eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

The growing number of businesses leaving Microsoft Outlook to Internet e-mail is amazing. While there are a couple of vendors out there who have incorporated e-mail that can go to outside to people, rather than just within the learning management product, the overall space isn’t doing it. Collaboration.

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

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. M-Learning is not going away. E-Learning 24/7 Important Information – Blog and Advisory Services.

Trends 69

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

MAY 28, 2013

Lots of vendors sponsorships – always nice to see, but I wonder how many people tossed all that stuff out of their free ASTD bags before they went about their business – seriously, I’m wondering. SumTotal is coming out with a new UI for their learning module in August. E-Learning 24/7.

ASTD 82

ASTD Analysis Conference SumTotal 82

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.

Social Networks 72

Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

Parental portal, student portal, teacher portal (education systems). Multi-tenet, multi-portal and extended enterprise (basically it is all the same thing). 18% support mobile learning in some fashion either via smartphones, tablets – the majority support only smartphones. Course templates.

Association Learning Management System 67

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

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. LMS vendors who are moving into the Talent Management Space.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

HP Slate already is in the market, runs on Windows7, but targets the business market. Craig Weiss, Analyst and Author of E-Learning 24/7 blog (me). David Wilson, Founder and Managing Director, Elearnity. E-Learning 24/7. launches on Verizon on November 11th, has features including camera, web cam, etc.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

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

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Made specifically for business. You can also sell your Jackdraw courses in the e-comm marketplace. Runner-Up Social Learning Management System of the Year – Upside Learning. Emerging Technology LMS/Learning Portal Vendor of the Year.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

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. Why would I want to do business with you, when you are not even using any form of social media?

vendor 66

vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 6, 2010

Yeah, try that on a busy day, which to IS/IT staff is every day. Unless you have a dedicated person from IS or IT, you either start to learn some basic db skills or learn SQL or cry. Here is what the Talent Gateway comes with: It is a portal and includes parts of Plateau’s system. E-Learning 24/7.

Plateau 64

Plateau System Productivity Product 64

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 5, 2012

A free learning management system hits the ranks. The system was created specifically for business, which in of itself makes it unique. They also offer another product called Portal, so it really depends on what you want. . #14 14 Totara LMS by Totara Learning Solutions. Social btw, fantastic. #17 17 OpenElms.

LMS 71

LMS Cornerstone OnDemand Saba Totara 71

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

HP Slate already is in the market, runs on Windows7, but targets the business market. Craig Weiss, Analyst and Author of E-Learning 24/7 blog (me). David Wilson, Founder and Managing Director, Elearnity. E-Learning Vendors, Giveaways and Drawings. On November 18th from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.,

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

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

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. LMS vendors who are moving into the Talent Management Space.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2012

In my experience, small businesses (500 or less users) are the ideal audience for a low cost system. This does not mean that anyone who has more than 5,000 users should be a system in the low cost mode, but rather these systems are definitely suited to this business size. These are folks who are going to use your system.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

A calling to a large number of vendors (small, medium and big), are all reporting strong numbers in January, with many saying that January 2011, was their best month – numbers and business wise, in the last few years. Greater number of vendors switching to only SAAS or “in the cloud&# rather than self-hosted.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

Nobody, if they want to stay in business. 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.

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2011

Some common traits include: Broadway Effect: Front end looks too busy, end users cannot figure out what to click, where to go, what to avoid – lots of information, flashiness, overload of the senses. While this is understandable, they forget that they are in the business to land new customers too.

Association Learning Management System 78

Association Learning Management System Market LMS Association LMS 78

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Ability to offer ads for products or ads to specific sections for folks to visit – for each child (sub-portal) - yes – every child can be skinned to look a different way then the parent. E-Learning 24/7. Admin side – simple to find sections, easy drill down. Bottom Line.

Productivity 71

Productivity Product Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 71

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

Q: When I take a look at some systems I see that they very well known tech vendors, thus they must be awesome systems. A: Some of these well known tech vendors have multiple LMSs. While I know many LMS vendors and their customer base, I won’t say who they are in this blog, but trust me, big names abound.

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

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. Example: Skillsoft sells content – business, soft skills, etc. And yes, there are times it is both parties.

Case Study 61

Case Study Custom vendor SkillSoft 61

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 26, 2011

While a large number of businesses, etc. Even with a learning portal, many people have some type of database on the back end for tracking purposes. Worse, it does a disservice to a product that sees itself as a content authoring tool, not a hybrid learning management system.

Easygenerator 68

Easygenerator Authoring Productivity Product 68

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

On the total number of employees, over 44% were from businesses 500 or less employees. Provided a strong cluster sample, representing folks across the globe, not just the U.S. Respondents were from all size of companies, education, higher education, associations, non profits and other. 36% were from 501 to 5,000 employees (16.6% Experience.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 18, 2011

Rather, “partner&# is a dual revenue steam for the vendor and their partner – a business relationship deal. If you can, go with the price the LMS vendor offered you. In this case, I have always scored a better deal with the 3rd party vendor directly, then the LMS vendor. Typically there is no cost.

vendor 68

vendor LMS AICC Compliance Training 68

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 9, 2011

We are all busy and have lots of things going on. It eliminates the “oh, I have a meeting” or something else event, that a salesperson may have booked, because it breaks away from the typical 60 minute demo. .

vendor 69

vendor Sales Productivity Product 69

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 25, 2010

Those that refuse to enable e-learning authoring tools in the “Cloud&# will go the route of Polaroid who waited too long to get into the market for digital cameras and then when they did, they never recovered or the buggy whip. E-Learning 24/7.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

The twist to all this, is that for the Big Dog vendors or those whose main target is large size clients, this isn’t an issue – okay, not the Q/A, in fact, it is a big problem for many of them – rather it is inability to handle the client base. Growth in number of new vendors coming into the space. You can’t.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2011

It’s a business marketplace for buyers and sellers. Accepts any courses built in any content authoring tools that are SCORM & AICC compliant – so you can upload and sell your courses that you built in Articulate, Captivate, even open source authoring tools (but they must be standards compliant). OpenSesame is not a LMS.

Blended Learning 73

Blended Learning Innovation Productivity Product 73

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Indeed, many traditional eLearning vendors ventured into the market though not in the volume or with the fanfare we had postulated twelve months ago. Time has proven us wrong on this prediction as it relates to OnPoint’s direct and channel business efforts around the world. Validated (“Double”). Not Validated ("Strikeout").

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56