eLearning 24-7

JULY 20, 2011

As the rapid content authoring market continues to grow, new features and capabilities are equally growing. You work online via the servers of your vendor. Everything is saved online. Vendors who are already in the SaaS only space, should continue to offer features that maximize its power. At the end of Dec.

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

A greater number of people, worldwide are using SaaS then ever before, mobile products, tablets – especially the iPad – is growing at a feverish pace, people are using online storage, beyond just placing photos and media, and open source is continuing expansion. Online Storage i.e online hard drives.

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Unlimited users – a rarity in today’s market. Support of the iPad, thus mobile learning. Tin Can compliment – but no native app and no online/offline synch. Tin Can API with online/offline synchronization – AWESOME! M-Learning offers online/offline synchronization.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

A native app that enables you view the courses on your mobile device with online/offline synch. Even if the product is a desktop product all you need to do is upload the course to your own web server, use the vendor’s web server or via a LMS. Online/Offline synch. Your mobile web browser. Again it is not.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 12, 2012

TinCan with online/offline synch. surveys/assessments, e-commerce, transcripts, ad-hoc reporting and the other standards in the industry (90/10). One of the top systems for the education market. M-learning support, assignment grader can be offline and then re-synched online, but courses can not be online/offline.

Compliance Training 99

Compliance Training LMS SCORM Offline 99

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 24, 2014

Even not having the card prior to arrival, but signing up online, gets you free internet. . from their “market” is outrageous. Another one on the rise for LMS vendors and honestly, e-learning vendors as a whole. Speaking of which, Trend 3 Online/Offline synch.

Trends 81

Trends LMS vendor Open Source 81

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

He was recognized throughout the e-learning and learning communities. He was online quite a bit and provided a wealth of information to his clients. I live it, perhaps too much, yet the other day I came across a learning blog informing its readers that in order for the LMS to survive: Must become modular.

LMS 74

LMS vendor Compliance Training Centra 74

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2013

Because the one stop shops are now appearing in learning management systems, for the better. If you are taking a deep look around the LMS market you may be hearing a new buzz word, “ecosystem” Some LMS vendors have used the term in the past because they themselves saw their platform as a one stop shop.

LMS 78

LMS Blended Learning vendor Learning Management System 78

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 23, 2012

Twice a year I will be providing some trends that I am seeing in the e-learning market. This one trend really is an irritation to me, because the term “training” is showing up rather than “learning”, which is the standard term as it relates to online learning (see it already?).

Trends 80

Trends vendor Outsource LMS 80

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

By the mid to late 2000′s, the split returned with LCMS and LMS (and yes, there were vendors who called themselves LCMSs for as long as e-learning – online learning – has existed). Today, however more and more learning management systems are bringing into content management features, inc.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

MAY 5, 2013

E xpertus One ($$$-$$$$)- Still the best multi-tenant platform in the market. The system as a whole is quite robust including digital signatures, online/offline synch and a very nice UI. E-Learning 24/7. For me, I define company size by: 500 or less employees: SB. 501 to 1,500: SMB. 1,501 to 5,000: MB.

Enterprise 85

Enterprise Association Learning Management System LMS SAP 85

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The biggest problem facing the industry in the past few years are the lack of course authoring tools for e-learning developers and instructional designers. Sure, you can use the extensive list of tools on the market, but for those who want real power and complexity ala from the days of Authorware, pickings are slim.

eLearning Tools 85

eLearning Tools Authoring Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

I would estimate that there was a 60-40 split, still instructor led driven, but even a significant number of the ILT vendors were offering subsets or capabilities to turn their ILT into online via webinars or online courses. Mobile Learning. ILT heading into the online path in one way or another. Here is a hint.

ASTD 82

ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 1, 2012

I love Questionmark, its a wonderful product and it can use a “connector” to integrate into your learning platform or system. However, times are continuing to change in regards to the overall standalone quiz/assessment tools market. The standalone market for these seems to no longer make sense. someone is watching).

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools News Association Learning Management System LMS 71

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

At one time BlueVolt was just a spark, a system among many other systems in the market. Online/Offline synch – not yet live, coming later this Summer – that is with native app for iOS – not everyone system is involved in the early stages of TinCan (the next evolution of SCORM) – Blue Volt is however.

Productivity 71

Productivity Product Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 71

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

A couple of vendors have added HRIS modules. It is interesting to note, that many of the vendors are targeting the SMB space, especially the small size (less than 500 employees) market. I expect to see over 80% of the market go SaaS by the end of 2012. What’s not to love about the EE market? Prediction.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Continues to be a growth market. The Big Dog vendors jumped in two years ago, with some components and have now vastly expanded. Smaller size vendors are now entering the foray. Talent Management only systems that have existed in the market for years. A huge key is digital marketing. Online Authoring Systems.

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

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. Enables people to work offline without net connection then when back online, re-synchs with SaaS platform or system. E-Learning 24/7.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 10, 2011

I mean, virtually all new tablets hitting the market these days, has a camera and a vid/web cam. This is why, only 4 vendors offer an iPad or iPhone app for download. iPad/iPad 2 Vendors. If you are a LMS vendor – business, unless your target market is education/academia – then education. Bottom Line.

iPad 77

iPad iPhone vendor iTunes 77

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 4, 2012

Now if you want to download it for offline viewing on an iPad series device: To do so, you (whomever that may be) allow your learners to download the course. Then you have to click another link within the article to learn how do it. Desktop – The e-learning market is moving to SaaS – you aren’t.

Articulate 75

Articulate Productivity Product Flash to HTML5 Conversion 75

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

Mobile learning – it might surprise you to know that 75-80% of all systems in the space, currently do not offer any type of mobile learning, the number goes up even higher for online/offline synch. Congrats, you are probably looking at less than 10 (based on my LMS directory which contains 475 vendors).

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 4, 2013

If your system’s target markets or audience are massive users of classroom management, then having some type of facilities management with resources makes sense, but I know plenty of end users that couldn’t care less. . E-Learning 24/7. Optional Power to Success. Works with tablets including Apple. Power to Success.

LMS 76

LMS Calendar WebEx e-learning vendor 76

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

M-Learning- Mobile Learning. It does not mean that the system comes with a native app nor offers online/offline synchronization. E-Learning – Online Learning. Requires a native app (self-contained) on the mobile device and enables online/offline synchronization. I hate that.

LMS 77

LMS vendor RFP Consulting 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Vendors who added innovative features including text to speech (way to go SoftChalk), to true HTML5 support (Claro, Cm-Studio, Rapid Intake, Toolbook and sort of HTML5 output – Lectora) to image editors, SDK kits, gaming sims and Sony PSP devices. The demos can be up to five minutes and cannot contain any sales or marketing pitch.

vendor 68

vendor Authoring Tools STT Trainer Mac 68

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 25, 2010

And for people who think that tablets are not going to be a big influencer in the market, lets clear that up, quickly. While 99% of the public, believes that the Ipad is the only player in the market, it is not. Creating high-def video for your courses, or people can upload for social learning or add high-def simulations or movies.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70