eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

As noted earlier in this post, the whole “compliance” driven features is striking the market at a fervor pace. While it is true that regulatory feature sets are useful – it totally depends on who are your target markets/vertical niches. Product – 54.2%. Product training reigns supreme.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

12-21-2012. For the rest of us, it isn’t, unless you see the latest takeaways as examples of what is to come or more importantly what hasn’t – which is really a could be doomsday to many vendors – unless they wake up! In my newest directory, I have 138 vendors. 37 support m-learning. SoftChalk 7.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Rapid Intake 72

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

At one time BlueVolt was just a spark, a system among many other systems in the market. Ability to offer ads for products or ads to specific sections for folks to visit – for each child (sub-portal) - yes – every child can be skinned to look a different way then the parent. Social Learning – No.

Productivity 71

Productivity Product Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 71

eLearning 24-7

JULY 20, 2011

As the rapid content authoring market continues to grow, new features and capabilities are equally growing. 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. Who dominates market share in the tablet space?

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. Netscape showed up, and dominated the market. Who led the market? Sure folks.

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The biggest problem facing the industry in the past few years are the lack of course authoring tools for e-learning developers and instructional designers. Sure, you can use the extensive list of tools on the market, but for those who want real power and complexity ala from the days of Authorware, pickings are slim.

eLearning Tools 85

eLearning Tools Authoring Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In 2012 it has been all about collaborative/peer review with authoring products, and it still will be in 2013, but the avatars/actors with/without backgrounds are going to be in “fuego” Where can it go? In 2012, I’ve seen a slow uptake with tools that can output to HTML5. M-Learning. But I digress.).

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 5, 2012

On the vendor side, nice set to select from although on the freebie side – always is lame. Vendor Angle. A must for any e-learning vendor. That said, vendors have found the show overall to be a mixed bag. HR technology is coming into play more than before on the e-learning side.

vendor 68

vendor Ratio eLearning Guild Social Networks 68

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

So, why can’t we do it with all the authoring tools on the market? Why are some vendors making it impossible? Why are some vendors treating you as a spy or something sinister when you just want to try out the product? Scate Ignite 4 – Professional and Standard – great product but this is just mystifying.

Authoring 68

Authoring SCATE Tools Assima 68

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2013

They are also big in the market – people are buying them. People who bought HD-DVD players – learn that they make great flying objects out of five story buildings. 2012 – Mobile video consumption rises up to 5.4 2013 - LMSs are not the only learning system in town. Masses own a VCR. Ooyala, Nov.

Platform 88

Platform Video vendor Player 88

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

A couple of vendors have added HRIS modules. It is interesting to note, that many of the vendors are targeting the SMB space, especially the small size (less than 500 employees) market. Continued increase in the number of vendors, regardless of size or target customer size (i.e small biz, smb, etc.) Prediction.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

If your goal is just to post the course on a server and let people access it, just for the sake of learning and you don’t care about tracking of any sort – then no, you do not need any compliance standard. May offer the ability to take a course via an e-mail link or twitter link or in another fashion.

RFP 68

RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Unlimited users – a rarity in today’s market. Support of the iPad, thus mobile learning. At the end of 2012, was #4, now it is #6. M-Learning offers online/offline synchronization. One of the first vendors to include the video boxes on the home page, rather than just the text for course title, etc.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2014

For those of uninitiated, Online Educa Berlin, is an e-learning conference geared towards higher education and with some corporate. If you are an e-learning vendor in the higher education space and doing or planning on doing business in Europe, this is the place to be. Interesting Products. Booth Time.

Conference 66

Conference Compliance Training Authoring Tools Online 66

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

There were vendors that had nice LMSs and cool features. There were some very slick products. It just wasn’t me thinking this, I heard it from attendees and even other vendors who were trolling the floor. E-Learning has been minimal. However, this clearly had changed in 2012. Time to hit the floor.

ASTD 82

ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

I’m glad to report that Litmos, a Lite LMS vendor, has dropped any additional cost for more storage, if you go over your included storage. A number of vendors whose real focus is the Talent Management/Performance Management market. Product A - Upside2Go. From the makers of Upside Learning. 100% mobile.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I re-affirmed it in my forecasts for 2012. 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. I should note that you cannot use any 3rd party vendor authoring tool to upload courses into these systems.

LMS 78

LMS CoursePark Learning Management System vendor 78

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I live it, perhaps too much, yet the other day I came across a learning blog informing its readers that in order for the LMS to survive: Must become modular. Funny thing is that it the LMS market has been doing that for more than a decade. E-Commerce. Modules in 2012. Built-in marketing tools. Benefits module.

LMS 74

LMS vendor Compliance Training Centra 74

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 14, 2015

Just as in any industry there are people who lie or as we say “misrepresented” their product. I have run into the same issue – salespeople who say their product does A but in reality it does not. . Or they send the RFP after a discussion, but before seeing the product. Did the vendor ask?

LMS 40

LMS vendor RFP Issue 40