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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

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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. Learn.com wasn’t a bad system.

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History of the LMS

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Most of it came, via 3rd party providers, or what we referred to as “boutique shops” – think custom development (fee-based) that someone, company, government, institution, and so forth hired to create a course or courses. ISP (Internet Service Providers) fees were high. Oh, and access wasn’t free.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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Learn.com – First a content aggregator, then jumped into the LMS market, acquired by Taleo, who promised to invest heavily. If you ever wondered what down the tubes look like, look no further than Learn.com. Oh, how we missed you – Grovo followed the same approach as Learn.com, and how well did that turn out exactly?

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Latest Negative E-Learning Trends

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The point of it all, is that this negative trend skews the data out of the gate and your results on future depth will provide you with erroneous information, especially as part of a gap analysis for future learning and growth. Otherwise, they will follow the route of Learn.com. Learn.com started as a course aggregator.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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You can find free content all over the internet and you can purchase 3rd party content from a content provider. 3rd party content providers are not new. Heck, even before we had online learning, and courses were CBT (Computer Based Training), you could find 3rd party course providers. . Who remembers NetG?

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2010 LMS Products of the Year

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Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). Normally, I wouldn’t provide a specific breakout, say Big Dog or Small Dog, but people ask me whom I like or dislike, etc. Learn.com offered some robust SL capabilities, but you have to pay for one of their premium versions to have it. Categories.

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Learning Systems for 2018 (#25 to #16)

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page – Top 50 Learning Systems for 2018 , whereas I provide some high level analysis, including a couple of cons or weaknesses in each product (if applicable). . Then learners are provided content which offers a variety of capabilities to enable them to achieve success. SuccessFactors, Oracle and others are not. .