eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Many of us, see e-learning vendors who put $$$ ahead of their customers. Quick Lessons – 12-month license to QuickLessons, 3 hours of support and a social media review (for you or your company’s presence across all the major sites, like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more)! The holidays means nothing.

Harassment Training 72

Harassment Training Rapid Intake Wondershare vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

What always stuns me are vendors who state they know what their learners want, but in reality have no clue, because they themselves do not see the technology and its usage among the masses. Each one is available today on the Internet for free and these types of products are gaining mass in the global market. Online Storage i.e

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Quick Lessons – 12-month license to QuickLessons, 3 hours of support and a social media review (for you or your company’s presence across all the major sites, like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more)! Wondershare - One license to their new Quiz Creator product. Put in the subject line: E-Learning 24/7 Holiday Giveaway.

Harassment Training 58

Harassment Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad vendor 58

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

35 tablets will hit the market starting in early Q4 to late Q1 2011. million tablets to be sold by the end of 2011 & over 208 million units in 2014. LMS Vendors and Tablets Update. When you hear the term “browser agnostic&# , what this means is that the product or solution will work on any browser. your tablets.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 69

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I knew that its core audience would be instructional designers and e-learning developers. . From products that ranged from the latest versions of RCATs to new vendors in the space, including text to speech. . FT’s Aura product. Simply put, one vendor has over 200 Flash-based templates in their product.

DevLearn 72

DevLearn Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion Tools 72

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Many e-learning vendors put $$$ ahead of their customers. Thus, it is wonderful to see vendors who have stepped forward and said, “we care&# , “we value you&# , by offering giveaways during this holiday season. Wondershare - One license to their new Quiz Creator product. It’s a shame.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 45

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Harassment Training iPad vendor 45

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. A common argument I’m hearing from vendors on why they do not offer a social learning component in their system. &# “Companies are blocking social media access at their site and/or have social media governance policies&#.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Not that I expected it to do so, mind you, because I recognized late 2011 that it would be big. Not the products – they are still the same, but rather the “anti-” that they preach is nothing more than a previous incarnation of the past, sans the message. Just as in any product nowadays, add video, audio, media files.

LMS 78

LMS CoursePark Learning Management System vendor 78

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

In 2011, I saw quite a few items that resonated. They involved talent management, “hello and goodbye” with vendors, social learning, upswing in mobile learning, new feature sets in the authoring tool space, flat lining in web conferencing and standalone platforms. Brainstorming? Costs and quality will vary.

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

35 tablets will hit the market starting in early Q4 to late Q1 2011. million tablets to be sold by the end of 2011 & over 208 million units in 2014. LMS Vendors and Tablets Update. When you hear the term “browser agnostic&# , what this means is that the product or solution will work on any browser. your tablets.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 40

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 27, 2012

In the first week of the semester, the number of students using mobile devices like tablets instead of computers to access the Internet, went from 22% to 71% between 2010 and 2011 (ITS). So why the delay in using mobile learning, especially with tablets in education focused LMSs? Social Learning. Talent Management.

Association Learning Management System 85

Association Learning Management System LMS Learning Management System Trends 85

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

In their day to day conversations or posts, how often are they telling each other about your company’s secrets? Your day to day operations or products coming down the line? Another client (company) can do the same thing. Then other companies can explore and choose whom to they wish to connect with and use.

Mashups 73

Mashups Association LMS Association Learning Management System Social Media 73

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

5 BizLibrary – Company College. One of the first vendors to include the video boxes on the home page, rather than just the text for course title, etc. On the home page the product is able to recommend courses based on what courses have been started and completed – per user. Feature wise this product is fantastic.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Many vendors service multi-conglomerates that are international, rather than companies that are based only in country x and no where else. and European vendors interestingly enough, do not follow suit. Even if your vendor is outside of the U.S./Canada, Many companies in the U.K., They won’t.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. A common argument I’m hearing from vendors on why they do not offer a social learning component in their system. &# “Companies are blocking social media access at their site and/or have social media governance policies&#.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 5, 2011

.&# SCORM – Assuming they do not support SCORM 2004 3rd edition, thus all SCORM levels below it, you will find salespeople who have no idea on a) what it is, b) just say yes they do – even if their product does not. What products are they using? any E-Learning product. Sadly, those days are gone.

Case Study 61

Case Study Custom vendor SkillSoft 61

eLearning 24-7

JULY 20, 2011

I had thought that this trend would be dying out, but it is amazing at the number of vendors who are entering the space and still focused on the desktop approach. There recently was a big time company who announced they were going to develop their solution only in HTML5, not flash. . Vendors to Watch. They output only to HTML5.

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 19, 2011

Case in point, one vendor who had a RFP on their site, for anyone to download, had statements in there – that truly applied to their product. There is no reason in 2011, to use a RFP that is 20 pages or more. Many vendors are in the three or less years category. RFP is another word for lots of pages. This is a myth.

RFP 63

RFP vendor Apple Site 63

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2011

It is what makes any product or service, aspire to new heights. I especially love it when it happens in the e-learning industry. Product updates, some new features – but boring town. When they hit stride, other vendors take notice and soon, the lemming revolution begins. Innovative Products.

Blended Learning 73

Blended Learning Innovation Productivity Product 73

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

After one quarter (for most companies) into the fiscal calendar year, it is time to see what the future holds in our space. I mean ever&# , from a senior executive at a mid to large size vendor that has been in the market for several years. Many companies fall into this “illusion&#. Another vendor is suffering Q/A issues.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

There will certainly be 30+ tablet devices to choose from by mid 2011 and all will help to grow the market and a select few will actually succeed as products. Yeah, check out this new product we’re selling next month!”). We expect more tools will provide publication to HTML5 support in the coming weeks and months of 2011.

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56