eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

Here is just a few of ones I like, that are unique and you could use in your LMS/LCMS/CMS, Learning Portal (caveat: your vendor must be able to accept APIs, otherwise it won’t work). Post your blog and status - appears in Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo. Locate some micro-blogging APIs. Uses Google Docs.

Mashups 65

Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 4, 2011

Even with slideshare, you can actually post e-books and other documents, so it follows suit in a system. Opens up learning, and makes your solution a one stop service. LMS/LCMS/Learning Portal (commercial or free), e-readers, any mobile device(i.e. What solution ? What solutions ? What solutions ? Who can use it ?

Social Learning 77

Social Learning LCMS Social Learning Portal 77

eLearning 24-7

JULY 3, 2010

OmniSocial is a social learning platform, with learning management capabilities and with the ability to select individual apps in the system and only use those you select to install onto your web site or learning portal. What to limit the number of comments on the blog? Confusing, right? No problem.

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2010

If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. Marketplaces & Exchanges by LMS/Learning Portal Vendors. E-Learning 24/7 Important Information – Blog and Advisory Services. I see 10-12% growth in this space.

Trends 69

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 69

CommLab India

AUGUST 16, 2016

Are you taking baby steps in e-learning and still undecided whether to develop your courses in-house or outsource them? Are you familiar with the outsourcing options available in e-learning? To help you, this blog will take you through the process of developing an e-learning course.

Blended Learning 44

Blended Learning Outsource Compliance Training Case Study 44

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

Web conferencing vendors can establish themselves to expand beyond the meeting standard. Feature set is rich – think of the possibilities, even with a learning management or learning portal system. But for the majority of e-learning vendors, they just fail to see it.

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 20, 2011

The LMS/LCMS/Learning Portal market continues to be strong. In my latest directory, 393 LMS vendors – global, of which 34 or so are open source systems. Folding up shop and switching to a new market: Talent/Performance Management, new product lines not tied to e-learning, services. It was a myth. Bottom Line.

Social Networks 72

Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 14, 2012

Student, Teacher and Parent portals – It goes without saying on the student and teacher portals. As such, do folks really want parents to have their own portal? Other features include file repository, resource management, assessment tool, surveys, forums, school logon summary, blog and ePortfolio. Assessment tool.

Education 74

Education Social Networks Moodle Asynchronous 74

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Vendors who are my clients are aware, prior for me working with them, that there is no quid pro quo, nor any special treatment given to them on my blog. When a vendor I am reviewing or identifying is a client of mine, it will always be noted, as such.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Use my content authoring tool directory, which lists over a hundred vendors, their products and includes price points. If you want to use a freebie, my blog contains an article on free course authoring tools – the most widely used one is courselab. Craig Weiss, Analyst and Author of E-Learning 24/7 blog (me).

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 69

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc. That there are people out there including vendors who are not on the social media scene.

Social Media 49

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social Learning 49

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Social Media & Social Learning – LMS Style. A surprisingly number of vendors who offer some form of social learning, whether it is the minimum – a FB like page, micro-blog, even some form of app sharing or collaborative tool, do not have any social media on their site. E-Learning 24/7.

vendor 66

vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Majority of employees access a LMS or Learning Portal out of the workplace. Now, why doesn’t a vendor mention this information to a potential client, at least the first point – I can understand holding off on the second point, for selling purposes. micro-blog great, but how interactive can this be.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 10, 2011

In an upcoming webinar, that I am presenting and in a blog post – coming soon, that streaming media will have a positive impact on e-learning courses and capabilities, opening a greater immersion capability then ever seen before in the industry. 48% Dropbox . 7% Box.net. Streaming Media. It continues to grow.

Authoring Tools 77

Authoring Tools Augmented Reality Flash to HTML5 Conversion LCMS 77

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2010

Is it me or does it seem that most vendors in the LMS/LCMS market still believe that with some smoke and mirrors, you won’t realize that social media actually must be integrated into social learning for it to exist? Or do they just drop the word, “social media&# , and rather say, “social learning and web 2.0″?

Social Media 40

Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Certainly with the rise of rapid e-Learning tools and the increase in SME-published content well start to see an increase in the frequency of updates to e-Learning material. As an e-Learning vendor, I think its our responsibility to make sure that our clients have thought this through. Is that true?)

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Version Content Second Life Rapid eLearning 100

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 6, 2010

Here is what the Talent Gateway comes with: It is a portal and includes parts of Plateau’s system. Wikis, blogs, message board and a document library (think a repository where files can be accessed, viewed, uploaded and downloaded, inc. Too many vendors (inc. There is no limit for the amount of portals you want to create.

Plateau 64

Plateau System Productivity Product 64

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. It’s called online learning for a reason, because it is via the internet – online.

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

CommLab India

JANUARY 26, 2017

You have heard about e-learning and are looking to contact vendors for a quote. But before doing that, it is a good idea to understand the typical services e-learning vendors provide and how they price those services. Services provided by e-learning vendors and how they are priced.

e-learning vendor 44

e-learning vendor vendor Services Outsource 44

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Extended Enterprise blog post and directory will be visible this weekend. The downer on the latter is they are cutting short the feature sets that are possible in an EE, such as multiple domains – standalone, rather than shared on one portal, with sub-portals or having incentive points. E-Learning 24/7.

Authoring Tools 73

Authoring Tools News vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Over the next month, I will be testing a few LMS vendors out there with several alternative browsers to see if their system is truly browser agnostic, and will report the results back to you on my blog. Hopefully, every vendor will return back 100%. Craig Weiss, Analyst and Author of E-Learning 24/7 blog (me).

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

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

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

JANUARY 5, 2011

When it comes to the e-learning market, specifically the LMS space (and you can toss in LCMS, CMS, Learning Portals as well), there are a lot of traps that customers fall into and can’t get out. E-Learning 24/7 Blog has a Linkedin Group. I created this group as an extension to this blog.

Case Study 61

Case Study Custom vendor SkillSoft 61

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2012

Feature sets include IDP, mentor page, class side view, parent portal, file repository, blog for each student, event mgt and lots lots more. VkClass - System is for the education market and is built similar to Facebook, as a result the UI is crisp and clean. Others in no particular order.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

I have seen over 150 systems, 80 plus authoring tools, dozens of web conferencing products, mobile learning, quiz assessment tools, CMSs and learning portals, and not everyone of them meets those two statements. Learning Management Systems, LCMS, Learning Portals. The worst of the offenders.

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

If you are seeking this route, some vendors include it at no charge, the others who offer it – charge extra. Widgets – low, but growing (future blog on trends). Smart App for TV – One LMS vendor. Streaming video – low number of systems. ePub publishing . Compliance/Regulatory, work audits.

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 30, 2012

I can’t tell you the number of vendors who push five or seven years as the best way to go. The best way is three years (so past blog posts on why this is true). Multiple years deal – beyond 3. It isn’t. For them, it is the best way to go – because as noted above – it is a guaranteed revenue stream.

LMS 73

LMS Server vendor Calendar 73

CommLab India

MAY 2, 2017

So, you have decided to provide e-learning options to your employees. Let’s assume you have hired an e-learning vendor for creating SCORM compliant e-learning courses. Now, you need a platform to host these courses – a Learning Management System (LMS). Seamless Learning Experience.

LMS 54

LMS vendor e-learning vendor Hosting 54

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2011

You do not want to switch, but your current LMS, doesn’t have the social learning or any social learning features I need or want. Provides social learning features including shoutbox, photos, discussion boards, blogs, events, polls, articles. Attaches to your current Legacy LMS. Add as much or little as you want.

Blended Learning 73

Blended Learning Innovation Productivity Product 73

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. Maybe next year.

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad Flash Player 56