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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Blackboard. Blackboard – EdTech – Today? Blackboard. I consider them the first, because Skillsoft just acquired course publishers, NetG – who acquired the most amazing video course solution, which could run on 38.8Kps, and you could bookmark the courses – unheard of. NetG ruined them).

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consolidation continues - BlackBoard + WebCT & more.

The Learning Circuits

Today BlackBoard announced plans to merge with WebCT; the two leading providers in the higher education eLearning space (BlackBoard alone forecasts US$150M+ for their fiscal year). The Resulting Big Five: (forecasted annual revenue) SkillSoft $200M+ NETg $150M-200M? Clark - you need to update your Chart of Consolidations !

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

Blackboard – Definitely a very early entrant into the EdTech space. NetG, Element K, being just two. EdTech driver, whose impact started to appear in the late 90s. Sure it looks like the system never evolved for EdTech, and their impact in corporate system-wise needs well an overhaul. Skillsoft).

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

Public listed Blackboard or Open source Moodle. Nornally I would expect names like Blackboard, SCORM, Articulate, BrandonHall, to popup in a survey like this. The most "convenient" way to do that is to build capacity through SMEs using relatively affordable, robust tools. 8:53 AM Anol said. Isnt that scary?

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LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers

Tony Karrer

Blackboard Academic Suite Blackboard, Inc. KnowledgeNet Platform LMS Thomson NETg 2 4.10 Oracle 14 7.48 ResultsOnDemand SumTotal Systems Inc. LearnCenter Learn.com 5 7.18 WBT Manager Integrity eLearning 1 6.90 Articulate Online Articulate 1 6.60 Saba Learning Suite Saba 9 •::: 6.37 TotalLMS SumTotal Systems Inc. Oracle 2 6.15

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