eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. It’s called online learning for a reason, because it is via the internet – online.

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

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. Marketplaces & Exchanges by LMS/Learning Portal Vendors. HTML5 & Rapid Content Authoring Tools. E-Learning 24/7 Important Information – Blog and Advisory Services.

Trends 69

Trends Flash to HTML5 Conversion vendor e-learning vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2010

Dip their feet in it – just a bit, a little here, a little there – oh and call it a full social learning platform. Time for these vendors to wake up, or see your audience share disappear. They do not want to jump into the water, for fear of the social learning shark. Do Nothing. No need to have a LMS.

Social Networks 73

Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 14, 2012

Student, Teacher and Parent portals – It goes without saying on the student and teacher portals. As such, do folks really want parents to have their own portal? Built in authoring tool – never hurts. The system also has a course authoring tool, assessment tool (test wizard), eportfolios, gradebook and more.

Education 74

Education Social Networks Moodle Blackboard 74

eLearning 24-7

MAY 3, 2010

What it is though, is something that will rock your foundation and can turn the LMS world standing on their head, because now you can become your own learning SCORM compliant system. Ability to take SCORM compliant courses, including SCORM 2004 from a portal, online learning community, social learning platform or solution, a group, whatever.

SCORM 45

SCORM Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 45

eLearning 24-7

JULY 3, 2010

OmniSocial is a social learning platform, with learning management capabilities and with the ability to select individual apps in the system and only use those you select to install onto your web site or learning portal. It looks like nothing I have seen before on the streets. Confusing, right? I like that.

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

eLearning 24-7

MAY 28, 2013

Learning Management Systems – I expect to see more next year, but this year was solid. Authoring tools – Usual players were there, and a couple of newbies – but hey it is a start. Training Reinforcement Tools – Big! – Another example of a product line that was adding mobile learning features.

ASTD 82

ASTD Analysis Conference SumTotal 82

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 12, 2012

10 eLogic Learning - Essential LMS. Features include: Extended enterprise – multiple children/sub-portals, each skinned/branded and each on a separate server – many EEs are on a shared server. Unlimited portals. Back in the days, the Plateau platform was ghastly awful. TinCan with online/offline synch.

Compliance Training 99

Compliance Training LMS SCORM Offline 99

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

each end user can choose their own language to view the entire platform (a few systems). Assessment tool with plagiarism detection (education system). Tutoring, mentor tools. Parental portal, student portal, teacher portal (education systems). Guess what some vendors do. E-Commerce.

Association Learning Management System 67

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 5, 2012

New features include m-learning on the iPad with native app (no on/off synch), integrates with Yammer, themes, custom URL, assessment tool, the authoring tool is the key component, help and feedback tab. Video learning platforms. 14 Totara LMS by Totara Learning Solutions. E-Learning 24/7.

LMS 71

LMS Cornerstone OnDemand Saba Totara 71

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

They have always been quite secure, which reminds me, more systems are emphasizing in their marketing materials, that their SaaS platforms are secure, with some even stating the level of security, i.e. 256 bit AES. I should note that there is one vendor who has their entire mobile platform on a USB jump drive. Prediction.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc. If you were a vendor you made a pit stop to a hidden section, before continuing on. 8th, 2010).

Social Media 49

Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 49

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . The data shows that what many vendors assume end users want is far from accurate. Too many vendors are focusing on talent/performance management as the next feature/component in their systems.

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

You could count on your hand the number of vendors even looking at it, and I’m not just talking LMSs/Learning Portals, but content authoring tools and other products. A couple of rapid content authoring tool vendors are incorporating HTML5 features in their tool, which can be used on tablets, and of course the iPad.

vendor 69

vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69

eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2011

Extended Enterprise – aka Multi-Tenet, Portals-Sub Portals. If you want an EE, you will want e-commerce. Course Authoring Tool . E-Learning 24/7. Next week: Product Review – Saba Social Learning Platform. So, it becomes one feature you must have, but then drill down.

Association LMS 68

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS RFP 68

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

If you listen to content authoring tool vendors who have added the capability of HTML5 it is easy to misunderstand what some are saying is not what you assume to be true. The assumption is that the product can output to HTML5, yet this is hardly true for the vast majority of authoring tools. That cost is in the pitch of HTML5.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Same issue occurred with various other alternative browsers – many of which were built on similar IE like platforms, uh, Opera was not. When a Course Authoring Tool Built-In is not a Free Built-In. I have seen this with a couple of vendors and thought to myself, are they kidding me? Confusion to End Users. This is FALSE.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 40

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

A: Virtually every LMS vendor out there in the marketplace provides these features. The ones who may not are those who identify themselves as “Training mgt systems and alike” – because they are really focused on the course authoring tool and are not a LMS in the true sense of the word. Authoring Tools.

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

CommLab India

MAY 2, 2017

So, you have decided to provide e-learning options to your employees. Let’s assume you have hired an e-learning vendor for creating SCORM compliant e-learning courses. Now, you need a platform to host these courses – a Learning Management System (LMS). Seamless Learning Experience.

LMS 54

LMS vendor e-learning vendor Hosting 54

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 25, 2010

If you wanted to work on creating content, for many people, the route would be and still is creating courses via a desktop based rapid e-learning authoring tool, or via your LMS/LCMS vendor’s tool (hosted or not) or via Dreamweaver or some other type of solution. E-Learning 24/7. The Winner.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70

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). Especially, when they are building the course in a rapid content authoring tool.

Blended Learning 73

Blended Learning Innovation Productivity Product 73

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

Many vendors who screamed the favorite line of e-learning, “our customers aren’t asking for it, so that is why we are not implementing it&# , have surprisingly changed their minds. Growth in number of new vendors coming into the space. So for every vendor that leaves the market, another one is coming in.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Rather than getting easier, the mlearning landscape will actually grow wider/deeper and far more complex as enterprises are forced to include/support several disparate mobile devices and changing end user demands; this scenario will drive further demand for enterprise-grade content authoring and delivery platforms for mobile learning.

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56