eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking. I hate when people see it as only Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. For fun, they toss in YouTube and say – look we know what social learning is for the masses. Linkedin 39%. It is your TOS (Terms of Service). E-Learning 24/7.

Social Media 76

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 76

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

Twitter has APIs, so does Facebook, even Linkedin. However there are vendors who sell their API solution wrapped in a piece of software. For people who want to manipulate or change the code or want to create their own APIs. Hunch – questions and answers service that offers solutions to user-entered problems.

Mashups 65

Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

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. LMS vendors – read below. LMS vendors build in-house or outsource.

Trends 80

Trends vendor Outsource LMS 80

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

May offer the ability to take a course via an e-mail link or twitter link or in another fashion. The average time that it takes a consumer to cancel their credit card for services/products on a monthly charge is nine months – and that is across all consumer products/services. Ask questions.

RFP 68

RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

OR you can create courses SCORM 2004 courses within their tool which is in the “cloud&# and do the same thing. Sure, other vendors will say you can do that too, but you have to open each object file to get it. iPod, mobile phones, YouTube, message boards, e-mail. Create SD and HD movies. Game Changer! Supports HD h.264

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2010

One vendor created a “filter&# system so the administrator would type in words that were unacceptable, thus when the end user typed them, in real time, they appeared as or not at all. A filter system could be created tied to any open sharing of information – internal LMS to real world and back again and work.

Social Media 40

Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

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. Linkedin tied into Twitter is an example of APIs.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

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

JANUARY 28, 2011

People in the booth that actually know the product inside and out – I’m surprised on how this continues to be a problem at a lot of e-learning shows; some companies stock their booths with people who are very nice, but really do not have any knowledge on the product, beyond what they read on the product sheet they are handing you.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 65

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Productivity Product Authoring Tools 65

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2012

Tech Support and Service – may or may not be included – always ask. Many vendors’ sites do not state this information in their pricing. They tend to be more self service than the market in general. . E-Learning 24/7. The system also offers gamification.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

More robust talent management – for some clients succession planning, 360 feedback and learning development will not do – they need more -it is interesting to note that rarely do you see extensive HRIS or OD analytics as part of that additional services. Learning management systems are growing at a huge rate.

LMS 74

LMS vendor Compliance Training Centra 74

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 12, 2011

A LMS whose UI is poor, ease of use not there and questionable feature sets and service. So, when I went and checked out Saba Social, Saba’s new social learning platform, I had very low expectations. suggested connection) or Go to – which shows a series of icons that are created and viewed under their profile .

Saba 69

Saba Social Networks Social Productivity 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. And where is the future of training and learning is going?

vendor 20

vendor e-learning vendor Docebo SumTotal 20

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking. I hate when people see it as only Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. For fun, they toss in YouTube and say – look we know what social learning is for the masses. Linkedin 39%. It is your TOS (Terms of Service). 8th, 2010).

Social Media 49

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 49

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

A lot of great products out there this year, new updates and latest versions; new companies, new services and just some real innovation. I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. E-commerce is standard, multi-tenet off the main system, with each distributor/wholesaler/reseller/sales agent, etc. These standout to me.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

More significantly, our growing hosted customer base now includes financial services, pharma/healthcare, government and many of the world’s leading carriers and tech OEMs who are now confident to outsource their mlearning services “into our cloud” even though they often support 1,000s to 100K+ servers of their own.

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56