It is the second year "the Best of Elearning Awards" received hundreds of product and company nomination from e-learning professionals and exacutives worldwide. In the passing year, about 49% of users rely on advice from peers when searching for e-learning solutions and services. Who is the best in class for 2006? What do consumers really think? Who best solve users' key business problems? Here is the answer.
Best Learning Management System/CLMS
Honorable Mention:
Saba Enterprise 5
Plateau LMS
SumTotal Systems TotalLMS
EEDO ForceTen LCMS
Best Hosted Learning Management System
Winner:
GeoLearning GeoMaestro
Honorable Mention:
Learn.com LearnCenter
NetDimensions EKP
Best IT Content
Winner:
NIIT (element K) IT Skill Library
Honorable Mention:
Learn.com LearnCenter Tech Library
Skillsoft IT Skills
Best Leadership Training
Winner:
Ken Blanchard Situational Leadership Series
Honorable Mention:
Skillsoft Books 24x7 ExecSuite
Richardson Sales Training Series
LearnCenter Leadership Library
Best Soft Skill Content
Winner:
Skillsoft Business Skills Library
Honorable Mention:
American Management Association
Learn.com Business Library
Richardson Quick Skills
Best Compliance Content
Hornalbe Mention:
Brightline Ethics & Compliance Training
Skillsoft Legal Compliance
Redhawk Ethic Training
Best Virual Classroom
Winner:
WebEx Training Center
Hornalbe Mention:
Saba Centra Sympolsium
Skillsoft Dialogue
Microsoft Live Meeting
Best Web Seminar Solution
Winner:
WebEx Meeting Center
Hornalbe Mention:
iLinc Conference
Citrix GoToMeeting
Communique Conferencing
Best Overall Collaboration
Winner:
Adobe Connect
Hornalbe Mention:
Skype
WebEx Training Center
Best Presentation Tool
Winner:
Articulate Presenter Pro
Hornalbe Mention:
Adobe Captivate
Microsoft PowerPoint
Wildform Wildpresenter Pro
Best Authoring Tool
Winner:
Articulate Presenter Pro & Trivantis Lectora
Hornalbe Mention:
Adobe Authorware
Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio
Learn.com CourseMaker
Best Simulation Solution
Winner:
Adobe Captivate
Hornalbe Mention:
Adobe Authorware
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
CLCIMS
CLCIMS, or Computer Learning Content Information Management System, is used in the eLearning sector to define a SCORM compliant learning environment. The abbreviation has been adopted due to the way that it can be pronounced phonetically (effectively "click-hymns").
SCORM assumes the existence of a suite of services called by some a "Learning Management System" and by others a "Learning Content Management System", and formerly called a "Computer Managed Instruction" system. These services may also be called a "Learning Support Environment" by some vendors. CLCIMS is emerging as a way to encompass all of these terms by learning content developers.
CLCIMS also refers to CLCIMS 1.0, as the specification number is normally omitted. As other suites of services appear that are SCORM compliant they will be incorporated into the wide CLCIMS definition and the version number will be changed and the more general CLCIMS definition will informally refer to the most recent version.
Source: Wikipedia
SCORM assumes the existence of a suite of services called by some a "Learning Management System" and by others a "Learning Content Management System", and formerly called a "Computer Managed Instruction" system. These services may also be called a "Learning Support Environment" by some vendors. CLCIMS is emerging as a way to encompass all of these terms by learning content developers.
CLCIMS also refers to CLCIMS 1.0, as the specification number is normally omitted. As other suites of services appear that are SCORM compliant they will be incorporated into the wide CLCIMS definition and the version number will be changed and the more general CLCIMS definition will informally refer to the most recent version.
Source: Wikipedia
LCMS
A Learning Content Management System (LCMS) is a someware package that provides tools for authoring content as well as virtual spaces for learner interaction (such as discussion forums and live chat rooms).
In contrast with LMS (See also LMS), the focus of an LCMS is on learning content. It gives authors, instructional designers, and subject matter experts the means to create e-learning content more efficiently. The primary business problem an LCMS solves is to create just enough content just in time to meet the needs of individual learners or groups of learners. Rather than developing entire courses and adapting them to multiple audiences, instructional designers create reusable content chunks and make them available to course developers throughout the organization. This eliminates duplicate development efforts and allows for the rapid assembly of customized content.
In contrast with LMS (See also LMS), the focus of an LCMS is on learning content. It gives authors, instructional designers, and subject matter experts the means to create e-learning content more efficiently. The primary business problem an LCMS solves is to create just enough content just in time to meet the needs of individual learners or groups of learners. Rather than developing entire courses and adapting them to multiple audiences, instructional designers create reusable content chunks and make them available to course developers throughout the organization. This eliminates duplicate development efforts and allows for the rapid assembly of customized content.
Open Source
Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for various goods, products, resources and technical conclusions or advice. The term is most commonly applied to the source code of software that is made available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent intellectual property restrictions. This allows users to create user-generated software content through incremental individual effort or through collaboration.
Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before the term open source became popular, developers and producers used various phrases to describe the concept; the term gained popularity with the rise of the Internet and its enabling of diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities. Later, open source software became the most prominent face of open source practices.
The open source model of operation can be extended to open source culture in decision making which allows concurrent input of different agendas, approaches and priorities, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial companies. Open source culture is one where collective decisions or fixations are shared during development and made generally available in the public domain, as done in Wikipedia. This collective approach moderates ethical concerns over a "conflict of roles" or conflict of interest. Participants in such a culture are able to modify the collective outcomes and share them with the community.
Source: Wikipedia
LMS
A Learning Management System (or LMS) is a software package that enables the management and delivery of online content to learners. Most LMSs are web-based to facilitate "anytime, any place, any pace" access to learning content and administration.
Typically an LMS allows for learner registration, delivery of learning activities, and learner assessment in an online environment. More comprehensive LMSs often include tools such as competency management, skills-gap analysis, succession planning, certifications, and resource allocation (venues, rooms, textbooks, instructors, etc.).
LMSs are based on a variety of development platforms, from Java EE based architectures to Microsoft .NET, and usually employ the use of a robust database back-end. While most systems are commercially developed and frequently have non-free licences or restrict access to their source code, free and open-source models do exist. Other than the most simple, basic functionality, all LMSs cater to, and focus on different educational, administrative, and deployment requirements.
Open source and Web-based LMS software solutions are growing fast in the education and business world.
See Also: LCMS
Source: Wikipedia
Typically an LMS allows for learner registration, delivery of learning activities, and learner assessment in an online environment. More comprehensive LMSs often include tools such as competency management, skills-gap analysis, succession planning, certifications, and resource allocation (venues, rooms, textbooks, instructors, etc.).
LMSs are based on a variety of development platforms, from Java EE based architectures to Microsoft .NET, and usually employ the use of a robust database back-end. While most systems are commercially developed and frequently have non-free licences or restrict access to their source code, free and open-source models do exist. Other than the most simple, basic functionality, all LMSs cater to, and focus on different educational, administrative, and deployment requirements.
Open source and Web-based LMS software solutions are growing fast in the education and business world.
See Also: LCMS
Source: Wikipedia
Friday, June 15, 2007
ADL
Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), an initiative originally established by the U.S. Department of Defense and now a collaboration between government, industry, and academia. The purpose of the ADL is to ensure access to high-quality education and training materials that can be tailored to individual learner needs and made available whenever and wherever they are required. The ADL maintains a set of guidelines under the acronym SCORM to accomplish their purpose.
SCORM®
Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content. SCORM standards are very popular; that's why there are so many of them. SCORM is the U.S. Federal government's standard. It seeks to track and manage courseware developed by various authoring tools using a single system. The objective is to bring together diverse and disparate learning content and products to ensure reusability, accessibility, durability, and interoperability. Built on the work of AICC, IMS, the IEEE, and others, this is the one with staying power.
Source: ADL
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