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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. ISP (Internet Service Providers) fees were high. Could someone create a course at said company?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

No service companies. Clearly says something about the state of the fragmented eLearning market -- mostly small shops providing services or companies doing it in-house using all of the aforementioned tools. If you were to ask people whose companies buy in elearning, youd be more likely to hear about the service companies.

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Purchasing Courses for your LMS

eLearning 24-7

Created by the LMS provider – they build custom content. It doesn’t matter whether the courses are for employees, customers, clients, a combination of all or martians. I investigated with help from the customer. Created by a 3rd person – perhaps a freelancer or contractor. Video/Audio files. And guess what?

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CLO Competencies: The Path for Future Learning Leaders

CLO Magazine

This includes both external (company products and services) and internal (projects, campaigns, programs) sales and marketing activities. Dr. James L’Allier serves as Chief Learning Officer and Vice President, Research and Development of Thomson NETg, Inc. Comment below or email editors@CLOmedia.com. .

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Service industries challenge workers to acquire tacit knowledge — the kind of know-how one learns on the job, not in the classroom. Remember Digital Think, SmartForce, Pensare, NETg, KnowledgeNet, UNext, Docent, One Touch, Centra, InterWise, and their brethren? Person-to-person instruction is no longer cost-effective.