eLearning 24-7

APRIL 18, 2011

PENS was created by AICC as an alternative to SCORM 2004, 3rd edition. . For people who are working on certification, does your system provide e-mail reminders to end users whose certification is near expiration and thus they need to go into the system and complete it? It can be SCORM too, but the AICC is the key. . It is optional.

vendor 68

vendor LMS AICC Compliance Training 68

eLearning 24-7

JULY 8, 2010

Click to view and download the directory, which is in an Excel file - E-Learning 24/7 LMS & LCMS Directory. CMSs, learning portals geared only are not on the list. The market continues to grow it is nearly impossible to see every vendor’s latest solution. Additionally, vendors can cease to exist quickly.

LCMS 68

LCMS LMS Brandon Hall PeopleSoft 68

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Mobile Learning. LMSs – Finally vendors took notice. Sadly though many still are in the dark on true mobile learning – i.e. not accessing their platform via a mobile web browser. Authoring Tools – With only a small sample of vendors that are SaaS based, pickings are slim. Increase in number of vendors.

vendor 85

vendor CD-ROM e-learning vendor Offline 85

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

It was within these comments, that afterwords, I decided to expand a bit plus identify other areas that I see, LMS vendors must explore – which they have not yet done so, to re-energize themselves. Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. Yes, I own one.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2010

One vendor with 750 users, priced out at nearly 24K a year; another close to 11.5K – thus depends on users is a factor. If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. Marketplaces & Exchanges by LMS/Learning Portal Vendors.

Trends 70

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 70

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

not working for a vendor). Vendors: People who work for a vendor (i.e. a company in the e-learning space). That there are people out there including vendors who are not on the social media scene. I wonder how many of these vendors offer a micro-blogging like product in their product? Guess what?

Social Media 76

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 76

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

Unfortunately, too many vendors in the e-learning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them. However there are vendors who sell their API solution wrapped in a piece of software. You could create your own API and develop something similar. API Protocols.

Mashups 65

Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 13, 2011

Several vendors have left the space, a few have entered. Vendors are hearing us and are making changes. More multilingual options to their web sites, trials and social learning. Newest Version – LMS/Learning Portal Directory. Bolded Vendor Names – There are vendors whose names are bolded.

News 65

News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

eLearning 24-7

MAY 5, 2013

That is the problem with the term and as such it creates quite a confusion in the marketplace. Multi-Tenant: Some people refer to it as portals and sub-portals. Native app available in iTunes/Apple and Google (Android) – very few vendors have native apps. E-Learning 24/7. I wish it would.

Enterprise 85

Enterprise Association Learning Management System LMS Portal 85

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2010

As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. Time for these vendors to wake up, or see your audience share disappear.

Social Networks 73

Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

What always stuns me are vendors who state they know what their learners want, but in reality have no clue, because they themselves do not see the technology and its usage among the masses. The growing number of businesses leaving Microsoft Outlook to Internet e-mail is amazing. Online Storage i.e online hard drives.

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 9, 2010

One vendor with 750 users, priced out at nearly 24K a year; another close to 11.5K – thus depends on users is a factor. If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. Marketplaces & Exchanges by LMS/Learning Portal Vendors.

Trends 69

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 20, 2011

The LMS/LCMS/Learning Portal market continues to be strong. In my latest directory, 393 LMS vendors – global, of which 34 or so are open source systems. In a market this size, and with so many vendors overly focused on the U.S. Acquiring another LMS or e-learning vendor. It was a myth.

Social Networks 72

Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

LMS vendors are continuing to add some very unique features in an effort to set themselves apart from the competition. Desktop sharing (appears with a few vendors). DVD to video conversion for creating courses. Section 508 (still shocking at the lack of vendors that fail to offer this feature). Guess what some vendors do.

Association Learning Management System 67

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 4, 2011

For vendors, they could make it happen and generate revenue. Create presentations that can be embed into a system, so that end users can not only create them, but go one step further and edit them. Even with slideshare, you can actually post e-books and other documents, so it follows suit in a system. Slideshare.

Social Learning 77

Social Learning LCMS Social Learning Portal 77

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Multi-tenet or multi-portal, some call them multiple portals. E-commerce (should be included, and not an extra fee). Main system (portal or parent) can push out material, courses, etc. to the sub portals or children. Main portal or parent, can see all the sub-portals/children – data, info, everything.

Enterprise 68

Enterprise System Portal vendor 68

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 10, 2011

With an increase in e-learning sales a, projections of 7.1 billion dollars (USD) by 2015 and an increase in competition in the space, it is time for vendors to act. Look at the e-learning market and ask yourself, if the consumer market as a whole is using this, why wouldn’t vendors in our space follow suit?

Authoring Tools 77

Authoring Tools Augmented Reality Flash to HTML5 Conversion LCMS 77

eLearning 24-7

JULY 3, 2010

OmniSocial is a social learning platform, with learning management capabilities and with the ability to select individual apps in the system and only use those you select to install onto your web site or learning portal. If you want to create a widget, you follow the same mechanism. Confusing, right? I hate it.

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Please remember for TM or as some vendors like to pitch as “performance management or knowledge management&# , the modules are extra and are not part of the system (at least for now). Runner-Up Social Learning Management System of the Year – Upside Learning.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

MAY 3, 2010

What it is though, is something that will rock your foundation and can turn the LMS world standing on their head, because now you can become your own learning SCORM compliant system. Ability to take SCORM compliant courses, including SCORM 2004 from a portal, online learning community, social learning platform or solution, a group, whatever.

SCORM 45

SCORM Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 45

eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2011

Extended Enterprise – aka Multi-Tenet, Portals-Sub Portals. If you want an EE, you will want e-commerce. What about a payment gateway – does the LMS vendor assist you with this or do you have to find your own? Do they have any reports dedicated for the e-commerce functionality? Create three columns.

Association LMS 68

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS RFP 68

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

LMS Vendors and Tablets Update. That said, why is this happening: A significant (over 90%) of vendors are holding off this year and at least part of next year from optimizing their solution to the iPad. But with LMS vendors jumping into the mobile learning sector, at least in some cases, it may be a tad misleading.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

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

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There is a growing list of vendors, including small/mid size that are adding talent management components that match the Big Dog systems. A couple of vendors have added HRIS modules. It is interesting to note, that many of the vendors are targeting the SMB space, especially the small size (less than 500 employees) market.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

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

OCTOBER 15, 2010

not working for a vendor). Vendors: People who work for a vendor (i.e. a company in the e-learning space). That there are people out there including vendors who are not on the social media scene. I wonder how many of these vendors offer a micro-blogging like product in their product? Guess what?

Social Media 49

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 49

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

If I am a potential customer, I would expect nothing less to come out of the vendor’s mouth on their product and user friendliness. Learning Management Systems, LCMS, Learning Portals. Not understanding that they are creating a product for people to use , rather creating what they feel people should use.

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 14, 2012

Student, Teacher and Parent portals – It goes without saying on the student and teacher portals. As such, do folks really want parents to have their own portal? SaaS – I would prefer a vendor who offers SaaS only and not a SaaS or client hosted or G-D forbid client hosted only option. Blackboard Learn.

Education 74

Education Social Networks Moodle Blackboard 74

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

How many of you have had hundreds of comments as a result of these questions, and than rather than solve it, create only more confusion? How many of you have seen vendors respond to your questions? A: Virtually every LMS vendor out there in the marketplace provides these features. Smart App for TV – One LMS vendor.

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

The people who suffer the most from this contradiction are the consumers and a vast majority of vendors. While mobile learning is moving at an incredible speed, faster than anticipated by some of my colleagues, it does not come without a cost. HTML5 or is it? That cost is in the pitch of HTML5. This can be via. Your mobile web browser.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . The data shows that what many vendors assume end users want is far from accurate. Too many vendors are focusing on talent/performance management as the next feature/component in their systems.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2010

Is it me or does it seem that most vendors in the LMS/LCMS market still believe that with some smoke and mirrors, you won’t realize that social media actually must be integrated into social learning for it to exist? Or do they just drop the word, “social media&# , and rather say, “social learning and web 2.0″?

Social Media 40

Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

That smartphones were the answer to mobile learning. Vendors were saying, lets “wait on those&# or “our customers are not requesting them, so we are holding off&#. Social learning? Apparently, the potential customers and even clients are speaking and those vendors are listening. 2 Mobile Learning.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 5, 2011

When it comes to the e-learning market, specifically the LMS space (and you can toss in LCMS, CMS, Learning Portals as well), there are a lot of traps that customers fall into and can’t get out. The vendor’s salesperson tells you want you want to hear. I expect nothing less from the vendor.

Case Study 61

Case Study Custom vendor SkillSoft 61

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

LMS Vendors and Tablets Update. That said, why is this happening: A significant (over 90%) of vendors are holding off this year and at least part of next year from optimizing their solution to the iPad. Two years ago, lots of LMS vendors were saying their systems were browser agnostic. Gartner projects 54.8 million units.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

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

Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Certainly with the rise of rapid e-Learning tools and the increase in SME-published content well start to see an increase in the frequency of updates to e-Learning material. As an e-Learning vendor, I think its our responsibility to make sure that our clients have thought this through. Is that true?)

Version 100

Version Content Second Life Rapid eLearning 100

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 6, 2010

Rather you use Report Designer, enabling you to create all the ad-hoc reports you want. To create or modify reports, you need to have some db (database) skill sets, Crystal reports for an example or at least understand SQL. Here is what the Talent Gateway comes with: It is a portal and includes parts of Plateau’s system.

Plateau 64

Plateau System Productivity Product 64

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2012

Any vendor, who includes a set storage fee, should be able to provide you a range of number of courses – with examples and video/audio files – if you plan to use them. Many vendors’ sites do not state this information in their pricing. Simple look and feel is the standard. The system also offers gamification.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80