eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Ask and see what can be done by the vendor – Customize it! Customization can be a big deal when it comes to your LMS/LCMS for a simple fact, many of times what you are purchasing is “off the shelf&# and comes with standard features, capabilities. Hello, customization! Two Keys on Customization.

Custom 40

Custom LMS LCMS vendor 40

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. Could someone create a course at said company? WBT (Web-Based Training). BB dominated.

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2013

Maybe you see it as a component within a blended learning environment. Offers a multitude of services to customers. Some Walmarts include groceries and auto services – including oil changes and alike. They also may have offered the ability to create courses for you, at a fee. One stop shop. Walmart Way.

LMS 78

LMS Blended Learning vendor Learning Management System 78

eLearning 24-7

MAY 19, 2014

The same applies to online learning and web conferencing solutions. So, if you stripe it all the way, that LMS you are selling to customers is under “e-learning”, it is not a separate entity away from e-learning. Regardless of the product, service, solution and/or offering. .

vendor 75

vendor Authoring Tools Compliance Training Virtual Classroom 75

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2010

If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. LMS vendors are targeting companies who have distributors/wholesalers/resellers/sales agents/etc. Social Learning and M-Learning. I see double digit growth in Lite LMSs in 2011. their system.

Trends 70

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 70

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2010

If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. LMS vendors are targeting companies who have distributors/wholesalers/resellers/sales agents/etc. Social Learning and M-Learning. I see double digit growth in Lite LMSs in 2011. their system.

Trends 69

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 19, 2012

The year kicked off with lots of potential, lots of excitement in the air and lots of customers gearing up to purchase new systems, despite global economic woes. Mobile Learning. LMSs – Finally vendors took notice. Web Conferencing – You would think that all these services would have a native app for tablets.

vendor 85

vendor CD-ROM e-learning vendor Offline 85

CommLab India

AUGUST 16, 2016

A pharmaceutical company wanted to create an e-learning course on product training for its sales force. Are you taking baby steps in e-learning and still undecided whether to develop your courses in-house or outsource them? Are you familiar with the outsourcing options available in e-learning?

Blended Learning 44

Blended Learning Outsource Compliance Training Case Study 44

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 20, 2011

In my latest directory, 393 LMS vendors – global, of which 34 or so are open source systems. Here are five trends that are being seen in the market, but one of these trends can cause consternation, among current customers. In a market this size, and with so many vendors overly focused on the U.S. Acquisition and Memories.

Social Networks 72

Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

I love going to LMS sites and seeing a list of clients that the vendor lists. Especially the LMS vendors who also create custom content/development. It adds an additional nuance to their services. Yep, you read that right, and best or worst of all, they (vendor) never tells you, unless you inquiry.

vendor 76

vendor Compliance Training Authoring License 76

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 26, 2014

There was one fellow there and every time I walked by or was chatting with vendors in their area (AT’s), he was just sitting on his stool awaiting customers. The product is more than just a video recorder device, rather it is a narrow focused video learning platform. E-Learning 24/7 . to exhibit at.

ADL 66

ADL ASTD vendor Social Networks 66

eLearning 24-7

MAY 5, 2013

That is the problem with the term and as such it creates quite a confusion in the marketplace. One channel partner/customer (which might be a company – often seen with TP) is a child. B2C – Business to Customer. Custom tenants – each can have its own look, branding. Service is outstanding.

Enterprise 85

Enterprise Association Learning Management System LMS Portal 85

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Tin Can itself won’t create personalization, but the extra data it can capture will be a fundamental piece of the personalization puzzle. We can start to look at how people choose to learn vs. how they have been told to learn. Learnnovators: What do you think is the future of this learning standard? Mike: Absolutely.

ADL 100

ADL SCORM Compliance Training Standards 100

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

But, I do not look at the number of users, number of clients (in terms of ranking as the best of the best), I look at the platform as a whole – including those extra variables people tend to leave out - user interface, customer service, support, training and a few other items. . Service calls not being returned.

Blogging 73

Blogging SumTotal vendor Saba 73

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Again, vendors do not do this – in terms of a short, tight quick reference card if you will. L&D, training people create QRCs all the time. The Floor – Vendor wise. Two vendors selling game board learning (yes, gameboards as in boards like LIFE and other stuff). Who plays these games anyway?

vendor 0

vendor Totara e-learning vendor Flash 0

Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

This continuing technological development means that e-learning developers can no longer rely on being more technologically sophisticated than rapid e-learning and need to utilise their other natural competitive advantages to sell their services. Have the e-Learning vendor create the first few custom programs.

Rapid eLearning 100

Rapid eLearning Instructional Design Atlantic Link Case Study 100

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

Ability to e-mail – write and send to people outside of the system, a few vendors are doing this – innovators – and something I believe is needed to enhance LMSs and Learning Portals to the next level. volume), add-on modules (if available), any customization needed (beyond what is available), etc.

News 65

News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the webinar, I brought up how LMS vendors were themselves perpetuating the myth of the bad things of social media (which is a necessary component of social learning), so, rather than identify the facts and data to potential clients who are concerned about social media and thus social learning, they instead do not include it in their system.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

One vendor asked if you wanted to learn more about their product and sent you to their help desk to notify them of errors or issues with their system (hmm, not likely to buy one from these guys). Over 90% of LMS vendors had their sites available only in English; so the potential customer could not view it in any other language.

vendor 66

vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 24, 2014

You want learning mastery? Create a to do list with items that need to be completed each day, the learner enters the system. 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.

Trends 81

Trends LMS vendor Open Source 81

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

It is too bad, because what they can do far exceeds what is available today, and enables YOU the end user to have the power and control to unlock possibilities for your learners – regardless if they are your employees, customers, wholesalers, etc. For people who want to manipulate or change the code or want to create their own APIs.

Mashups 65

Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 29, 2014

World of Learning Conference – Birmingham, UK – Lots of potential here. Well organized – a must show for e-learning vendors in 2015. If I am a LMS vendor who is either exploring Europe, has clients in Europe or wants to have clients in Europe – you should be here. . Feature rich offering.

LMS 92

LMS SCORM vendor Microsoft 92

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 8, 2010

What about that e-commerce module you decided to buy? What about the cost of customer service (more on that in a second)? If it is proprietary (which means, you created it, you own it – i.e. ur company), then it is yours forever. Customer Service. Telephone and E-Mail. Just customer service.

Association LMS 53

Association LMS Association Learning Management System Scanning LMS 53

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 23, 2012

I know this one word is creating a stir among the instructor led crew and some educators, but in education we use the term “learning”, not “training” when we are teaching students. Custom Development and LMS vendors. Custom Course Shops. LMS vendors – read below.

Trends 80

Trends vendor Outsource LMS 80

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 8, 2010

What about that e-commerce module you decided to buy? What about the cost of customer service (more on that in a second)? If it is proprietary (which means, you created it, you own it – i.e. ur company), then it is yours forever. Customer Service. Telephone and E-Mail. Just customer service.

Association LMS 45

Association LMS Association Learning Management System Scanning LMS 45

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2013

Transcription services – already in the platform. Vendor has an agreement with a 3rd party which will transcribe your entire video and publish the text to match the video. Another capability of transcription services is the ability to change the language. your own logo (not all the vendors offer this option.

Platform 88

Platform Video vendor Player 88

eLearning 24-7

MAY 13, 2014

Estimate 55% e-learning related content, including e-learning vendors and ILT vendors who added a “virtual training” component as part of their offerings. To me, many more LMS vendors than in the past, especially some newbies I’ve never seen attend the show. And the lack of lunch.

Authoring Tools 69

Authoring Tools Conference ASTD Blended Learning 69

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2012

Do these systems have customers with more than 10,000 users? If the system offers a robust customization front, then expect implementation time to be aligned to systems that cost more – i.e. depends on what is needed to be done and specs. Tech Support and Service – may or may not be included – always ask.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

One of the most irritating things I see in the market, is when a feature or service that is commonly free turns into a fee based. Especially, when it can mislead end users, who maybe unaware that the feature or service is not needed. I have seen this with a couple of vendors and thought to myself, are they kidding me?

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

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

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 2, 2016

Lots of folks interested in my Find an LMS service (I find three LMSs for you) and my new e-learning strategy services (contact me if interested). . I saw a lot more folks than in previous shows and more e-learning vendors too. Making the customer feel as though they should be honored.

vendor 20

vendor e-learning vendor Docebo SumTotal 20

eLearning 24-7

JULY 13, 2010

Often misleading in a vendor’s pitch is that they are truly global, when in fact nothing could be farther than the truth. Many vendors service multi-conglomerates that are international, rather than companies that are based only in country x and no where else. Ease of use is the common denominator.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

E-Commerce. Customized skinning – albeit in today’s market there are some vendors who charge for skins – disgusting! Excluding the above, there are vendors out there who charge extra for. you would be surprised at the number of people who believe it was created at an Arizona movie stage).

LMS 74

LMS vendor Compliance Training Centra 74

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

LMSs/LCMS/CMS/learning platforms in commercial and open space continued their presence. Some items stood out, others continued in an everlasting awful experience (customer and support service – as a whole). Vendors new to the space focusing on developing and launching AR apps for the mobile crowd.

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 19, 2009

3rd party contractors/vendors – Creating a Course 4 U. I am a big fan of having 3rd party contractors creating courses. Again, you can create amazing, very interactive courses with audio, engagement at a solid cost. Personally, I have found flexibility, service and communication to be outstanding.

Cost 40

Cost Course vendor Flash 40

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 19, 2009

3rd party contractors/vendors – Creating a Course 4 U. I am a big fan of having 3rd party contractors creating courses. Again, you can create amazing, very interactive courses with audio, engagement at a solid cost. Personally, I have found flexibility, service and communication to be outstanding.

Cost 40

Cost Course vendor Flash 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

One of the most irritating things I see in the market, is when a feature or service that is commonly free turns into a fee based. Especially, when it can mislead end users, who maybe unaware that the feature or service is not needed. I have seen this with a couple of vendors and thought to myself, are they kidding me?

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

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

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the webinar, I brought up how LMS vendors were themselves perpetuating the myth of the bad things of social media (which is a necessary component of social learning), so, rather than identify the facts and data to potential clients who are concerned about social media and thus social learning, they instead do not include it in their system.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40