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Microsoft Buys Skype: Will it Impact Your eLearning Strategy?

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

The big news this week is Microsoft buying Skype for $8.5billion. Maybe smaller companies would find Facebook an acceptable communication tool with a Skype feature incorporated into the mega-network. Basically having Skype behind your firewall is a pretty cool thought wouldn't you say? I liked the GigaOm post.

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Virtual Meeting Rooms – The Key to Successful Online Collaboration

BrainCert

For instance, prominent video conferencing platforms like Skype don't have an option for the host to mute the microphones of any of the participants in a call. This is time-consuming as most organizations would have security firewalls blocking such downloads.

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LMS vendors: R u hearing us?

eLearning 24-7

Dozens of LMS vendors, had typos on their web pages, zero screens of the system, links that went nowhere and two kicked up my Firewall warning of possible privacy collection and one had a Trojan Horse (I use a hardcore firewall and A/V). then they list a U.K. toll free number or multiple countries toll free numbers.

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Training: A Primer For Hosting Live, Online (Virtual) Classes

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

While some solutions are free (Skype for example), vendors will typically charge you anywhere from $50 per month to several hundred dollars each month, depending on the options you need. The only issue you might run across when setting up your training space is being blocked by your corporate Firewall.

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

The parallel concept of Bring Your Own Content (BYOC) has also been suggested and, as mobile devices – smartphones and tablets – have circumvented corporate firewalls, the ability for learners to source, select and consume their own learning materials when and where they choose is becoming a reality.