eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Mobile the final frontier. These are the voyages of mobile learning. To boldly go where no e-learning vendor has gone before, specifically LMS vendors who are now starting to get it. . To, ah forget it you now the rest, but what you may not know is the latest on the mobile learning front.

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Mobile vendor Mobile Learning xapi 40

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Here are the top 10 trends that I have seen taking place in the industry, as well as a few forecasts. The trends apply to both LMS/LCMS vendors. Extended Enterprise - Vendors are expanding into the wholesaler/reseller/affiliates/sales agent sector with their solutions. Two trends are appearing in higher frequency.

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LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

JULY 20, 2011

You work online via the servers of your vendor. I had thought that this trend would be dying out, but it is amazing at the number of vendors who are entering the space and still focused on the desktop approach. Vendors who are already in the SaaS only space, should continue to offer features that maximize its power.

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

eLearning 24-7

JULY 16, 2012

Sit back, grab a beverage, a quick snack and enjoy the LMS Trends Halftime. Two more Trends. You can view them via my E-Learning 24/7 newslette r , which is 100% free and comes out monthly. The newsletter always includes two trends, one hot market, what is happening now and marketing buzz word. Bottom Line.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System Trends Association LMS LMS 72

eLearning 24-7

MAY 21, 2013

In this amazing episode we find out that not all mobile devices are really mobile (according to a vendor), the new six letter word is Tin Can, mobile only products still exist, my game is your game and ASTD did not offer a breakfast for us. My mobile is not your mobile. Mobile specific or mobile option.

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ASTD e-learning vendor vendor Photo 67

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Mobile Learning. LMSs – Finally vendors took notice. Sadly though many still are in the dark on true mobile learning – i.e. not accessing their platform via a mobile web browser. Authoring Tools – With only a small sample of vendors that are SaaS based, pickings are slim.

CD-ROM 85

CD-ROM vendor e-learning vendor Offline 85

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

iPod, mobile phones, YouTube, message boards, e-mail. Market Trends Update 2010. Many vendors hyping PowerPoint to Flash angle as key feature. My business web site is [link] and provides advisory services to e-learning vendors and individuals interested in e-learning products, solutions & services.

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

MAY 28, 2013

Best booth – Gamelearn, very modern and hip – but no demos; so Mindmarker wins out – nice hip booth and mobile devices with their product on it to play around on. Each year this is always a few products that wow me and this year’s show continued the trend. . E-Learning 24/7. Products that rocked.

ASTD 82

ASTD Analysis Conference SumTotal 82

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 26, 2014

Authoring tools vendors – pickings were slim, Adobe was present, so was Allen Interactions (Zebra Zapps), but no Articulate? Mobile specific tools or m-learning spin tools – were not as extensive as I was expecting. Skills e-learning tools – Present and accounted for – Sir! Gamification.

ADL 66

ADL ASTD vendor Social Networks 66

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. On the Go – mobile access to documents, files, business presentations regardless of your location – instant access. Collaboration.

Open Source 77

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 77

eLearning 24-7

MAY 18, 2012

I believe a new sub-genre of e-learning is upon us. Recording via a mobile device or a cam or a digital camera. Every month via your e-mail box you will receive the latest trends, insight, and my new products to check out. These products will hit across all genres of e-learning. Once in a Lifetime.

Virtual Classroom 66

Virtual Classroom News ILT vendor 66

eLearning 24-7

MAY 13, 2014

Estimate 55% e-learning related content, including e-learning vendors and ILT vendors who added a “virtual training” component as part of their offerings. To me, many more LMS vendors than in the past, especially some newbies I’ve never seen attend the show. And the lack of lunch.

Authoring Tools 69

Authoring Tools Conference ASTD Blended Learning 69

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Every year, I identify five trends that I am seeing in the industry as a whole, and forecast on where they will be heading throughout the year. LMSs/LCMS/CMS/learning platforms in commercial and open space continued their presence. Here now are five trends and their respected forecasts. Mobile Learning.

Blended Learning 95

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 95

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 10, 2010

For the debut review, the vendor is GeoLearning. There are over 190 LMS/LCMS vendors. A trend for some is to state that their solution is perfect for a specific market. There are solutions in the assessment market that really look sharp on a mobile phone. E-Learning 24/7. The small dogs. One is Questionmark.

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Market LMS LCMS vendor 60

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 10, 2011

By viewing the consumer market, there is huge growth in this area, especially for people who have mobile devices. For end users in the e-learning market, it is clear they are following the market. PGP (Portable game players) are listed number three only behind smartphones and tablets for mobile devices sold. 7% Box.net.

Authoring Tools 77

Authoring Tools Augmented Reality Flash to HTML5 Conversion LCMS 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

E-Learning Vendors and Apps. I’m not sure if it is going to take a predication by the late Edgar Cayce or Nostradamus to see the need to have native apps for people to download with the numerous m-learning, Mac store or Windows 8. Doomsday Scenario #2 – Mobile, what’s that you say? SoftChalk 7.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Rapid Intake 72

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

But with LMS vendors jumping into the mobile learning sector, at least in some cases, it may be a tad misleading. My question to vendors who pitch browser agnostic is simple: did you test and verify that your LMS (if you stated it as a mobile LMS) will work with these two specific browsers? E-Learning 24/7.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

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

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

via VOIP, mobile, telephone, etc. Each vendor is going to charge different pricing for the seats – as a whole. A new trend to help save on the costs is the “active” versus “in-active” user. A: I think there is, but that is just my take. However as a whole, yuck. Factors include the number of seats.

SumTotal 73

SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

hiogi.com – mobile search based on the knowledge of a worldwide community. Hmm, mobile learning pushed to the next level? E-Learning 24/7. After the Deadline - checks spelling, misused words, style, and grammar with advanced AI and NLP techniques. Users ask questions and get answers via SMS.

Mashups 65

Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. NetDimensions was the very first vendor to offer their LMS on a jump drive. It was flawed.

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

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. Trends on the Expo Floor. Mobile Learning. Many vendors stated as such to me. Final Word.

ASTD 82

ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

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. Whether it is a mobile learning platform, authoring tool or a LMS/LCMS – TinCan will be huge. with TinCan). What is TinCan?

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

eLearning 24-7

JULY 3, 2010

Content topics and trending (which is really a super feature). Engagement, influence and trends (glad to see someone see the enormous value of offering this, esp. in a social learning, with excellent social media apps/widgets). Mobile apps – Can use in Blackberry, Iphone (unsure about the Droid). E-Learning 24/7.

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Part LMS, part social and yes a very nice part of mobile including apps for iPad. 18 Upside Learning. The product is always cutting edge and their mobile is outstanding. Streamline driven and mobile support including tablets. 14 Totara LMS by Totara Learning Solutions. It’s sickening. 22 Pearson – OpenClass.

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LMS Cornerstone OnDemand Saba Totara 71

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2011

So that a more constant date is set each week for this blog, the topic “Latest Content Authoring Tools Trends&# will be posted Tuesday morning, July 19th. 124 vendors, inc. 1 of the 16 open source vendors that offers m-learning capabilities. 26/108 commercial vendors offer m-learning capabilities inc.

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Authoring Tools News CertPoint vendor 71

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2010

Send e-mail reminders of courses needed to be taken, completed to mobile phones or tablets; offer the option to end users to accept SMS (text messages). E-Learning 24/7. Take your micro blog to the next level – enable end users to send video clips, photographs, etc. to other followers.

Social Networks 73

Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

You can also forward your Skype calls, so when people call that phone number it automatically goes to your mobile, so your people on the road can respond. One of the most worrisome trend that I have seen, which is growing. It appears in the SAAS model with some small dog LMS vendors. I hope this trend ends quickly.

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vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

The people who suffer the most from this contradiction are the consumers and a vast majority of vendors. While mobile learning is moving at an incredible speed, faster than anticipated by some of my colleagues, it does not come without a cost. Your mobile web browser. HTML5 or is it? That cost is in the pitch of HTML5.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

But with LMS vendors jumping into the mobile learning sector, at least in some cases, it may be a tad misleading, especially with smartphones. My question to vendors who pitch browser agnostic is simple: did you test and verify that your LMS (if you stated it as a mobile LMS) will work with these two specific browsers?

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

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

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As previously noted, there is a continued increase in vendors who are supporting mobile learning, whether it is by having a stand alone mobile learning platform or integrating it into their system at no additional charge. They are both growing in leaps and bounds for SaaS.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

That smartphones were the answer to mobile learning. Vendors were saying, lets “wait on those&# or “our customers are not requesting them, so we are holding off&#. Social learning? 2 Mobile Learning. From the makers of Upside Learning. From the makers of Upside Learning.

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vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Can send course links via e-mail and even social media – seen in collaborative learning environments aka online authoring systems, some people call themselves training management systems – but the authoring tool is the key component. Mobile – but still has a long way to go. Gamification. What’s HOT.

eLearning Tools 85

eLearning Tools Authoring Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

CommLab India

JUNE 20, 2017

This has helped promote the translation of e-learning courses. E-learning vendors are going beyond creating customized courses to provide courses translated in multiple languages. In recent years, translation in e-learning has moved beyond converting courses into multiple languages. Video Translation.

Trends 64

Trends Diversity Training e-learning vendor Internationalization 64

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

A trend that is happening in the LMS market more so than in the other e-learning markets, is the failure to follow their path of success. E-Commerce, support, branding, customization (to a degree). In 2011, the trend is showing that those days are gone. Bonus Trend. Mobile Learning and Tablets.

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Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 20, 2013

What is new – ability to record your web cam or add video from a third party device – DV camera or even – shall I say it – mobile device. Some vendors who are doing the web cam record include it with the screen capture and record, others are incorporating a more robust video record capability – including HD.

Authoring 74

Authoring Market Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 74

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

Examples: E-mail notification via SMS. 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. Widgets – low, but growing (future blog on trends).

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

As aforementioned months ago, this is a new trend and it continues to grow. While many systems have offered in the past e-comm modules, these systems created solutions/features within their LMS for an “extended enterprise&# or as one puts it “channel product management&# capabilities. Social Learning is limited.

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LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66