eLearning 24-7

MARCH 23, 2010

What is SAAS and why is hosted better than having it on your own servers. The bottom line without getting technical or overly detailed, the solution is hosted on your vendor’s servers and not hosted on your internal servers. Benefits versus having it on my servers (behind my firewall).

Hosting 40

Hosting vendor Cloud Computing LCMS 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the webinar, I brought up how LMS vendors were themselves perpetuating the myth of the bad things of social media (which is a necessary component of social learning), so, rather than identify the facts and data to potential clients who are concerned about social media and thus social learning, they instead do not include it in their system.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

eLearning 24-7

MAY 19, 2014

Yowsa – e-learning. Social learning? E-Learning. Assessment tool for online learning? E-learning. Web based training (WBT which was the term to define web based courses) – E-Learning. . E-Learning 24/7. Now it is time to tell others.

vendor 75

vendor Authoring Tools Compliance Training Virtual Classroom 75

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. surveys/assessments, e-commerce, transcripts, ad-hoc reporting and the other standards in the industry (90/10).

Compliance Training 99

Compliance Training LMS SCORM Offline 99

eLearning 24-7

JULY 16, 2012

All they care about is whether the system is in “the cloud” SaaS or “in the cloud” to the consumer means that is it hosted on your servers or wherever you host your LMS and they can access it via the internet regardless of where they are located as long as they have an internet connection. SaaS and LMS vendors.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System Trends Association LMS LMS 72

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2012

In the cloud or on your own servers. Low cost systems are typically SaaS based (then again, the LMS industry as a whole is more SaaS based than hosted on your servers). Mobile and Social. Social on the other hand is a hit or miss. Major downer: available only as hosted on your own servers. Pluses and Minuses.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. Dozens of LMS vendors, had typos on their web pages, zero screens of the system, links that went nowhere and two kicked up my Firewall warning of possible privacy collection and one had a Trojan Horse (I use a hardcore firewall and A/V).

vendor 66

vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

iPod, mobile phones, YouTube, message boards, e-mail. iTunes, iTunes University, Facebook, MySpace, CD, web server & more. SAAS or hosted on your own servers. Collaborative Learning Environment – Share building of courses in real time, albeit, not two at the same time, so no desktop sharing in that regard.

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

JULY 3, 2010

I’m on my way to get a car that enables me to launch a robust social learning system. 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.

Mzinga 53

Mzinga Productivity Product Portal 53

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I’ve also learned firsthand, how to make it work in any vertical and any industry. Learning Management Systems. Mobile learning platforms. Social learning platforms. If you want to track in a learning management system or learning platform that supports SCORM then you want it. Authoring Tools.

RFP 68

RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

Especially when it comes in the form of questions from readers of the blog and various followers on my social media channels. Especially when some vendors use Rackspace or other server farms. Any vendor will do that – regardless of setup fees. There is nothing like interaction. So, back for another installment.

SumTotal 73

SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2013

A sharing function of some sort – might be via social media. SaaS or on your own servers – they can do both, but ideally prefer SaaS (they host it). E-commerce. APIs – as in their (video learning platform itself) API is open. Social components – beyond the share functionality. HTML5 support.

Platform 88

Platform Video vendor Player 88

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

They are offsetting their cost for their servers by including it into the price. Lite LMS vendors do not always, in fact over 95% do not include e-commerce. Still vendors offering social learning, yet they do not use or have any social media presence. Learning Portals. This is a red flag to me.

Learning Portal 40

Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2013

SaaS product – but here’s the thing – if you want the course to be in your LMS – it can but it still sits on the ZZ server side and not in your system (should note that the LMS connectivity is available only in the $40/u version). Oh, and communities of practice, which you have in your social?

TechKnowledge 66

TechKnowledge ASTD Rapid Intake NexLearn 66

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the webinar, I brought up how LMS vendors were themselves perpetuating the myth of the bad things of social media (which is a necessary component of social learning), so, rather than identify the facts and data to potential clients who are concerned about social media and thus social learning, they instead do not include it in their system.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

What is of note, is that this is not new in terms of systems being offered “in the cloud” This was happening back when e-learning began, with quite a few systems in the cloud by 2002. Systems that are only available as hosted on your own servers are starting to significantly decline. Prediction. I love this!

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

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.

Rapid eLearning 100

Rapid eLearning Instructional Design Atlantic Link Case Study 100

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Vendors love to see if something takes off or widely used and if yes, they jump on board. You’ve seen it before: Social. M-Learning. M-Learning is on fire in 2012 and will continue to be so in 2013, especially on the tablet side (uh, to the vendor who constantly dogged me on it in 2010, who’s laughing now?

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 5, 2010

Let’s discuss the three ways, vendors operate within the “add-on&# module approach when it comes to their LMS/LCMS – and for our discussion, we will focus on vendors who either offer only one LMS/LCMS or a standard LMS/LCMS – a base for example, and not the robust you get everything and the kitchen sink included.

Module 40

Module Association LMS Association Learning Management System LCMS 40

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Still listed as a social learning management system, they have made some new strides that really work for me. Social learning. M-Learning – can view on tablets, including iPad. Has a little bit of a learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, simple. Social learning. Workflow engine.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

Even if the product is a desktop product all you need to do is upload the course to your own web server, use the vendor’s web server or via a LMS. A native app that enables you view the courses on your mobile device with online/offline synch.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

How many of you have posted questions regarding LMSs on Quora, Linkedin or the various other social media sites available on the net? How many of you have seen vendors respond to your questions? Collaboration, create learner groups for social, some type of chat function. How many times have you wished they didn’t?

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

Real surprise the number of vendors who make no mention of Workday or even know who they are. Social learning – snooze fest, but few vendors now offering Facebook SSO and Twitter integration. SaaS – the norm, what no longer is the norm – hosted on the client’s servers only.

Association Learning Management System 67

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Graphical progress bar – basically less text or funky icons that only the vendor knows what is – example, a recall one vendor using a floppy disk to represent an online course. Social – solid, could be better. Seems to focus more on client side server, when space as a whole is focused more on SaaS.

Totara 70

Totara Productivity Product Blended Learning 70

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Best of eLearning Learning. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Key Social Learning Roles - Daretoshare , April 4, 2010 Premise : Learning communities or networks thrive because its members possess certain skills and capabilities. Budgeting for Learning 2.0:

Google Buzz 85

Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

eLearning 24-7

JULY 20, 2011

You work online via the servers of your vendor. I had thought that this trend would be dying out, but it is amazing at the number of vendors who are entering the space and still focused on the desktop approach. Mobile Learning. Hmm, oh yeah mobile learning. It has blown past social learning, and continues to roll.

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

CommLab India

JANUARY 12, 2017

There are seven important readiness factors you must consider before implementing e-learning – psychological, social, environmental, human resource, technological, financial, and content readiness. Psychological readiness – Assess the attitude of employees and top management toward e-learning.

vendor 44

vendor e-learning vendor Assessment Open Source 44

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 25, 2010

E-Learning and all forms within are normally taken via your desktop computer and either hitting your company’s server with your browser or going to a hosted LMS vendor’s solution. Creating high-def video for your courses, or people can upload for social learning or add high-def simulations or movies.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion iPad LCMS 70

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

While there is nothing wrong with seeking the golden goose, and even catching it a few times, if you do not have the server bandwidth to do so, nor the internal support and capabilities to handle it, how long do you think they will remain? I believe it is because many of the vendors do not want their customers to have such power.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Mobile learning will meld with social networking on every learner's mobile device making the two technologies a fully integrated experience; support for these two technologies will be an essential part of every mlearning vendor's core offerings. Validated (“Single”). Mobile learners will begin to expect (and demand!)

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56