eLearning 24-7

MARCH 5, 2010

LMS/LCMS vendors are notorious for offering the amazing “module&# in their marketing and advertising pitches – whether it is on their web site, at trade shows, white papers, e-mail marketing, whatever. A module – is an add-on to your LMS/LCMS. If you want to purchase it, the vendor simply turns it on.

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Module Association LMS Association Learning Management System LCMS 40

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 21, 2010

Ahh the LMS/LCMS world where everything is a wonderful world of pear trees, green grass, sunny days and where there are no myths, no falsehoods, just internal bliss – awaiting the customer. The Big Dog Learning Management Systems are the best in the market – FALSE. Let’s Play True or False.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS LCMS 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

JULY 30, 2010

Unfortunately, too many vendors in the e-learning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them. However there are vendors who sell their API solution wrapped in a piece of software. Why would I want to have an API in my LMS/LCMS or CMS? API Protocols.

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Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

LMS Vendors and Tablets Update. That said, why is this happening: A significant (over 90%) of vendors are holding off this year and at least part of next year from optimizing their solution to the iPad. But with LMS vendors jumping into the mobile learning sector, at least in some cases, it may be a tad misleading.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

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

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 4, 2011

For vendors, they could make it happen and generate revenue. Even with slideshare, you can actually post e-books and other documents, so it follows suit in a system. LMS/LCMS/Learning Portal (commercial or free), e-readers, any mobile device(i.e. Online reference management system – access to information.

Social Learning 77

Social Learning LCMS Social Learning Portal 77

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 20, 2011

The LMS/LCMS/Learning Portal market continues to be strong. In my latest directory, 393 LMS vendors – global, of which 34 or so are open source systems. In a market this size, and with so many vendors overly focused on the U.S. Acquiring another LMS or e-learning vendor. It was a myth.

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Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 6, 2010

Plateau LMS is a Talent Management System, made up of four modules. Plateau Learning. Social learning is based on incorporating social media types (whatever you choose) and e-learning. Too many vendors (inc. Plateau Talent Management System. E-Learning 24/7. Plateau Performance.

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Plateau System Productivity Product 64

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

They involved talent management, “hello and goodbye” with vendors, social learning, upswing in mobile learning, new feature sets in the authoring tool space, flat lining in web conferencing and standalone platforms. LMSs/LCMS/CMS/learning platforms in commercial and open space continued their presence.

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 14, 2015

The big elephant in the room that we hear so many times and vendors love to pitch (to get you to their system), but rarely the vendors themselves will admit to – many have only themselves to blame. Sometimes, it is the client’s fault and sometimes it is the vendor’s fault. Why, Oh Why do I lose the love?

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LMS vendor RFP Issue 40

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

One vendor already offers it in 2012, and knowing this industry – if something takes off and works, others will follow. Right now, you have to upload the course as you would with your SCORM wrapper, where you self-upload or use the course within an online mobile platform from your authoring tool vendor. E-Learning in General.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 7, 2010

Start searching out LMS vendors that meet the list criteria, specifically the ones you must have/otherwise they are deal breakers. Follow up with an email of questions – you will probably have some after they have answered your original ones, since more tend to pop-up, especially if you see other vendors.

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LMS RFP vendor Brandon Hall 53

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. Content management. User management. Video management and file sharing.

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

LMS Vendors and Tablets Update. That said, why is this happening: A significant (over 90%) of vendors are holding off this year and at least part of next year from optimizing their solution to the iPad. Two years ago, lots of LMS vendors were saying their systems were browser agnostic. Gartner projects 54.8 million units.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

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

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

Several vendors have left the space, a few have entered. Vendors are hearing us and are making changes. More multilingual options to their web sites, trials and social learning. Newest Version – LMS/Learning Portal Directory. Bolded Vendor Names – There are vendors whose names are bolded.

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News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

How many of you have seen vendors respond to your questions? A: Virtually every LMS vendor out there in the marketplace provides these features. Congrats, you are probably looking at less than 10 (based on my LMS directory which contains 475 vendors). Task management. Smart App for TV – One LMS vendor.

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 7, 2010

If you have neither and are stuck in a contract that lasts more than 1 year, contact your vendor – your sales person to be exact and let them know that you want to leave your contract at the end of the year for that contract (i.e. Vendors can pull the ol – well you never told us – angle unless you speak to someone in person.

LMS 40

LMS Compliance Training vendor Scanning 40

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

If I am a potential customer, I would expect nothing less to come out of the vendor’s mouth on their product and user friendliness. Learning Management Systems, LCMS, Learning Portals. Plateau Talent Management System. If I am vendor, whose product is paid (i.e. Ease of Use – It is!

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Yet, for many vendors that objective, comes at a price, you have to talk to them. Whether its by e-mail (my preferred choice), phone (often their preferred choice) or a combination, at the end of the day, it’s about the conversation. For many vendors it is all about the phone call. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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vendor Sales Productivity Product 69

eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2011

What about a payment gateway – does the LMS vendor assist you with this or do you have to find your own? Do they have any reports dedicated for the e-commerce functionality? As you can see, just saying e-commerce is not enough. A friend of mine, got a RFP template from a LMS vendor’s web site. What about EFT?

Association LMS 68

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS RFP 68

eLearning 24-7

JULY 2, 2012

With this knowledge comes the avalanche of hyper sales, vendors are exploring ways to gain your attention. Thus is should be a concern to every vendor who shows off a system that is stripped off its looks to entice buyers. The most common responses I hear from vendors are. What is such passage? LMS buying time. The WOW factor.

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LMS vendor RFP Bloom 75

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 19, 2011

It is a necessity to identify the vendor that is going to provide you with the best system for your solution. It is a time saver, but pulling down a RFP, especially if it comes from a vendor’s site (even if that is not the vendor you are going to submit it to), can define your approach, without you even realizing it.

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RFP vendor Apple Site 63

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

A group of people felt that an organisation should make a far sighted decision decision about their knowledge platform and select one that offers features to scale, rate and manage information better. Social Learning in the Workplace 2 - The E-Learning Curve , April 22, 2010 Lev Vygotsky’s argues that learning precedes development.

Google Buzz 85

Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 1, 2012

Greater increase in the number of learning management systems offering quiz/assessment tools. While it is true that there are vendors who are pure online proctoring solutions, it would seem to me, that having it as part of a learning management or platform is a better route then just a self-contained OP solution.

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools News Association Learning Management System LMS 71

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2022

Never assume that they know the terminology in the industry, nor assume that what you think one term means, doesn’t necessarily mean what the vendor thinks it means. In the Enterprise and Large Enterprise it is not uncommon to get pricing that is quite high, especially if the vendor knows procurement is involved.

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Learning System System Guide Blended Learning 79

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

LMS – Learning Management System – most commonly sought out by folks. Can include talent management/performance management features or add-on modules (which are often built into the system, but turned off). LCMS – Learning Content Management System – going the way of the dodo bird.

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LMS vendor RFP Consulting 77

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 4, 2013

Other standard favorites included some type of “event management” albeit the term wasn’t necessarily used. The problem though is what should be universal standards – and for the vast majority are – there are still learning management systems that just fail to grasp that concept. E-Learning 24/7.

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LMS Calendar WebEx e-learning vendor 76

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

I mean ever&# , from a senior executive at a mid to large size vendor that has been in the market for several years. Across the board, a large number of vendors (from small to large) saw increases in their quarter numbers. Especially, when vendors released their 2010 final numbers and saw big increases from the previous year.

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Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2011

When they hit stride, other vendors take notice and soon, the lemming revolution begins. Nor, a LMS vendor who enable their customers to sell their courses, but only people who have the same LMS vendor can buy and use them. 2011 will show profitable gains for a large portion of vendors across the sector. A lot of them.

Blended Learning 73

Blended Learning Innovation Productivity Product 73