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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

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Someone came up with the idea to create templates for developing courses quickly – and no, it wasn’t someone from Adobe or Articulate. I looked at the templates and thought that anybody could create a course without knowing anything about ID or e-learning development, which wouldn’t be good. At the time, I hated it.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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Learn.com – First a content aggregator, then jumped into the LMS market, acquired by Taleo, who promised to invest heavily. If you ever wondered what down the tubes look like, look no further than Learn.com. Oh, how we missed you – Grovo followed the same approach as Learn.com, and how well did that turn out exactly?

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History of the LMS

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Learn.com – They came a bit later, but there is a good story, and yes, they still exist. Learn.com started out as an LMS. Taleo promised to invest big $$$ to make Learn.com amazing. The Learn.com former system, is still there, under the Oracle brand, which uh, yeah, not sure, how that looks. Blackboard.

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E-Learning Trade Shows + Product Reviews 4 #TK11

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Trivantis – Lectora Inspire – the product now supports HTML5, and comes with templates for tablets including the iPad – which is a good thing, since I will have my iPad with me. Taleo Learn - formally known as Learn.com. RISC – Virtual Training Assistant LMS. Questionmark. Training Partner LMS by GeoMatrix.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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Along will come templates, worksheets, anything to help enhance the learning. 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. Then: Quality was mixed. Static rules!

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

Learning Visions

Content Development/Training dept builds templates -- then gives to SMEs -- so that SME can think about key points, objectives, assessment questions -- then template given back to ISDs to organize it better, rephrase it. Template by Tina Chen. A lot of these rapid tools ARE being used by folks without training backgrounds.

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How to Buy a LMS

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Try to avoid using a RFP template. Plus, nowadays many vendors can tell when someone is using “said” template and will not respond. Plus, nowadays many vendors can tell when someone is using “said” template and will not respond. Do you need to have a template within the system?

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