eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Tin Can compliment – but no native app and no online/offline synch. Marketplace now included courses you can buy from other content providers – how is this different from some vendors of today who can add content from 3rd party vendors, when you call them? 7 eLogic Learning. What are those?

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 24, 2014

I have those every weekend, so why as an adult learner do I want it as a benefit to learning? Another one on the rise for LMS vendors and honestly, e-learning vendors as a whole. Speaking of which, Trend 3 Online/Offline synch. Anyway it is a trend and may the force of lists be with you.

Trends 81

Trends LMS vendor Open Source 81

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

484 respondents who completed every question, 40% corporate, 30% education, 8% non-profit, o% from association and 22% e-learning vendors (those were extracted from the below results and will be seen in a future blog). Now on to the numbers: How often would you use a self-contained native app (which you download content, etc.

Mobile 74

Mobile Video Association Learning Management System Authoring Tools 74

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Features include: ability to view (offline) or via a native HTML web app, preview feature for iPad – ideal to verify that what you are publishing for mobile actually looks and works as it is intended, iPad, Android and Blackberry support (why?) . #2 Also no offline/online synch unless via a LMS (which supports it).

Authoring 104

Authoring Tools Brainshark PPT 104

eLearning 24-7

MAY 5, 2013

Video blocks – You can have video clips or videos or video teasers shown on the home page and even the course catalog – providing a new way to explore content, beyond just the typical text info that is regularly seen on systems (you can still do it with theirs too). E-Learning 24/7. At least it does not look dated.

Enterprise 85

Enterprise Association Learning Management System LMS SAP 85

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Do you have a LMS/LCMS/Learning Platform. Back in the early 2000′s, LMSs often had content mgt features built within their system, but called themselves learning management systems. Today, however more and more learning management systems are bringing into content management features, inc. 69% said yes.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 4, 2011

That is what one senior exec said to me, the other day when it came to social learning. I shot off the usual reasons, the benefits, the gains and then found myself expanding into the next possibilities of where a system and content authoring tool had to go. Expand so that end users can create their own content (i.e. Not at all.

Social Learning 77

Social Learning LCMS Social Learning Portal 77

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

elearning maker - another product form e-doceo; screenwriting, storyboards, media inserts, selection and moving of elements plus more; a beginner could use some of the features, but a developer has some additional capabilities and flexibilities. Offer linear and non-linear design, plus table of contents. It’s free. Bottom Line.

eLearning Tools 85

eLearning Tools Authoring Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Online/Offline synch – not yet live, coming later this Summer – that is with native app for iOS – not everyone system is involved in the early stages of TinCan (the next evolution of SCORM) – Blue Volt is however. Mobile Learning – yes you can view it on tablets and smartphones. Social Learning – No.

Productivity 71

Productivity Product Association Learning Management System Compliance Training 71

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

20 eLab - The user interface is intriguing and enables anyone to build a course, without having the typical “ooh that looks so lame” with some rapid content authoring tools. Well besides my rankings of course, think about this: 1st vendor to offer collaboration and peer review. 1st vendor IMO to truly have HTML5 output.

Authoring Tools 74

Authoring Tools Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion Tools 74

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 23, 2012

Economy – with folks losing their jobs or unable to find work (due to layoffs, lack of hiring, among other things), more people are jumping into the instructional design, e-learning development and course creation. For the most part, it is one person, but I have seen groups of folks joining together to build content/courses.

Trends 80

Trends vendor Outsource LMS 80

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 4, 2012

“Upload your content to a web server, you just give your learners a link to the story.htm file” – This is to view the course in HTML5 on your iPad. Now if you want to download it for offline viewing on an iPad series device: To do so, you (whomever that may be) allow your learners to download the course.

Articulate 75

Articulate Productivity Product Flash to HTML5 Conversion 75

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2013

While a video learning platform might have multiple products at the end of the day it is built upon two key components (which they all have in some form). Video content management system – this is where all your wonderful videos get housed, including audio podcasts (some offer this feature too), audio, slides, etc. E-commerce.

Platform 88

Platform Video vendor Player 88

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Another Apple patent includes allowing users via touch free gesturing to move content from one device to another (example from your iPad to your television). Online/offline synch – there is a demand here, and recent data shows that more consumers are selecting tablets with Wi-Fi over 3G or 4G. M-Commerce.

Blended Learning 95

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 95

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We seek to enrich our end users with engaging course content, solid LMSs that are easy to use, navigate and meet our needs. LMS Vendors. 30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. It appears in the SAAS model with some small dog LMS vendors. E-Learning 24/7.

vendor 66

vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 1, 2012

Cannot upload third party content into the CLS – this removes the LMS angle. Cannot upload courses/content created by another content authoring tool. E-mail notification – becoming very common. Working on the course - one is online then goes offline and the other author goes online.

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools News Association Learning Management System LMS 71

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

What I am seeing is an increase in learning system vendors exploring online/offline synch with the iPad/iPad2 (and yes, Android OS). While there are vendors who offer online/offline synch with their LMSs, they are doing it via a universal app, which is geared towards the screen size of smartphone, rather than a tablet.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 10, 2011

With all these vendors talking about their solution and its capabilities on mobile devices, it should be easy to find an app for that. Regardless if the vendor is m-learning specific, content authoring tool, LMS, web conferencing or a hybrid. Content Authoring Tools. It is leaving social learning in the dust.

iPad 77

iPad iPhone vendor iTunes 77

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

The salesperson showed me the course example which contained on the left side of the screen – the table of contents – very common with WBT and really a requirement for end users. Many vendors stated as such to me. I was surprised at the number of vendors who had no idea on what is Tin Can. Education you say?

ASTD 82

ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 4, 2013

Learning environment. Assign x users to one group, assign “y” to another group – with each group having different courses, learning content, etc. Learning Environment. Systems that bring up courses, content whatever the moment a person types a letter are smooth. E-Commerce. Search function.

LMS 76

LMS Calendar WebEx e-learning vendor 76

CommLab India

MAY 2, 2017

So, you have decided to provide e-learning options to your employees. Let’s assume you have hired an e-learning vendor for creating SCORM compliant e-learning courses. Now, you need a platform to host these courses – a Learning Management System (LMS). Mobile and Offline Access.

LMS 54

LMS vendor e-learning vendor Hosting 54

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

LCMS – Learning Content Management System – going the way of the dodo bird. M-Learning- Mobile Learning. It does not mean that the system comes with a native app nor offers online/offline synchronization. E-Learning – Online Learning. RCAT – Rapid Content Authoring Tool.

LMS 77

LMS vendor RFP Consulting 77

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 25, 2010

E-Learning and all forms within are normally taken via your desktop computer and either hitting your company’s server with your browser or going to a hosted LMS vendor’s solution. Want to learn Spanish with end users talking into the course and hearing it back with crystal clarity – no problem.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Vendors who added innovative features including text to speech (way to go SoftChalk), to true HTML5 support (Claro, Cm-Studio, Rapid Intake, Toolbook and sort of HTML5 output – Lectora) to image editors, SDK kits, gaming sims and Sony PSP devices. Vendors who provide Mac OS support for their desktop content authoring tools.

vendor 68

vendor Authoring Tools STT Trainer Mac 68