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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

There is always one person who comes up with the idea in the workplace or out of it, for that matter. Sure, others may get involved (the usual case at a company), but there is still initially one person who thought of it. The person who saw the template potentially hit it out of the park. Someone came up with the idea of a LMS.

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History of the LMS

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However, we often found out, who hated the food (if it was provided), the temp of the room (common complaint), how the person was dressed (I once saw a complaint over the tie of the trainer) and how was the trainer. Absolutely, but you the person overseeing the e-learning, had to take the data, and do it yourself. NetG ruined them).

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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. As in, you, the person serving me food. The key – chat with the person who runs Biz Dev.

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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. Ditto on the 3rd party content, including one vendor who figured out how to create a video with bookmarks and chapters that streamed without issue on a 56K modem. Sadly,

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Content – Change the Narrative

eLearning 24-7

A few weeks back, I was standing in front of the butcher area and mentioned to the person standing in line as well, on how they never seem to put enough spice on the meat. Personal and Professional Development. What you can’t have a personality? The Grocery Store. Her response was that they needed to consider everyone.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

I personally think what has hurt them in the greater market is the push by so many vendors (some of which are legit competitors) to refer to them as “traditional”, citing how long they have been around. NetG, Element K, being just two. Yes, the admin side, needs a revamp, but feature-wise, they are top tier. Skillsoft).

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I need your advice on learning profiles

The Learning Circuits

full disclosure - As some of you may know, I joined Thomson NETg in January to run one of their strategic business units called Collaboration (essentially what was KnowledgeNet whom they acquired in late 2004). Very exciting (at least to me) but what I need is your feedback on a tool that Thomson NETg developed which I think is a hidden gem.

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