eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 12, 2021

For those new, each year, I publish what I see will be the top 10 systems for the coming year, based on a set of criteria (which will be listed shortly). Too many people focus on features now, and on top of that, what the vendor says is coming. . There are vendors who focus on quality of a specific client segment, rather than mass.

Learning System 135

Learning System System Compliance Training Metrics 135

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I contemplated for days on what was best way to present information on a topic that is built upon deep analysis of hundreds of learning systems around the world. There you have it, the 2020 NexGen Learning Systems T-Grid. Week after – A primer in Enterprise Learning Systems and their forecast in 2021.

Learning System 111

Learning System System Docebo SAP 111

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 16, 2023

One Learning System vendor told me they hired a consultant to provide them with a recommendation for the LLM they should use. Every vendor I have spoken with who has added an LLM (the foundation you need for Gen-AI) has gone with OpenAI or Azure AI, which is Open AI. Thought Industries is one such vendor.

Learning System 81

Learning System System vendor Docebo 81

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2022

The challenge with each of these events is that there are a lot of vendors pitching their systems, content, consulting firm, e-learning tool and other items, and you as the person walking the floor doesn’t necessarily know who to look at, who to seriously consider and who to avoid. Expert 101. Over 100 course publishers.

vendor 102

vendor Authoring Tools Guide Metrics 102

Talented Learning

MAY 29, 2018

LMS vendors, I owe you a post. It’s hard to believe nearly two years have passed since I last shared tips for selling learning systems. But since the LMS market is on fire, you’ve probably been too busy to notice. The LMS Sales Process: What Counts? Selling learning systems is never easy.

vendor 68

vendor Association Learning Management System Learning System LMS 68

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 17, 2020

And now, it is time for the 2020 Learning System Awards by Verticals/Industries. I selected the ones that are quite common in the space, and that vendors tend to point towards, whether they see it as “taking everyone” or focusing specifically on one vertical or what I always recommend – three.

Learning System 125

Learning System System Industry Metrics 125

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 29, 2021

This past week on LinkedIn I wrote about four trailblazers in the early days of the industry, learning systems – and what made them special (one has since hit speed bump), and four who trailblazed and then hit a major speed bump into, well, lost their way. But KA is a mobile app thing, not the LMS itself.

Learning System 105

Learning System System Metrics Learn.com 105

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 19, 2022

1,000 is the magic number for a lot of vendors. There are vendors that unless you have a minimum of 1,000 end-users (regardless if they are employees, customers, etc.) I know of vendors who will go below 1,000, but their “sweet spot”, the number they really would prefer is a minimum of 1,000. Is 500 to 999 an option?

Learning System 87

Learning System System Metrics Learner 87

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Ed McMahon is not back (he’s dead after all), but in his honor, and without you having to buy an overpriced magazine, I present you with early award winners in various learning system categories, for 2019. . But first… What is a Learning System? Hence, learning systems. Learning Platforms. .

Learning System 94

Learning System System Saba SumTotal 94

eLearning 24-7

MAY 22, 2024

Before diving in – I will note that there are still a few vendors who maintain the original capabilities and have move forward with it – they are in ways MTV Classic – which you can find if you have cable (in the states). Implying an LMS was all about compliance (never true). Caddyshack 2 and Superman IV level.

vendor 72

vendor Docebo Cornerstone Compliance Training 72

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Here is mine to you, actually it is not a gift, it is the Top 10 NexGen Learning Systems for 2021 . NexGen Learning Systems 2021. It is based on my Learning Systems Template, with the items I have highlighted (in my latest version of my template – yellow)/and some are listed below, which I deem as Tier 5 NexGen.

Learning System 72

Learning System System vendor SAP 72

Paradiso Solutions

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Outdated learning systems can abolish employee engagement, so many businesses are swapping on-premises LMS for cloud-based ones, also called SaaS LMS. These cloud systems are more efficient, managing training and keeping employees excited about learning. That’s what a SaaS LMS does.

LMS 52

LMS Authoring Tools Blended Learning Guide 52

Talented Learning

AUGUST 29, 2018

As an independent learning systems consultant , I’m often asked to share my opinion about what’s happening in the LMS market. Last month, I published a mid-year learning technology trends update. At that time, I promised to share additional thoughts about what these trends mean for LMS buyers and sellers.

Association Learning Management System 104

Association Learning Management System Association LMS FAQ Learning System 104

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 15, 2023

The premise that an LXP, for example, does so much more than an LMS is 100% untrue. LXPs offer assigned learning. They, thus are not learner-centric, the moment the client decides to go assigned learning. Regardless, the number of 100% true LXPs, as they were defined, is minimal in the entire industry of learning systems.

Association LMS 70

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS vendor 70

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 15, 2021

Well over a month ago, on LinkedIn, I started a weekly series where I would select one learning system and compare it to a few other learning systems. Not every vendor does it though, and you will eventually figure out who does it a lot, by checking out the sites. Each vendor will have Five to consider.

Alternatives 105

Alternatives System Docebo SAP 105

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2018

To the 2018-19 Learning System Grid,identifying the Leaders, Risers, Steady and Slow vendors for NexGen functionality. . For this year’s grid, an additional vendor was added per group (last year it was five per grid). NexGen Functionality Tier 2 (Not every vendor has all of these items, just an fyi).

Learning System 80

Learning System System SumTotal Grovo 80

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 4, 2022

I see a lot of learning systems in any given year. Each of them, declaring themselves as a “star”, as a shining representative of outstanding learning or training or some combo of the two. I mean, there has always been speculation of a Planet X in our solar system, waiting to be found. A vendor to watch.

Learning System 81

Learning System System Metrics vendor 81

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 16, 2023

Grabbed your Vendor’s Jersey or garb they give you and are raring to go? That’s right, the annual, Customer Education Learning Systems Bracket. Vendors still fail to recognize this. As of late, some companies are placing customer education systems under Marketing. Are you sitting down? Standing up?

Metrics 77

Metrics Custom Education White Label 77

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 16, 2022

It is the same way with learning systems, and yes, e-learning. Sure in some cases it did poorly, but it wasn’t because the idea wasn’t sound, it was due to the way the learning was presented. The LMS market takes a beating all the time. An analyst jumps on board and now the doom of the LMS is here.

Cornerstone 90

Cornerstone SumTotal vendor Compliance Training 90

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 8, 2014

They forget to realize that a learning system, learning platform are just semantics – as noted before. You can have a modern learning system that is really crummy, just as you can have with a LMS. 15 Administrate – Part CRM, part financial tools, and a unique approach that works for a LMS.

LMS 86

LMS Learning Management System System Management 86

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 17, 2020

I mean, when you consider that “communities” in learning systems are roaring back (although in all honesty, they never left), as though it is some whiz and wow thing, having a “2” to represent “two” and “C” to represent “see” isn’t so outrageous is it? Well, why not?

Learning System 85

Learning System System vendor Metrics 85

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2020

Once again the same criteria as the previous rankings, which you can find here and unless otherwise specified you can find every system on my learning system search engine platform, FindanLMS. I strongly recommend that if you reach out to any of these vendors, you want to have a demo first and foremost. 29 Talent LMS.

Learning System 71

Learning System System Scanning Compliance Training 71

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 21, 2020

The Association market is by far, IMO, one of the top three markets, that as a vendor, you should be in. However, a professional association may also allow companies to be members too, and sometimes, there are vendors who are members referred to in the industry as “associate members” (but the vernacular can be different).

Association LMS 67

Association LMS Association Learning Management System Association Learning System 67

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There is no better place to see this then our fine world of e-learning, which was devised to be an umbrella term for everything that is well, online learning. An LMS thus is under e-learning. e-learning. e-learning. On the learning system side, I see it all too well. Authoring tool?

Learning System 65

Learning System System Metrics Compliance Training 65

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That said, I will say to you, that before you just buy the learning system, please, please do due diligence on the system. Just as some people love Nutella, others will find it on the same level of peanut butter mixed with bananas, which should be forbidden and outlawed in the solar system. A fun system for learners.

Learning System 74

Learning System System Metrics Compliance Training 74

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Whenever you see a topic or category, which may or may not include a specific vendor, and it is deserving of a “TREAT” you will see this: Aww, isn’t it cute? TREAT Generative-AI latest pricing with vendors. That vendor is D2L – both for their Business edition (which I love) and their EdTech version.

vendor 67

vendor Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS 67

QuoDeck

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What LMS Overkill Is And Ways To Avoid It? This requirement for learning has spawned the multi-billion-dollar Learning Management System (LMS) industry. Which brings me to the all-important question: As a company looking to implement an LMS, how does one choose the most appropriate one ?

LMS 91

LMS Social Networks Enterprise Saba 91

eLearning 24-7

JULY 19, 2021

Each integration into the system – my brain in this matter – has provided me with a wealth of knowledge and insight, without any impact per se, with their own daily lives. Integrations can offer a positive impact on your learning system. not a vendor), they will do a deep integration for it. Role-Playing.

Metrics 103

Metrics Docebo Integrate vendor 103

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Surprises in E-Learning One of the biggest surprises, is that so many folks are unaware that e-learning was an umbrella term, as I noted in the History of the LMS post. Vendors use it to refer to online courses/content. On top of that, they misspell it – the term is e-learning. It has always been e-learning.

vendor 72

vendor Association Learning Management System Mentoring Slides 72

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Vendors saying “have you looked at XYZ” (which is their system). Just asking to recommend an LMS without the audience knowing exactly what you want is like following the mantra of saying can you recommend me a movie to go see, without telling people you hate dramas, comedies and documentaries. Recommendations.

LMS 69

LMS Metrics SumTotal RFP 69

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 9, 2021

For the last few years, I’ve rated the top B2B/B2C learning systems, via a ranking list during my yearly best award systems. There are two types of learning systems here (discussed previously in the where the LMS market is heading, i.e. Group 1 and Group 3). A post here and post there.

System 105

System Custom Education Metrics 105

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 8, 2022

Just as in 2021, vendors were seeded on two sides – let’s call one side – “A”, and the other side “B” These are seeding not rankings. The majority of learning systems are combos, which usually skew towards the employee side – there are a few exceptions. Here are the 16. The Combos.

Custom 75

Custom Education Metrics Docebo 75

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 1, 2021

” By now, you are thinking, “Oh, he is about to say the LMS market is finished, OR that they are dinosaurs doomed, and thus us naysayers have been right all along,” sorry to disappoint, but no, no, and no. Micro learning this. Micro-learning content does that. It is all about machine learning.

Market 116

Market Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 116

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 22, 2021

It can get a bit confusing, because many of them slide a “free system” that is commercial, with open source free systems and see them as one in the same. . For example, Talent LMS listed on many of these sites, is noted as free. Docebo is on some of these sites noting “free” with open source mentioned.

Open Source 134

Open Source Open Moodle Dokeos 134

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 16, 2018

I was going to cover my Corporate Learning Systems forecast for 2018, but decided instead to discuss the Top 50 Learning Systems for 2018. Now, you will not see the final rankings as a whole for the Learning Systems (i.e. When you look at the market today, the LMS and sub-genre has changed.

Learning System 62

Learning System System vendor LCMS 62

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2024

I thought about this, as you can tell, and said to myself, okay, let’s write a post where the e-learning history and thus learning systems, authoring tools, and alike are intertwined with good and bad ideas. Someone came up with the idea of a LMS. Adobe was the first vendor to use templates to create courses.

Ideas 84

Ideas Learn.com SumTotal SkillSoft 84

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 8, 2022

In the learning system space, there is equally a lot of stuff, some of which you either have purchase, plan to purchase or are considering purchasing. Learning Tools. How many out there, have a swath of courses/content on your learning system? Learning Systems are like Streamers everyone has more than one.

System 89

System Portal vendor White Label 89