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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

This past week on LinkedIn I wrote about four trailblazers in the early days of the industry, learning systems – and what made them special (one has since hit speed bump), and four who trailblazed and then hit a major speed bump into, well, lost their way. NetG, Element K, being just two. Skillsoft). Onto the Show.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

I thought about this, as you can tell, and said to myself, okay, let’s write a post where the e-learning history and thus learning systems, authoring tools, and alike are intertwined with good and bad ideas. Cornerstone Track Record for Learning System Acquisitions Mixed.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

This is a story about a one-time giant in the 3rd party off-the-shelf content providers. Not uncommon with some companies that own two different learning system brands if you will, but in this case, it seemed that SumTotal was the driver and Skillsoft the secondary. . This is also about a vendor who lost their way.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

You can find free content all over the internet and you can purchase 3rd party content from a content provider. If one was to look at the e-learning industry (online learning), learning systems make up the biggest share of the space. 3rd party content providers are not new. Who remembers NetG?

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Rapid (Collaborative) Authoring Tools for developers/SMEs in multiple locations

Janet Clarey

Thought I’d share what I found for three reasons - (1) hopefully to provide some valuable information, (2) to see who I may have missed so I can add them and/or get them added to our KnowledgeBase (3) to let you know about the type of client-driven research we do at Brandon Hall Research. KnowledgeHub Authoring Tool (Element K).