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Enterprise Learning Systems – How I love thee?

eLearning 24-7

A multi-level LMS, seven to be exact – with a 3D front-end customized to even the carpet had our name on it. Sadly, one day I called, they were out of business, sold to the nefarious NetG – who likely placed them in a huge warehouse next to the remains of a famous pharaoh. Down the road, we would meet again. However,

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Consider various other systems that would have made sense, not just from a competitor standpoint but a more decisive entry into two valuable segments, including customer training, which Cornerstone is not strong in, let alone a player. At the time, PL was a dominant player in the industry, with lots of loyal (aka recurring revenue) customers.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Most of it came, via 3rd party providers, or what we referred to as “boutique shops” – think custom development (fee-based) that someone, company, government, institution, and so forth hired to create a course or courses. NetG ruined them). Could someone create a course at said company? BB dominated.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

In general, custom development shops – but it is misleading because there are many folks going solo as freelancers which increases the pot, so to speak. . Who remembers NetG? NetG, was the evil empire of the days gone past – ok, in my mind. I want to provide my customers with free content.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

The Pathgather acquisition, was a total customer buy, despite what they may say. NetG, Element K, being just two. I’ve seen some really cool feature sets and systems with lots of customers but are missing items. employees at least 40% and then customers) in the industry. Never to be underestimated. Skillsoft).

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

” This was due to the buying spree that Skillsoft conducted in the early to mid-2000s where they bought up quite a few 3rd party off the shelf vendors including NetG (a big player back then) and Element K (strong player back in the day). . Skillsoft Content Customers who want to switch to another 3rd party content/course provider.

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Customer Loyalty for Learners? How weird!

The Learning Circuits

One minute I'm reading the Furrygoat experience (found because long ago I used his PocketFeed PocketPC RSS reader), the next minute I'm linked to Kathy Sierra (from the Head First books) for a discussion of thank you's for customer loyalty. Will we ever see this for Capella and University of Phoenix or Thompson NETg ?

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