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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

The initial person who thought buying SumTotal was a great idea (initially it was) and then dumped it for a fortune to Skillsoft (another great idea), which in turn was someone at Skillsoft thinking this was a great idea, which turned out to be false and was a factor in Skillsoft going into bankruptcy due to the albatross known as SumTotal.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

The Birth of Online Here comes the internet, Mosaic 2.1 It’s called online learning for a reason, because it is via the internet – online. Modem You needed one of these to access the Internet. ISP (Internet Service Providers) fees were high. The LMS The player for online learning and WBT? Blackboard.

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Exploring eLearning Standards for the WordPress LMS Industry with Andy Whitaker at Rustici Software

LifterLMS

WordPress is huge, 43 percent of the internet. They had some history in working with the SCORM standard in the very early days actually building a player for the software company that they used to work for. Maybe we can go start a company that sells a SCORM player. That particular sort of integrated player product.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

Funny thing is - none of the LMS players in the list. I used to pitch up against some of the "big guys" -- NetG, SkillSoft -- who do some custom development, but the clients would choose our small shop because we provided better customer service. 8:53 AM Anol said. Public listed Blackboard or Open source Moodle.

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Five LMS Sins

eLearning 24-7

First off not every LMS vendor does what I’m about to tell you, but oh boy, plenty do – and it is not just the big players, it could be mid-size, heck even small size vendors. . At some point though, you have to stop and start pushing towards profitability. . Europe or as I call it, the LMS Money Pit. Say it ain’t so.

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Top 10 LMS Forecasts for 2015

eLearning 24-7

The next day, Fred comes back into the office and is now re-connected with the internet. “Almost all of the many predictions now being made about 1996 hinge on the Internet’s continuing exponential growth. But I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse.”

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10 Must-Read Articles About Big Data

TalentLMS

Ever heard that once something gets on the internet it stays there forever? The infographic shows the online landscape of higher education, it’s benefits and inherent barriers, it also lists the key players of online higher education today. And that’s true. Can we use this data somehow to improve learning experience?

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