mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Back on December 30 2011, I scoped eight predictions ranging from hardware/software to content types and authoring tools to macro-level mobility trends our team felt would influence the market for mLearning products and services for the year and I wasn’t disappointed (or much surprised) about how it all played out. And learning vendors (e.g.,

Predictions 64

Predictions Enterprise Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 64

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). If you are seeking TM as your focus and you want one of the big dogs – I found Plateau’s system to offer appropriate functionality for it, but found some real concern in other areas (see my product review). These standout to me. Categories.

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LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

It is interesting to note, that many of the vendors are targeting the SMB space, especially the small size (less than 500 employees) market. I expect to see over 80% of the market go SaaS by the end of 2012. What’s not to love about the EE market? A couple of vendors have added HRIS modules. Prediction. Well, say no more.

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News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Flash will still have an impact (at least in the area of mobile learning). Device Diversity is the “New Normal” Mobile Apps Become Essential to Enterprise mLearning Pad/Tablet Use Explodes Authoring Tools Will Evolve Private Social Networks Win Over Public Market Consolidations Will Occur Here Come the Experts! Here's what came up.

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Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2015

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. We project that Badges will reach the Plateau of Productivity before xAPI, simply because Badges is a less ambitious standard than xAPI that clearly meets the very common use case of tracking completion of a learning activities across different platforms.

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Predictions HIPAA Training Plateau Blended Learning 100

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2015

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. We project that Badges will reach the Plateau of Productivity before xAPI, simply because Badges is a less ambitious standard than xAPI that clearly meets the very common use case of tracking completion of a learning activities across different platforms.

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Predictions HIPAA Training Plateau Blended Learning 91

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. Reaction from Apple’s competition has predictable at the marketing level (“Yeah, we’ve got one of those too!”) lack of Flash support). The arrival of Adobe's Flash Player v10.1

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Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56