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History of the LMS

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To understand the history of the LMS, there are five items that drove it. 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. The LMS The player for online learning and WBT? Next, came 14.4,

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Education learning management system trends

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The irony of course, is that systems are heavily focused on e-mail notifications and built-in email systems for students. Parent Portal. Some systems offer parents the ability to see their students homework – including what needs to be accomplished, communicate with teachers and even chat with other parents.

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Best of the Best – Extended Enterprise or multi-tenant LMSs

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In some cases it will be noted if it is based on a higher set of users, since there are platforms that prefer a minimum or focus on larger size businesses including associations, etc. Multi-Tenant: Some people refer to it as portals and sub-portals. Literally a one stop shop of a system. Epignosis – Talent LMS $.

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State of the LMS 2012

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For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . The data shows that what many vendors assume end users want is far from accurate. Too many vendors are focusing on talent/performance management as the next feature/component in their systems.

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LMS Identify

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Well, I am here to tell you about an amazing product that can answer your LMS questions. That’s right your questions when it comes to identifying a LMS. Anyway, with my LMS Identify device, you simply hold the device, ask it a LMS question and whalla the answer magically appear s. Uh, no not you. What about EFT?

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Something is Going on Down there in the LMS Market

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As the camera goes over the buildings, a series of voices say, “something is going on down there&# , well in the LMS world; something is going on down there. LMS Vendors and Tablets Update. But with LMS vendors jumping into the mobile learning sector, at least in some cases, it may be a tad misleading.

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What’s hurting the LMS market

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The LMS market is strong. But for all that is positive, there are negatives, and these negatives can hinder long term growth for commercial systems. When I ran a training division for a trade association, we had about 20K members worldwide. The Negatives. Features First.Usability Second.