The Learning Circuits

JUNE 10, 2005

Would IM bundle virtual classrooms. Will content vendors merge with other content, or with tools? Now there is open source. The question used to be, what would be bundled? Would EPSs bundle LMSs? Then the question is, what will be merged/acquired. Which LMSs and LCMSs will merge?

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Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Im looking for some input: good examples of software product training. Im working on a pitch to a software company -- technical audience (think database guys). Im not looking to work with another vendor, Im just looking to see good examples of software training to make sure Im not behind the times!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. Microsoft in India, just hires content development managers, whose core skill sets is ID, but their role turns out to be that of a vendor manager and content reviewer, as Microsoft (in India) outsources elearning work to 3rd parties.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 5, 2007

Im just about to kickoff a new project with a manufacturing organization to produce some custom courses. Im gonna call them an "immature e-Learning organization." Vendors -- of which I am one -- are often in the position of just answering the mail. These are the challenges of being the external vendor. Games are scary.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2012

I am still surprised on how vendors who are offering assessment only tools are staying in the game. Some vendors push heavily on PPT, implying that a great WBT is really a PPT converted to Flash. One vendor focuses only on Blackberry (not just Playbook but their smartphone like product). Vendor adoption is slow.

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Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world. What strategies are helping other vendors succeed? And Im really excited about the project Im working on. And Im really excited about the project Im working on. The website copy. I schmooze.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

eLearning vendors (those that design custom courseware) are often handed the course to be built. So the vendor scopes it out and does the design work, the storyboarding, the development work. But the bottom line is, the vendor needs to butter their bread and produce what the client has asked for. Evaluation complete.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Say, if youre purchasing a course library from SkillSoft or some other vendor: If a client has their own LMS, do they purchase the courses outright and host them on their own servers? If so, is the vendor able to track usage or do they just sell the content for a flat fee based on LMS seat size? By actual usage?

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SkillSoft eLearning Guild Content Help 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 12, 2007

Im wondering if people actually use all that data that does get tracked now for formal learning. Im mean -- do they really use all that data? Ive always been on the vendor end of things in this equation. I reply that it’s the same way we always do: check afterward to see if they’re performing up to expectation.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I think Im somewhat of an anomaly in the field. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all. Christy has been writing about how to get started in instructional design and what technology tools you might need. I dont do any programming. I dont build courses.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Im going to quote heavily from the article here, inserting my own thoughts along the way. Why should companies go with e-Learning vendors when rapid e-Learning tools are available? Have the e-Learning vendor create the first few custom programs. Granted, Im not commenting on the design nor the quality of the material.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

As an e-Learning vendor, I think its our responsibility to make sure that our clients have thought this through. Im sure it matters to them. Of course these vendors will want to provide updated content in order to ensure their clients dont have out of date material. Thanks to Janet for bringing this issue up!

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

I check em out on line in the name of professional development -- see what all the other vendors are doing. Im getting a Masters Degree in Instructional Design. But Ill have the knowledge and the confidence that I know what the hell Im talking about for once. Or rather, Ive never been mandated to take an e-Learning course.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Friday, June 15, 2007 ADDIE: Its a Process This is probably an argument made in any Instructional Design 101 class; I dont think Im saying anything new here. Most e-Learning vendors mention ADDIE or some form thereof on their websites as if it was a real science about creating effective learning.

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Instructional Design ADDIE Authoring Tools Moodle 100

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im a linear reader in recovery and have been actively learning how to skim books and not feel guilty about it. Although Im not in active instructional design mode for any projects right now, I did jot a bunch of ideas. those born between 1991-2000), Im a bit of an ape (no offense to apes, mind you). Do They? ) No boomers here.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 1, 2008

Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. Sell hardware or software but dont tell me you sell learning - because I swear, the next person/vendor/guru tells me something about learning that implies a lack of understanding regarding the conditions above.Im Open Source. Sell training.

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Breakthrough eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach where various open-source softwares are used." If you want proof, just go to the website of an eLearning software vendor, or attend an eLearning conference, or read an eLearning magazine or journal. I realize that every field has its own language and is prone to jargon.

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Mark Oehlert

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Im still working on that but maybe next week while I am at I/ITSEC, Ill wander the expo floor and ask some of the e-learning vendors what their plans are to help their clients move toward an Enterprise 2.0 So what right? stance with regard to their systems and developments such as OpenSocial and UWA.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

But Im learning. Im just back from two this week, and presented yesterday at USQs Pedagogies and Learning Conference in Brisbane. As an external vendor it can be extremely hard to change that mindset. I admit that this post is a bit messy. Photo Credit: Audrey Johnson from stock.xchng.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

All the vendors and consultants say pretty much the same thing and follow the same process. Im cammybean on deli.ci.ous -- try adding me to your network and make a for: cammybean list. Research Google away! I googled "Defining an e-Learning strategy" and various iterations thereof. I read articles, followed links, looked at websites.

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Mark Oehlert

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

But thats OK because Im sure you all (all conferences that do this) share some of these revenues with the authors right? IITSEC really is a unique experience since all the audience is not just developers and vendors, all the decision-makers in this realm also attend the conference. Anyway, enough of that rant.

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Mark Oehlert

JANUARY 7, 2008

" Turns out Im feeling a little grumpy as I start back into blogging, so Ill say that as far as "learning" goes.I So I started looking around for how to jump back in and I came across The Big Question from the Learning Circuits Blog." " What are your predictions for learning for 2008 ?"

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Mark Oehlert

JANUARY 14, 2008

Instead of a man with no country, Im a man with three computers and three operating systems. Im serious. I can barely run Opera or Firefox with a few tabs open on an Intel Core Duo 2.16 And I run a two-button mouse on my MacBook Pro when I'm at home, you can get them from a number of vendors. NO regrets.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 9, 2021

Currently there are more than 600 options of different LMS platforms out there (ranging from open source LMS to proprietary) with numerous LMS features. Unlike the majority of LMSs here, Moodle is a free, open-source learning management platform. Compatible with SCORM, AICC, IMS LTI, and xAPI/Tin Can API.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 21, 2008

Oh, except Im the developer and audio engineer too. And Im "lucky" enough to have access to the software. Im wondering if theres anything better out there. Im in the midst of writing another one of these, so am very happy for the distraction :) Answers to your questions: 1) Yep. 3:30 PM Wendy said. Hang in there!!!!

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Instructional Design Project Instructional Instruction 100

Xyleme

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Home > Learning Technologies , Standards > My Moodle Test My Moodle Test October 9th, 2009 Goto comments Leave a comment Talk has been heating up lately regarding the use of open source versus proprietary systems for learning. Does your company use an open source ERP system, or perhaps SAP or Oracle?

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

FAQs allow learners to get the information they need without having to contact the vendor directly. . The primary purpose of the LTI standard, created by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, is to connect learning systems, such as an LMS, with external service tools. Open Source Software. Manifest File.

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Compliance Training Blended Learning Authoring Tools Instructional Design 63

Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

But Im not sure I can get people to hold their answers back. Sorry Tony, but Im going to jump into the conversation now. Dont worry though; Im sure Ill still have more to say if you do this for the Big Question for February. Im on a smaller team though, so we are basically the "one-stop shop." 5:07 PM christytucker said.

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