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A Look Back at E-Learning in 2012

eLearning 24-7

Mobile Learning. LMSs – Finally vendors took notice. Sadly though many still are in the dark on true mobile learning – i.e. not accessing their platform via a mobile web browser. Authoring Tools – With only a small sample of vendors that are SaaS based, pickings are slim. Increase in number of vendors.

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E-Learning Zombie Edition – includes trends and duds

eLearning 24-7

Benefit: Reduces calls to administrator and training/learning person who oversees the system and department. Reduces costs to vendor, which is big because everyone knows that support inc. While many vendors pitch mobile learning they seem to be stuck on the idea that people are not interested in online/offline synchronization.

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E-Learning End Users Have Spoken – time for the industry to listen

eLearning 24-7

With an increase in e-learning sales a, projections of 7.1 billion dollars (USD) by 2015 and an increase in competition in the space, it is time for vendors to act. Streaming Media. From the end user perspective, 49% stream media from the net to their television, while 51% do not. It is extremely disturbing.

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Integrating Mobile Is Key

CLO Magazine

Morgan said it might have been easier to create a separate mobile learning platform, but that would not have supported integration of various content services, including acquired content from the company’s e-learning vendor; custom e-learning content via Xerox’s LMS; and video via Xstream Video, a cloud-based, streaming media service.

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Psst. You wanna buy some features?

eLearning 24-7

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). Video and audio streaming. Guess what some vendors do. E-Commerce.

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Video Learning Platforms

eLearning 24-7

1995 – Real Media arrives on the internet scene streaming an entire baseball game that probably no one watched. People who bought HD-DVD players – learn that they make great flying objects out of five story buildings. Stream your video. Other options – depends on the vendor. Masses own a VCR. background.

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Social Media and Social Learning – Where R We now?

eLearning 24-7

not working for a vendor). Vendors: People who work for a vendor (i.e. a company in the e-learning space). That there are people out there including vendors who are not on the social media scene. I wonder how many of these vendors offer a micro-blogging like product in their product? Guess what?