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Enterprise Learning Systems – How I love thee?

eLearning 24-7

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. Anyway, there is something about people wanting references, especially enterprise clients. References from the vendor are worthless. Enterprise. 

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

In my grouping, I interspersed it with historical references that are not tied to our industry for the purpose of just doing it. The system used to have a lot of potential, so the first thing to come up with was what they referred to as TIM (think a mentor thing that helps you).

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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. NetG ruined them). WBT (Web-Based Training). People – Learners and Students. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. Funny, folks still access it.

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Content – Change the Narrative

eLearning 24-7

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. They counter that, by saying that it has sub-sections, which most of us, would refer to as chapters, which in their angle is short. . I’m referring to the employee here. Who are you?

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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I personally think what has hurt them in the greater market is the push by so many vendors (some of which are legit competitors) to refer to them as “traditional”, citing how long they have been around. NetG, Element K, being just two. Yes, the admin side, needs a revamp, but feature-wise, they are top tier. Skillsoft).

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I need your advice on learning profiles

The Learning Circuits

full disclosure - As some of you may know, I joined Thomson NETg in January to run one of their strategic business units called Collaboration (essentially what was KnowledgeNet whom they acquired in late 2004). Very exciting (at least to me) but what I need is your feedback on a tool that Thomson NETg developed which I think is a hidden gem.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

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Where SumTotal sales people never pushed Percipio as an add-on or addition to SumTotal Learning, even referring it an an “afterthought” as one senior sales executive once told me. Remember when I noted that some vendors saw them as the “evil empire?”