eLearningMind

MARCH 2, 2023

Back in 2008, realizing the interoperability limitations of existing learning system standards, such as SCORM (the Shareable Content Object Reference Model), Learning Education Training Systems Interoperability (LETSI) reached out to the L&D community for suggestions on how to fix those shortcomings. The result was SCORM 2.0.

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xapi Compliance Training Resources SCORM 52

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s not a typical word that comes up when you decide to purchase whatever type of learning system, whether it is an LMS, LXP, Learning Platform, Talent Development Platform, Employee Dev Platform (a tiny market, but it exists), or whatever a vendor spins their learning system as. Write an RFP that is massive in size. Use

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Absorb LMS

JULY 31, 2012

They copied most of these features into a RFP and sent it to vendors. Along with proposals, they asked for supporting documentation such as server security specifications, marketing materials, terms of service, etc. In response to one recent request for proposal, I submitted about 150 pages of information.

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RFP LMS Learning Management System System 168

WBT Systems

JUNE 26, 2018

Ask around for request for proposal (RFP) samples and send one of them to a dozen LMS vendors? You know the answer already if you read last week’s post : an LMS RFP is not the first step of the selection process, it’s the result of the first step. Narrow down the field before sending out an RFP. What’s in an LMS RFP?

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RFP Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS 41

Wahoo Learning

APRIL 28, 2023

More often than not, creating, maintaining and delivering successful training programs comes with budgetary challenges. In this blog, we explain what factors you need to account for when budgeting for training program development, how you can utilise a phased approach and how to generate an ongoing revenue stream by selling your courses.

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Budget Program Strategy Develop 87

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 30, 2023

Think of it as a museum, with lots of cool stuff you can do, and without fear that security will come and get you. Some of the courses are trials or limited, but the majority are full access – and will be constantly updated by the vendors. Many people know only of those vendors who are exceptional at marketing.

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Wahoo Learning

APRIL 28, 2023

More often than not, creating, maintaining and delivering successful training programs comes with budgetary challenges. In this blog, we explain what factors you need to account for when budgeting for training program development, how you can utilise a phased approach and how to generate an ongoing revenue stream by selling your courses.

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Budget Program Strategy Develop 52

eLearning 24-7

MAY 9, 2022

On top of that, there are vendors out there who change the type of system, repetitively. One vendor called their system for the longest time a “micro-learning platform” Now? Another vendor calls their system nearly every keyword for SEO purposes (you can see it on their web site). They call it something else.

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vendor Micro-Learning Enterprise Learning System 71

learnWorlds

MAY 29, 2023

Choosing an LMS is one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make when deploying partner training. Browsing the LMS vendor’s product page is nowhere near enough to get an accurate estimation of whether they can actually meet your training needs and support you in your goals – you need to dig deeper.

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RFP LMS Compliance Training vendor 52

eLearning 24-7

JULY 21, 2015

Out of the Gate – Vendor Experience and Expectancy. Feel confident that any LMS vendor who was won an award from E-Learning 24/7, was selected based upon a multi-set of criteria without any sway by one vendor versus another. A vendor who wins an award from E-Learning 24/7 is rated high and recognized as a top tier system.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

What is this training management thing I’ve heard about? For whatever reason- okay to try to set themselves apart – some vendors have created the term “training management” Honestly, they could call it “online authoring system with a few reports and no frills” and it would be the same thing.

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RFP Compliance Training Association Learning Management System vendor 68

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 2, 2019

Sure some folks are using VR and loving it with their training, and many of these entities have the budgets to pull it off. So far, my expectations as a whole, have not been met with VR for training thru the use of SaaS authoring tools or e-learning VR tools. How old is the data they used to train? The two big items to ask are.

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vendor Movie LMS Compliance Training 82

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 23, 2019

Not every vendor offered them, but more than enough did and consumers liked that. In the good ol’ days vendors listed trials on their web sites OR if you liked what you saw in the demo, you asked them via the phone or e-mail for a trial. For the vendor, it was a potential win, way better than no one reaching out to them at all.

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Learning System System Authoring Tools vendor 57

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 3, 2019

Yet one of the items that is never mentioned are the customers and employees of the vendor who has been acquired. On the customer side, if you are the client of said “been acquired” vendor you may be asking yourself, what can I do? From my experience, vendors do have some options. See if there any loopholes.

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 14, 2015

The big elephant in the room that we hear so many times and vendors love to pitch (to get you to their system), but rarely the vendors themselves will admit to – many have only themselves to blame. Sometimes, it is the client’s fault and sometimes it is the vendor’s fault. Why, Oh Why do I lose the love?

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

LMS vendors are continuing to add some very unique features in an effort to set themselves apart from the competition. Desktop sharing (appears with a few vendors). Section 508 (still shocking at the lack of vendors that fail to offer this feature). more common is partnering with a web conferencing vendor). E-Commerce.

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Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS Portal 67

LearnUpon

DECEMBER 15, 2016

I’ve seen these scenarios and sometimes when I read through a set of requirements or an RFP I am the first to say “This company needs a custom build, no LMS will do all of this off the shelf”. LMS Vendor QA. Administrator Training. You will get a project plan that will look something like: Project kick-off. Solution design.

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Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Solution 40

WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

Now you might think, of course a learning management system vendor is going to recommend investing in learning technology, but we are not talking about sales! A large swath of the workforce needs better training, and associations are in a perfect position to take on that challenge.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS Association Learning Technologies 56

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Countries showing off their latest e-learning (often under the words – distance learning , which should be booted as a term), and vendors showing their products, making their pitches and eating their food in their booth. Training – What does the client get for free? Attendees from all over globe will be here as well.

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Report Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 75

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Is your LMS going to be on your servers or on the vendor’s servers (i.e. Security must be set accordingly. What about security? What does your LMS vendor recommend for a computer? What about home computers: Again, does your LMS vendor work with Macs? Do you offer this? You will need it. How do you set it up?

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LMS Mac Firefox RFP 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Is your LMS going to be on your servers or on the vendor’s servers (i.e. Security must be set accordingly. What about security? What does your LMS vendor recommend for a computer? What about home computers: Again, does your LMS vendor work with Macs? Do you offer this? You will need it. How do you set it up?

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LMS Mac Firefox RFP 40

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 23, 2018

Equally I wanted a solution, where all vendors in the learning system space would be able to connect with their audience (you) in such a way, that it offers a unique experience and more importantly, direct engagement with someone interested in the product (system). Only the vendors in the Top 10 who have deep learning will show up.

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Search Learning System System Platform 12

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The vendor says they can meet my use case, it’s a perfect fit, I move forward. 503 questions, all focused on security. Not seeing the system beforehand, leads many times to this idea of an extensive RFP submission. I use only one RFP. You force the vendor to provide details. Aligns with my use case.

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Learning System System RFP vendor 64

Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

And you know, in certain fields—you know, sales is a really great example of it or, you know, a specific product training—there's very specific data points that govern the role and business performance. The ones that show up with that RFP of like, we're not looking for a tech vendor or, you know, a content solution.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

And you know, in certain fields—you know, sales is a really great example of it or, you know, a specific product training—there's very specific data points that govern the role and business performance. The ones that show up with that RFP of like, we're not looking for a tech vendor or, you know, a content solution.

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Digital Metrics Performance Support Performance 52

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2022

The problem today is when you surf the web, you see all these guides written by content marketers, not experts in L&D or training or learning systems or even e-learning. In the Enterprise and Large Enterprise it is not uncommon to get pricing that is quite high, especially if the vendor knows procurement is involved.

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Learning System System Guide Blended Learning 79

Training Orchestra

JANUARY 10, 2022

Any organization opting for face-to-face and virtual training as part of their learning strategy will need to use training software of some description. Training software can meet all sorts of training requirements and be used in all sectors and use cases. What is training software?

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Compliance Training Software Association Learning Management System Management 52

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2013

Some vendors (and it is gaining steam) offer “active users” Active users – People who are taking at least one course during the month. There are a few vendors who will charge only when the end user completes a course (but this is rare). E-Commerce model – It is rare, but there are vendors who offer it.

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LMS vendor RFP Consulting 77

SweetRush

JULY 11, 2022

And, on more than one occasion, we’ve determined that off-the-shelf training is the best fit for us. What’s more, we’ve even designed and developed off-the-shelf training for clients to sell. At SweetRush, our goal is to help you identify training solutions that best suit your needs and add the most value. Training classes .

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Compliance Training Custom eLearning Development Blended Learning Solution 69

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Troy is a “triple threat” learning innovator with deep expertise as a content development practitioner, solutions consultant and technology vendor. These broader business ecosystems naturally bring opportunities to offer extended online training. I’ve worked with training content and delivery systems since 1998.

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Talented Learning

JUNE 20, 2017

See More Vendors in our LMS Directory. For this review, we evaluated the Pro version and not the Salesforce nor Training Ops version of Litmos.). Creating courses and training plans is easy. An advanced Training Ops product for organizations that run training as a business. Pricing is lower than industry average.

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LMS Compliance Training Virtual Classroom WebEx 60

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

These are being reported out of the larger eLearningGuild population and I would claim that they are likely more accurate than survey research that goes through the vendors themselves. Several of the LMS vendors appear more than once, such as Oracle. They can be used to see how LMS vendors stack up against particular features.

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LMS Cornerstone OnDemand Oracle Saba 157

WBT Systems

MARCH 7, 2017

However, there are hidden costs when purchasing an open source LMS that may not be immediately apparent at the RFP stage, but should be carefully considered before investing the association’s time and resources into an open-source LMS implementation. Hidden Costs of an Open Source LMS. Third Party Solution Providers.

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Association Learning Management System Open Source Association LMS Association 56

iSpring Solutions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

As far back as 30 years ago, there were around 15 LMS vendors on the market; today the number exceeds 700. We asked our partner, the vendor of JoomlaLMS Learning Management System , to create an infographic on interesting LMS Industry facts and statistics. The LMS Industry is rapidly growing and developing. Isn’t that amazing?

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LMS Blended Learning Industry RFP 28

learnWorlds

MARCH 30, 2022

An effective customer training program can also expand your customer base, improve customer satisfaction, increase customer loyalty and reduce churn. This article presents a directory of over 75 customer education experts, who you can reach out to at any point and get advice on how to create a successful customer training program.

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Here at LearnUpon, we’re all about helping businesses better understand eLearning so they can get better results from their training. Learners who suffer from sensory, intellectual or technological difficulties will need assistive technology to successfully access and complete their training courses. CBT (Computer-Based Training).

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Compliance Training Blended Learning Authoring Tools Instructional Design 63

LearnUpon

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Instructor Led Training is the practice of training and providing learning material between an instructor and learners, either individuals or groups. Just In Time Training describes a learning strategy that promotes the efficient use of classroom time and more active learning. It is usually a subset of Human resources.

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