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Enterprise Learning Systems – How I love thee?

eLearning 24-7

Sadly, one day I called, they were out of business, sold to the nefarious NetG – who likely placed them in a huge warehouse next to the remains of a famous pharaoh. Bonus – My Picks for a Valentine’s Card for Enterprise – Is coming in two weeks – I will post it in my Learning Library and on LinkedIn. Will

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

Well you are fortuitous because it only requires you to purchase some content from the Skillsoft library. For fans of micro-content it does exist, but the vastness of their library is the common longer duration of time (albeit you can use a TOC to follow a non-linear methodology, which is the best way to go). as of 6-22-20).

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

Who remembers NetG? NetG, was the evil empire of the days gone past – ok, in my mind. speed with no latency issues would be acquired by NetG and shoved into the Raiders of the Ark storage facility, next to the ark itself. Back in the day, there were some big names out there. Real interactive stuff. But Office ruled. .

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

NetG, Element K, being just two. Plus, questions you will need to ask any vendor who provides skills/job role libraries – regarding their sources. The list could go on – Fuse, Learn Amp, Absorb, Eurekos, Biz Library’s soon-to-be-launched skills platform, and perhaps, a few others soon-to-be-launched as well (i.e.

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History of the LMS

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You might have chat rooms (my system, the one I initially built, and then the one I purchased – GeoLearning), forums, discussion boards, a library (mine did, including checkout capabilities), even classrooms (the appearance of them, I never used it). NetG ruined them). Next, Taleo bought them. Of course, they didn’t.

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Purchasing Courses for your LMS

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Hmm, let’s see NetG (back in the day), Skillsoft, Playback Media (not the new one out there, but another one – may the rest in peace), a few other shops and Rosetta Stone (yes, that Rosetta Stone). The vendor – Biz Library. Biz Library courses are available only as AICC. And guess what? Who do I buy from?

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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? Training departments purchased libraries of this garbage and touted cost savings. In the late 1990s, the web changed everything. eLearning was born. Vendors churned out page-turners and shovelware.