article thumbnail

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. Layoffs meanwhile started at Skillsoft in November 2019, then again in February 2020. Skillsoft Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

article thumbnail

What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

The courses sit on the LMS server, thus in a sense your LMS and not on the 3rd party course provider’s servers. Some may be free (TED) or some MOOCs, others are fee-based (Skillsoft, Skill Pill, Harvard Business, etc.). . Skillsoft too. Prefers on their servers, but has in the past, had it on LMS servers.

Content 46
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

We did Online Learning in the 60’s – False Narrative There were systems back in the day, where they could be run on your own server, used via a CD-ROM, via WAN or LAN, but to me, that isn’t and e-learning LMS. If you wanted the LMS vendor to host their LMS on their own servers, you could – thus 100% online.

article thumbnail

2020 – The Year of the Hub

eLearning 24-7

In each case, push and pull exists, because even if it is content from a 3rd party provider, which in the Hub it is, the content is sitting on the content provider’s server, and not directly within your learning system. 3rd party content providers include Open Sesame, LinkedIn Learning and Skillsoft to name a few. .

article thumbnail

12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

article thumbnail

Top 50 LMS Report for 2016 – What you need to know (criteria, approach, and yeah some vendors)

eLearning 24-7

I identify the Big Dogs as SumTotal by Skillsoft (yes, that is the actual name), Cornerstone OnDemand, Saba, SucessFactors and Oracle Taleo (although, I ask myself who is using this and if you still are why?). SumTotal by Skillsoft – the 2016 re-haul is a huge plus. SumTotal by Skillsoft. Saba Learning.

vendor 40
article thumbnail

A Look Back at 2020 for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

I found that of concern, especially when server crashes were constant. The content even with content publishers, beyond just aggregators sits on their servers and not say, the learning system. that needed a system. It wasn’t just small names either, we are talking well-known vendors who experienced this first hand. .