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OCTOBER 24, 2011

They see an opportunity in the SMB space where customers may not want to purchase an ERP for HR or a full blown HRIS and then purchase or have a LMS. The downside is that some of the vendors will reduce down their L/D components and focus more on the TM side of things. Other News. LMS Demo Shop. How amazing?

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Despite overall consumer demand (not just within e-learning) for tablets, and numbers showing that tablets are outselling notebooks, e-learning vendors as whole are sitting back and waiting. All that data and information is now within the system and nothing is lost. eLogic Learning. exact learning.

CD-ROM 85

CD-ROM vendor e-learning vendor Offline 85

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MARCH 16, 2012

And now a brief announcement: Shocking news! SumTotal is calling their product a Human Capital Management system. Sure, they offer a separate LMS called SumTotal Maestro, but their TM has surprisingly (not really) been morphed into a HCM, will others follow? They purchased Outstart, a LMS. What about Kenexa?

LMS 73

LMS SumTotal Oracle Plateau 73

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MAY 20, 2013

Get your hot news here. If you are looking for a soft skills learning game this is it. This year there are more e-learning vendors than in the past. From soft skills online gaming to learning games on mobile to gaming in some fashion in a LMS or self contained mobile app. E-Learning 24/7.

ASTD 77

ASTD Conference SumTotal e-learning vendor 77

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

So what makes a Lite LMS different from a Standard LMS? Less functionality and features than their standard counterparts, but these features may be “social learning&# , or “ability to tie a user to a course&# or “creating learning paths for each user&# or “assessment tools&# , etc. My Courses.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS Productivity 72

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Back again to bring this first in a series of rankings for the top ten learning management systems for 2013. That said, just as a reminder: Here is how these new rankings will work throughout 2013: Debut this month, update in July, final top 25 in Dec. E-commerce fee per year. 9 Absorb LMS. Very ease to use.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

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JULY 13, 2010

The trends apply to both LMS/LCMS vendors. Extended Enterprise - Vendors are expanding into the wholesaler/reseller/affiliates/sales agent sector with their solutions. The note of interest is that it is occurring with all size of vendors, albeit the charge is being led by mid size vendors. Equally smart.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Numbers will continue and I see a real jump in percentile of these types of systems. They are similar to what you see in your standard LMS, course content, learning paths, reporting – but it is not as robust (which is fine for some end users). Plus, the key factor for these types of systems – is storage.

Trends 70

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 70

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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. The days are gone, when everyone is going to use a LMS. for example.

Social Networks 73

Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Every television show on New Year’s eve, heck anyone in public on New Year’s eve. 10 eLogic Learning - Essential LMS. M-Learning – not just courses, but also their Jam tool, recruiting, org chat, ability to connect to experts; no on/off synch. A fine system with strong features.

Compliance Training 99

Compliance Training LMS SCORM Offline 99

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APRIL 29, 2010

Social News Aggregator - Digg. Tags: LCMS LMS Uncategorized e-learning e-learning vendors elearning social learning social media lms vendors. Media Sharing (Video, Audio, Application) - ( Video – YouTube, Audio- Last.fm , Application – P2P).

Social Media 40

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 40

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MAY 27, 2015

In all the years I have attended and have known about ATD (formally ASTD), this year is by far the most in terms of e-learning vendors, especially those in the LMS space. And here’s the thing – I lot of folks are picking systems outside of their native country.

Conference 40

Conference Metrics SumTotal SkillSoft 40

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

emTrain LMS - 100 Preventing Harassment Course Seats (valued at $2600). Interactyx - 20% discount on a purchase of TOPYX LMS and 5 free ej4 courses (they make HTML5 courses), (value $2,500). OpenSesame – $100 in free LMS ready courses. Wondershare - One license to their new Quiz Creator product. Tablet News.

Harassment Training 58

Harassment Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad vendor 58

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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. Link to web site is located within the vendor’s name. Tablet News. Android OS.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 45

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Harassment Training iPad vendor 45

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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. I know of only one LMS vendor Absorb that is on FourSquare. Vendor Section.

Social Media 76

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 76

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JULY 30, 2012

LMS vendors are continuing to add some very unique features in an effort to set themselves apart from the competition. This is to say that 90% of features most folks seek are nearly universal in a LMS – low cost or otherwise. Built in E-mail that blocks viruses, spam plus you can send out of the LMS.

Association Learning Management System 67

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

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JULY 23, 2010

GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro is a LMS that packs a wallop but at the same time has some features that provide limitations. LMS Super Plus Features. LMS Solid Features. Role focused capability & groups (common in every LMS solution). Social Learning. Wizards for the Admin side – Genius! Add-on modules.

GeoMaestro 58

GeoMaestro GeoLearning Productivity Product 58

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Plateau LMS is a Talent Management System, made up of four modules. Plateau Learning. This appears on the right side of the main screen and lists options such as “Approvals, Record Learning, News, Skills Inventory, Self-Assessment, Reports, Google, etc.) E-Learning 24/7.

Plateau 64

Plateau System Productivity Product 64

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Exciting news, I tell you. This will only empower folks in the e-learning industry who were pro-HTML5 and believed as I do, that it is the better route to go. For LMS vendors, adding “HTML5 feature sets makes sense – especially if they are adding mobile learning components in their system.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 78

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Player Flash Adobe 78

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Beeline Orchestra LMS. Cognition LMS by Reflection Software. Digitec Interactive – “Knowledge Direct&# LMS. Kaplan Learning Technologies – Atlantic Link & STT Trainer products. Meridan KSI and Meridan Anywhere – LMS vendor. RISC – Virtual Training Assistant LMS.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 65

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Productivity Product Authoring Tools 65

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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. It works for their Total LMS (Enterprise) and for their Geo Learning Maestro.

iPad 77

iPad iPhone vendor iTunes 77

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JANUARY 5, 2011

When it comes to the e-learning market, specifically the LMS space (and you can toss in LCMS, CMS, Learning Portals as well), there are a lot of traps that customers fall into and can’t get out. Courses cannot be transferred over – 3rd party course content – from your 3rd party vendor.

Case Study 61

Case Study Custom vendor SkillSoft 61

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AUGUST 19, 2011

A LMS that came with a e-commerce, a chat room, discussion boards, front end look that did not appear to a be a LMS, library, bookstore (capability), art gallery (I used it for sponsorship purposes). The vendor? I am talking about programming in real time, not snippets nor just the news. So, what killed it?

Streaming 67

Streaming iTunes Apple Association LMS 67

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JANUARY 17, 2013

News and announcements at bottom of the screen – honestly, I don’t care and I do not want it – waste of space (not sure if this is only visible in the freebie, but if it universal – ugh). Below this screen is “My Presentations” and “Knoodle News” . Standard files available for upload.

Productivity 58

Productivity Product Slides Audio 58

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JANUARY 18, 2012

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. Over 98% of the LMS/LCMS/learning platform have at least one compliance standard, so why use a RCAT that doesn’t? Here is a news flash: It’s not true.

Authoring Tools 76

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

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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. I know of only one LMS vendor Absorb that is on FourSquare. Vendor Section.

Social Media 49

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 49

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AUGUST 12, 2011

A LMS whose UI is poor, ease of use not there and questionable feature sets and service. So, when I went and checked out Saba Social, Saba’s new social learning platform, I had very low expectations. No Google voice nor any news aggregators such as Google Reader, etc. I was surprised. They finally figured it out.

Saba 69

Saba Social Networks Social Productivity 69