eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

Lite LMSs are growing and there is clearly a need in 2011. Newest Version – LMS/Learning Portal Directory. Added Demo Column (Y/N) – If the vendor enables you to view a demo of their product without having to register or provide any information upfront, it is identified as “Yes&#. LMS Directory.

News 65

News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Many of us, see e-learning vendors who put $$$ ahead of their customers. Wondershare - One license to their new Quiz Creator product. They see us a data point to place in their bottom line. The holidays means nothing. No thank you. No, we appreciate you. No, we care about you. It’s a shame.

Harassment Training 72

Harassment Training Rapid Intake Wondershare vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Vendors were saying, lets “wait on those&# or “our customers are not requesting them, so we are holding off&#. Social learning? Again, our customers aren’t asking for it, so we are just doing enough to appear that we are cutting edge. Not just a few vendors, the industry as a whole.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

From products that ranged from the latest versions of RCATs to new vendors in the space, including text to speech. . FT’s Aura product. Most of folks tie them to virtual worlds, but they have been used in the past with courses – customized mind you, but they are not “new” the scene. .

DevLearn 72

DevLearn Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion Tools 72

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

DECEMBER 29, 2014

World of Learning Conference – Birmingham, UK – Lots of potential here. Well organized – a must show for e-learning vendors in 2015. If I am a LMS vendor who is either exploring Europe, has clients in Europe or wants to have clients in Europe – you should be here. . How dare you!

LMS 92

LMS SCORM vendor Microsoft 92

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 18, 2010

So, if you include Facebook like in your LMS, wouldn’t it be logical to assume that people would follow the same approach and mechanism, that they use in the actual real Facebook product? But, the reason I constantly bash this into e-learning vendors heads is this just DON’T GET IT. E-Learning 24/7.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 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 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

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Anyway, not sure how that played out when they had some clients who moved from Absorb to SmartLab and then ended up going back to Absorb – not an ideal customer service move IMO. One of the first vendors to include the video boxes on the home page, rather than just the text for course title, etc. 4 Instructure – Canvas.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

If you listen to content authoring tool vendors who have added the capability of HTML5 it is easy to misunderstand what some are saying is not what you assume to be true. The assumption is that the product can output to HTML5, yet this is hardly true for the vast majority of authoring tools. Online/Offline synch.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 27, 2012

However, they often do not realize – until it is too late, that “free” isn’t really free because customization has to constantly exist, support, among other things. So why the delay in using mobile learning, especially with tablets in education focused LMSs? Social Learning. With that comes trends.

Association Learning Management System 85

Association Learning Management System LMS Learning Management System Trends 85

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

We often tell our employees, customers and ourselves, that e-learning is learning without borders. That you can learn wherever you are, at whatever time you want, and that you can gain knowledge without the previous conditions. Your day to day operations or products coming down the line? E-Learning 24/7.

Mashups 73

Mashups Association LMS Association Learning Management System Social Media 73

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

This trend is one of the worst in our industry and while not every vendor does this unscrupulous approach – with the appearance of worldwide dominance (even if they just have a sales office there and no clients), there are enough vendors who do this that it serves as a disservice to potential customers.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

So, if you include Facebook like in your LMS, wouldn’t it be logical to assume that people would follow the same approach and mechanism, that they use in the actual real Facebook product? I’m sorry but watching a video link, is not engaging social learning in my book. near the bottom e-readers and tablets.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

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. One vendor told me that upon inquiring from the potential customer, 28 RFPs were sent. 28 vendors.

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

So, how about this for a twist: Increase in Revenue, boost in numbers but for some vendors, the gain is in actuality a negative because their current and potential new customers suffer. Unhappy current customers. How long do you think your current customers whom you initially targeted are going to be happy.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

In fact, each of the “Four Horsemen” who rule the enterprise – namely SumTotal , Saba , Plateau & Geolearning – gave it a go in some way although no one outside their immediate customers or PR agencies seemed to notice. So here’s the tally for "runs batted in (or attempted)" during the 2010 mLearning season. lack of Flash support).

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56