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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

The system used to have a lot of potential, so the first thing to come up with was what they referred to as TIM (think a mentor thing that helps you). 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.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

Who remembers NetG? NetG, was the evil empire of the days gone past – ok, in my mind. speed with no latency issues would be acquired by NetG and shoved into the Raiders of the Ark storage facility, next to the ark itself. Along will come templates, worksheets, anything to help enhance the learning. Static rules!

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I need your advice on learning profiles

The Learning Circuits

full disclosure - As some of you may know, I joined Thomson NETg in January to run one of their strategic business units called Collaboration (essentially what was KnowledgeNet whom they acquired in late 2004). Very exciting (at least to me) but what I need is your feedback on a tool that Thomson NETg developed which I think is a hidden gem.

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Purchasing Courses for your LMS

eLearning 24-7

If you purchase from a 3rd party provider that says you have to download the content yourself, they may offer for a fee, to do it for you (excluding course marketplaces because you have to do it yourself, there is no option for them to help you load it). I investigated with help from the customer. What is the right choice for you.

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CLO Competencies: The Path for Future Learning Leaders

CLO Magazine

Initiatives that eliminate these gaps will help ensure that the organization always has the right people, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time. Dr. James L’Allier serves as Chief Learning Officer and Vice President, Research and Development of Thomson NETg, Inc.

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Merger mania in and around eLearning

The Learning Circuits

All of this comes of the heels of SkillSoft releasing SkillSoft Dialogue , their version of a virtual classroom and NETg buying KnowledgeNet last year for their virtual classroom technology/LMS resulting in their Knowledge Now suite.

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The Growing Role of Microlearning

CLO Magazine

This first generation e-learning was revolutionary, and companies like Skillsoft, NetG, Click2Learn, DigitalThink — my alma mater — and others were born. This market grew rapidly, and the LMS market adapted to help us manage, administer and track these courses. A few months ago I met with a large L&D organization.