eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

LMS Vendors. 30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. 30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. Over 90% of LMS vendors had their sites available only in English; so the potential customer could not view it in any other language.

vendor 66

vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 30, 2012

Everyone loves my system. As I have noted numerous times, if you listen to vendors, everyone loves their system, they have retention rates in the plus 90%, yet, somehow the number one thing they hear is that people are looking for a new system, they are unhappy with their current system. Think about it.

LMS 73

LMS Server vendor Calendar 73

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But what you rarely hear, is something I have often been hearing, which isn’t going from any spirit, rather it is coming from some LMS vendors. It is a sound so unbearable, a phrase or two so strange and misleading, you would think you were hearing it from… the salesperson’s mouth (or via e-mail).

LMS 71

LMS vendor RFP e-learning vendor 71

eLearning 24-7

JULY 16, 2012

Let me be clear on that, people want SaaS systems. Now you can explain the difference between what is actually your SaaS system from the IT perspective and how it is different than what other people call a SaaS system, but here is thing. If you offer the SaaS option and the consumer hosts it on their own server, fine.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System Trends Association LMS LMS 72

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 20, 2011

In my latest directory, 393 LMS vendors – global, of which 34 or so are open source systems. In a market this size, and with so many vendors overly focused on the U.S. and not necessarily worldwide (which should be the case), there is bound to be those vendors who are seeking new opportunities. It was a myth.

Social Networks 72

Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

I love going to LMS sites and seeing a list of clients that the vendor lists. Especially the LMS vendors who also create custom content/development. That some vendors who provide a list of clients may not be clients of their LMS, rather they are current or past clients of custom course development. But did you know.

vendor 76

vendor Compliance Training Authoring License 76

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

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. The problem though is it is not throughout the entire system, rather it is in a few areas. That said, they are in my top 40 for learning/extended enterprise cloud. Lots of potential. Waste of money.

SumTotal 73

SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

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. Why do some vendors have trials and others do not? Authoring Tools. Web conferencing.

RFP 68

RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

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. Each one of these features could be implemented into systems in six months or less. These features can change that. Online Storage i.e

Open Source 76

Open Source e-learning vendor VOIP vendor 76

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. E-Learning in General.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 105

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Compliance Training LMS vendor 105

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.

Providers 40

Providers LMS Outstart Server 40

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 6, 2014

While I am sure that occurred at WOLC, the ones I gazed at, which were presented by vendors, had no sales pitch whatsoever, rather it was all about a specific subject tied to e-learning. I know a few vendors who had multiple meetings each day with potential clients – and the ones I am referring to where LMS vendors.

Conference 68

Conference Scanning vendor ILT 68

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Three months ago, only a few systems had either integrated for no additional charge or for additional fees, a talent management/performance management feature set. There is a growing list of vendors, including small/mid size that are adding talent management components that match the Big Dog systems. What do you do? Prediction.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

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 included in the system at no charge. HTML5 or is it? Online/Offline synch.

Pipes 71

Pipes vendor Offline iPad 71

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2013

2013 - LMSs are not the only learning system in town. The new kids of the block (please no jokes here) are Video Learning Platforms. While a video learning platform might have multiple products at the end of the day it is built upon two key components (which they all have in some form). Ooyala, Nov. uh RECORDER!

Platform 88

Platform Video vendor Player 88

eLearning 24-7

JULY 23, 2012

What is true is that there are plenty of awesome systems for less than 25K and even sweet systems with very nice feature sets for under 10K. I’m not talking about freebies such as Moodle or Sakai, but actually commercial systems. These are folks who are going to use your system. In the cloud or on your own servers.

Low Cost 80

Low Cost Cost LMS Server 80

eLearning 24-7

MAY 27, 2015

That said, there were some hiccups and from an entire vendor wise (expo here) angle, some unique and some, uh. Okay, before jumping in, I want to thank all those who attended my session, E-Learning 2020. . This year, I estimated a 55/60% e-learning, including some ILT vendors offering some type of e-learning component. .

Conference 40

Conference Metrics SumTotal SkillSoft 40

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Back again to bring this first in a series of rankings for the top ten learning management systems for 2013. Vendors can move up, down or out of the rankings – after all it is on-going. Still listed as a social learning management system, they have made some new strides that really work for me. 100% independent.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

How many of you have seen vendors respond to your questions? A: Virtually every LMS vendor out there in the marketplace provides these features. Rather than focus on the most common features, focus on the 10% that are different and thus may not be in every system – because guess what? E-mail notification, automatic.

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. You don’t have to go to funkytown to see some feature sets that put the “WoW” back into learning. Built in E-mail that blocks viruses, spam plus you can send out of the LMS. e-book publishing.

Association Learning Management System 67

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

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. This is the WordPress.org, which requires you to have your own server on the net – hosted – example Godaddy.com, behind a firewall.

SCORM 45

SCORM Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 45

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

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. Built in task system and task reporting. SAAS based.

Authoring 66

Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Kineo Group’s Totara LMS is a new breed of systems hitting the space. Vendors in this space include Docebo, eFront, Litmos and of course Totara. My Learning tab – shows alerts, recent learning, upcoming events. 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 24-7

MAY 16, 2011

If not, and you are planning on implementing SharePoint for your social learning success, here are a few reminders, before you dive right in. SharePoint can be a wonderful solution for the right reqs, but first and foremost, SharePoint is a content management system. Can they access your social learning platform at home?

SharePoint 80

SharePoint Social Learning Social Social Networks 80

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

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

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).

Module 40

Module Association LMS Association Learning Management System LCMS 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). However there were plenty of vendors who had — NOTHING. FIRST DOWN.

TechKnowledge 66

TechKnowledge ASTD Rapid Intake NexLearn 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

JUNE 4, 2012

“Upload your content to a web server, you just give your learners a link to the story.htm file” – This is to view the course in HTML5 on your iPad. Sound – from file, record mic (built into the system, of course you need a headset with a mic or a mic itself). Mobile Player app – Major stinker.

Articulate 75

Articulate Productivity Product Flash to HTML5 Conversion 75

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

If there was a perfect assessment system, someone could just prove what they know, regardless of how they gained the knowledge. OpenSimulator is a 3D Application Server. Other Open Source LMS Solutions - eLearning 24-7 , April 14, 2010 Here is a list of other Open Source LMS vendors, besides Moodle. Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0:

Google Buzz 85

Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

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

AUGUST 19, 2010

As the evolution of e-learning continues, the rapid content authoring tools (RCAT) market follows suit. This is a growing market with new vendors showing up, but at the same time, others disappearing. A robust learning solution of multiple capabilities and outputs? 43 Vendors do not have one. That was then.

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 71

CommLab India

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Are you implementing a Learning Management System (LMS) for the first time? When you don’t have the resources for course creation, select the right e-learning vendor who has expertise in rapid authoring tools. A capable e-learning partner will take care of your courses’ development and deploy them on your LMS.

LMS 44

LMS Blended Learning Moodle ILT 44