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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

I used it in 1999, to teach a 100% online journalism course in the University of Nebraska system. If you didn’t know ID, you would go and purchase a book on it, and self-teach yourself (as I did, happy to provide the name of the book, very useful, albeit dated today). NetG ruined them). So, no 640 there. Blackboard.

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The Growing Role of Microlearning

CLO Magazine

This first generation e-learning was revolutionary, and companies like Skillsoft, NetG, Click2Learn, DigitalThink — my alma mater — and others were born. We can now produce content that immediately teaches what we need to know, that inserts itself at the time of need, and is so interesting that we remember it after only a few minutes.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Training technology focused on the person, not the group: PLATO introduced computer-based training; Stanford pioneered instructional television; teaching machines and programmed instruction enjoyed brief popularity. Malcolm Knowles pointed out that adults learn differently than children. Standardized courses and workshops multiplied.