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Virtual Corporate University : Thomson Netg

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

If you are still wondering what Secondlife is all about and how it is being used in corporate universities, then you must check out this video from Thomson Netg. The New Media Center held an inworld tour of the ThomsonNetg campus this morning. I now remember why I've been a big advocate of interactive 3D learning for 10+ years.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

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. Who remembers NetG? NetG, was the evil empire of the days gone past – ok, in my mind. Video is here. Real interactive stuff.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

I consider them the first, because Skillsoft just acquired course publishers, NetG – who acquired the most amazing video course solution, which could run on 38.8Kps, and you could bookmark the courses – unheard of. NetG ruined them). Then they became a course aggregator (with multiple providers.

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Enterprise Learning Systems – How I love thee?

eLearning 24-7

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, 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.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

NetG, Element K, being just two. Though not perfect, they need a video skills validation solution, some tweaks around the UI for the front-end, a few additional feature sets, and the continuance of segmentation of metrics (they have some now). Skillsoft – Dominated the course/content marketplace. Skillsoft).

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Content – Change the Narrative

eLearning 24-7

At one time, it was the biggest brand out there, and a vendor who bought up other well-known content providers such as NetG and ElementK. A video that is 2 minutes long, about safety with someone who is old enough to be your grandfather on it, isn’t going to cause anyone to retain, let along synthesize that information. .

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Purchasing Courses for your LMS

eLearning 24-7

Video/Audio files. Some interactivity – comes in the form of audio, maybe a video shoved in there, an exercise/activity or two and text. Regardless if it is video or specific type of format/design, or topic. Created by a 3rd party provider – a Skillsoft or Wiley for example. And the content can come in many forms.

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