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Skillsoft buying SumTotal – My Take

eLearning 24-7

Like many of you, I was surprised to find out that Skillsoft is in the process of acquiring SumTotal. Combination of Skillsoft and SumTotal offers comprehensive, content-rich HR solutions. Ask yourself, how many HR people do you know that are aware of ADDIE? Getting back to Skillsoft and SumTotal. They are not.

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Want to be successful at e-Learning? Don’t make the mistakes experts make!

Challenge to Learn

You can buy a big system that does all (like Blackboard, Sumtotal, Saba, Cornerstone on demand, et cetera) or you can go for a bunch of specialized tools that will beat that big solution on every specialty. In developing e-Learning a lot of e-Learning experts are using a methodology that is called ADDIE. Don’t be to formal.

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Want to be successful at e-Learning? Don’t make the mistakes experts make!

Challenge to Learn

You can buy a big system that does all (like Blackboard, Sumtotal, Saba, Cornerstone on demand, et cetera) or you can go for a bunch of specialized tools that will beat that big solution on every specialty. In developing e-Learning a lot of e-Learning experts are using a methodology that is called ADDIE. Don’t be to formal.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Instructional design was actually being used. Because of the way the courses were designed. Everyone I knew, followed the ADDIE approach. SumTotal – Today? Owned by SumTotal – who ruined it, because by then it was GeoLearning Maestro (not that great). SumTotal called it SumTotal Maestro.

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10 Sumtotal Alternatives

Ed App

We’ve listed down 10 Sumtotal alternatives so you can create powerful learning experiences without breaking the bank. Sumtotal Alternative #1 – EdApp. EdApp is a mobile-based free Sumtotal alternative that prides itself on its array of easy-to-use training features to help managers and L&D professionals build their training.

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Q&A from Blog Readers on E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

Q : I am curious on why Cornerstone On Demand, Saba and SumTotal do not appear in your top twenty lists even though they appear on other sites as the best products in the market. I always hear “I’m looking at SumTotal, CoD, Expertus”, when folks mention it to me. So, back for another installment.

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Examples include helping the US-based LMS provider, Pathlore, to be acquired by SumTotal Systems and helping the UK-based learning content producer, Skillchange Systems, to be acquired by Vega (which, itself, was later acquired by an Italian company).