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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

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. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. It’s called online learning for a reason, because it is via the internet – online.

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A Look Back at 2020 for E-Learning

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I will go thru several areas for e-learning, not just learning systems, although by far, it will be the most, since a lot has happened in 2020. . But overall, in my opinion, EdTech also showed all its weaknesses front and center, and way too many vendors were unprepared for the numbers of schools, universities, colleges, etc.

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DevLearn 2022 – Rewind

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Seriously though, there were plenty of vendors making their first debut at the show, and that went from great to, uh, yeah. The biggest aspect, well, at least from my writings about the show, and vendors who need a course in how to do a trade show with you know prospects walking about; was something I will get to shortly.

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Buying an LMS? Acronyms You Must Know (Part 1)

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Learning and Development industry is no different and the list of acronyms are never ending especially when you are talking to Learning Management System (LMS) Vendors. APP- Application: Downloadable program on mobile devices for providing certain LMS features and is mostly used for offline learning, micro-learning.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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Content these days, well, it is an umbrella term to represent courses (micro too), videos, articles, materials, workbooks, other types of learning resources, podcasts and so forth. If one was to look at the e-learning industry (online learning), learning systems make up the biggest share of the space.

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LMS vendors: R u hearing us?

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LMS Vendors. 30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. 30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. Over 90% of LMS vendors had their sites available only in English; so the potential customer could not view it in any other language.

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2020 – The Year of the Hub

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I’ve heard it from vendors. Many consumers, I surmise are doing it already without even realizing it, and even some vendors are too. The game changer in the industry, whereas every spoke is interconnected with the central component, the learning system. Learning System Connector . Welcome to the Hub.