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APRIL 1, 2012

Two news items about the takeover and the following creation of the ‘open source service group’ The third one is Sakai. I visited the Blackboard news page: screenshot of Blackboards news page. Interesting combination of information on this page.

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Open Source Blackboard Moodle Open 232

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MAY 24, 2016

That is one reason that you want to be able to switch from vendor, but another one is that the tool is just not good enough, doesn’t meet your requirements anymore or the service is really bad. You have the risk for a vendor lock in with almost all LMS (Learning Management Systems).

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Authoring Tools Expert LMS Saba 177

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MAY 24, 2016

That is one reason that you want to be able to switch from vendor, but another one is that the tool is just not good enough, doesn’t meet your requirements anymore or the service is really bad. You have the risk for a vendor lock in with almost all LMS (Learning Management Systems).

Authoring Tools 177

Authoring Tools Expert LMS Saba 177

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APRIL 15, 2016

It switched from service to mainly software. I do believe it is an indication of an important change that is taking place: People are doing it for themselves. We have seen similar developments in other industries. The launch of Desktop publishing programs in the eighties changed a whole industry. For video there are two reasons.

Search 169

Search Compliance Training LMS SCORM 169

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MARCH 14, 2014

Try our service free of charge. Aim 4 You takes care of the back office, so no implementation is required, and you get the benefits. And if you don’t want your learning displayed globally, with one simple click you can secure your content to only invitees. It’s as simple as that. Saltbox offers tracking and tracing Based on Tin Can (Xapi).

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LMS Web Easygenerator Alternatives 164

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MARCH 2, 2012

Broadband connection, fast PC’s and an incredible amount of software and services to facilitate almost everything. Later we got two phone lines and I could call in to a computer that could to call me back (that made a big difference on my phone bill). It is a long way from that modem to where we are now.

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Digital Skype Communication Site 165

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

It is our most important product, both in number of customers, sold services and overall revenues. An example of that is their new service for Subject Matter Experts (SME). They created rapidly the first version of a simple authoring tool and put it live in April 2009 as a service for all Questionmark customers. in 2007, 4.3

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Questionmark Social Networks Authoring Tools Software 100

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APRIL 15, 2016

It switched from service to mainly software. I do believe it is an indication of an important change that is taking place: People are doing it for themselves. We have seen similar developments in other industries. The launch of Desktop publishing programs in the eighties changed a whole industry. For video there are two reasons.

Search 120

Search Compliance Training LMS SCORM 120

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APRIL 7, 2011

SpacedEd is a service where you can create and follow courses. If you have to learn facts, they must be repeated, or else you will forget. Therefore it is important to repeat new information regularly. This meade me think of a course I subscribed to in SpacedEd, it did just that. They consist only of questions and answers.

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Brain Learning Conference Authoring 134

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Easygenerator is the only authoring tool that has invested in video delivery, offering an integrated free streaming video service of the highest quality. All publications made with Easygenerator are responsive. But probably most significant is that Easygenerator is the only authoring tool with a track record for user-generated learning.

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Easygenerator xapi Authoring Performance Support 100

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MAY 7, 2014

It didn’t affect the services at all, so why should they. I started as a one-men business unit in another company and then we got some shareholders on-board and we became a separate company. For us that was a huge deal, we re-branded, launched and did a lot of things, but the public could not care less. But I did love this conference.

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Conference Trends ASTD Instructional Design 167

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MARCH 6, 2018

What are the three most important values that you want your company (and your product and service) to reflect? Our purpose, mission, and vision were already established and only needed tweaking, but our core beliefs had never been written down. For me, this meant putting our beliefs in writing and prioritizing them.

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Easygenerator Write Blog Trust Sales 124

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FEBRUARY 21, 2015

A service created by two photographers. My list of websites with free images, sounds and video’s. Brainy Betty. A website with free resources images, sounds, backgrounds. Mostly focused on PowerPoint users but also usable for eLearning. Death to the stock photo.

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Images Resources Free Wiki 0

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APRIL 5, 2011

An other interesting post can be found on the Integrated Learning Services blog, the author Jay Lambert is a strong defender of ADDIE. They describe why they turned to an agile approach, how it works, lessons learned, tools to use and why it works for them. Interesting reading material.

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Agile Instructional Design ADDIE Easygenerator 184

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

They are called promoters because they like your product or service so much that they will spread the word for you. Passives ; with a score of a 7 or a 8. Distractors ; with a score between 0 and 6. Obviously, promoters are your most loyal users. They are your ambassadors.

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Score Easygenerator Comparison Survey 100

Challenge to Learn

MAY 9, 2011

We need to offer the worker a service in his working context, not just courses in a LMS. Connect to on-line help systems, task support systems, intranet solutions. Plug-in to your internal corporate social media, play an active role in them, seed and harvest information through them. Context when publishing.

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Wiki Social Media Moodle Performance Support 160

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MAY 11, 2011

Surprisingly the most interesting parts where not about Software as a Service, but about marketing. He describes in 111 plays how Salesforces grew from idea to billion dollar company. For me as the CEO of a company that offers a Saas solution it is interesting reading. I just picked some parts I liked the most.

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Sun Oracle Software Attention 154

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

We are not just a software product or an authoring environment; we are a group of people and a company that delivers an excellent and innovative service to our users. We represents the complete EasyGenerator team. Simplify stands for a non-technical, well thought through and easy to use solution that meets the needs of our users.

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Easygenerator Authoring Tools Change Open Source 114

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

All updates, support and bug fixes are included in the services. Not with Easygenerator, we are completely cloud based, no installation on your side is necessary. You can start without any ICT preparations within minutes. No extra charges. That is not secure! Content in the cloud is a big security risk, ready to be hacked.

Easygenerator 100

Easygenerator Compliance Training Authoring Tools Security 100

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FEBRUARY 28, 2016

We use an online service for this. The previous measures will make you aware of things that are going wrong, but you probably need more details before you are ready to make improvements. We use user testing for this. We write a short script and ask people to execute that. It is brilliant. eLearning.

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Authoring Tools Lesson Easygenerator eLearning 100

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

SaaS service. There is a lot more to tell than I can put in this blog post, so I placed some links to relevant pages in the easygenerator website with videos and presentations that provide more detail. Click the image to go to the preregistration form and read more about the free edition.

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Easygenerator Authoring Free Tools 160

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MARCH 10, 2015

Not because they don’t give great information but because you have to become a paying member to benefit from their services. You will find the eLearning Guild and the ATD at number 7 and 8 on this list. Both of them offer great conferences as well. David is the master of the back channels.

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Informal eLearning Guild eLearning Learning Theory 100