepped forward and said, “we care&# , “we value you&# , by offering giveaways during this holiday season. If you are an employee of any of these vendors, you are not eligible to win.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 45

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Harassment Training iPad vendor 45

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 25, 2013

I admit that I tell myself that I am only going to spend an hour on my iPad playing Plague and then realize that three hours have gone by and I still haven’t decimated the planet with my new disease. There has to be a real gain and benefit to the learner, the training/learning department/division and the company itself.

Gamification 95

Gamification LMS Pipes e-learning vendor 95

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 10, 2011

As I write on my iPad, thoughts swirl abound. 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. Mobile Learning Tools.

iPad 77

iPad iPhone vendor iTunes 77

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

What always stuns me are vendors who state they know what their learners want, but in reality have no clue, because they themselves do not see the technology and its usage among the masses. In the iPad, there are quite a few products – other apps – that include Dropbox. What makes Dropbox so effective?

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Latest data: 95% of the tablet market is owned by iPad. Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 LMS Vendors and Tablets Update.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 69

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

These formats are for e-readers – for viewing online – u can dl an e-reader and view online or on e-readers such as the Nook, Sony Reader, Kindle and other companies, plus on tablets including the Ipad. This will be a site for E-Learn Info, my company, but will provide useful information – free.

Rapid Intake 63

Rapid Intake Flash to HTML5 Conversion News Unison 63

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. 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&#.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Latest data: 95% of the tablet market is owned by iPad. Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 LMS Vendors and Tablets Update.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 40

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Support of the iPad, thus mobile learning. 5 BizLibrary – Company College. One of the first vendors to include the video boxes on the home page, rather than just the text for course title, etc. Mobile – including on the iPad, including their grade book, which they call SpeedGrader. Social learning.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Yeah and did I mention it was free and you can get the code, ideal if you are building courses for someone other than your own company? 264 codec, which the iPad supports, and a few browsers for HTML5. iPad feature, the iPad 2 is coming out in Feb. 2011, the iPad accounts for 95% share of the market. Supports HD h.264

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Lots of ILT vendors – again, the show has always been geared towards this, so no surprise, in fact, ATD formally known as ASTD has always been heavy on ILT and book things, and just in the last few years has seen a major increase in e-learning vendors, with the past show being nearly 50% – the highest ever.

Conference 68

Conference Scanning vendor ILT 68

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

You can’t live without it – but unless you want to be able to only see your courses on tablets that only support flash (and they all also support HTML5) or have zero desire to see your courses on the iPads (which support only HTML5), you will need to face reality. For 2013, I see it simmering with more systems including it.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This happens even in the large size (plus 50K users) companies. What is nice is there are still a significant number of vendors who have not added it. Continued increase in the number of vendors, regardless of size or target customer size (i.e million units, of which the iPad/iPad shipped 11.12 What do you do?

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 30, 2013

Please note they do not yet support HTML5, but again with MP4 no worries – it can be seen on any tablet, including iPad. Learn a foreign language software. Equally surprising are the lack of LMS vendors. San Jose is not ideal for companies on the east coast and it is not a “must” want to visit location.

ASTD 70

ASTD TechKnowledge Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 70

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Sending it out – via e-mail, zipped via e-mail (and some of the folks can’t figure out how to unzip it), mail it (yes, even in 2011) or hand deliver/deliver it via your company’s pickup. Vendors who can output/publish to HTML5 have an advantage. The iPad/iPad and future editions are not going away.

DevLearn 72

DevLearn Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion Tools 72

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 28, 2011

People in the booth that actually know the product inside and out – I’m surprised on how this continues to be a problem at a lot of e-learning shows; some companies stock their booths with people who are very nice, but really do not have any knowledge on the product, beyond what they read on the product sheet they are handing you.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 65

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Productivity Product Authoring Tools 65

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 10, 2012

There are companies who do not allow an employee to view anything on their computer due to compliance and regulatory issues. ASTD TechKnowledge – if you are an e-learning vendor this is a must show for you. To listen or download, please click – E-Learning 1 on 1. E-Learning 24/7.

vendor 66

vendor ASTD Scanning e-learning vendor 66

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2010

A counter argument for not offering the “real life&# experience is the fear or someone saying something, or security issues, but for most companies, it is really the former. It would be something someone hasn’t seen before, which for most vendors is unacceptable, but it could be done, especially within a couple of years.

Social Media 40

Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Many vendors service multi-conglomerates that are international, rather than companies that are based only in country x and no where else. and European vendors interestingly enough, do not follow suit. Even if your vendor is outside of the U.S./Canada, Many companies in the U.K., They won’t.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Fear for the HTML5 output – many vendors still believe that tablets and they mention the iPad is not going to be strong and I’ve even heard some tell me it is just a fad. I know of several huge companies – both in employees and in brand name – whose instructional designers are remote (many in other states).

CD-ROM 83

CD-ROM Authoring Rapid Intake Flash to HTML5 Conversion 83

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

One company even went so far as inviting me to speak on the topic to their L&D group. Another Apple patent includes allowing users via touch free gesturing to move content from one device to another (example from your iPad to your television). Forecast: Continued growth, especially with small to mid size vendors.

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

In their day to day conversations or posts, how often are they telling each other about your company’s secrets? The common reason of course, is fear of company secrets or information, but again, if you use the various social media, you will see this rarely happens on these sites. Another client (company) can do the same thing.

Mashups 73

Mashups Association LMS Association Learning Management System Social Media 73

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. 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&#.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

LMS vendors who had a significant number of leads – amazing when you consider the show typically brings quite a large contingency of ILT folks. Lots of giveaways for iPads, Kindle Fire – etc. Some angle to game based learning – either an app or actual product. The company: GameLearn. Best Product I saw.

ASTD 82

ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2012

As in other e-learning markets, vendors seem bent on staying with smartphones for RCAT and not focusing nor utilizing the capabilities of tablets – especially iPad/iPad2 and to a latter degree Android. One vendor focuses only on Blackberry (not just Playbook but their smartphone like product).

Authoring Tools 76

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

Again, either incorporate into your LMS/LCMS/CMS or your learning portal. Noterize and Box.net – a note-taking app for the iPad that allows you to view and annotate PDFs and PowerPoint presentations. LMS Vendors. E-Learning 24/7. So who uses APIs in this space? You have to ask them. What’s that?

Mashups 65

Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2010

While the solution delivers more than enough for a LMS and the company gets “it&# for where the industry needs to go, GeoLearning has made some interesting decisions with GeoMaestro that to say the least is bewildering. E-Learning 24/7. LMS Super Plus Features. The standard features are a blog and wiki.

GeoMaestro 58

GeoMaestro GeoLearning Productivity Product 58

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 7, 2011

Which often occurs, because at many companies, the person presenting does not have the capability to use VOIP. aspect, that is completely worthless, unless the people who are attending are within one IP address and that is at your company or business. As of last week, only 6 vendors offered the iPad app capability and 8 for the iPhone.

Web 66

Web VOIP vendor Audio 66

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

A lot of great products out there this year, new updates and latest versions; new companies, new services and just some real innovation. I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. The product is Flash based, which is nice, but lack of mobile optimization for the iPad. Social Learning is limited. Categories.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Equally they are focusing on compliance components assuming that this is a huge upswing for an extensive list of companies. Respondents were from all size of companies, education, higher education, associations, non profits and other. from the 501-1,000), and 11% were from companies over 50,000 employees. Lasted for one month.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2013

Folders – think categories – you can put videos in each folder depending on topic, company (if you are offering a B2B angle), departments, events, basically however you want it. M-Learning support – all devices including iPad and other tablets. Encoding and Processing.

Platform 88

Platform Video vendor Player 88

eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2011

You will not forget them when you view a demo, nor when you are looking at the company’s web site or literature. I often hear people say they want mobile learning in their solution, social learning, e-commerce, but when you ask for specifics they sometimes have a blank stare on their face. Specifics. Bottom Line.

Association LMS 68

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS RFP 68

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 19, 2011

The LMS market as it relates to online learning and web based training courses has been around for less than 13 years. Many vendors are in the three or less years category. For the mobile learning question – Initial – “Do you offer mobile learning?&#. Is your system optimized to work on the iPad/iPad2?

RFP 63

RFP vendor Apple Site 63

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 5, 2011

If I am in a specific vertical market, then I am only interested in how many clients they have in that market – not any others – again, I’m happy you have Financial companies, but I’m a 501(c)3, so who do you have that is like me? Oh, all via my iPad : ). What products are they using?

Case Study 61

Case Study Custom vendor SkillSoft 61

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 25, 2010

E-Learning and all forms within are normally taken via your desktop computer and either hitting your company’s server with your browser or going to a hosted LMS vendor’s solution. million tablets or really the Ipad or other tabs would be sold. Screen size – the Ipad is 9.7 The Revolution.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

After one quarter (for most companies) into the fiscal calendar year, it is time to see what the future holds in our space. I mean ever&# , from a senior executive at a mid to large size vendor that has been in the market for several years. Many companies fall into this “illusion&#. There is Money in those Hills.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Several more of the Tier 2/Tier 3 LMS vendors also “tossed their hat in the ring” (or towards it anyway) announcing some way of publishing content so it could appear via a mobile browser on the iPhones , iPads and Android device trying to capture a few of their most “loyal fans” in learning land. lack of Flash support).

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56