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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

I consider them the first, because Skillsoft just acquired course publishers, NetG – who acquired the most amazing video course solution, which could run on 38.8Kps, and you could bookmark the courses – unheard of. NetG ruined them). Then they became a course aggregator (with multiple providers. Next, Taleo bought them.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

I always say Google has been around since 1996, and no one says they are traditional. NetG, Element K, being just two. I personally think what has hurt them in the greater market is the push by so many vendors (some of which are legit competitors) to refer to them as “traditional”, citing how long they have been around.

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Content – Change the Narrative

eLearning 24-7

At one time, it was the biggest brand out there, and a vendor who bought up other well-known content providers such as NetG and ElementK. People in safety courses often are wearing hardhats and safety googles. I’ve never found their content to be engaging, Harvard that is. Skillsoft is another brand name.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

If I just take content creation and social media perspective - then why only Ning and what Google is doing there. I used to pitch up against some of the "big guys" -- NetG, SkillSoft -- who do some custom development, but the clients would choose our small shop because we provided better customer service. 9:30 AM Denise Link said.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Remember Digital Think, SmartForce, Pensare, NETg, KnowledgeNet, UNext, Docent, One Touch, Centra, InterWise, and their brethren? Google search for web resources. In the late 1990s, the web changed everything. eLearning was born. Many of the corporations that adopted eLearning fell under the same mistaken spell that beguiled investors.