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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Learn.com; Plateau Learning – It seemed like a good idea Count Olaf. I bring up Olaf because the person whose idea led to the acquisition of Learn.com, would have impressed Al Capone. To say Taleo pulled the rug over the eyes of Learn.com back in the day, is an understatement. Taleo in turn, was acquired by Oracle.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Learn.com – They came a bit later, but there is a good story, and yes, they still exist. Learn.com started out as an LMS. Taleo promised to invest big $$$ to make Learn.com amazing. Then, came Oracle, who purchased Taleo. Blackboard – EdTech – Today? Blackboard. Okay more than a decade.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

Learn.com – First a content aggregator, then jumped into the LMS market, acquired by Taleo, who promised to invest heavily. Taleo, then acquired by Oracle. If you ever wondered what down the tubes look like, look no further than Learn.com. That didn’t happen. NetG, Element K, being just two. Skillsoft).

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Announcing Keynote Lectora Power Users Showcase: Diane Elkins, Lisa Jones and Bradley Fredrick

Trivantis

He also administers his organization’s LMS with Oracle (formerly Taleo/Learn.com). Instructional Designer for Corizon with over 11 years of experience. Brad primarily develops in Lectora and has been one of our beta testers for many years.

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Keeping Up - April's Big Question

eLearning Cyclops

Here are the results and the level of exposure to technology tools this community provides: Twitter (2482) Social Network (1999) Wiki (1610) LMS (1346) Podcaster (1239) Facebook (1176) Flash (980) PowerPoint (922) YouTube (843) RSS (814) LinkedIn (798) Second Life (687) iPhone (602) Director (584) Moodle (550) PDF (521) Captivate (515) Wikipedia (502) (..)

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The Augmented LMS: New Life for Talent Management Learning?

Talented Learning

Old-school LMS companies (like SumTotal , Plateau , Learn.com , GeoLearning and Certpoint ) were acquired by much larger talent and HR-suite providers like SAP/SuccessFactors , Infor , Oracle and IBM. Nearly overnight, the LMS industry morphed into the talent management industry.

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Latest Negative E-Learning Trends

eLearning 24-7

Otherwise, they will follow the route of Learn.com. Learn.com started as a course aggregator. Next Taleo got bought by Oracle. History Lesson. Then down the road of history for them, they became a courseware LMS (we just didn’t call them that). Then, they got bought by Taleo. Product is garbage.

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