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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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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. 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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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

CBT (Computer-Based Training). ILT (Instructor Led Training – Workplace, even EdTech – K-12 and Higher Education). WBT (Web-Based Training). Why have a system to house courses, when ILT was the main way of learning and training? Many folks running training and L&D, also saw the Five straight down the page.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

Heck, even before we had online learning, and courses were CBT (Computer Based Training), you could find 3rd party course providers. . Some may be free (TED) or some MOOCs, others are fee-based (Skillsoft, Skill Pill, Harvard Business, etc.). . Skillsoft too. Skillsoft – B2B, partnerships. Who remembers NetG?

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Top 50 LMS Report for 2016 – What you need to know (criteria, approach, and yeah some vendors)

eLearning 24-7

I identify the Big Dogs as SumTotal by Skillsoft (yes, that is the actual name), Cornerstone OnDemand, Saba, SucessFactors and Oracle Taleo (although, I ask myself who is using this and if you still are why?). SumTotal by Skillsoft – the 2016 re-haul is a huge plus. SumTotal by Skillsoft. SkillsServe by Unicorn Training.

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#HRTECH Learning Vendors Preview – Who to see and who to avoid

eLearning 24-7

And to those who are constant readers from all over the world and training, L&D and other professions, I give two high fives, four low fives and a bucket of joy. There are few and I mean only a few who follow this pattern (example: Skillsoft), where the course library is the primary and the system secondary. SumTotal by Skillsoft.

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LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers

Tony Karrer

But it's not really an enterprise LMS and has some very serious deficiencies when it comes to many of the needs of corporate training departements. SkilISoft SkillPort Skillsoft 12 8.03 LearnCenter Learn.com 5 7.18 Training PartnerTM Learning. TM SIGAL® Technomedia Training Inc 1 2.30 NetDimensions 1 9.30

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