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5 Key Trends in the Future of eLearning

SmartUp

The concept of elearning dates all the way back to the 90s, where the trend started emerging with the usage of interactive CD-ROMS and PDF files. It’s incredible to see how far elearning has come, from the usage of CD-ROMS to mobile learning and immersive learning. Few early examples of LMS were FirstClass and Moodle. .

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My life…in elearning

Learning Visions

15 years ago I got a job as an instructional designer/multimedia producer at a company that created training programs delivered on CD ROMS. I regularly use Facebook and Twitter and now Google +. I had never sent an email; I had never made a call on a mobile phone. It sounded really glamorous to me. What’s your story?

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SaaS LMS vs Self-Hosted LMS: Why SaaS for eLearning is Best

Academy of Mine

It seems like just yesterday laptops were still being made with cd rom drives, and flash drives were still the go-to solution for moving data from one device to the next. SaaS systems are hosted by a third-party provider, so in the case of Google Drive – that’s Google.

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Doctors versus internet: who is better at diagnosing?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

It was exciting to see how laymen could still figure out occasionally through Googling what disease the patient was talking about. If my printer jams, I Google to find the right answers on support forums and always succeed. Patients will self-Google and exchange within communities. This will be even higher now seven years later.

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Computer Aided Learning: From pre-history to where we’re at in late 2018

Ed App

Once home computers (and PCs in particular) became relatively-ubiquitous in the 1990s they were quickly followed by CD-ROM-based educational software and reference material (including digitised encyclopedias ). Before Google there were arguments about which terrible search engine was best.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

You popped in a CD-Rom, which could hold up to 640mb. We did Online Learning in the 60’s – False Narrative There were systems back in the day, where they could be run on your own server, used via a CD-ROM, via WAN or LAN, but to me, that isn’t and e-learning LMS. And another day, for that story.

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A Brief Historical Look at Corporate Training

Litmos

Mailing CD-ROM courses to offices around the world was significantly cheaper than regularly sending instructors to the same sites. Companies providing CD-ROM training content boomed, as production no longer required programmers to create it. A problem we still struggle with today.

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