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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

The Gripe – Very popular, where the department head or direct manager, complains that the person has to attend the session, and should be at their desk. The LCMS Learning Content Management System. NetG ruined them). Training management was really an LMS, but soon changed to like I said, scheduling.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Saba always thought of themselves behind the scenes as a performance management system, even though they publicly pushed it for L&D – employees. When they went course aggregator, I saw them as a nice alternative to Skillsoft who was off acquiring other course providers including NetG and then down the road, Element K.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

Who remembers NetG? NetG, was the evil empire of the days gone past – ok, in my mind. speed with no latency issues would be acquired by NetG and shoved into the Raiders of the Ark storage facility, next to the ark itself. Back in the day, there were some big names out there. Real interactive stuff. But Office ruled. .

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Content – Change the Narrative

eLearning 24-7

Sure, money is factor, respect, management, all exist and yes, it varies among people, but from a research standpoint, it is lack of personal and professional development. At one time, it was the biggest brand out there, and a vendor who bought up other well-known content providers such as NetG and ElementK. Who are you?

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SCORM: What you should be asking your LMS Vendor to be

eLearning 24-7

Yet, many vendors often said they were certified, when in fact they weren’t. Okay, your top questions to ask a LMS/LCMS vendor. So, you would rather locate it “off the shelf&# – as in pre-built.

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consolidation continues - BlackBoard + WebCT & more.

The Learning Circuits

Now this deal makes more sense as Saba continues evolve beyond its Learning Management Software (LMS) roots (Saba recently bought THINQ) by rounding out its services offering. The Resulting Big Five: (forecasted annual revenue) SkillSoft $200M+ NETg $150M-200M? This announcement comes on the heels of Saba acquiring Centra.

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CLO Competencies: The Path for Future Learning Leaders

CLO Magazine

For many training managers and directors, the position of chief learning officer represents a career path. Representing a mixed group, with backgrounds ranging from traditional training and development to general management, all were fairly uniform in their answers. Strategic Management. General Management.

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