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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

For me, GO1’s track record is mixed regarding buys. Cornerstone Track Record for Learning System Acquisitions Mixed. When they went course aggregator, I saw them as a nice alternative to Skillsoft who was off acquiring other course providers including NetG and then down the road, Element K.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

And yes, folks running Training and L&D would take that data via the evaluation, and compute numbers to track the trends (or they should have) and what worked and didn’t work, based on the data. NetG ruined them). It was flawed. Then they became a course aggregator (with multiple providers. Next, Taleo bought them.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

The buy was a bad relationship in the making, one where the owner – “Skillsoft” and ownee “SumTotal” never seemed to get on track with one another. A vendor who made not only poor business decisions with the likes of Percipio, but also with the monumental blunder of acquiring SumTotal. .

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Learning as Art - the dream, the reality

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

Its closer to our experience in the NETg tour the other day. the person from NETg was showing how they had created all these audio tracks and this whole room with comfy chairs for your avatar and you sat in the chair and clicked on the ball to hear the audio. But what I think Mark is talking about goes much deeper.

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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. This market grew rapidly, and the LMS market adapted to help us manage, administer and track these courses.

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A Conversation with Bryan Austin of mLevel

Kapp Notes

Bryan has had a distinguished career in corporate Learning & Development, including leadership roles with Skillsoft, Kaplan, AchieveGlobal and NETg. 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.

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LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers

Tony Karrer

Some other posts in my blog around Learning Management Systems: Learning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas Tracking Without an LMS LMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise Do You WANT an LMS? KnowledgeNet Platform LMS Thomson NETg 2 4.10 However, looking at numbers for your particular type of industry, size, etc. Does a Learner WANT an LMS?

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