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The Cornerstone Acquisition

eLearning 24-7

Sure in some cases it did poorly, but it wasn’t because the idea wasn’t sound, it was due to the way the learning was presented. I bring this up, because after it was announced that Cornerstone will be acquiring SumTotal, the pundits went out and espoused some very interesting ideas. SumTotal was never innovative.

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Perception in the E-Learning World

eLearning 24-7

Easy sounds great, but I’ve never seen a course built in two hours that will get folks to come back to it. Vendors for some reason, think that calling a learning system, a digital learning platform makes it sound so groovy and modern that folks will flock to it. That is false. It just won’t happen. . Blackboard.

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Latest Takeaways from Craig Weiss

eLearning 24-7

Consumer goods are to follow, after all, if consumers are not going out and buying (and cutting interest rates to zero, wouldn’t be a factor to someone who is debating about going to the theater), then a ripple effect occurs. . Honestly, buying SumTotal would make more sense, but nevertheless, it is Saba.

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Perceptions and Factoids (LMS)

eLearning 24-7

While I do not know who WD will focus on in the market, my belief is that it will be SuccessFactors (an easy win), Cornerstone (mixed results), Oracle (victory!), SAP (if they can’t win this one, they shouldn’t be in the game), SumTotal Learn (mixed results – and how important – unknown) and to a very lesser degree Saba.

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E-Learning 24/7 Superhero Reader Edition: LRS Pros/Cons, Course design – what works

eLearning 24-7

It’s as fun as riding your favorite roller coaster without the after effects of why you no longer ride your favorite roller coaster. I see a lot of courses that do not – it already sounds the alarm – A TO B, A TO B. Next week: Product Review of SumTotal Learn by Skillsoft . It’s for you too.

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Hot List - April 1, 2009 to April 11, 2009

Tony Karrer

This sounds a bit like a sale pitch, so I have to warn you in advance, there are a lot of other solar panels for different equipments out there. in Technology, Innovation and Education, where she studied how new media and emerging technologies can be used to effectively educate children. The session was hosted by SumTotal Systems.

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The New Corporate Learning Ecosystem: Coexistence at Work

Talented Learning

Sounds like a pipe dream, right? Originally, many LMS specialists tried to compete head-to-head with the established giants of the talent management LMS world like Cornerstone , Saba , SumTotal , SAP/SuccessFactors , Oracle. What to include in an effective augmentation plan. Not long ago, it was. So, what changed? Augment It!