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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

To understand the history of the LMS, there are five items that drove it. CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. The LMS The player for online learning and WBT? It was a university.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Someone came up with the idea of a LMS. Someone came up with the term LMS – albeit Jay Cross (RIP) is said to be that person; however, this is debatable. EdCast is still a strong player in the LXP market, although, at the time, they were adding ubiquitous features to the LMS space. The people who had PL loved it.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

If the buy content you get Skillsoft system sounds familiar you are correct, because the same approach was taken with Skillport, an LMS from Skillsoft, which was really a stripped down version of the old Element K system back in the day. Percipio Customers who want to switch out into another learning system.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

Funny thing is - none of the LMS players in the list. I used to pitch up against some of the "big guys" -- NetG, SkillSoft -- who do some custom development, but the clients would choose our small shop because we provided better customer service. 8:53 AM Anol said. Public listed Blackboard or Open source Moodle.

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A Conversation with Bryan Austin of mLevel

Kapp Notes

We discussed the evolution of the mLevel game-based learning platform and how it has helped a number of companies increase the effectiveness of learning in their organizations. Bryan has had a distinguished career in corporate Learning & Development, including leadership roles with Skillsoft, Kaplan, AchieveGlobal and NETg.