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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Nowadays I think that the gig is up, and everyone realizes the scam. Surprises in E-Learning One of the biggest surprises, is that so many folks are unaware that e-learning was an umbrella term, as I noted in the History of the LMS post. Vendors use it to refer to online courses/content. Vendors who use it?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

I wonder if we have truly achieved this premise, i.e. learning without borders or are we stating something that is not yet accurate? Go onto any social media site: Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Quora or any of the thousands of sites, and you will see people engaging with total strangers. Social Engagement.

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Mashups Association LMS Association Learning Management System Social Media 73

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Vendors are hearing us and are making changes. More multilingual options to their web sites, trials and social learning. If it says “updated link&# , when you click the link it will go directly to the site. 17% of LMS vendors have a product demo on their site, without having you register to see it.

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News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Game based learning. Mashups, Google charts. Embed features such as Widgets, Mashups – that people can find on the web or create themselves or that you offer, or that other end users can create and an exchange for people to share – exchanges in 2011 are going to grow in all e-learning spaces.

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Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

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JUNE 20, 2011

In a market this size, and with so many vendors overly focused on the U.S. and not necessarily worldwide (which should be the case), there is bound to be those vendors who are seeking new opportunities. Folding up shop and switching to a new market: Talent/Performance Management, new product lines not tied to e-learning, services.

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Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

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JULY 27, 2011

Revenues across the board are up, profit margins are healthy and competition is on-going (always a good thing). 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. The Negatives.

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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.

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