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History of the LMS

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WBT (Web-Based Training). There were LMS vendors certified by AICC, but the majority were not, and yes, some said they were, then you go to the AICC web site and see that they are not. NetG ruined them). The first inkling of RCATs was a product called Dreamweaver, which was designed for web site design.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

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I won’t go into all the particulars on that side; instead, I recommend using an AI search engine or using the web. 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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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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NetG, Element K, being just two. Adobe Captivate – They were not the first authoring tool in the industry; Authorware was the first commercial success, heavily used with CBT, and then even into WBT (web-based). Oh, how we missed you – Grovo followed the same approach as Learn.com, and how well did that turn out exactly?

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SCORM: What you should be asking your LMS Vendor to be

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Those who did receive the certification were posted on AICC’s web site. Tags: e-learning AICC LCMS LMS online training SCORM wbt web based training. Very few vendors ever attempted the certification, and AICC did not offer all their components for certification. Top Questions to Ask. When I asked about SCORM 1.2, functional.

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SCORM: What you should be asking your LMS Vendor to be

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Those who did receive the certification were posted on AICC’s web site. Very few vendors ever attempted the certification, and AICC did not offer all their components for certification. Yet, many vendors often said they were certified, when in fact they weren’t. Okay, your top questions to ask a LMS/LCMS vendor.

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Purchasing Courses for your LMS

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Web cam presentation – either live or recorded. Hmm, let’s see NetG (back in the day), Skillsoft, Playback Media (not the new one out there, but another one – may the rest in peace), a few other shops and Rosetta Stone (yes, that Rosetta Stone). Created by the LMS provider – they build custom content.

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Merger mania in and around eLearning

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like stand-alone web meetings) in learning with WebEx+intranets.com and PGS+Netspoke while the fragmented LMS sub-industry is getting so much needed consolidation with SumTotal+Pathlore (and remember that SumTotal is the March 2004 merger of Docent and Click2learn).