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Association E-learning

Association LMS Interview – Digital Ignite

March 30, 2010

This is the eighth installment in our series of interviews with learning management systems (LMS) providers – stay tuned for the final group over the next few weeks. In this one I talk with Tamer Ali, President of Digital Ignite. Digital Ignite, with its Crowd Wisdom LMS, is among the newer entrants into e-learning software [...]

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E-learning Lunch Notes

March 25, 2010

Last week we finally managed to pull together a second DC-area association e-learning lunch. (The first one was way back in June of 2009 – see the follow-up notes.) A group of about 12 people from associations of various sizes and types got together to informally discuss challenges and opportunities they are seeing with e-learning. [...]

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Individual LMS Profiles Now Available

March 25, 2010

A quick post to note that we have extracted all of the learning management system profiles  from our Association Learning Management Systems report and made them available for individual purchase ($19.95 each). Use the links below to access a brief overview of each system profiled, or see the individual LMS profiles list in our catalog.

Avilar [...]

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Association E-learning Networking Lunch – DC Area

March 11, 2010

Last summer a group of association education professionals in the DC area got together to discuss issues, challenges, successes, etc. related to their efforts with e-learning (see DC Area Association E-learning Networking Lunch for follow-up notes). We’re now pulling together a second lunch for 12:00 Wednesday, March 17 at the offices of America’s Health Insurance [...]

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Risk Diversification for You Learning Products Portfolio

March 10, 2010

I was reviewing some background documents for a client recently when I noticed that “risk diversification” was indicated as a reason for expanding the organization’s e-learning initiatives. I was struck by this because it marks only the third time in as many years that I have encountered an organization that mentioned “risk reduction” when talking [...]

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What is e-learning? It’s a good time to keep asking.

March 4, 2010

In the run up to a session on e-learning that I participated in at the recent UnTech10 event, someone planning to attend the session asked about the state of “collaborative learning” in the world of e-learning. As this person put it, collaborative learning
…should be a particular strength of e-learning from the perspective of technological capabilities. [...]

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SnowTech 2010: Get Your Burning E-learning Questions Answered

February 25, 2010

I wrote earlier about how the highly successful UnTech (un)conference sprang up in the aftermath of the ASAE Technology Conference being canceled. In March, there will be another option for those interested in what the ASAE conference had to offer: SnowTech 2010. This one is co-sponsored by CommPartners and Web Courseworks, two companies that are [...]

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Pricing Online Learning

February 15, 2010

I’ve finally managed to update – quite significantly – a piece I wrote a couple of years ago on pricing online learning. It’s based on a framework laid out in two sentences by consultant Alan Weiss. Namely:
There are only a few really vital aspects of pricing: The perceived value of your offering, the price point, [...]

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Association E-learning: State of the Sector Update

February 11, 2010

In March 2009, we published Association E-learning: State of the Sector. With a new year under way, it seems like a good time to provide an update. So, to that end, we’ve put together a brief follow-up to the 2009 report to offer our views for e-learning in the sector in 2010.
For now I’m just [...]

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LinkedIn to Learning – LMSes, CEUs and More

February 11, 2010

I’ve written elsewhere about how I think LinkedIn can be a valuable learning tool. One of the features I highlighted was the ability to join and engage in Groups. As it happens, I’ve noted quite a few conversations in Groups over the past couple of weeks that I’m betting readers here might find valuable.  You [...]

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