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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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You can find free content all over the internet and you can purchase 3rd party content from a content provider. And not only do they provide the “course marketplace or content marketplace”, but they are adding content for free, to when you buy the LMS or other type of learning system. History. Who remembers NetG?

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Content – Change the Narrative

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Too many times I find that when talking about content, 3rd party content providers, content driven strategies from learning system vendors (which is quite hot) and marketplaces place more of a general approach to buying and pushing it. If your learning system provider offers content, take a look at it. The Grocery Store.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

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When they went course aggregator, I saw them as a nice alternative to Skillsoft who was off acquiring other course providers including NetG and then down the road, Element K. It wasn’t great or okay, good, but there were people who liked it.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

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This is a story about a one-time giant in the 3rd party off-the-shelf content providers. If the buy content you get Skillsoft system sounds familiar you are correct, because the same approach was taken with Skillport, an LMS from Skillsoft, which was really a stripped down version of the old Element K system back in the day.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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NetG, Element K, being just two. Plus, questions you will need to ask any vendor who provides skills/job role libraries – regarding their sources. Oh, how we missed you – Grovo followed the same approach as Learn.com, and how well did that turn out exactly? Skillsoft). Bottom Line. There you have it.