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History of the LMS

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We did Online Learning in the 60’s – False Narrative There were systems back in the day, where they could be run on your own server, used via a CD-ROM, via WAN or LAN, but to me, that isn’t and e-learning LMS. Learn.com – They came a bit later, but there is a good story, and yes, they still exist. Blackboard.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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The courses sit on the LMS server, thus in a sense your LMS and not on the 3rd party course provider’s servers. Open Sesame is what we call a content aggregator, in that they sell as one unit, but have content coming from various other providers into their solution. The most famous aggregator back in the day was Learn.com.

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Latest E-Learning Insight and News

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Systems that are only available as hosted on your own servers are starting to significantly decline. Equally of interest, are the increase in open source systems that offer for a fee, hosting on their own servers, rather than on yours. Oh, they offer SaaS for a fee, but you can host it on your own servers for free. Prediction.

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Top 50 LMS Report for 2016 – What you need to know (criteria, approach, and yeah some vendors)

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I feel bad for the folks who were learn.com, then thought Taleo would improve it, then Oracle. You want to take a course on Skillsoft, click in Degreed and get pushed out to Skillsoft’s servers. Technology infrastructure – Is your system only available on a shared server or can it also be on a private server?

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LMS Vendors: U Can Survive – Innovate, Invigorate and Invent

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Remember, Taleo purchased Learn.com, another vendor is integrating with SuccessFactors, and there are plenty of LMS vendors who are moving more into the TM space, so creating a mini HRIS system is smart business. Tie it into their servers. Again, open source programs exist today that you can use as a feature within your LMS.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Adobe/Bersin Overview of the eLearning Industry

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Adobe, Articulate building little back-end server technologies that enable you to build straightforward courses, install in LMS and track results. People have an expectation to produce content more quickly -- this drives productivity.

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LMS Vendors: U Can Survive – Innovate, Invigorate and Invent

eLearning 24-7

Remember, Taleo purchased Learn.com, another vendor is integrating with SuccessFactors, and there are plenty of LMS vendors who are moving more into the TM space, so creating a mini HRIS system is smart business. Tie it into their servers. Again, open source programs exist today that you can use as a feature within your LMS.

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