eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

It was within these comments, that afterwords, I decided to expand a bit plus identify other areas that I see, LMS vendors must explore – which they have not yet done so, to re-energize themselves. Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. Social Learning.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

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. List includes Lite LMSs – which is a new trend and LMS vendors who enable you only to upload their course content i.e. content created in their products into their system.

Learning Portal 63

Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 63

eLearning 24-7

MAY 2, 2011

What always stuns me are vendors who state they know what their learners want, but in reality have no clue, because they themselves do not see the technology and its usage among the masses. The growing number of businesses leaving Microsoft Outlook to Internet e-mail is amazing. Online Storage i.e online hard drives.

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

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

MARCH 30, 2010

I want to stress that I selected these vendors as up and coming, not based on any revenue cycle nor any compensation from them. I AM NOT RECEIVING ANY COMPENSATION FROM THESE VENDORS. Pricing – as provided to me by the vendors (as of 3-30-2010). To host on their servers $400 per month for hosting.

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Providers LMS Outstart Server 40

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.

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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. My latest take on those three vendors (plus one) are: Cornerstone On Demand – I have seen the new UI and I like what I saw. This is why, you see some vendors doing quite well and others who are not.

SumTotal 73

SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2013

Other options – depends on the vendor. Typically the video content management platform consists of (please note: that some vendors call their VCMS something else). 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).

Platform 88

Platform Video vendor Player 88

eLearning 24-7

MAY 3, 2010

Can download your SCORM courses from the “cloud&# to go into your LMS/LCMS (open source/vendor or proprietary – hosted on your own server – behind your firewall, on your vendor’s server or on any server on the net or wherever). Think social media. Any social networking site?

SCORM 45

SCORM Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 45

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There is a growing list of vendors, including small/mid size that are adding talent management components that match the Big Dog systems. A couple of vendors have added HRIS modules. It is interesting to note, that many of the vendors are targeting the SMB space, especially the small size (less than 500 employees) market.

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News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

One vendor already offers it in 2012, and knowing this industry – if something takes off and works, others will follow. Right now, you have to upload the course as you would with your SCORM wrapper, where you self-upload or use the course within an online mobile platform from your authoring tool vendor. M-Learning.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, other vendors will say you can do that too, but you have to open each object file to get it. iPod, mobile phones, YouTube, message boards, e-mail. iTunes, iTunes University, Facebook, MySpace, CD, web server & more. SAAS or hosted on your own servers. Social Learning Content Authoring Tool.

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

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. Many vendors’ sites do not state this information in their pricing.

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Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Vendors can move up, down or out of the rankings – after all it is on-going. I’m not a lead gen for the vendors listed – rather the goal is to provide you with vendors that meet numerous criteria including UI, features, support/service, mobile, feedback from current and past clients and future game plans. 7 eLogic Learning.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2012

The people who suffer the most from this contradiction are the consumers and a vast majority of vendors. While mobile learning is moving at an incredible speed, faster than anticipated by some of my colleagues, it does not come without a cost. It is extra or can be a standalone – some vendors offer this capability.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

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. List includes Lite LMSs – which is a new trend and LMS vendors who enable you only to upload their course content i.e. content created in their products into their system.

Learning Portal 40

Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 40

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? A: Virtually every LMS vendor out there in the marketplace provides these features. Smart App for TV – One LMS vendor.

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

LMS vendors are continuing to add some very unique features in an effort to set themselves apart from the competition. Built in E-mail that blocks viruses, spam plus you can send out of the LMS. Desktop sharing (appears with a few vendors). Section 508 (still shocking at the lack of vendors that fail to offer this feature).

Association Learning Management System 67

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

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

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

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. Vendors who are already in the SaaS only space, should continue to offer features that maximize its power.

Authoring Tools 78

Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 5, 2010

LMS/LCMS vendors are notorious for offering the amazing “module&# in their marketing and advertising pitches – whether it is on their web site, at trade shows, white papers, e-mail marketing, whatever. Now, we are talking about your base LMS, not their super duper LMS (if they offer such – and not all vendors do).

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Module Association LMS Association Learning Management System LCMS 40

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

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Vendors in this space include Docebo, eFront, Litmos and of course Totara. My Learning tab – shows alerts, recent learning, upcoming events. Social – solid, could be better. Seems to focus more on client side server, when space as a whole is focused more on SaaS. Represents E-Learning course.

Totara 70

Totara Productivity Product Blended Learning 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 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

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.

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vendor e-learning vendor Assessment Open Source 44

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 27, 2011

I mean ever&# , from a senior executive at a mid to large size vendor that has been in the market for several years. Across the board, a large number of vendors (from small to large) saw increases in their quarter numbers. Especially, when vendors released their 2010 final numbers and saw big increases from the previous year.

Trends 75

Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75

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

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Indeed, many traditional eLearning vendors ventured into the market though not in the volume or with the fanfare we had postulated twelve months ago. So here’s the tally for "runs batted in (or attempted)" during the 2010 mLearning season. Validated (“Double”). Validated (“Single”).

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56