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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Someone came up with the idea of an LCMS (RIP) Community of Practice (yuck, first it went the way of the dodo bird, then has made a comeback – just like the dodo bird – which is being re-created genetically). Skillsoft and SumTotal Yes, it is time to bring up this acquisition. Learn.com wasn’t a bad system.

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How to Revive Aging eLearning Content with Tech Debt Strategies

Harbinger Interactive Learning

They turned the innovation into a multi-billion-dollar business. Hosted by Dr. Vikas Joshi, CEO, Harbinger Group, the panelists included Apratim Purakayastha (fondly known as AP), CPTO, Skillsoft and Poonam Jaypuriya, VP – eLearning, Harbinger Group. Content Aging: The Reality Check. Strategies to Reduce Content Debt.

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Top 50 Learning Systems for 2019 (50 to 30)

eLearning 24-7

Why would you want to do business with a vendor who is selling a system, but has zero interest in learning about the history of our space? 37 eXact LCMS – Repeat winner and the best LCMS on the market. I do wish their UI was a bit better, but in the LCMS space, UI has never been a top priority as a whole for vendors.

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Top Picks for 2016 – E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

I will say that I’m not a fan of the analytics angle, because it opens up the approach that you could use the system in a somewhat manner of an LCMS or mini LMS (many SaaS authoring tools follow that path – and I dislike that too). No, but then again, this is an issue with many course providers including Lynda.com and Skillsoft.

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Customer Complaints, How to Avoid the Traps

eLearning 24-7

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. Example: Skillsoft sells content – business, soft skills, etc. E-Learning 24/7 (my business site E-Learn Info ).

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Top 68 eLearning Posts from April - Hot Topics iPad Google Buzz

eLearning Learning Posts

Even in organisations where L&D priorities are closely aligned with business priorities there’s plenty of head-room for improvement. Jason Rosenthal, CEO of Ning , announced the shift in the company’s business model while downsizing his company by more than 40%. T-Bite – What is Contextual Collaboration? -

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My 2012 Enterprise mLearning Predictions Recap

mLearning Trends

The acceptance of mobile learning within the business community probably won’t happen with much fanfare, it will just happen and be accepted as a “norm” wherein the market no longer asks “should we offer learning to our employees (or partners or customers) via mobile device?” On Target But. And learning vendors (e.g.,