Academia

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Facebook parent company Meta is warning 1 million users that their login information may have been compromised through malicious applications. The company identified 400 android and iOS apps that were specifically designed to steal Facebook login information such as usernames and passwords.

Informal 52

Informal Security Social Networks Facebook 52

Learning Rebels

MAY 4, 2018

A review of the conference/speaker agenda should yield a few sessions/speakers/vendors of interest. These collective thoughts, observations, questions, and challenges are the social media equivalent of “passing notes in class”, most often representing individual perceptions of a session or workshop.

Social Networks 177

Social Networks Conference Twitter Facebook 177

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Seriously though, there were plenty of vendors making their first debut at the show, and that went from great to, uh, yeah. The biggest aspect, well, at least from my writings about the show, and vendors who need a course in how to do a trade show with you know prospects walking about; was something I will get to shortly.

DevLearn 83

DevLearn Scanning vendor Docebo 83

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. Send to the vendors.  Blast to the vendors. 

Learning System 69

Learning System System RFP vendor 69

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A funny thing happened on the way to using GPT-4 last week, which I suspect that the vendors who have implemented GPT-4 and are using it as a statement/Q and A to the learners were not paying attention to. Turbo, which many vendors use that have OpenAI. Microsoft is not the only vendor that offers copilots.

Association Learning Management System 75

Association Learning Management System LMS Authoring Tools Association LMS 75

CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Social business is the flavor of the day in the C-suites of the Fortune 500. Front-running companies are installing social networks such as Chatter, Jive, Connections, Socialcast, Yammer, Socialtext, SharePoint, Ideo and HootSuite like there’s no tomorrow. Search: For locating needles in haystacks.

Social Networks 80

Social Networks Social SocialText Social Network 80

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

It was within these comments, that afterwords, I decided to expand a bit plus identify other areas that I see, LMS vendors must explore – which they have not yet done so, to re-energize themselves. Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. Social Learning.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40

Think Orion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Let’s dive into an in-depth review of the top 10 higher education software vendors that offer 1. It enables teachers to share videos with students without distractions and allows sharing through email, social networks, and Google Classroom.

Integrate 52

Integrate Software Authoring Tools Education 52

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 29, 2010

The bottom line without getting technical or overly detailed, the solution is hosted on your vendor’s servers and not hosted on your internal servers. Hosting does offer very tight and safe security, and access is via the internet, even if you go through your VPN (Virtual Private Network). Hosted Server Question to Ask.

vendor 60

vendor LCMS Server Cloud Computing 60

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Many of us go to LinkedIn simply because it’s such a neat ‘acceptable’ compromise between working and low-effort social media scrolling, bwhaha!). I’m going to take the example of information security because that’s a compliance training topic that is so common and relevant to so many of us.

Solution 246

Solution Content Compliance Training Expertise 246

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

How will you take advantage of your in-house social network? Use networks to create services and share collective intelligence. Your company will install an in-house social network. Wise Chief Learning Officers are thinking about how social networks will augment learning & development.

Social Networks 55

Social Networks Social Social Network SocialText 55

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 19, 2016

Not smartphones, not even close (despite the best efforts of many vendors then and even now). . There are plenty of vendors who do NOT support the latest versions of iOS and Android – and on a side note, I found two vendors who told me that they didn’t support the latest versions – and it was only after I asked them. .

Mobile Learning 48

Mobile Learning Mobile Social Networks ooVoo 48

The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

I’ll be comparing the platforms based on 7 parameters – Features, Set up, Hosting & Security, Design & Customization, Monetization, Support, and Price. LearnDash vs Teachable vs Thinkific – Hosting & Security concerns? Well, both Hosting and Security are the most integral part of your business.

LMS 85

LMS Security Hosting Server 85

Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

You don’t have to be in technology to have heard about Heartbleed (a major internet security breach affecting Open SSL putting countless people’s information at risk). Open SSL is an open source encryption tool used by almost every ecommerce site on the internet to secure data. A proprietary LMS vendor. Share this on Facebook.

Open Source 100

Open Source Association Learning Management System Open Association LMS 100

Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

What Universities Must Learning About Social Networks. Increasingly, businesses are looking to more social approaches to employee learning and development. THE ISSUE IS NOT whether you are going to become a socially networked university but how soon. Businesses are being transformed into social businesses.

Social Networks 79

Social Networks Social Network Network Social 79

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

So, what to do when a “boutique vendor” (our client’s label for us) gives you a number that sounds outrageously high? The client engaged a vendor with development resources in India. How did the offshore vendor come up with such an astoundingly high estimate? Simple: Off-shore it! At this point,we figured we were toast.

Ratio 167

Ratio Social Networks Blended Learning Off-shore 167

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.

vendor 71

vendor Micro-Learning Enterprise Learning System 71

Interactive Services

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Security & Privacy Issues. Despite the efforts of social media platforms to beef up their security, criminals still seem to find a way around it, making social media one of the easier targets for hacking, phishing, and other malicious online attacks. LinkedIn) as part of bolstering company and employee privacy.

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Social Code of Conduct 52

eLearning 24-7

MAY 3, 2010

Can download your SCORM courses from the “cloud&# to go into your LMS/LCMS (open source/vendor or proprietary – hosted on your own server – behind your firewall, on your vendor’s server or on any server on the net or wherever). Think social media. Any social networking site? Intranet site.

SCORM 45

SCORM Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 45

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 23, 2010

The bottom line without getting technical or overly detailed, the solution is hosted on your vendor’s servers and not hosted on your internal servers. Hosting does offer very tight and safe security, and access is via the internet, even if you go through your VPN (Virtual Private Network). Hosted Server Question to Ask.

Hosting 40

Hosting vendor Cloud Computing LCMS 40

Xyleme

MARCH 30, 2012

This specification provides a way for courses running in IMS-conformant Learning Management systems to securely access remote content, tools and services, and receive back user’s results. specification promoted by the LMS vendors is that it actually fosters their own obsolescence. This is a big change, and a welcome one.

LMS 95

LMS IM IMS Blackboard 95

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 2, 2020

That was my security blanket. You may have had your own security blanket in some form or another, but we all outgrew it. Why can’t they remove the security blanket of PPT – totally rid the option in their tool, for once and all? One of only a few vendors with a built-in video assessment solution with metrics.

PPT 67

PPT Cornerstone OnDemand PowerPoint Instructional Design 67

eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

We use a five-factor ranking methodology to determine the list of the Top 25 learning management system applications: reviews, integrations, mobile app availability, media presence, and security. It’s interesting that security is one of the criteria that GetApp scores. Were you surprised by any of the results?

LMS 70

LMS Learning Management System System Management 70

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 22, 2010

If you haven’t been looking at LMS/LCMS solutions lately or if you have, you may be noticing a trend - social media. Of course, many vendors like to pitch it as “Web 2.0″ Does your LMS/LCMS vendor offer these? Social Media – Followed by an example. Social Bookmarking – Delicious.

Social Media 40

Social Media LCMS Social Networks Media 40

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

So, what to do when a “boutique vendor” (our client’s label for us) gives you a number that sounds outrageously high? The client engaged a vendor with development resources in India. How did the offshore vendor come up with such an astoundingly high estimate? Simple: Off-shore it! At this point,we figured we were toast.

Ratio 133

Ratio Social Networks Blended Learning Off-shore 133

Paradiso

MAY 3, 2016

The review we got is independent of the commercial campaign Paradiso Solutions, as an LMS app vendor, has with GetApp. Besides, they also help the vendors find potential clients. Based on the number of Facebook Fans and Twitter followers, GetApp ranks an app for the ‘media’ parameters.

LMS 70

LMS Cloud Computing Security vendor 70

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 2, 2019

Cost is a key factor, and while authoring tool vendors are jumping into VR with new functionality, the truth of the whole matter is that VR headsets haven’t punched thru the L&D and/or training departments across the globe. . If a vendor declines to provide this information to you, then move on. Multiple sets of data? .

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vendor Movie LMS Compliance Training 82

eLearning Architect

AUGUST 16, 2016

Key mistakes to avoid So let's get stuck into the key mistakes to avoid when choosing an LMS: 1) You didn’t check the vendor’s customer support Setting up and deploying an LMS is a lot more complex than it may seem. If the LMS vendor is based in another time zone, what level of support is there in your region? Obviously not ideal. “

LMS 112

LMS vendor Hosting Platform 112

Mark Oehlert

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Id like to pass along my latest addiction.say goodbye to free time. » November 21, 2007 OpenSocial, UWA and Facebook: What do the tabs tell us? Main | Happy Thanksgiving! So what right? Ill let you know what they say.

Social Networks 32

Social Networks Facebook Social Bookmarking Wiki 32

Jay Cross

JANUARY 28, 2011

Steve Wheeler’s excellent post on Learning Technologies in London described the vendors at the show as stuck in a time warp, maybe on another planet. Merrill Lynch Capital , Goldman Sachs , Bank of America Securities , Hambrecht & Co., …are condemned to repeat them, said philosopher George Santyana.

Social Networks 66

Social Networks Jive Blended Learning Diigo 66

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Gone are the days when having your own staff running your own servers behind your own firewall provided a sense of security and control. Could-based LMSs have the capacity to bring down your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), something that has being largely overlooked during LMS vendor comparisons.

LMS 270

LMS Emergent Trends PLE 270

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2020

Some vendors are now tagging content according to skills categories. Degreed, LinkedIn, EdCast, Percipio and IBM have started to add skills-based discovery tools into their systems. Vendors such as EdCast, SkillSoft, Cornerstone, LinkedIn and Fuse aggregate massive amounts of data to recommend learning based on content use.

Content 72

Content Sexual Harassment Training Authoring Tools IBM 72

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.

Support 49

Support Scanning vendor Social Networks 49

Think Orion

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

If you are feeling uncertain about securing an event sponsorship, we are here to help. Crafting a Compelling Proposal To secure one of the best sponsors or partners, you must know who you pitch to and the key components. Engaging sponsors and partners through activations helps event marketers secure the deal.

Strategy 52

Strategy Metrics Case Study Social Media 52

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 24, 2022

Note: There are vendors, including publishers/providers who use the term “EdTech” to refer to corporate, associations, education and government, which only adds to the confusion. There are way too many vendors who only have either GO1 or OpenSesame, which to me is a major error on their part.

Compliance Training 69

Compliance Training Diversity Training Media Content 69

eLearning 24-7

MAY 18, 2017

Ability to tie in Social APIs, regardless if it is Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Nextdoor (cool, but no one is doing it) and so forth. . API integration – yep, either the vendor has open APIs or they can accept any API – and have it work with their system (usually a fee, but that is besides the point).

LMS 58

LMS vendor iTunes Swish 58

eLearning 24-7

JULY 16, 2012

I understand that some government entities and financial and a few others who are worried about security and blah, blah want it on their own servers. Security is quite strong for SaaS systems. Some systems now clearly state their security level, AES 256 bit for example, so if you are that concerned ask them. Web sites yes.

Association Learning Management System 72

Association Learning Management System Trends Association LMS LMS 72