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Enterprise Learning Systems – How I love thee?

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Sadly, one day I called, they were out of business, sold to the nefarious NetG – who likely placed them in a huge warehouse next to the remains of a famous pharaoh. The system itself for my audience? I never gave them one – after I bought my first system. I still remember my first love’s name. Geo. Bookstore.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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This past week on LinkedIn I wrote about four trailblazers in the early days of the industry, learning systems – and what made them special (one has since hit speed bump), and four who trailblazed and then hit a major speed bump into, well, lost their way. NetG, Element K, being just two. Skillsoft). Onto the Show.

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History of the LMS

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You might have chat rooms (my system, the one I initially built, and then the one I purchased – GeoLearning), forums, discussion boards, a library (mine did, including checkout capabilities), even classrooms (the appearance of them, I never used it). NetG ruined them). Not as many as today mind you.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

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Not uncommon with some companies that own two different learning system brands if you will, but in this case, it seemed that SumTotal was the driver and Skillsoft the secondary. . Well you are fortuitous because it only requires you to purchase some content from the Skillsoft library. Do you wanna buy Percipio? (as

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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And not only do they provide the “course marketplace or content marketplace”, but they are adding content for free, to when you buy the LMS or other type of learning system. If one was to look at the e-learning industry (online learning), learning systems make up the biggest share of the space.

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