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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

The wonderful thing about acquisitions is that very few people publicly know who is on the market, who isn’t (but is open for acquisitions), and what the financial status is – unless the company is public, which is an outlier in our space. Adobe was the first vendor to use templates to create courses. Not Articulate.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

Nowadays thanks to the growth of Learning Engagement Platforms, whereas content is a requirement – an essential no less, LMS vendors are jumping head first into the content marketplace that is viewable by all clients (rather than pitching the content via the phone or other comm method). Who remembers NetG? Real interactive stuff.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

General Electric opened the first corporate school. Management became recognized as a profession, Harvard Business School opened its doors, and the term “executive education” was first used. Venture capitalists funded scores of eLearning companies, most of which disappeared in the dot-com crash a few years later. Flexible, open.