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DECEMBER 9, 2010

If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. The trend is already appearing with more systems adapting to this change, and shows every sign of significant growth, especially with APIs & social learning. HTML5 & Rapid Content Authoring Tools.

Trends 69

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 69

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

But, the reason I constantly bash this into e-learning vendors heads is this just DON’T GET IT. HTML5 will be available on every one of those tablets, plus they will offer Flash (notable exception the iPad). Oh, yeah, social learning. LMS vendors who are moving into the Talent Management Space.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Latest: 303 LMS & Learning Portal Vendors. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab. Vendors are listed from all over the world. They do not allow you to use any other 3rd party rapid content authoring tool vendor. HTML5 Course. Click HTML5 course. User name: E-Learning.

Learning Portal 40

Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 40

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Innovation abounded and the push to focus on the “PPT to Flash&# angle continued to shine. Open Source Product of the Year (i.e. You get the Flash code – YES – you get the code, which you can do whatever you want with it. 264 codec, which the iPad supports, and a few browsers for HTML5.

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Some vendors push heavily on PPT, implying that a great WBT is really a PPT converted to Flash. Flash output – still red hot. In the latest podcast featuring Volkner Zimmerman who is on the executive board at IMC-AG, he explicitly states that HTML5 is necessary in any course output for mobile. It isn’t.

Authoring Tools 76

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

But, the reason I constantly bash this into e-learning vendors heads is they just DON’T GET IT. HTML5 will be available on every one of those tablets, plus they will offer Flash (notable exception the iPad). Oh, yeah, social learning. LMS vendors who are moving into the Talent Management Space.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

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JULY 13, 2010

Another small trend is providing advanced admin capabilities in the form of admins who have CSS, Flash,PHP or other languages. Some vendors are providing some widgets are part of their system, and then customers can go onto the web and locate widgets to add or more often than not, create their own. Mobile Learning.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

I have seen continued interest and downloads for open source AR tool kits. GestureTek develops motion control for tablets, e-readers, smartphones and televisions. Expect a few commercial vendors to jump into the augmented reality space for e-learning. HTML5 support – sorry Flash fans .

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

While they still offer the LMS as we all know it, and its “learning&# approach, they are really driving into the TM space. Greater number of vendors switching to only SAAS or “in the cloud&# rather than self-hosted. 2 Mobile Learning. For the longest time, it was all about smartphones.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Equally of interest, are the increase in open source systems that offer for a fee, hosting on their own servers, rather than on yours. I still believe this will be a winner in 2012, and that more vendors will jump into this space. Open Source Systems. Supports Flash and HTML5. Prediction. Other News.

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News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. Extended Enterprise – System must have e-comm, multi-tenet – fully skinnable, additional functionality. Open Source LMS of the Year. Social Learning is limited.

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LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

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JUNE 25, 2010

Two cameras for capturing video and audio, 3 megapixel web cam, 5-megapixel LED flash camera. 4GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory, 16GB of flash memory, 512mb of DDR memory, 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 chip or Qualcomm Snapdragon 1-GHz processor or Nvidia 1 GHz Tegra 2 processor. APIs, Open Source, HTML5. E-Learning 24/7.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70