eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

micro-blog great, but how interactive can this be. I’m sorry but watching a video link, is not engaging social learning in my book. But, the reason I constantly bash this into e-learning vendors heads is this just DON’T GET IT. Oh, yeah, social learning. What about Twitter? One way really.

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vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 10, 2011

Interestingly, a large portion of LMS vendors have not optimized their products for the iPad/ iPad2 and with the exception of two content authoring tools, HTML5 capabilities, specifically the ability to output a course in HTML5 does not yet exist. Percentage who use online storage, 64%, percentage who do not – 46%.

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Authoring Tools Augmented Reality Flash to HTML5 Conversion LCMS 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

In the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room , one of the opening shots shows the skyline of Houston from above. Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 Again, the iPad runs with HTML5, not Flash nor Java. and Java, but they offer HTML5 too.

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

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Innovation abounded and the push to focus on the “PPT to Flash&# angle continued to shine. Open Source Product of the Year (i.e. You get the Flash code – YES – you get the code, which you can do whatever you want with it. 264 codec, which the iPad supports, and a few browsers for HTML5. Game Changer!

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Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Vendors and sadly, companies who purchase their products, believe that since someone can open up their web browser and click to view pages, they can figure it out. Another small trend is providing advanced admin capabilities in the form of admins who have CSS, Flash,PHP or other languages. Mobile Learning.

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LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2012

Some vendors push heavily on PPT, implying that a great WBT is really a PPT converted to Flash. Flash output – still red hot. In the latest podcast featuring Volkner Zimmerman who is on the executive board at IMC-AG, he explicitly states that HTML5 is necessary in any course output for mobile. It isn’t.

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Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 20, 2013

Have you ever opened up a fortune cookie and said to yourself, “How did it know that about me?” Because the industry as a whole is a lemming, I expect more vendors to come on board. HTML5 output. I do believe that HTML5 output will continue to grow as an authoring tool feature. HTML5 templates.

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Authoring Market Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 74

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

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. LMSs/LCMS/CMS/learning platforms in commercial and open space continued their presence.

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Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

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? If they were doing it, Facebook like page, a crummy blog that looks nothing like a real blog, a Twitter like feed, maybe RSS, text chat and YouTube functions and upload/download angle.

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vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Extended Enterprise blog post and directory will be visible this weekend. Equally of interest, are the increase in open source systems that offer for a fee, hosting on their own servers, rather than on yours. I should note that there is one vendor who has their entire mobile platform on a USB jump drive. Prediction.

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News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. Extended Enterprise – System must have e-comm, multi-tenet – fully skinnable, additional functionality. Open Source LMS of the Year. Social Learning is limited. Categories.

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LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

OnPoint stepped up to plate here – to satiate pent-up demand in some and spark new interest in others – by introducing an integrated set of social features that blend “formal with informal” with support for PRIVATE mobile discussion forums, access to blogs and wikis, and support for mobile captured/user-generated content.

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Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 2, 2010

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Predictions Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mobile Learning 40