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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

This past week on LinkedIn I wrote about four trailblazers in the early days of the industry, learning systems – and what made them special (one has since hit speed bump), and four who trailblazed and then hit a major speed bump into, well, lost their way. Plateau Learning – I never understood the love for this system.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

I thought about this, as you can tell, and said to myself, okay, let’s write a post where the e-learning history and thus learning systems, authoring tools, and alike are intertwined with good and bad ideas. It’s a bad idea before it even goes to market. I chose the groupings route. Not Articulate.

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Interview with PeakSpan Capital, A Growth Equity Firm

eLearning 24-7

From the learning system and learning technology standpoint (and yes, I see a difference) the PE or VC firm is the one to go to when you seek capital or seek to be acquired. Investors are looking for businesses that are (i) showing product and delivery leadership in a large and strategic segment of the market (i.e.,

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WORSTs E-Learning 2017 Awards

eLearning 24-7

One competitor purchased a VLP as a key component, SAP purchased SuccessFactors, a recruiting system initially turned HCM, who had acquired Plateau, a strong but awful UI/UX LMS. SuccessFactors constantly stated they would invest heavily into Plateau and initially, vast improvement was to be found. And the winner is.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Netscape showed up, and dominated the market. They weren’t the first person who said that to me, it is very common to hear it from other learning system execs, CEOs even, founders too, salespeople equally so. Who led the market? Back to the original days, who did well Plateau Learning – Today?

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Harnessing Hyperconnectivity

CLO Magazine

This year the corporate learning market is going through explosive change: microlearning and adaptive learning systems have arrived, there’s an explosion of interest in learning experience platforms and consumer-like learning environments, and video, audio and small chunks of relevant content are available everywhere.

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2019 Turkey Awards

eLearning 24-7

Just as last year, the Turkey Award focuses on systems and marketing spin. E-Learning Marketing Words – Stand on your Soapbox and Stop the Madness. Learning System. Bring in these words to your marketing pitch. Folks who seek systems often ask for it, but it is outdated. Methodology.

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