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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

However, ND never hit its stride and had the potential to do so – the very first vendor, whereas you could use part of it via a jump drive (true). Adobe was the first vendor to use templates to create courses. Both were a client buy (prevalent, BTW) when vendors buy other learning systems. Not Articulate.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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Nowadays thanks to the growth of Learning Engagement Platforms, whereas content is a requirement – an essential no less, LMS vendors are jumping head first into the content marketplace that is viewable by all clients (rather than pitching the content via the phone or other comm method). Who remembers NetG? Real interactive stuff.

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Purchasing Courses for your LMS

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Medium in length – defined by the vendor. If you bought it through your LMS vendor (through their partnerships), they will load it for you – this is often the best and ideal way most people today like to have it done. After all, you just spent money to buy the course(s) and the least they can do is help you load it.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Remember Digital Think, SmartForce, Pensare, NETg, KnowledgeNet, UNext, Docent, One Touch, Centra, InterWise, and their brethren? Vendors churned out page-turners and shovelware. Focus on helping high performers work smarter; novices aren’t the only people who need to learn. In the late 1990s, the web changed everything.