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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

A behemoth, impressive and at the same time, seen in a “Evil Empire” perspective among other vendors in the mid 2000s. This is also about a vendor who lost their way. A vendor who made not only poor business decisions with the likes of Percipio, but also with the monumental blunder of acquiring SumTotal. .

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Skillsoft Acquires Element K for $110 Million

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

"The acquisition adds to SkillSoft's existing offerings in learning content and learning platform technology through the addition of Element K's complementary offerings in e-learning content, virtual labs, ILT print materials and custom development services."

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ATD2015 Conference Post – Review

eLearning 24-7

Before diving into the conference itself, for those who are unaware, I have signed a book deal with ATD Publishing. . But trust me when I tell you this, that it has no bearing on my thoughts of this year’s conference, because overall it was the best one ATD wise that is, I have ever been to. Well hello there!

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Content – Change the Narrative

eLearning 24-7

Too many times I find that when talking about content, 3rd party content providers, content driven strategies from learning system vendors (which is quite hot) and marketplaces place more of a general approach to buying and pushing it. How many were given the opportunity to attend a conference, related to what they do or have an interest in?

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

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. You could say for everyone learner or just a group of learners, you could do this for every publisher that the vendor offered. WBT (Web-Based Training). Who led the market?

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ATD17 Post Review: Rants & Raves Edition

eLearning 24-7

Oh, and of the course, this year’s ATD 2017 Conference. Trends at the show – vendor wise, some real surprises, some not. . As I hit the floor, I saw only a couple of vendors. . There were vendors on the video angle, but again it was not a “hot scene” vendor wise. Glad you asked.

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Top Picks for 2016 – E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

Abillity to include your conference information within Gmail, Outlook and other e-mail providers when you schedule a session. . No, but then again, this is an issue with many course providers including Lynda.com and Skillsoft. . They have partnerships with a few LMS vendors whereas you can purchase their courses via that LMS.