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Why can’t you say YES, when you want to buy a learning system?

eLearning 24-7

Remember Lotus 1-2-3? For those of us, who experienced the late 80s when Floppy Discs ruled, and then used Lotus in the 90’s, the memory of such a solution, is easily forgotten (although I did take an online course using only Lotus Notes, in 1998). I would love to know who is still using Lotus Notes 6.5.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. Other options were universities who went online, via Lotus Notes. The vendor had partnerships with off-the-shelf providers. WBT (Web-Based Training).

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Skills WANTED

eLearning 24-7

Sure you can watch a video on Salesforce CRM or Lotus 1-2-3, but people learn best when the content is interactive and mimics the product. I can count on my fingers how many content vendors offer courses to teach folks a foreign language. But where is the content related the skills folks need based on the digital economy?

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Out with the old LMS in with the new: Part I

eLearning 24-7

If you have neither and are stuck in a contract that lasts more than 1 year, contact your vendor – your sales person to be exact and let them know that you want to leave your contract at the end of the year for that contract (i.e. Any materials – guides, reference, media files, etc.

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LMS Administrator Hiring – What you need to know to find the right 1

eLearning 24-7

I’m referring to something along the lines of “what you want out of your administrator, and what you expect this person or persons to accomplish in the role?” If it is like Lotus 1-2-3, forget it – no one is using that unless they are still using floppy discs at your workplace.

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LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers

Tony Karrer

These are being reported out of the larger eLearningGuild population and I would claim that they are likely more accurate than survey research that goes through the vendors themselves. Several of the LMS vendors appear more than once, such as Oracle. They can be used to see how LMS vendors stack up against particular features.

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