eLearning 24-7

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. However, with the continued explosion of tablets which will offer Flash & HTML5, the market dedicates that HTML5 is necessary. I see double digit growth in Lite LMSs in 2011. Bonus Trend.

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Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 70

Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Subject matter experts are embracing the more sophisticated rapid e-learning tools which allow server side development with international collaboration and “instant&# course deployment. E-Learning development houses need to be able to demonstrate a clear value in their services. I completely agree with this.

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Rapid eLearning Instructional Design Atlantic Link Case Study 100

eLearning 24-7

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. Many vendors hyping PowerPoint to Flash angle as key feature.

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eLearning 24-7

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. However, with the continued explosion of tablets which will offer Flash & HTML5, the market dedicates that HTML5 is necessary. E-Learning 24/7 Important Information – Blog and Advisory Services.

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Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

JULY 20, 2011

Remember when only a few offered the PPT to Flash option in their tools? Mobile Learning. Let’s see – what is the fastest e-learning subset ever to garner audience interest for all solutions? The Xoom by Motorola still outputs only to HTML5, although they are waiting for a Flash feature. What happened?

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Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

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.

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eLearning 24-7

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 .

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Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 95

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2010

Improves video and audio quality – extensively – thus your Social Learning/Social Media experience has just increased infinitely; Vivemo, Blip.tv Improved interactivity over Flash. Open Source not Proprietary like Flash. Oh, e-readers – sure down the pipeline. Even Flash.

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eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2010

Improves video and audio quality – extensively – thus your Social Learning/Social Media experience has just increased infinitely; Vivemo, Blip.tv Improved interactivity over Flash. Open Source not Proprietary like Flash. Oh, e-readers – sure down the pipeline. Even Flash.

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games Firefox Flash 40

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Other Open Source LMS Solutions - eLearning 24-7 , April 14, 2010 Here is a list of other Open Source LMS vendors, besides Moodle. The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS! Add to it the fact that its open source which makes it free to use, has made it very popular. Is it a fad?

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Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

eLearning 24-7

MAY 18, 2012

In the past it was build it yourself (pricey) or find open source and customize it (could be pricey, but cheaper then complete build). The partner approach works this way: vendor A integrates Vendor B’s solution into their product. Social and Mobile Learning Platforms. Other e-learning solutions.

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Virtual Classroom News ILT vendor 66

eLearning 24-7

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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eLearning 24-7

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. Well, say no more.

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News Authoring Tools Rapid Intake vendor 73

eLearning 24-7

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. Flash isn’t going anywhere, except maybe the route of leaded gasoline. Here is a news flash: It’s not true. A couple of vendors are offering this as a feature.

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Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

Pearson not letting people know about their open source LMS that is in the works – you had to specifically ask them. Its all in Flash. Thus in order for it to work on the iPad series or iOS mobile devices you need to have the SkyFire app or something similar which can run flash on your device. If not, demand one.

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ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 83

eLearning 24-7

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. There are rumors that at least one vendor is working on such a solution.

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Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2011

Accepts any courses built in any content authoring tools that are SCORM & AICC compliant – so you can upload and sell your courses that you built in Articulate, Captivate, even open source authoring tools (but they must be standards compliant). Add audio, video, images if you want – even Flash.

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Blended Learning Innovation Productivity Product 73

eLearning 24-7

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). If you want to move onto a new experience with m-learning why not add functionality to an e-reader?

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eLearning 24-7

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. Tablet Data in General.

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vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Just ask my CTO, who was recently peering over my shoulder as I struggled to figure out how to play a Flash Game. And, hey, many e-Learning vendors are vested in the "old boomer" model of training. Were a small company, founded by a couple of Gamers 2.0ers. Wow, youre really not very good at this, are you?"

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 7, 2010

You can easily move it into the other LMS, by simply re-packaging it with its wrapper - via your rapid e-learning tool solution. OR if you have a course completely in Flash, then move the course into the new LMS, because you should have all the files needed for the course. E-Learning 24/7.

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eLearning 24-7

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.

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Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70

eLearning 24-7

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. The small size vendors.

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LCMS Trends Social Networks LMS 77