eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I am hearing from some vendors that they are having issues with Windows 8 and that Microsoft typically makes it difficult to really make it work. Articulate has told me that they have an issue with Windows 8 for both Storyline and Studio, but are working on fixing it. E-Learning Vendors and Apps.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Rapid Intake 72

eLearning 24-7

JULY 24, 2013

Kinect + Kinect = Immersion E-Learning. The biggest issue when it comes to e-learning are the courses. That said, I have found some minor issues. I know from a learner side it opens up some really cool interaction. But if the demand is there, the cost will become less of a factor. Most stink!

Authoring Tools 76

Authoring Tools e-learning vendor Emergent Association Learning Management System 76

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Mike: Early adopters are broken into two categories, traditional e-learning vendors and new market entrants. Traditional vendors are largely adopting at the SCORM parity level and using Tin Can as a better way to track formal training programs. Learnnovators: What do you think is the future of this learning standard?

ADL 100

ADL SCORM Compliance Training Standards 100

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 8, 2012

It shouldn’t cost a King’s ransom to get his done. So explain to me again, why this is going to cost me over 20K or even over 30K? Updates shouldn’t cost more. Heck they don’t cost more when you buy some software (some vendors love to compare themselves to software that costs $75 or lower).

Attention 72

Attention Saba vendor System 72

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Mike: Early adopters are broken into two categories, traditional e-learning vendors and new market entrants. Traditional vendors are largely adopting at the SCORM parity level and using Tin Can as a better way to track formal training programs. Learnnovators: What do you think is the future of this learning standard?

ADL 100

ADL SCORM Compliance Training Standards 100

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Additional cost. It will cost you for customizations. Some vendors will charge you per customization. Maybe you need specific reports that are not currently available in your system (extra charge), maybe you want an e-commerce component and the vendor does not offer it (extra charge), etc. Open Source LMSs.

Custom 40

Custom LMS LCMS vendor 40

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

Worse, there are a large number of vendors whose “contact us&# or “inquire sales&# goes into a deep black hole. This is a global issue and is not limited to the size of the vendor. Fear Factor: Vendor Pricing. There are two main reasons, why vendors do not like to post their pricing on their site.

News 65

News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 21, 2010

However, something not all vendors offer -AND THEY SHOULD – deleting the employee and their info., Trust me the accident issue occurs, and right before you scream into the night, wouldn’t it be nice to know someone has your back? Make sure to write down what costs extra. E-Learning 24/7.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS LCMS 40

eLearning 24-7

JULY 16, 2012

If your system on your own servers goes down or has bandwidth issues, you are in some minor doo doo, especially when your end users come complaining to the person in charge of training. Even one time open source systems are starting to offer hosting for an additional cost. It is a way to counter free open source systems.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System Trends Association LMS LMS 72

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 7, 2010

We want to reduce our costs, and our current LMS is too expensive. If you have off the shelf courses (3rd party from other vendors), contact those vendors and let them know you are switching to XYZ LMS on this date (the date you have signed to start your new LMS), and you need the courses uploaded into the LMS. E-Learning 24/7.

LMS 40

LMS Compliance Training vendor Scanning 40

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2010

Additional cost for Training/Support – package based (Common in the industry, but enough already). Social Learning standard features – Lame. Social Learning add on module – Not a lot for what you get at an additional cost. With the GeoMaestro, this issue is eliminated. E-Learning 24/7.

GeoMaestro 58

GeoMaestro GeoLearning Productivity Product 58

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2014

For those of uninitiated, Online Educa Berlin, is an e-learning conference geared towards higher education and with some corporate. If you are an e-learning vendor in the higher education space and doing or planning on doing business in Europe, this is the place to be. And yes, yes it was. Mobile App. Booth Time.

Conference 66

Conference Compliance Training Authoring Tools Online 66

eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2011

For the vendors who charge a fee there are lots of reasons they come up with, including the mention that they have to pay people (I get it) or in other industries people pay for support or everyone else is doing it or in the case of the limited free option – that this meets the needs of most of our customers. Moodle Syndrome.

Association Learning Management System 78

Association Learning Management System Market LMS Association LMS 78

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The authoring tool stated that courses published for mobile would work without issue, only for you to find out, that wasn’t the case. E-Learning vendors offer training or tell you they have robust training, you find out it is PDF guides with an accompanying video. Assuming all open source is free.

Authoring Tools 21

Authoring Tools vendor LMS Open Source 21

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

Pearson not letting people know about their open source LMS that is in the works – you had to specifically ask them. I would play this at home – too many game based learning solutions look like freeware or the old Atari games from the 80s. The cost is $325 per license, but a minimum of 25 licenses.

ASTD 82

ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Enormous growth possibilities in China and very good growth opps in Japan, although as a whole the country is having debt issues. Australia is still a very good market to penetrate, but expect some real competition as other vendors – Europe, U.K., Lower cost and the locations of their personnel and other clients.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

In the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room , one of the opening shots shows the skyline of Houston from above. Two years ago, lots of LMS vendors were saying their systems were browser agnostic. Same issue occurred with Opera – used Flash and Java. E-Learning Vendors, Giveaways and Drawings.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

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

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

You would think that with over 140 authoring tools on the market, vendors would want you to try out their product before dropping any type of cash. You would think they would understand that something that costs $300, $500 or more than $5,000 would warrant a test drive. You would be mistaken. Ancile UPerform. IMC-AG PowerTrainer 4.

Authoring 68

Authoring SCATE Tools Assima 68

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

In the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room , one of the opening shots shows the skyline of Houston from above. then it is not an issue, and both the current and betas do support Flash. If you choose to use it, after the trial, it will cost you $1,000 for unlimited number of courses and unlimited number of authors or developers.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

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

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I know Totara is going to say that the product is built on open source and the folks who are buying it know the technical aspects/Moodle and thus this isn’t an issue. The A/V is Clam (open source) but still solid. . Are hosting costs universal? Bottom Line. Despite some hiccups this is still a good system. .

Totara 70

Totara Productivity Product Blended Learning 70

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

In today’s market there is no reason to buy a product that requires you to do a full customization, either on the front end, back end or entire system, unless – you decided to go with an open source solution such as Moodle or Drupal, where you need that extensive customization. If I am vendor, whose product is paid (i.e.

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 26, 2011

Vendor can create a component so you can push directly into your LMS, without having to upload it directly (extra cost). I will say this about EasyGenerator, the properties is so extensive in this program, that you should not have any issue on what the outcome or desired effect should be. Build properties. Flash with text.

Easygenerator 68

Easygenerator Authoring Productivity Product 68

eLearning 24-7

JULY 20, 2011

This eliminates that issue. One vendor says people can work on the course remotely – in real time, rather then Susan working on it in Tel Aviv and Joe who is in Phoenix having to wait until she signs off, so he can begin working on it. Composica – Always strong in feature sets and was a vendor to watch in 2010.

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Great educational learning management system. Other fee is hours to use – which the base is 6,000 users at the cost of $3,000 USD. This is really a HCM and yes it has a LMS, but they continue to have issues with their UI. The best one on the market. Facebook and SMS (text) notifications. Very ease to use. on the net. .

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Here Are More Than 200 Free Rapid E-Learning Tutorials - Rapid eLearning Blog , April 20, 2010 A few weeks ago I offered some advice on how to become an elearning pro without spending a dime. So there are plenty of opportunities to learn and it doesn’t cost you anything more than your time.

Google Buzz 85

Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

CommLab India

JANUARY 12, 2017

As a first step, identify your training needs that can be met with e-learning. Then assess how far these training needs are aligned to your business goals, which may be cutting costs or reaching your sales goals, to justify the investment in e-learning. Their reluctance toward learning is an instructional barrier.

vendor 44

vendor e-learning vendor Assessment Open Source 44

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Workplace Change "So even if boomers do not leave the workplace en masse, they will most likely be leaving your organization, taking with them a vast amount of knowledge and possibly costing your company dearly if you dont prepare now." (p. And, hey, many e-Learning vendors are vested in the "old boomer" model of training.

Games 100

Games Wiki IM IMS 100

CommLab India

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

If you have a few courses, using an open-source LMS such as MOODLE is better. But, when you implement an LMS for the first time, going for an open-source LMS and using it to host courses is always a better option. A capable e-learning partner will take care of your courses’ development and deploy them on your LMS.

LMS 44

LMS Blended Learning Moodle ILT 44

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

This leads to the bigger issue. A trend that is happening in the LMS market more so than in the other e-learning markets, is the failure to follow their path of success. As a result, their Q/A suffers drastically, they fall behind their product release schedule, and they have customer issues. Freebies are no longer free.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2022

Where the Corporate LMS market is heading – Really refers to all types of learning systems Talent Experience Platforms (TXP) Guide – The two biggest players are Degreed and EdCast TXP, Schoox is next Open Source Learning Systems Insight – Be careful out there Why did you buy your learning system?

Learning System 79

Learning System System Guide Blended Learning 79

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2010

Open Source Free Content Authoring Tools. This is a big issue. If your RCAT only outputs to SCORM 2004 and my LMS vendor only accepts 1.2, Same issue if your product outputs to only AICC, and my LMS vendor does not accept the AICC interoperability standard. E-Learning 24/7. Adobe Captivate.

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 71

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

Reported to be the next generation for e-learning and opens up the possibility of true interoperability from one system to the next. As one vendor who has LRS told me, it is still a work in progress and they do not offer it to their customers. Compliance issues and privacy. It opens up real security issues.

LMS 77

LMS vendor RFP Consulting 77