Vendors
Vendors
Vendors
Introduction
Three-quarters of companies 'implement e-learning'. From http://www.virtualcollege.co.uk/news/Threequarters-of-companies-implement-elearning-newsitems801215527.aspx. Nov. 19, 2011.
E-learning has become a way of life for many businesses. Figures for K-12 school
systems and universities are not available but I believe the adoption rate for them is
similar. It has become an essential channel for both formal and informal learning.
In 2012, corporate training was a $200 billion industry. ELearning represented $56 billion
of that and is expected to double by 2015. The LMS market alone is expected to grow to
nearly $2 billion in 2013 and, according to MarketsandMarkets to over $7 billion by 2018.
This is a list of as many vendors of e-learning software as I can identify. It is not
possible to have a comprehensive and completely up-to-date list. Companies go in and
out of business and are purchased by other companies. Re-branding is a regular
occurrence. Many corporations and universities have built their own proprietary systems
and have made them available only in a limited way if at all. I have included vendors
that offer products that are commercially and readily available. The focus is on those
available in English and for which information is available on the World Wide Web.
Although there are many international vendors listed, the focus is on those available
readily in North America. As a result, there are numerous tools in other countries and
languages not listed here. The list evolves monthly as I learn of new products and
changes.
The demise of the LMS is a topic for discussion (see Death of the LMS and
http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/04/04/why-learning-management-systems-are-not-goingaway/). The LMS is not going away but it is evolving and the addition of social media
and integration with other systems has made the categories very messy.
They are listed alphabetically by the name of the company in the categories:
Virtual Classrooms
Several vendors have complete suites of these tools so are listed several times. The
terms above are not mutually exclusive and different vendors may use different terms to
describe their products. Some products were originally known by one name and have
been purchased by other companies or changed names. Sometimes the products are
listed under both names.
I have tried to provide hyperlinks within this document to help sort out mergers,
acquisitions and related products.
Listings are alphabetical by company name. If you only know the name of the product,
try a search. Canadian vendors are indicated by this highlight.
The top vendors in the market are highlighted in yellow. According to Bersin &
Associates (2009), The six largest LMS product companies constitute approximately
50% of the market. The report does not specify which six these are but the largest
vendors in the corporate market are
Blackboard
Brightspace (formerly Desire2Learn)
Moodle (open source)
Instructure Canvas (gaining traction on the above)
LMSs but not in all and is not normally included in education LMSs.
Blended learning is the ability to manage course which mix online and
classroom instruction and is included in the more ambitious systems.
Talent management includes tools for recruitment, performance management,
compensation and benefits, succession, retention and career planning. They are
included in several of the most ambitious corporate systems but are not normally
included in Education LMSs.
Communication and collaboration (Web 2.0). These tools have long been
included as part of education LMSs and more and more corporate LMSs are
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integrated with 4 core platforms in one unified solution - courses platform, online
testing platform, virtual classroom, and content management system. Includes ebusiness and social learning tools with responsive output.
Brainshark Rapid Learning (Brainshark, Inc.) http://www.brainshark.com/.
eLearning only. Includes course creation tools. Works with Brainshark
Presentations video tool. Also offer Content Portal and mobile learning tools.
BrainX (BrainX) http://www.brainx.com/. A system that claims to build a profile for
each learner and use a patented learning technology to help them learn.
Marketed to both corporations and education. Also a custom course developer.
BraveNewTalent (BraveNewTalent) http://www.bravenewtalent.com/. A social
platform for knowledge buiding and sharing with content creation tools.
Brightspace Learning Suite (D2L Corporation). http://www.d2l.com/ and
http://www.brightspace.com. An enterprise version of the Brightspace system
(formerly Desire2Learn), it includes a learning repository, course creation tools, an
e-portfolio module, mobile delivery, analytics and lecture capture. Also the new
Binder mobile app and the Campus Life app. In 2014 they announced Brightspace
a complete rebranding of their system. Based in Kitchener, Ontario.
Brightwave Launch & Track (Brightwave Ltd.) http://www.brightwave.co.uk/. Also
offer tesselo that is a Tin Can API enabled social learning platform.
Brindle Waye Design-a-Course (Brindle Waye, Ltd.)
http://brindlewaye.com/design-a-course/. An LMS complete with authoring tools.
Britannica Knowledge Systems Fox (Britannica Knowledge Systems Inc. (BKS),
a subsidiary of Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.) http://www.britannica-ks.com. FOX is
a comprehensive training, competency and readiness management COTS
platform designated for defense and security forces. Based in Israel.
BROWZ Training Center (BROWZ LLC.) https://www.browz.com/. BROWZ is an
online global-network of contractor organizations to support compliance. BROWZ
Training Center is an LMS for web-based training.
BVS Learning Management System (BVS Performance Solutions)
http://www.bvs.com/. Oriented to banking. Also provide a library of courses and
the QuickLearn platform for connecting banks with both retail and business
customers.
bxp eLearning (bxp software) http://www.bxpsoftware.com/elearning. One of four
modules of a customer relationship management (CRM) system. Includes
assessment tools. Based in Ireland.
Cae verxact LMS (Computer Aided ELearning S.A.) http://www.cae.net/. For
eLearning only. Includes eCommerce and course creation tools.
CallidusCloud Litmos Learning Management System (Litmos Limited, a
CallidusCloud company) http://www.litmos.com. As of July, 2012, the LMS includes
classroom instruction management as well as online courses. Includes a course
creation tool. Have integrated a Tin Can API conformant LRS (Learning Record
Store). Also offer Litmos Crowd for capturing all learning content. Acquired by
Callidus Software http://www.calliduscloud.com/ in the second quarter of 2011.
Callidus also owns Rapid Intake which offers authoring tools. In May 2014, they
announced Genius.com that integrates Litmos learning management, collaborative
authoring and content. Named in 2014 by Learning Light as one of the top eight
LMSs for the UKs corporate learning sector.
CallSource Our University (CallSource Inc.) http://www.callsource.com/.
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Developed with the National Apartment Association (NAA) for e-learning content.
Announced March, 2011.
89. Capital Digital Learning Environment (CapitalWave Inc.)
http://www.capitalwave.com/. Their implementation of a MOOC learning-framework
that includes a video content platform, a financial simulation platform, and a
resources and assessments repository. This replaces their former LMS. Also offer
both prepackaged and custom development of financial simulations,
90. CBTec Eliademy (CBTec) https://eliademy.com/. A free online classroom from
Finland.
91. CCI Infinity Solution (CCI) http://www.cciinteractive.com/. Described as a
platform that delivers Knowledge and Product Awareness solutions ranging from
full global training and certification programs to new product introductions and richmedia lead generation services. Based in Toronto, Canada.
92. CentreLearn LMS (CentreLearn LLC) http://www.centrelearnsolutions.com/.
Includes course authoring and a library of courses. Also offer courses for EMTs,
paramedics, and firefighters. Was purchased by VectorLearning in 2014.
93. Certification Partners Learning Management System (Certification Partners,
LLC.) http://www.certification-partners.com/. A scalable, AICC and SCORM
compliant LMS with assessments and surveys. Also provide consultation for
certification development.
94. CERTPOINTVLS Learning Management Suite (CERTPOINT SYSTEMS, Inc.)
http://www.certpointsystems.com/ Product includes Learning Management,
Learning Content Management, Content Creation, a web portal and other tools.
Formerly called Vuepoint. Also offer a mobile sales tool called K-Tango
http://www.ktango.com/. Have partnered with Ultimate Software to extend reach
into talent management solutions. In March, 2013, they announced a merger with
Infor http://www.infor.com.
95. CEU360 Learning Management System (HomeCEUConnection.com)
http://www.ceu360.com/. Emphasis on healthcare with team networking and
compliance management. Also offer online courses for Physical Therapy,
Occupational Therapy, Athletic Training, Massage Therapy, Speech-Language
Pathology and others.
96. Chronus Learn (Chronus Corporation) http://chronus.com/. Not exactly an LMS
but designed to complement LMSs by capturing informal, experiential learning.
Also offer coaching and mentoring tools.
97. CGS Learning Management System (Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.)
http://www.cgsinc.com/. Includes support for instructor-led classes both online
and offline, course development using a rapid eLearning tool i-Plus Creator,
content management and assessment tools. The company also offers consulting
and custom content development.
98. CiNow (CiNet) http://www.criticalinfonet.com/. An elearning portal and
administration system focused on public safety, healthcare and industrial
operations. They also offer courseware in these areas.
99. Cirrus Learning Management System (LMS) (Cirrus e-learning, a division of
MKC Training Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of MidKent College)
http://www.cirruselearning.com/. New in 2013. A cloud-based system built on
Drupal. They also offer custom content development.
100. Cisco Collaborative Knowledge (Cisco, Inc.)
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Danish Probe ABC Academy (Danish Probe A/S) http://www.danishprobe.com
Dashe & Thomson UTrain (Dashe & Thomson) http://www.dashe.com/learningtechnologies/utrain-lms/. An LMS that integrates with learning portals and has an
intuitive dashboard. They also offer consulting for other LMSs and custom course
creation.
Deemsys Inc. Learning Management System (Deemsys, Inc.)
http://www.deemsysinc.com/learn-manag-system. A simple, scalable, SaaS/Cloud
based LMS. Deemsys, Inc. is an IT development and support company.
DELFI LERSUS MMS (DELFI Software) http://www.lersus.de/content/enu/productn-solutions/lersus-mms/. A basic LMS for eLearning. Based in Germany but
product available in English. Their primary product is LERSUS easyContent an
authoring tool.
Delta L Training Management System (Delta L Printing & Media Services a
division of AHG, Inc.) http://www.deltalprinting.com/. This Training Management
System is a system for ordering, printing and managing training materials. It is
not a full-featured LMS that tracks student progress.
DeltaNet Astute eLearning Platform (DeltaNet International Limited)
http://www.delta-net.co.uk/astute. Includes multi-tenancy, social learning and
compliance management. Also provide custom eLearning design for compliance
and health and safety training and a Compliance Suite set of courses. Based in the
UK.
demochimp (demochimp) https://www.demochimp.com/. SaaS software that
creates and automates video product and content demos for B2B sales. Demos
can become courses. Mobile friendly. From the originator of Rapid Intake.
Deskera LMS (Deskera) http://www.deskera.com/. The company produces a wide
range of business enterprise software including CRM, ERP, etc. The LMS includes
student management, content management (LCMS) and a virtual classroom. They
market to both corporations and universities.
Dextro Electronic Learning Platform (Dextro, LLC) http://www.dextro.com/.
Focus on the Latin American government market. Widely used in Mexico. Also
offer consultation and training.
DigitalChalk Online Training Software (DigitalChalk)
http://www.digitalchalk.com/. An online system for creation and delivery of
eLearning. Includes authoring, video, and tests. Markets to both business and
education.
Digital Defense Learning Management Systems (Digital Defense Incorporated)
http://www.ddifrontline.com/. Two specialized LMSs are offered - Training,
Education, and Awareness Module (TEAM) and Network Security Awareness
Training (NSAT). The first addresses security issues for online customers, the
second addresses security issues for employees. Neither is a full-featured LMS
for tracking student progress on eLearning and classroom courses.
digital ignite Crowd Wisdom (digital ignite) http://www.digitalignite.com/. Includes
social learning, assessment and e-commerce tools for continuing education,
associations, credential providers and for-profit education. Purchased by the
Riverside Company in 2014.
Digital University PlusLMS and ProLMS (Digital University, Inc.)
http://www.digitu.com/digitalplus_lms. A customizable LMS with assessment and
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authoring features developed initially for the bank and credit union industry. Offer
many courses serving financial professionals. Part of OnCourse Learning.
Digitec Interactive Knowledge Direct eLearning Platform (Digitec Interactive)
http://www.knowledgedirectweb.com/. An SaaS LMS for associations, medical
continuing education, corporations, etc. that includes Direct-to-Web authoring.
Digits glo Learning Platform (Digits Industries Ltd.)
https://www.digits.co.uk/products/glo-lms/. A private cloud, mobile, social LMS that
includes classroom management. Based in the UK.
DiscoverLink Serve U (DiscoverLink) http://discoverlink.com/solutions/serve-u/.
Primarily a vendor of eLearning courseware for the hospitality industry. Serve U
training center includes course management, a test and survey tool and reporting.
They also offer custom courseware development.
DiscoveryCampus E-learning Management Solution (DiscoveryCampus Inc.)
http://www.discoverycampus.com/. A hosted system for e-learning. A healthcare
specialist. Also offer online courses for healthcare. Based in Toronto.
DLC Solutions EthosCE Learning Management System (DLC Solutions, LLC)
http://www.ethosce.com/. Designed for continuing education with a niche in
medicine.
Docebo LMS (Docebo S.p.A.) http://www.docebo.com/. Docebo is a SaaS/cloud
based LMS that includes mobile learning, a course marketplace and Scorm/Tin
Can API support. Includes a library of courses including those from Cegos. It used
to be open source but is no longer offered as such. While it used to be offered to
education, it is primarily focused on the corporate sector now. It is now integrated
with WordPress and Salesforce and has an open source plug-in to integrate any
Joomla CMS website with the Docebo platform. Based in Italy and Dubai.
Docnito Learning Management System (Docnito Learning Management
Systems Inc.). http://docnito.com/. New in 2012. Includes content management
and assessments. Marketed to both corporations and education. Based in
Kelowna, BC.
Dokeos Learning Suite (Dokeos) http://www.dokeos.com. Based in Belgium,
Dokeos is an open source (based on Drupal) e-learning and course management
web application translated in 34 languages. It is available in standard and PRO
versions.
DOTS (Dynamic Online Training System) LMS and Talent Solution (DOTS
Talent Solutions Pty Ltd) http://www.dotstalentsolutions.com. Offer two versions
DTS Max LMS and DOTS Fastrack LMS (form small to medium business). Based
in Australia. Also offer consulting and custom development.
Drake International Exponential Impact LMS (Drake International)
https://www.exponential-impact.com/solutions/learning-management.aspx. A cloudbased LMS that is part of a talent management system. Partner with Lectora for
authoring.
DSRC KlassAkt (DSRC) http://www.dsrc.com/. A software suite that includes
content creation, automatic live classroom capture, content hosting and a learning
management platform marketed to both education and the corporate market.
Based in India.
DuPont eLearning Suite (DuPont Sustainable Solutions, formerly Coastal
Training Technologies Corp) http://www.training.dupont.com/. Primarily a supplier
of generic business courseware, the eLearning Suite includes an LMS, an
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authoring tool, and courseware. They also offer a video streaming tool for mobile
devices called CoastalFlix, an Assessment Builder, and consultation and custom
course development services.
DynDevice LCMS (Mega Italia Media) http://www.dyndevicelcms.com/it/. Both
LCMS and LMS capabilities for e-learning. Based in Italy. Website is in Italian.
EBE Technologies Learning Management (EBE Technologies)
http://www.ebetechnologies.com/. A system developed to support the trucking and
logistics industry. They also offer a wide range of enterprise software including
financials, safety and recruiting.
Ecampus LMS (Ecampus Systems Pty Ltd) http://www.ecampus.com.au/. Based
in Australia. Includes some authoring capability. They also offer Ecampus Author
and custom courseware design. There are several ECampus brands of which this
is one.
EcoLogic Systems SMART Training Management Software System (EcoLogic
Systems) http://www.ecologicsystems.com/. Oriented to regulatory compliance.
eCom Scotland eNet Learn (eCom Scotland Ltd.) http://www.ecomscotland.com/
or http://enetlearn.com/. Includes content management features. Also offer an
authoring tool eNetAuthor and an assessment tool called eNet Assess.
eCornell EDUCE Enterprise Learning Platform (eCornell, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Cornell University) http://educe.ecornell.com/. The delivery system
for eCornells many online courses. Focuses on social learning. Also offered for
educational and corporate use. Very hard to find information about the learning
platform on the website.
edCetra edXact (edCetra Training) http://www.edcetratraining.com. A simple
alternative to full scale LMSs for tracking learner progress. Also offer edit content
authoring and file management platform. Tin Can API enabled. Also offer
Anancloud, Anan for PowerPoint, Anan for Word, and Anan for Events. These are
tools for aggregating all the documents from an event, searching, editing and
exporting them. Anan for PowerPoint is also known as MapDeck and by other
names. Based in Toronto, Canada.
Edcomm Bankers Academy Learning Link (The Edcomm Group)
http://www.bankersacademy.com/wt/LearningLink/index.html. They offer the LMS
and a course library to the financial industry.
Edmego Learning LMS (Edmego Learning) http://edmegolearning.com/. A simple
SCORM/AICC conformant LMS that includes course authoring and a document
storehouse. They also offer a course marketplace with an emphasis on workplace
skills and where people can add their own courses.
e-doceo elearning manager (e-doceo) http://www.e-doceo.net/. A hosted LMS.
Based in France, website is available in English and other languages. They also
offer an LCMS, elearning live a virtual classroom, and authoring tools.
elearning suite includes all of the tools.
Edtrin (Edtrin Group Limited) http://edtrin.com/. An adaptive learning platform for
schools, colleges and businesses to deliver and sell video and blended learning.
Claims to be disruptive. Based in Australia. New in 2014. Not much information
available yet.
EduBrite (EduBrite Systems Inc.) http://www.edubrite.com/. A social collaborative
learning system with course management features. Includes authoring and has a
mobile app for iPads. Marketed to both corporate and education clients. Available
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in two editions the Personal Edition that is free for individual trainers, educators
or team leads and managers in organizations and the Business Edition for which
there are charges.
Educacorp LMS (Educacorp S.A de C.V.) http://www.educacorp.com/. Based in
Spain. The website is in Spanish. Also offer finance courses.
Educadium EasyCampus (Educadium) http://www.educadium.com/ or
http://www.easycampuslearn.com/ (the site for learning the system). SCORM
conformant, cloud-based LMS that includes authoring. The Express Version is
free for up to 25 users. Marketed to companies and non-profits.
Educate-Global Mentor LMS http://www.educate-global.com. This is the same
LMS as offered by OpenTec. Neither website works very well.
EduLMS Learning Management System (Chimpstudio)
http://themeforest.net/item/edulms-wp-learning-management-systemtheme/9443786. A Wordpress theme. Can create an unlimited number of courses,
lessons, and lesson topics as well as create a quiz, set a passing criterion (score),
upload a lesson, and ask users to upload assignments. Based in the UK.
Edu-Performance TACTIC! LMS (Edu-Performance, a division of Parta Dialogue
Inc.) http://www.tacticsoftware.com/english/tactic_lms_index.html. Also offer
TACTIC! Editor a course authoring tool. Based in Quebec, Canada.
Eduson (EDUSON) https://www.eduson.tv/. A cloud-based LMS with a course
editor, a competency assessment tool and a library of more than 1000 video-based
courses on business skills. Based in Russia.
Edutech Learning Management Platform (Edutech)
http://www.edutech.com/learning-solutions/learning-ecosystem.htm. Part of the
Learning Ecosystem that includes content authoring, collaboration and a
classroom capture and delivery system. Mainly for education but they also provide
services to energy, banking and other sectors. Based in Dubai.
Edvance360 LMS (Edvance360) http://www.edvance360.com/. Provides
enterprise LMS to all types of learning institutions and corporations. Includes
social networking. Formerly Scholar360.
ej4 Thinkzoom http://ej4.com/. Also offer custom course development and off the
shelf sales, communications, and business skills video training.
e-Learning Consulting LMS (e-Learning Consulting) http://www.elearningconsulting.com. An inexpensive SCORM conformant LMS for e-learning
only. Also offer the e-Learning Authoring Tool.
e-learning WMB Open Elms e-LMS (e-learning WMB) http://www.elearningwmb.co.uk. The company is primarily a custom developer of e-learning
courses. They also provide a free, open source LMS combined with a content
management system and course authoring.
eLearning247 nimbleLMS (eLearning247 Limited) http://elearning247.com/. A
cloud based system with an online course builder. Based in the UK. Also offer
consulting services. Not to be confused with Craig Weiss blog at
http://www.elearning247.co/. Named in 2014 by Learning Light as one of the top
eight LMSs for the UKs corporate learning sector.
ElearningForce SharePoint LMS (Elearningforce Inc.)
http://www.elearningforce.com/ and http://www.sharepointlms.com/. An LMS and
LCMS based on Microsoft SharePoint. Includes course authoring.
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SCORM 1.2 and Tin Can. The system is mobile compatible and supports both the
purchase and selling of training via an eCommerce module. Primarily aimed at
corporate and public sector organisations.
ENVISAGE Acadis Learning Management System (ENVISAGE Technologies
Corp.) http://web.envisagenow.com/solutions/the-acadis-readiness-suite/learningmanagement-system/. Part of the Acadis Readiness Suite.
Envision Click2Coach and Centricity (Envision Telephony, Inc.)
http://www.envisioninc.com/. Envision offers several platforms focused on
contact/call center training.
eNyota Learning LMS http://www.enyotalearning.com/index.html. Also offer
custom design and development. Based in India.
ePath Learning ASAP (ePath Learning Inc.) http://www.epathlearning.com An
on-demand combined LMS/LCMS.
Epazz BoxesOS My Courses (Epazz, Inc.)
http://www.epazzinc.com/Solutions/LearningManagementSystem.aspx. Epazz is a
general web application development company based in Chicago. BoxesOS is a
web content management system that includes this LMS with authoring tools.
They also offer custom course development.
ePercipio eLearning Platform (ePercipio - a division of the Shari Levitin Group,
Inc.(SLG) http://www.epercipio.com/. A suite with three functions - Course Builder,
Testing and Gap Analysis, and eCommunity Interface.
Epic Learning LMS (Epic Performance Improvement Limited)
http://epiclearninggroup.com/. Basically a technology consulting company, they
offer Moodle as their enterprise LMS and Docebo as their smaller system. They
also offer the GoMo Learning authoring tool and custom course development.
Have subscribed to the Tin Can API. Based in the UK.
Epicor Education/Knowledge Mentor (Epicor Software Corporation)
http://www.epicor.com. Epicor is a well-known Enterprise Resource System (ERP)
that, like SAP and Oracle, offers an LMS module.
Epignosis eFront (Epignosis Ltd.) http://www.efrontlearning.net/. Open source.
Based in Greece. As of October 2012, they now also offer TalentLMS
http://talentlms.com/ a cloud-based learning platform for small and medium
organizations.
EssentialSkillz O-LAS LMS (EssentialSkillz, UK) http://www.essentialskillz.com/.
A health and safety compliance management system which combines the
functionality of an LMS, a risk assessment system, O-LAS Author - a content
development tool and O-LAS Assess - an online testing tool. They also offer
health and safety courses. Based in Ireland with offices in the U.S.
Euphoria Thinkpass Learning Platform (Euphoria Workforce Solutions)
http://www.euphoriaworkforce.com/. Based in Toronto.
Evolutra EduZone (Evolutra Global Corporation) http://www.evolutra.com/.
EduZone is a combined LMS and LCMS. They also provide a web content
management system and custom course creation. Offices in Montreal and Ottawa.
Evolve Learner Manager and Classroom Manager (Evolve e-Learning
Solutions) http://www.evolveelearning.com/. A web-based LMS. Included is
Course Authoring/Management System (CA/MS) for e-Learning course
development, Swift Presenter for PowerPoint conversion, and a library of
compliance courses.
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Intuo (Intuo) https://www.intuo.io/. Extended enterprise platform with intuitive
interface. Based in Belgium.
Intuto Learning Suite (ILS) (Intuto Limited) http://www.intuto.com/. An LMS used
to deliver their course library. Also offer Intuto Content Authoring Tools (CATS).
Offered to both companies and educational institutions. Based in New Zealand
with an office in Canada.
In2itive LMS (In2itive Business Solutions) http://www.in2itive.biz/. A customizable,
SCORM and xAPI (Tin Can) conformant LMS for enterprise learning and
collaborations and a commercial delivery platform for e-learning and multimedia for
training organizations. Also provide a video delivery platform (Virtual Learning
Environment). Based in the UK.
invMind (invMind.com) http://www.invmind.com/. A new (as of August, 2014) LMS
from Poland. Also offer Knowledge Box language learning courses.
IRIS NFP LMS (IRIS Software Group Ltd.) http://www.irisnfp.co.uk/training.aspx.
Designed for not-for-profit organizations. Also offer IRIS CourseBooker and
database, fund raising and CRM tools for charities. Based in UK.
iSus Training Management System (ispeakuspeak)
http://www.ispeakuspeak.com/. A cloud-based system for blended (online and both
live and virtual instructor) language learning.
ISpring Online (iSpring Solutions, Inc.) http://www.ispringsolutions.com. A hosted
LMS for small and medium-sized businesses. Also offer a suite of authoring tools
including iSpring Pro, iSpring Suite, Presenter, Converter, QuizMaker and Rocket.
Have committed to supporting the Tin Can API in the upcoming Version 7.
ITC Learning Portal (ITC Learning, Inc.) http://www.itclearning.com. Also offer
online trades courses, custom development and assessment tools.
Janison Cloud Learning System (CLS) (Janison) http://www.janison.com. CLS
is the latest version of the Janison LMS. Emphasis on compliance and supports
clients in government, education, corporations and the healthcare sectors.
Includes social, gamification and performance management tools. Based in
Australia.
Jenison Checkpoint LMS (Jenison) http://www.jenison.co.uk/. Touch screen
compatible, SCORM conformant LMS. Also offer the authoring tool Perform and
off-the-shelf courseware. Based in the UK.
Jones and Bartlett Learning Navigate (Jones and Bartlett Learning, an Ascend
Learning Company) http://www.jblearning.com/elearning/navigate/. Also offer
healthcare, safety, biological science, engineering sciences and vocational
courses. Added adaptive learning capability through its purchase of the PrepMe
platform in 2011.
JoomlaLMS (JoomlaLMS) http://www.joomlalms.com/. An LMS based on Joomla.
Joomla is an open source website content management system.
JPL ecoLearn (JPL Integrated Communications, Inc.)
http://www.jpllearning.com/ecolearn/. A web-based flexible learning management
solution that is easy to customize. Also offer custom development.
Juventus Learning Management System (Juventus Software Private Limited)
http://juventussoft.com/industry-solutions/education/. Includes classroom
management, e-Commerce, content authoring, etc. Based in India.
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a JLite version. Has modules for eCommerce and training events management.
Kaizen Software Solutions Training Manager 2008 (Kaizen Software Solutions)
http://www.kzsoftware.com/products/training-manager/. A basic record-keeping
system for tracking training. Not an LMS for eLearning.
Kallidus LMS (Kallidus) http://www.kallidus.com/. Formerly e2train. Also offer
Kallidus Learning and Talent Suite, Kallidus Performance, Kallidus Talent, third
party authoring tools and custom development. Named in 2014 by Learning Light
as one of the top eight LMSs for the UKs corporate learning sector.
keiro (The Jibe Multimedia, Inc.) http://gokeiro.com/. A mobile-friendly, cloudbased learning platform that includes personalized learning, social networks and
assessment. Based in Vancouver, Canada.
KESDEE K-LMS (KESDEE Inc.) http://www.kesdee.com. SCORM 1.2
conformant. Can be installed internally or offered as an SaaS solution. The
companys primary offering is financial courses.
K-Learning Group K-LMS (The Kelly Companies)
http://www.thekellycompanies.com/. An online LMS for e-learning.
KMC OnDemand LMS (Crawford and Company) http://www.kmcondemand.com.
Designed to support training for the insurance industry.
KMI LMS (KMI Learning) http://www.kmilearning.com/. Includes extensive
reporting tools and features for social and mobile learning. Also offer custom
development services.
KMS Learning TestTrack Learning Management System (KMS Learning, LLC.)
http://www.ttlms.com/. Includes authoring tools, mobile delivery and classroom
management. Available in three versions Learning Enterprise, Learning Extranet
and Learning Expert. Also offer consulting services.
Knowbase KnowledgeBASE1 (KnowBase Networks)
http://home.knowbase.com/. Primarily offer custom development of online training.
Knowledge Anywhere Quest Track (Knowledge Anywhere)
http://www.knowledgeanywhere.com/. Cloud-based, supports SCORM and Tin
Can, classroom, webinar and self-study courses. They also offer consulting
services, custom eLearning course development, a rapid development tool called
Instructional Content Editor (ICE) and Mobile Quest. Heathcare solutions a
specialty.
Knowledge Management Solutions KMx Enterprise (Knowledge Management
Solutions Inc. (KMSI)) http://www.kmsi.us/. A full suite including Performance
Management, Talent Management, Development and a virtual classroom (KMx
Live). They also offer KMxASP (a hosted solution), KMx Mobile, KMx Small
Business and KMx Higher Education Edition.
Kookaburra Studios KnowledgePresenter (KP) Learner Manager Enterprise
(Kookaburra Studios Pty Ltd) http://www.knowledgepresenter.com/ eLearning only.
The standard version is included with the authoring tool KnowledgePresenter
Professional. The enterprise version is separate. Based in Australia.
Korimvos REA (Korimvos S.A.) http://www.korimvos.gr/. Based in Greece.
Krawler LMS (Krawler Networks) http://www.krawlerlms.com. Also offer an LCMS
with content authoring and test creation, a virtual classroom, and Campus
Management for educational institutions. Based in India.
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LMS Global BusinessLMS (LMS Global) http://www.lms-global.com/. A
customized open source LMS for businesses. SCORM 1.2 conformant.
LMS King Learning Management System (King Products) http://www.kingproducts.net/. An inexpensive LMS for Joomla websites available in four versions
Lite, Basic, Intermediate and Professional.
LogicBay PRM Performance Center (LogicBay) http://www.logicbay.com/. The
Performance Center is general sales channel management software (Partner
Relationship Management) of which Training and Certification Management is one
module.
Looop (Looop Online, Pty Ltd.) http://www.looop.co/. Looop is a new (as of Sept.
2014) cloud-based training platform. A cloud-based LMS that emphasize simple
course and quiz creation and mobile access. Based in Australia.
LRN Catalyst Learning Management System (LRN)
http://www.lrn.com/learning-management-system. An international consultancy for
ethics and compliance. The Catalyst LMS includes social, mobile and
customization tools. They also provide courses.
Lumesse Learning Gateway (Lumesse AS) http://www.lumesse.com/. An SaaS
LMS. Based in the UK. Formerly Edvantage Learning Gateway. Lumesse
purchased Edvantage in 2011. Also offer Lumesse CourseBuilder and other talent
management tools.
Lux Learning Management System (LUX Learning Management Systems)
http://luxlms.com/. Hosted, customizable software for Continuing Pharmacy
Education (CPE), Continuing Medical Education (CME) and other CE programs.
Macleod Associates Workpepper Training Management System (Macleod
Associates) http://workpepper.com/. Appears to be a comprehensive system for
instructor-led training only with an emphasis on robust data retrieval and reporting.
No specifications for eLearning are given.
MarineLMS (Marine Learning Systems Inc.) http://www.marinels.com/. Designed
for the marine industry by LMS pioneer Murray Goldberg who created WebCT.
Mastery Technologies MasteryNet LMS (Mastery Technologies, Inc.)
http://www.masterylms.com/. Also offer training courses with an emphasis on
health and safety. And MasteryNet Training System with an emphasis on
delivering video content and MasteryNet LAN Training Manager. The LMS is only
available for existing training course clients but it can be used to upload custom
courses.
Matrix LMS (MATRIX) https://www.matrixlms.com/. Formerly EDU 2.0 for
Business. A cloud-based LMS that Includes content authoring, assessments,
social networking, mobile, eCommerce, rules and gamification features. Also offer
Neo LMS for schools formerly EDU 2.0 for School.
Maximonster LearningStone (Maximonster Interactive Things)
https://www.learningstone.com A cloud-based platform for registration,
management and communication in instructor-led and blended learning formats.
Not an eLearning platform although some content can be uploaded.
MaxIT LearnerWeb Enterprise LMS (MaxIT Corp.) http://www.maxit.com.
Includes classroom training management, a virtual classroom, eCommerce, course
authoring tools and a library of eLearning courses. Their goal is to manage any
kind of training whether developed in house or purchased from a 3 rd party.
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authoring tool for e-learning with a simple LMS for delivery. Also offer online quiz
creation.
MindonSite Chorus (MindOnSite Integral Coaching SA, Switzerland)
http://www.mindonsite.com. A combined LMS/LCMS.
MindTickle! (MindTickle Inc.) http://www.mindtickle.com/. A platform that is both an
authoring tool that emphasizes social and game learning for engagement and a
basic LMS with analytics that is mobile friendly. For sales and customer service
training and new hire onboarding. Headquartered in the United States,
development/operations team in India.
Minerva Training Portal (Minerva Corporate Learning Partner)
http://minervaclp.com/. A portal and LMS with advanced management, reporting,
and certification features. Also offers consultation and technical support services
and acts as a broker for courseware on a wide range of business topics. Based in
Sweden.
Minreeva Learning Management System (Minreeva Learning Solutions)
http://www.minreeva.com/. Basic and customized LMSs. Also offer mobile apps,
some Grade 1 math elearning programs and custom eLearning design. Based in
Phillipines.
Mintra Trainingportal (Mintra Trainingportal AS) http://www.mintra.no/. Developed
for the oil and gas industry. Includes compliance administration and a course
marketplace. Also offer Mintra Publisher - an e-learning production tool and
consultation and custom development. Through their sister site
http://trainingportal.no, they offer an extensive catalog of courses. Based in
Norway. Acquired by Riverside/Grace Hill in 2014.
MM Training Technologies eLearningToo (MM Training Technologies)
http://www.mmtrainingtechnologies.com/. A simple cloud-based eLearning LMS
designed for independent trainers, coaches, consultants and speakers that
includes gamification features.
Mbius Learning Lessondex (Mbius Learning, Inc.) http://mobiuslearning.com/.
A user and mobile friendly LMS with course and quiz authoring and interactive
dashboards. Also offer custom LMS and course development and other
applications.
ModalLogic MSAS LMS (ModalLogic IT Systems Pvt.Ltd.)
http://www.modallogicsys.com/. Based in India.
Modo Labs Kurogo Mobile Campus (Modo Labs, Inc.)
http://www.modolabs.com. A mobile platform offered to higher education
institutions, large corporations, and hospitals that allows people to access
information via a single common mobile interface.
Moodle http://moodle.org/. Moodle is a popular open source system designed
primarily as an educational LMS but can also be used in the corporate sector.
Named in 2014 by Learning Light as one of the top eight LMSs for the UKs
corporate learning sector. Totara is a business oriented version of Moodle. In 2014,
Microsoft announced that Office 365 is now integrated with Moodle.
MVE Systems Universal Learning Application (ULA) (MVE Systems, Inc.)
http://www.mvesystems.com/. Developed for DOD for corrosion professionals but
has broader application. Has mobile capability. Also offer Virtual Smart Books a
light multimedia LMS, simulations and other tools.
MVS LMS (MVS Softech Private Limited) http://mvslms.com/. A basic LMS for
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They also offer an Online Podiatry Education and Social Network and an Online
Diabetes Education and Social Network.
Pro-ductivity Learning Management Systems (Pro-ductivity Systems LLC)
http://www.pro-ductivity.com. A customizable, SCORM conformant LMS/LCMS.
Also offer authoring tools, a web conferencing solution, compliance management
software, custom course development and consultation.
Prometheus Development Torch LMS (Prometheus Development, Inc.)
http://torchlms.com/. A new cloud-based LMS as of 2013. Also offer a PowerPoint
conversion authoring tool and both generic (Skillsoft) and custom built courses.
ProProfs Learning Management System (ProProfs.com)
http://www.proprofs.com/training/software/lms-software/. Also offer the authoring
tools Training Maker (part of the LMS), Quiz Maker, and Survey Maker. Marketed
primarily for business but can also be used in education. Their site includes
ProProfs LMS Resources general information about LMSs.
Prospero Learningworks SuiteTM (Prospero Learning Solutions)
http://www.prosperolearning.com/. It is hard to find much information about this
product on the website. They are primarily a custom developer and consulting
company. Based in Toronto, Ontario. Acquired by GP Strategies in June 2013.
QPharma Python LMS (QPharma) http://www.qpharmacorp.com/online-trainingand-certification.html . Previously known as iCertify. QPharma is a life science
regulatory and certification specialist. Python incorporates Rusticis SCORM
Engine.
Qoveo QoPilot (Qoveo S.A.) http://www.qoveo.com/ru/. Based in Russia, the
website is available in Russian and French but not yet in English. They do have
some English catalog information available.
Quintetto Qlearn (Quintetto OLS SRL) http://www.quintettols.it. Based in Italy, the
website is only partially in English. As of Nov. 2012, the site is being updated. The
company http://www.quintetto.it provides web content management tools.
Quizzicle Learning Management System (Quizzicle LLC.) http://quizzicle.com/
and http://www.cipwbt.com/LMS-solutions.html. They also offer consultation and
custom course development.
Rainmaker ViewCentral Learning Management System (Rainmaker Systems).
http://www.viewcentral.com/. Includes classroom training and a virtual classroom.
Rainmaker purchased ViewCentral in September, 2006. They also offer
ViewCentral Marketing Suite. In 2015, they are planning to drop the Rainmaker
name and rebrand to ViewCentral.
Raytheon Professional Services LMS (Raytheon Professional Services (RPS))
http://www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/rtnwcm/groups/rps/documents/content/rtn_r
ps_emea_lms.pdf. Offered in three versions LMS Service, LMS Standard and
LMS Advanced. They also offer ConvertixTM an authoring tool for converting
instructor-led training to web-based training, a virtual classroom and consultation
services.
ReadyGo LMS (ReadyGo) http://www.readygo.com/. A simple low-cost LMS
available installed or hosted. Includes eCommerce features.
Real Ability Ability Manager (Real Ability) http://www.realability.com/. A talent
management suite that includes learning management.
RedVector Learning Management System (RedVector.com, LLC.)
https://www.redvector.com/learning-management-system. Emphasis on regulatory
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compliance. Manages both live and online learning. Also offer a catalog of courses
for numerous industries including engineering and construction.
Redware Redsource (Redware Limited) http://www.redware.co.uk. An LMS that
includes mobile, virtual classroom, classroom booking and a library of
management, health and safety courses. They have partnered with Epic for its
GoMo authoring tool. Based in the UK.
Refined Data Refined Training LMS (Refined Data Solutions Inc.)
http://www.refineddata.com/. Combines Adobe Connect and Moodle. Also offer
Vantage Point a tool that allows instructors on Adobe Connect to see and interact
with students, Connect-2-Moodle that allows Adobe Connect to work with Moodle,
and others. Based in Ontario, Canada.
Reflection Software Cognition (Reflection Software) http://cognitionlms.com/ and
http://reflectionsoftware.com. A customizable LMS available either as SaaS or
installed. Also offer custom development.
Reliant LMS (Reliant Live) http://reliantlive.com/. Also offer tests, assessments
and performance management.
Relias Learning Management System (RLMS) (Relias Learning)
http://www.reliaslearning.com/. Formerly known as Silverchair Learning Systems. A
specialized system which catered exclusively to senior care facilities and the
training of their staff. Relias has expanded the service to health and human
services, intellectual and developmental disabilities, corrections, and law
enforcement. Incorporates Essential Learning Elevate LMS and Care2Learn
courses. Also offer their Employee Feedback System. Owned by Vista Equity
Partners.
Resource Development Active Learner (Resource Development Company)
http://www.resourcedev.com. Focus on the resource industry and compliance
training. Also provide consulting services and KnowledgeWeb.
Ricoh Learning Management System (Ricoh India Ltd.)
http://www.ricohdocs.com/learning-management-system.php. A customizable LMS
based on Ricohdocs document management system. Includes gamification
features, Knowledge Fusion Plus (?) and some off-the-shelf courses.
Right Reason RightTrack Learning Management System (Right Reason
Technologies) http://www.rightreasontech.com/. Also offer CyberExtension a
blended learning platform they call a Virtual Managed Learning Environment
(VMLE), RightPath Student Success System, on-line lessons and courseware, and
custom development. Marketed to both education and the corporate sector.
Riptide Learning Elements (Riptide Software, Inc.)
http://www.riptidelearning.com/. Elements is a learning services platform for
learning content creators and consumers that will integrate with LMS and provides
xAPI (also known as Experience or Tin Can API) enabled reporting and analytics
via an xAPI Learning Record Store (LRS) and delivers to any device. Riptide also
shares its work at the open source site TryxAPI.com.
RISC Virtual Training Assistant suite (VTA) (RISC) http://www.risc-inc.com. A
cloud-based, SCORM, AICC, and Tin Can conformant LMS.
Russell Associates intRAtrain Learning Management System (Russell
Associates) http://www.intratrain.com/Products/LMS.asp.
Rustici SCORM Cloud (Rustici Software) http://scorm.com/scorm-solved/scormcloud/. Not a traditional LMS but a link to offering courses from anywhere. Works
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with other LMSs. They offer SCORM conversion software available in several
forms - SCORM Engine for LMS's, SCORM for content, as well as SCORM Cloud.
Have added Tin Can API support to all of their SCORM products.
Saba Learning@Work (Saba) http://www.saba.com. Part of its Intelligent Talent
Management offering, Learning@Work is an integrated suite including LCMS,
mobile elearning, social learning, prescriptive learning, virtual classroom, content
authoring, and extended enterprise features. Also offered as an SaaS solution in
the Saba People Cloud. Saba acquired THINQ Learning Solutions in May 2005
and Centra Software in January 2006. In March 2012, Saba purchased
HumanConcepts extending its reach into talent management. In 2015 Saba was
purchased by a private equity firm, Vector Capital as a consequence of accounting
errors.
SAI Global Learning & Communication Platform (SAI Global Limited)
http://www.saiglobal.com/. An international operation. Offer courses on
compliance and ethics. Purchased Integrity Interactive in Sept. 2010.
SalesCongo Train (SalesCongo, Inc.) http://www.salescongo.com/. Part of
CongoSuite for managing sales performance within a CRM system.
SAP/SuccessFactors Learning (SuccessFactors, Inc., an SAP company)
http://www.successfactors.com/. Formerly Plateau, SuccessFactors Learning is
part of the BizX Suite - a comprehensive talent/performance/HR management
system including social learning. SuccessFactors became an SAP company in
2012. SAP also offers SAP Learning Hub a platform and courses for SAP
training. In 2015, SAP and IBM plan to integrate their Talent Mangement Systems.
How this will affect the learning management aspects is yet to be seen.
Scitent SCIDEA (Scitent) http://www.scitent.com/. Includes content management,
eCommerce, and seminar and group management for corporate organizations,
associations, higher education and continuing medical education providers.
SchoolKeep (SchoolKeep) https://www.schoolkeep.com. A responsive platform
that includes tools for course authoring, eCommerce for selling courses, and
marketing, etc. In spite of its name it seems primarily oriented to business.
SchooX (Schoox Inc.) http://www.schoox.com/. A next generation LMS that is
mobile friendly and offers numerous APIs. Includes social learning, gamification
and badges, content management, instructor-led training and web-based tools that
allow organizations to build their own online academies. In spite of its name it
focuses on corporations, restaurants and retail applications.
Seertech Learning iLearning PLUS (Seertech Learning)
http://www.seertechlearning.com.au/ilearning-plus. Built on top of Oracle's
iLearning platform, it supports blended, mobile and personalized learning. Based
in Australia.
ServiceRocket Learndot (Learndot) http://www.learndot.com/. Formerly Matygo,
Learndot is a Vancouver, BC based startup that originally focussed on education
but has shifted to the corporate sector. Described as an alternative to traditional
learning management systems. A brandable system with many apps. Acquired by
ServiceRocket in 2015. ServiceRocket also offers add-ons and plugins for
Atlassian team collaboration software.
ShareKnowledge LMS (ShareKnowledge Inc.) http://shareknowledge-lms.com/.
A Microsoft SharePoint based LMS including an authoring tool. Formerly offered
by Competentum, ShareKnowledge is now a separate company after acquiring the
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lean LMS that includes an online collaborative authoring system. They also offer
an extensive library of courses on quality management (Six Sigma, Project
management, etc.)
The Revenue Accelerator (The Revenue Accelerator)
https://www.therevenueaccelerator.com/. A sales learning management system
for new sales people.
The Training Market Training Assistant (The Training Market)
http://www.thetrainingmarket.com/ A modest LMS/LCMS to support the Virtual
Coach development tool. Based in New Zealand.
ThemeForest Academy Learning Management Theme (ThemeForest)
http://themeforest.net/item/academy-learning-management-theme/4169073. A
learning management plug-in for WordPress. Also offer other themes.
Thinkific (Thinkific) https://www.thinkific.com/. A cloud-based course marketplace
where authors can create and deliver their own courses. Also offer custom course
development. Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Thinking Cap LMS (Thinking Cap) http://www.thinkingcap.com/. XML based LMS.
Changed its name from Agile.net to Thinking Cap in 2009. Also offer LM-LESS - a
SCORM certified cloud-based LMS for small to medium enterprises. Based in
Toronto, Canada.
Thomson Reuters Accelus Learning Manager (Thomson Reuters)
http://thomsonreuters.com/. A new LMS (Sept. 2013) with an emphasis on
accounting compliance. See press release at http://thomsonreuters.com/pressreleases/082013/Thomson-Reuters-Delivers-Significant-Enhancements-toeLearning-Solutions. Thomson Reuters also offers Checkpoint Learning and has
recently purchased LearnLive and its suite of products that includes Compass
LMS. It is unclear how these are related.
The Training Factor Aspire LMS (The Training Factor, LLC.)
http://www.aspirelms.net/ and http://www.thetrainingfactor.com/learningmanagement-system/. Includes a content development tool, a blog, and document
management (LCMS). Also offer custom course development and a catalog of
multifamily courses. Purchased by Grace Hill in 2014. Grace Hill is owned by the
Riverside Company.
Thought Industries https://www.thoughtindustries.com/. A customizable platform
for online consumer learning businesses with integrated eCommerce.
360training.com Learning Suite 360 (LS360) (360training.com)
http://www.360training.com/, http://www.360comply.com/. Integrates industry
accredited e-learning content, learning management and course authoring on a
single web-hosted platform. Also offer a variety of courseware for Environment,
Health and Safety, Power and Utilities, Financial Services, Food and Beverage,
Ethics and Compliance and Healthcare and custom development services.
time4you IBT SERVER (time4you Gmbh) http://www.time4you.de. Includes
eLearning management, classroom instruction management, talent management,
and learning content management. Also offer IBT Live Collaboration virtual
classroom, IBT Application Farm for social learning, as well as mobile and
authoring tools. Based in Germany.
Tooling U-SME LMS (Tooling University, LLC, an SME company)
http://www.toolingu.com/. A free LMS for the manufacturing industry. Primarily a
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hospitality and health industries.
Verified LMS (Verified Learning Limited) http://www.verifiedlearning.org/. A cloudbased LMS that includes mobile apps, authoring and training content
management. Based in Ireland. Also offer the EasyShare LMS that is a place
where anyone can upload training for free and distribute it through the Verified
MOOC and a network of association portals.
viaLearning Learning Management System (viaLearning, a division of
www.vialanguage.com). http://www.vialearning.com/. An easy to use LMS/LCMS
for online learning.
VIDIZMO MediaLMS (VIDIZMO LLC) http://www.vidizmo.com//. VIDIZMO offers a
video portal and streaming media solutions that can be used for communications,
sales, etc. in addition to learning. They include authoring, a webinar platform,
lecture capture, and a marketplace for education.
Vignettes Learning Learning Performance System
http://vignetteslearning.com/. A platform that includes numerous functions including
an LMS, coaching, classroom support, budgeting, etc. Also offer custom
development, hosting and consultation.
Virtual College Enable LMS (Virtual College Ltd.) http://www.virtualcollege.co.uk/vcproducts/tms.aspx. A cloud-based LMS that has evolved since
1995. Named in 2014 by Learning Light as one of the top eight LMSs for the UKs
corporate learning sector. Also offer courses that support the construction,
healthcare, housing, retail and other industries.
Visibility Cyber Train (Visibility Software, LLC.) http://visibilitysoftware.com/.
Emphasis on tracking and compliance.
Vitalect Techniq Your University (Vitalect Inc.) http://www.vitalect.com. Also
offer Techniq Portfolio and Techniq Evaluation for authoring.
Viva Learning LMS (Learn HealthSci Inc.)
http://learnhealthsci.com/viva_learning.asp. Viva Learning is an online continuing
education service operated by Learn HealthSci Inc. for the dentistry industry.
They also offer this LMS.
Vivid Learning Systems eClarus (Vivid Learning Systems, Inc.)
http://www.learnatvivid.com. An LMS designed to support eLearning courses and
safety training programs. Offered in two versions Standard for small to mid-size
organizations and Enterprise for larger organizations. Also offer safety and
manufacturing courses.
V-Learning Platform (v-Learning Solutions Limited) http://vlearningsolutions.com/. A cloud-based system from the UK. Also offer consultation
services.
VLinks Media Learncore (Vlinks Media) http://vlinksmedia.com/learncore/. An
interactive training solution that includes authoring, delivery and tracking of
training.
vTrainingRoom Scholar LMS (vTrainingRoom LLC) http://www.scholarlms.com/.
The first(?) Tin Can/Experience enabled LMS, based on the most popular open
source LMS (presumably Moodle). Also offer vTrainingTracker and
vTrainingGames.
Vubiz Learning Management System (Vubiz Ltd.) http://vubiz.com/. Vubiz is
primarily a vendor of generic course materials for business. They also offer
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custom development services and this LMS for managing their courseware and
others. Based in Ontario.
Warren-Forthought MocKingbird TERMS.NGT (Warren-Forthought, Inc.)
http://www.mockingbird.com. Website says it integrates seamlessly with CBT
courses created with MocKingbird and track and manage any other kind of training
event. Also offer BigEZ-Pro for authoring.
Wavicle (Wavicle, Inc.) http://wavicle.com/. An SaaS, mobile first, content
agnostic, game-based, SCORM conformant, API friendly learning platform with
easy course creation, multi-media delivery to all devices, and analytics returned on
all actions in multiple reporting formats.
WBT TopClass LMS (WBT Systems Inc.) http://www.wbtsystems.com/. Around
since 1995, TopClass blends LMS and LCMS functionality for all types of learning.
Includes eCommerce, mobile capability and APIs. Based in Ireland. Also offer Top
Class Now! a cloud-based system for associations.
WBT.IT Pegasus LMS (WBT.IT srl) http://www.wbt.it/. Based in Italy.
Web CourseWorks CourseStage LMS (Web CourseWorks)
http://www.webcourseworks.com/ and http://www.coursestage.com/. An
LMS/LCMS built for non-profits, healthcare and the public sector. Originally a
derivative of the open-source LMS Moodle, it has been extensively reworked and
includes tablet responsiveness, credit and certificate management and available
integration with GoToWebinar/GoToMeeting, Adobe Connect, and WebEx. Also
offer LMS administration and consulting and course development.
Web Transitions OnWebLearning (OWL) (Web Transitions, Inc.)
http://www.onweblearning.com/. Marketed to businesses and schools but looks
like an education LMS.
WestNet MLP (WestNet Learning) http://www.westnetmlp.com. An SaaS cloud
"full featured" learning and performance management system. Available for
organizations from 500 users to 500,000 users. They also offer an assessment
engine, an offline mobile player, a library of online courses and custom course
development.
White House Business Solutions i-Learn Knowledge Framework (White
House Business Solutions P Ltd.) http://www.whitehouseit.com and
http://www.knowledgeframework.in. A SCORM-AICC conformant LMS. Also offer
Link2School school management software and other products as well as
customization and consulting services. Based in India.
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mobile friendly, cloud-based LMS for both live and self-paced learning with video
streaming and test creation as well as the well known WizIQ virtual classroom.
Based in India with offices in the US and Europe. authorGEN is the parent
company of WizIQ.
Wizi-Learn (Wizi Corp.) http://www.wizi.co.kr/. Based in Korea.
Wizlearn Technologies Athenaeum Corporate Learning Management System
(Wizlearn Technologies (formerly ASKnLearn Pte Ltd.)) http://www.asknlearn.com/.
Based in Singapore, they describe themselves as Pan-Asian. Also provide the
AsknLearn School LMS and course materials for schools.
Woodle (Wisdmlabs) http://wisdmlabs.com/. An integration of Moodle and
Wordpress to enable e-commerce and the sale of courses. Based in India.
woople (Woople, LLC) http://woople.com/. A web-based system that includes a
video-oriented authoring tool.
World Manager Training Suite (World Manager)
http://www.worldmanager.com/en-us/suites/training-suite. Includes authoring and
mobile capability. The company also offers an Operations Suite, a Human
Resources Suite and a Communications Suite. Based in Australia and the US.
Wormhole Campus (Wormhole Live Learning) http://www.wormholeit.com/.
Platform includes social, mobile, Wormhole Classroom (virtual classroom),
Wormhole Auditorium for broadcast of live events, eBusiness, recording, etc.
Based in Argentina and tends to focus on Latin America.
WP Courseware (Fly Plugins) http://flyplugins.com/ and
http://www.wpcourseware.com/. A plugin for WordPress (a popular open source
software for creating websites and content management) for creating courses with
management features.
WPLMS Learning Management System http://themeforest.net/item/wplmslearning-management-system/6780226. A WordPress theme that is an LMS that
includes authoring, a course marketplace, eCommerce, quiz creation and metrics.
Mostly for WordPress experts.
Wranx (Wranx.com) http://www.wranx.com/. A device independent learning
platform for competency assessment that uses spaced repetition. Based in the
UK.
XceedLearning LMS (Xceed IT Solutions) http://www.xceedlearning.com/.
XceedLearning is primarily a provider of online courses for generic business
training. Based in India.
Xcelus XPortal (Xcelus, LLC) http://www.xcelus.com/. A simple, social, mobile
friendly learning portal. Also provide XMobile for iPads, XTracker, and custom
eLearning development.
Xerceo Feathercap (Xerceo, Inc.) http://www.feathercap.net/. Includes a course
and quiz builder. Now has mobile and eCommerce capability and has adopted the
Tin Can/Experience API. Formerly Xerceo Infuse and TrainingAtom.
Xerox/ACS Learning Services IXP Content Portal (A Xerox Company)
http://www.acs-inc.com/learning-services.aspx. Primarily a consulting/outsourcing
company for LMS and other learning administration implementations. The original
company - Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. purchased Intellinex in 2006. Now
the company is part of Xerox. Xerox also offers the LearnSomething LMS and
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company consultation service. They offer an LMS exclusively to their clients. Few
details available. Based in Ireland.
637. Xtractor eGate (Xtractor) http://xtractor.se/. Includes e-learning, classroom
courses, mobile learning. Based in Sweden. Also offer the eStudio authoring tool,
eQuick for mobile learning and a tool called e360 Panorama.
638. Yardi Effective Learning (Yardi Systems, Inc.) http://www.yardi.com/. Serving the
real estate industry, Yardi eLearning provides a fully-branded and configurable
training platform. Includes authoring and mobile accessibility. Also offer a catalog
of customizable courses and consulting services.
639. Yardstick Measure (Yardstick) http://getyardstick.com/. Formerly ProTraining.com
T2 Platform. A hosted LMS for online learning. Includes content management and
testing software. Based in Edmonton, Alberta.
640. YourMembership Crowd Wisdom LMS (YourMembership.com Inc.)
Includes SCORM 1.2 compliance, course creation and collaboration tools. Also
offer custom course development and a catalog of off-the-shelf soft skills courses.
Based in India.
Notes:
Google and other search engines are arguably the greatest informal research and
learning tools that we have. Almost everyone involved in the knowledge industries,
teachers, students and many others consult them daily. In 2008, Google launched
Google Code University http://code.google.com/edu/ with sample course content and
tutorials for Computer Science (CS) students and educators on current computing
technologies and paradigms. In 2012, this became the Google Developers University
Consortium https://developers.google.com/university/.
Social networking sites like Facebook, YouTube (owned by Google), Delicious, Twitter,
Wikipedia and many others are enjoying huge popularity. In 2010, Facebook first had
more hits than Google. More learning probably occurs using these tools than with all the
formal tools listed here. Many LMS vendors are adding social networking and informal
learning tools to their products.
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Some organizations modify web content management systems to work as LMSs. Web
content management systems are used to maintain complex web sites. They include
Microsoft Sharepoint, Drupal, Sitecore, OpenText, etc. For example, in 2011 the
American College of Cardiology launched a learning management system (LMS) built
with Sitecore's Web Content Management System (CMS) software by Velir Studios.
In 2011, Terrence Wing wrote a popular article about the use of Facebook as an LMS.
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/612/?utm_campaign=lsmag&utm_medium
=email&utm_source=lsm-news.
An article by Alice Shepherd called Up to Speed: Common LMS Implementation
Failures and How to Avoid Them http://www.2elearning.com/solutions/learning-talentsystems/top-stories/top-stories-item/article/up-tospeed.html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=618&cHash=22067260be.
Elliott Masie wrote a thought-provoking article called Where are the Learning Apps? for
the June 2013 issue of the magazine Inside Learning Technologies & Skills about why
there are no apps for learning management systems. http://buff.ly/1blll9y
Craig Weiss offers a very useful blog on E-Learning. He calls it E-Learning 24/7 and it
can be found at http://elearninfo.com/. He also provides a series of LMS demos at
http://lmsdemos.com/.
Talented Learning http://talentedlearning.com/ provides reviews of LMSs and a blog.
The ProProfs website includes ProProfs LMS Resources general information about
LMSs.
SumTotal Systems resulted from a merger between Click2Learn and Docent. They have
since purchased Pathlore and DK Systems. In June, 2009, SumTotal Systems was
acquired by Vista Equity Partners/Amber Holding. In 2010, SumTotal purchased
SoftScape and on January 5, 2011, they purchased GeoLearning. In July 2011, they
purchased CyberShift Inc. and Accero Inc. signifying a further expansion into
Talent/Human Resources Management.
In Oct, 2006, Skillsoft purchased NETg. In Feb. 2008 Skillsoft partnered with SumTotal
Systems and EEDO to offer interoperability. Skillsoft purchased ElementK from NIIT in
2011 and Mindleaders in 2012 making it by far the largest supplier of online generic
courseware. Skillsoft offers the Skillport LMS and ElementK offered the KnowledgeHub
LMS. In March 2014, Skillsoft itself was purchased by Charterhouse Capital Partners for
a reported $2.3 billion! A major development - in August 2014 it was announced that
Skillsoft would be purchasing SumTotal Systems.
SilkRoad purchased VTN Technologies in Nov. 2008.
Moodle is the most popular open source LMS. As of April 2015, it is estimated that it has
70,000,000 users. There are numerous companies who provide services to clients to
customize, implement, manage and host it. These include Moodlerooms
(http://www.moodlerooms.com/) (They call their Moodle-based LMS joule.
Moodlerooms has been purchased by Blackboard), Lambda Solutions
(http://www.lambdasolutions.net/), open2know.com (http://open2know.com/),
ClassRunner (http://www.classrunner.com), Loom (http://www.loomlearning.com/,
DualCode (http://www.dualcode.com), Elearning Experts (http://elearningexperts.net/),
LearningHouse http://www.learninghouse.com/, Easy Authoring
(http://www.easyauthoring.com/), Totara http://www.totaralms.com/, Kineo
http://www.kineo.com/, Moonami (http://moonami.com/), NetSpot
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dominant vendor in the education market. They are primarily focused on the formal
education sector but they also market to corporations. Blackboard also purchased Angel
Learning in May, 2009 and Elluminate and Wimba (virtual classroom tools) in July 2010
and has integrated them into a new product called Collaborate. Blackboard also
purchased iStrategy in 2010 and incorporated it into Blackboard Analytics suggesting a
move into broader school administration. Blackboard itself was purchased by Providence
Equity Partners in 2011. This probably reflects only a change of ownership and not of
management. Providence also owns Edline, now Blackboard engage. In Nov. 2011,
Blackboard purchased CerBibo, a Chinese online learning company. In March 2012
Blackboard purchased MoodleRooms and NetSpot extending its reach into open source
services. The Vista version of WebCT is being phased out by Blackboard in 2013 and
replaced with Blackboard Learn. Blackboard will continue to support Angel and Edline
for the foreseeable future. In 2013, Blackboard also purchased MyEdu a site for career
planning that links students with employers. In 2014, Blackboard purchased ParentLink
and in 2015 Blackboard will acquire Schoolwires, a company that provides Web sites,
hosting and management for K-12 schools and districts - the next step in Blackboard's
plan for world domination of the K-12 sector. In 2015, Blackboard purchased RemoteLearner a UK based Moodle Partner and provider of open source solutions, Nivel Siete
a Moodle Partner based in Latin America, and X-Ray Analytics, a tool for predicting
student performance trends, which will be integrated into the company's open-source
learning management systems Moodlerooms and Enterprise Moodle. In 2015, they
announced a significant redevelopment they are calling Ultra or the Ultra Experience.
Rapid Learning Management Systems
There is a new breed of systems hosted on the web and readily available to everyone
which Tony Karrer calls Rapid Learning Management Systems
(http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/10/rapid-learning-management-systems.html).
They give individuals and groups of learners access to online learning and provide some
management tools. They usually include some course authoring tools, eCommerce
features and community networking. Some of them are:
For Corporate Training:
It is natural that with the increased popularity of SaaS, cloud computing, and social
networking the LMS would evolve to include them. Many behind the firewall LMSs are
including social networking tools within the organization because many employers are
reluctant to give employees access to Facebook, Twitter, etc. out of fear that they will
waste time on them. Some of the above tools give access to outside the enterprise
social networking but with a learning focus.
Perhaps we can call them open access, training marketplaces and communities or
learning management networks (CoursePark's term).
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Course authoring tools are often incorporated into LCMSs and Education LMSs but are
not available separately. These are frequently web-based and enable collaborative
authoring. Some authoring tools are add-ons to LMSs and others are independent
products. The independent ones often include or offer a simple LMS to track the
courses created with their tools.
It is difficult to categorize authoring tools comprehensively. Every possible flavor exists
and there is a good deal of overlap in these categories. As a rough guide I have tried to
note, where possible, which type each tool is. For additional tools that I dont classify as
course authoring see the list of Some tools for adding interactivity to courses.
For best of breed, it may be appropriate to use several tools in combination, for example
Questionmark Perception and Respondus offer test creation tools beyond any other
authoring tools.
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88. CrossKnowledge Mohive (CrossKnowledge, France)
http://www.crossknowledge.com/en_GB/elearning/technologies/mohive.html. A
collaborative course design tool. CrossKnowledge also provides the Epistema
LMS and CrossKnowledge Academy online courses for training professionals.
Purchased by John Wiley and Sons in 2014.
89. CU Training MENTOR (CU Training Inc.) http://www.cutraining.com/. Also offer
TLC LMS a course authoring tool and numerous courses for credit unions.
Based in Nanaimo, BC.
90. Daden trainingscapes (Daden Limited) http://www.daden.co.uk/. 3D learning
environments can be built from an existing library of objects, and scenarios and
simulations can be created, edited and managed.
91. Dan Bricklins Software Garden (Software Garden, Inc.)
http://www.bricklin.com/softwaregarden.htm. Offers several tools including a notetaking app and the wikiCalc web authoring tool for pages that include data that is
more than just unformatted prose. Dan Bricklin is the original developer of
VisiCalc. His early Demo program was for MSDOS only. demo-it! is for Windows
and may still be available from Lifeboat Publishing at
http://www.sourcedata.com/600/000619.html. It is, however, unclear as to how well
it has been tested with current versions of Windows.
92. Dassault Systmes 3DVIA (Dassault Systmes) http://www.3ds.com/. A variety of
3D simulation tools. Based in France. Teknomics in India also works with them.
93. datango performance suite (datango AG, Berlin) http://www.datango.com/.
Software simulation and on-line help development. It supports the rollout, upgrade
and operation of enterprise applications such as ERP, CRM, and SCM systems. It
automatically creates documentation, classroom training presentations, e-learning
materials, and online help and translates it into more than 40 languages.
94. Data Pro Grupa GenExis (Data Pro Grupa Ltd.) http://dataprogrupa.com/.
Provides for a database of learning materials and random exercise generation.
Based in Latvia.
95. DAULsoft LectureMAKER (Daulsoft Co., Ltd.). http://www.daulsoft.com/. Also
offer TestMAKER and E-Class SYSTEM a community-based learning portal.
Based in Korea.
96. DazzlerMax (Dazzlersoft.com) http://www.dazzlersoft.com. Based in the UK. The
website appears to be out of date. Status unclear.
97. DELFI LERSUS EasyContent (DELFI Software)
http://www.lersus.de/content/enu/product-n-solutions/authoring-system/ Based in
Germany but product available in English. Also offer LERSUS MMS which has
learning and content management features.
98. DigitalOfficePro PowerFlashPoint (Digitalofficepro, Inc.)
http://www.digitalofficepro.com/. A PowerPoint to Flash converter. They also offer
PowerQuizPoint for creating quizzes.
99. Digital Workshop Opus Pro (Digital Workshop) http://www.digitalworkshop.com/.
Produces interactive applications at all levels including Adobe Flash, SCORM and
Moodle elearning materials, simulations, games, and assessments with automatic
scoring. Based in the UK.
100. Digitec Interactive Direct-to-WEB (Digitec, Inc.)
http://www.knowledgedirectweb.com. Part of the Knowledge Direct Learning
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English and other languages. They also offer TvLearn for rapid elearning,
elearning manager an LMS and elearning live a virtual classroom. The
LCMS elearning suite includes all of the tools.
EDpuzzle (EDpuzzle Inc.) https://edpuzzle.com/. A tool for teachers to make
videos into lessons. Allows them to crop videos and add voice and quizzes.
eduCanon (eduCanon) http://www.educanon.com/. Converts passive videos to
active learning by adding questions.
EduIQ.com Advanced eLearning Builder (EduIQ.com)
http://www.eduiq.com/elearning.htm. An inexpensive tool for creating tests,
tutorials and exercises.
Edu-Performance TACTIC! Editor (Edu-Performance, a division of Parta
Dialogue Inc.) http://www.tacticsoftware.com/english/tactic_editor_index.html. Also
offer TACTIC! LMS. Based in Quebec, Canada.
Edutech Content Authoring Tool (Edutech) http://www.edutech.com/learningsolutions/learning-ecosystem.htm. Part of the Learning Ecosystem that includes
an LMS, collaboration and a classroom capture and delivery system. Mainly for
education but they also provide services to energy, banking and other sectors.
Based in Dubai.
edX XBlock SDK (edX) https://www.edx.org/, edX released the open source code
for its underlying architecture supporting EdX course content. XBlocks are a
prototype second-generation application programming interface for hierarchically
combined EdX courseware components such as video players and learning
sequences. The XBlock source code allows course developers to combine
independent XBlocks to create engaging online courses such as wiki-based
collaborative learning environments and online laboratories, or create integrated
education tools such as simulators. edX is one of the original MOOCs.
Edynco (EDlab d.o.o.) www.edynco.com. An online tool for creating interactive
learning maps that can include quizzes, videos and recordings. Based in Slovenia.
e-Learning Consulting e-Learning Authoring Tool (e-Learning Consulting)
http://www.e-learningconsulting.com. A tool for creating SCORM conformant, rich
media courses containing text plus images, Flash animations, audio, video and
quizzes. Also offer a low-cost LMS for e-learning, Flash Course Development
Toolkit, some SCORM tools, and consulting services.
e-learning WMB Jackdaw (e-learning WMB) http://www.e-learningwmb.co.uk.
The company is primarily a custom developer of e-learning courses. Jackdaw is
an authoring tool/content management system supplied with Open Elms open
source LMS.
eLearning247 nimbleAuthor (eLearning247 Limited) http://elearning247.com/.
Part of their cloud based LMS. Free to get started. Based in the UK. Also offer
consulting services. Not to be confused with Craig Weiss blog at
http://www.elearning247.co/.
ElearningForce WordForce (ElearningForce) http://www.elearningforce.com/. A
conversion tool for Word. They also offer PowerPointForce and QuizForce and
SharePoint LMS based on Microsoft SharePoint. These tools are also used by
Joomla.
Elucidat (Elucidat) http://www.elucidat.com/. Cloud-based, HTML 5 authoring tool
that is SCORM and Tin Can conformant. Uses interactive branching scenarios.
Based in the UK.
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Learning Library Course Builder Engine (Learning Library Inc.)
http://www.learninglibrary.com/. Multiplatform and SCORM conformant authoring.
Also offer iLMS Director LMS and a catalog of business and educational courses.
Based in Toronto, Canada.
Learning Nexus Course Builder (Learning Nexus Ltd.)
http://www.learningnexus.co.uk/create. A web-based, collaborative authoring tool.
Also offer a catalog of courses.
Learning Pool Authoring Tool (Learning Pool) http://www.learningpool.com/. Also
offer Adapt Learning a responsive mobile tool, Encore a mobile app that sends
timed reminders to learners, the Totara LMS, custom development, and
customizable courses. Based in the UK.
LearningStation Insight Assessment (LearningStation, Inc.)
http://www.learningstation.com/. For the creation and delivery of formative, interim
and benchmark assessments for K12 students online, on paper and on mobile
devices. Integrated with itslearning.
LearnLive Capture (LearnLive Technologies: Now part of Thomson Reuters)
http://www.learnlivetech.com/. One part of a family of products called LearnLive
Continuum that also includes Compass (an LMS), Compliance Tracking
(compliance manager), and ConnectTM (Webcasting). Geared to training for
accounting professionals.
Learnosity (Learnosity Ltd.) http://www.learnosity.com. Interactive assessment
authoring software. Based in Ireland and Australia.
learnPro Rapid Authoring (learnPro) http://www.learnpro.co.uk/. Also offer
SCORM/Tin Can conformance, Assessment and an LMS. Based in the UK.
Learnsoft e-ZStudio (Learnsoft Technology Group) http://training.learnsoft.com/.
A web-based, collaborative authoring tool with rapid learning features. They also
offer two LMSs Global Learning Manager (GLM) and MeduRx Healthcare LMS.
LecShare Pro (LecShare, Inc.) http://www.lecshare.com. A tool that provides for
conversion of PowerPoint presentations with audio to QuickTime movies,
accessible HTML, MPEG-4 files (Video Podcasts), and/or Microsoft Word
documents.
LessonWriter (LessonWriter, Inc.) http://www.lessonwriter.com/. A free (additional
features are available in paid premium versions) website which allows teachers to
create lessons, collaborate with other teachers and manage content and student
progress. Primarily for teaching literacy skills.
Linden Research Second Life (Linden Research, Inc.) http://secondlife.com. A
3D animated social networking community with great potential for learning.
link-lab hylOs Author (link-lab) http://www.link-lab.net. Part of the hylOs CMS.
Also offer CeBIT for mobile learning. Based in Germany.
LionSher (Kern Communications Pvt. Ltd.). http://www.lionsher.com/. A cloud
based tool for creating and delivering tests. Based in India.
Litespeed Dr. Editor (Litespeed Education) http://www.litespeed.com.sg/. A tool
for creating assessments. Litespeed also offers an LMS, LCMS, a school
management system and courseware for primary and secondary students. Based
in Singapore.
Litmos Author (Litmos Limited) http://www.litmos.com. Part of the Litmos LMS.
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Supports the Tin Can API and HTML5. Acquired by Callidus Software
http://www.callidussoftware.com/ in the second quarter of 2011. Callidus Software
also purchased Rapid Intake and the Rapid Intake authoring tool is now part of
Litmos Author.
LodeStar (LodeStar Learning Corporation) http://www.lodestarlearning.com/.
With easy to use templates.
Lumesse CourseBuilder (Lumess AS) http://www.lumesse.com. A web-based
authoring tool. The latest version of CourseBuilder can create content for mobile
learning. Based in the UK. Also offer Lumesss Learning Gateway an SaaS
LMS. Lumesse purchased Edvantage in 2011.
Lumi Mobile (Lumi Technologies Ltd.) http://www.lumimobile.com/. Mobile apps
for creating surveys, managing meetings, etc. Based in the UK.
MadCap Flare (MadCap Software, Inc.) http://www.madcapsoftware.com. A tool
for the creation of technical documentation for online help, software and API
documentation, policy & procedure manuals, knowledge bases or user guides.
Can manage and publish content to a variety of formats, including print, online,
desktop and mobile. Also offer a range of other products.
MAF-Learning Technologies DE-Scribe (MAF-Learning Technologies a
division of Mission Aviation Fellowship) http://maflt.org/. A content editor for
creating and publishing courses. Includes mobile device delivery (HTML?).
Maqetta (The Dojo Foundation) http://maqetta.org/. Open source authoring for
HTML5.
Matchware Mediator (MatchWare A/S)
http://www.matchware.com/en/products/mediator/. A multimedia authoring tool for
presentations. Outputs to Flash. MatchWare also offers MindView for mind
mapping and ScreenCorder for screen capture.
MaxIT LearnerWeb Ability Design Studio (MaxIT Corp.) http://www.maxit.com.
A web-based collaborative authoring platform. They also are a reseller of iSpring
and DominKnow Claro. They also offer the LearnerWeb Enterprise LMS and
consultation services.
McGraw-Hill LearnSmart Advantage (The McGraw-Hill Companies).
http://learnsmart.prod.customer.mcgraw-hill.com/. A suite of tools including
LearnSmart, SmartBook, LearnSmart Prep, LearnSmart Labs, and LearnSmart
Achieve. LearnSmarts game-like interface allows students to compete against
their classmates and other students. LearnSmart is an adaptive learning system
that uses a series of questions to pinpoint knowledge gaps and provides students
with an individualized learning path. In Nov. 2012, McGraw Hill Education was
purchased by Apollo Global Management, LLC. (An investment firm not,
apparently, associated with the parent company of the University of Phoenix
Apollo Group, Inc.). McGraw-Hill Education has partnered with Ancile Solutions to
provide eLearning software.
Melon Author (Melon, Inc.) http://melonlearning.com/. A rapid content authoring
tool based on Microsoft PowerPoint. Based in Bulgaria. Also offer Melon LMS.
Memorize (Memorize.com) http://memorize.com/. A web-based tool for rapid
creation and sharing of training materials.
Microsoft Learning Content Development System (LCDS) (Microsoft, Inc.)
https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/lcds-tool.aspx. A free(!) tool for general
course development. Works with Silverlight and in seven languages.
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including tips and tutorials for managing projects and assignments.
244. Microsoft Learning Suite (Microsoft, Inc.) http://www.pilnetwork.com/Resources/Tools/Details/9db2ca32-098d-40ad-a4c4-d236d50bd4dc.
Includes more than 20 tools and teacher resources. Another list of free Microsoft
tools can be found at http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/free-elearningresources/item/433-23-microsoft-free-teaching-tools-for-educators-education.
245. Microsoft Office Mix (Microsoft) https://mix.office.com/. For turning PowerPoint
presentations into interactive online lessons. Includes audio and video.
Introduced in 2014. Free - works only with PowerPoint 2013.
246. Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft) http://www.microsoft.com. Primarily a
presentation tool but sophisticated users can use it for generating effective
elearning especially using conversion tools many of which are included in this list.
247. Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint (Microsoft, Inc.)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/default.aspx. (Search for Producer for
PowerPoint). A free downloadable plug-in for PowerPoint to capture and
synchronize audio, video, slides, and images, then preview and publish for viewing
in a Web browser. Apparently only available for PowerPoint 2003. See Office Mix
above for newer alternatives.
248. Microsoft Silverlight (Microsoft, Inc) http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/silverlight/bb187358.aspx. This is a plug-in that Microsoft is promoting as an
alternative to Adobe Flash. So far the uptake has been underwhelming. HTML5
offers more promise.
249. Mind Click game engine (Mind Click) http://www.mind-click.com/gamify/. A UK
based custom eLearning and Totara partner that has developed a standalone
game engine that integrates with Articulate Storyline content.
250. Mindflash (Mindflash Technologies Inc.) http://www.mindflash.com. A web-based
collaborative authoring tool for e-learning with a portal for delivery. Conversion
from PowerPoint, Video, Word or PDF files. Also offer online quiz creation.
251. MindLeaders Create Authoring System (ThirdForce Group plc (MindLeaders))
http://www.mindleaders.com/. Also offer a Talent Development Solution with an
LMS and many courses. They merged with Thirdforce in 2007. Skillsoft
purchased Mindleaders in Sept. 2012 so the future of this tool is uncertain.
252. Mindjet MindManager (Mindjet) http://www.mindjet.com/mindmanager/. A mind
mapping tool that can be used to organize instructional design projects.
253. MindonSite MOS SOLO (Mindonsite - Integral Coaching SA)
http://www.mindonsite.com. A free authoring tool. Based in Switzerland but site is
available in English. They also offer the MOS Chorus LMS.
254. MindTickle (MindTickle Inc.) http://www.mindtickle.com/. A platform that is both an
authoring tool that emphasizes social and game learning for engagement and a
basic LMS with analytics that is mobile friendly. Headquartered in the United
States, development/operations team in India.
255. Mintra Publisher (Mintra Trainingportal AS) http://www.mintra.no/. Also offer
Mintra Trainingportal - an LMS developed for the oil and gas industry and
consultation and custom development. Based in Norway. Acquired by
Riverside/Grace Hill in 2014.
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for creating animated movies, ImageBlender photo editing software, Pixie for
elementary students to create presentations, and Wixie for teachers to use to help
students create projects in the cloud.
TechSmith Camtasia Studio (TechSmith Corporation) http://www.techsmith.com
a screen recorder and simulation tool. Also handles PowerPoint, video and audio
and can be used for lecture capture. Works with a Smart Player for Flash and
HTML5 output. They also offer Snagit for static screen capture, Jing
http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ a free web-based screen capture tool, and
Screencast for presentation sharing. Camtasia and Snagit are also available as
part of Lectora Inspire.
TEDS Learning Composer (TEDS Inc.) http://www.teds.com/. Also SimCorder (a
simulation tool). TEDS began as an LMS and has grown to offer a full Talent
Management suite.
TelSim NOAH (Telsim Software, Inc.) http://www.noahx.com. An animated
character/avatar.
TFactor Knowledge Portal 360 Course Builder (TFactor, Inc.)
http://www.tfactor.net. This tool is part of the LMS/LCMS. They also offer PPT to
Flash Studio and Flash Demo Builder.
The Document Foundation LibreOffice (The Document Foundation)
http://www.libreoffice.org/. An open source office suite very much like OpenOffice.
Includes Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheet), Impress (presentation),
Draw (drawing), Base (database), and Math (equation editor). Can open Microsoft
Office documents. Presentations can be exported as Flash and other documents
can be saved as pdfs.
The KnowHow Hub OneClickBuild and ShowHow (The KnowHow Hub)
www.thekhub.com. OneClickBuild is a content creation tool which allows clients to
create their own SCORM elearning content from Word documents without any
special templates or training. ShowHow is a screen capture tool for building
interactive transaction simulations. They are included with The KnowHow Hub
LMS. Formerly BRIDGE People and Technology. Based in South Africa. Also offer
custom elearning design.
The Quality Group OpusWorks Composer (The Quality Group)
http://thequalitygroup.net. A cloud-based collaborative authoring system within the
OpusWorks Conductor lean LMS. . They also offer an extensive library of
courses on quality management (Six Sigma, Project management, etc.)
The Regis Company SimGate Tool (The Regis Company)
http://regiscompany.com/simulations/simgate/. A tool for simulation development.
They also offer custom simulations.
The Training Market Virtual Coach Developer (The Training Market)
http://www.thetrainingmarket.com/ Based in New Zealand. Also offer Virtual
Coach Player and Training Assistant a lean LMS.
ThinkArchitect (Think Associates) http://www.think-associates.co.uk/. An online
enterprise-level Learning Object Management toolkit that integrates content
development and authoring activities across an organisation. Optionally includes
ThinkBuilder a desktop application that permits rapid authoring from Microsoft
Office and ThinkLibarian a web solution that turns SharePoint into an
enterprise Learning Content Management System (LCMS).
Thinking Cap Studio (Thinking Cap) http://www.thinkingcap.com. A collaborative
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(web-based) authoring tool that creates SCORM compliant courseware that can be
can be delivered to web, print or to mobile devices without reauthoring. Formerly
known as Agile.net. Also offer Thinking Cap LMS. Based in Toronto.
Thinking Worlds (Caspian Learning) http://www.thinkingworlds.com. A 3D engine
and authoring environment which enables designers to create and publish highly
immersive simulations like Second Life.
time4you IBT Authoring (time4you GmbH ) http://www.time4you.de/. A webbased tool. Also offer IBT Content Conversion and IBT Web Content
Management.
Time To Know Content Generation Studio (Time To Know, Inc.)
http://www.timetoknow.com/. An authoring tool for use with their Digital Learning
Platform.
TrainCaster (TrainCaster.com) http://www.traincaster.com/. The LMS includes
several authoring tools including PowerPoint and MS Word conversion and
assessment.
Trainingbricks Bricklayer (Training Bricks Ltd.) http://www.trainingbricks.com. A
full-featured desktop authoring tool from the UK. Includes assessment tools and
some built-in tracking capability.
Training JumpStart Exam Gorilla module (Training JumpStart)
http://www.trainingjumpstart.com/. For test and survey creation. Also offer the
web-based Training JumpStart Portal LMS.
Travitor Course Publisher and Swift Presenter (Travitor Media)
http://www.travitor.com/. Swift Presenter is a PowerPoint conversion tool. Also
offer Centrix LMS (Course Publisher is part of the LMS) and more than 3000
business and technical courses.
Trivantis Lectora Publisher (Trivantis) http://lectora.com/. Can publish to HTML5
for mobile learning. Supports the Tin Can API in version 11. They also offer Lectora
Inspire which includes TechSmith Camtasia and SnagIt and Flypaper (Flypaper
was purchased by Trivantis in 2011), Lectora Online for web-based collaborative
authoring and CourseMill an LMS for online courses. Announced in May 2011,
Snap! a PowerPoint converter/rapid authoring tool is also offered. Announced in
January, 2012: CourseMill Talent Management designed to identify gaps in staff
development and address those gaps. As of April 2015, Lectora Inspire includes
templates and other tools from eLearning Brothers.
Trivantis Snap! By Lectora (Trivantis) http://lectora.com/rapid-e-learning-snapby-lectora. A PowerPoint converter/editor that allows adding video, audio, quizzes,
links, etc. to PowerPoint presentations with YouTube and video narration
capabilities. Snap! Empower enables the creation of Flash animations.
Trunity Authoring for Learning Environments (Trunity) http://www.trunity.com.
Provides for collaborative creation, crowdsourcing, editing and publishing of virtual
textbooks. Includes social/collaborative learning. Also offer an LMS and a
Knowledge Exchange for croudsourced content and virtual textbooks. Marketed
to enterprises and publishers as well as education.
TutorPro Live Content Studio and TutorAuthor NG (TutorPro Ltd.)
http://www.tutorpro.com/. They also offer an LMS, Performance Support Suite,
mobile learning tools, assessments and a course library. Based in the UK.
Tuval Speech-Over (Tuval Software Industries Ltd.) http://www.speechover.com.
Adds voice-over narration to PowerPoint presentations.
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Tool) (University of British Columbia Arts)
http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/mloat.htm. A free tool that can combine video,
audio, images and texts into one synchronized learning object. Offered along with
several other tools.
373. Ucompass Octane (Ucompass.com, Inc) http://www.ucompass.com. Octane
enables content creators to enhance existing content by adding new tools and
functionality. Also offer an LMS called Educate.
374. Udutu Online Course Authoring (Udutu) http://www.udutu.com. Web-based
collaborative authoring available free with Udutu LMS. Based in Victoria, BC.
375. Vantage Path SmartBuilder (Vantage Path) http://vantagepath.com/onlinetraining-software/. A web-based tool that includes PowerPoint conversion,
branching scenarios and assessments. They also offer test making software, an
LMS and custom e-learning development. Based in Calgary, AB.
376. VastPark (VastPark Pty Ltd.) http://www.vastpark.com/. A virtual
environment/world using avatars.
377. Vcom3D Vcommunicator Studio (Vcom3D Inc.) http://www.vcom3d.com.
Animated characters to help students learn word meanings. A suite that includes
Gesture Builder and Vcommunicator Mobile. They also offer Sign Smith,
SigningAvatar, Illustrated Dictionary for learning American Sign Language and ASL
Animations.
378. VenueGen (VenueGen) http://www.venuegen.com/. A virtual environment/world
using avatars. Called a virtual classroom for K-12.
379. Venza Sherpa (Venza Group, Inc.) http://www.venzagroup.com/. A rapid course
development tool. Also offer Venza Learning Management System and courses
for the hospitality and health industries.
380. Versal (Versal Group, Inc.) https://versal.com/. The course creator is a web-based
collaborative publishing platform that allows you to create interactive courses by
adding text, videos, images, quizzes and interactive learning gadgets. Free for
the education market. Includes a Chrome app and LTI integration. Introduced in
2013 and still in beta as of Oct. 2014. There is also Versal Foundation that is a
granting agency to support the development of free eLearning courses.
381. Verso (Verso Learning) http://versoapp.com/. An app for iPads and Android
devices that adds interactivity to presentations and push content to students to
check on their understanding. Also offer Verso Campus for teachers to share
resources. Based in Australia.
382. VIDIZMO (VIDIZMO LLC) http://www.vidizmo.com//. VIDIZMO offers a video
portal and streaming media solutions that can be used for communications, sales,
etc. in addition to learning. They include authoring, a webinar platform, lecture
capture, and a marketplace for education and integration with Microsoft
Sharepoint, Microsoft Lync, Cisco Webex, Citrix GoToMeeting and various LMSs.
383. Viidea http://www.viidea.com/. A platform for publishing videos with tools for
synchronizing PowerPoint presentations and management. Hard to categorize.
384. Vitalect Techniq Portfolio (Vitalect Inc.) http://www.vitalect.com. Also offer
Techniq Online University LMS and Techniq Evaluation.
385. Vidzor (Vidzor Limited) http://vidzor.com/. a self-serve authoring suite for making
interactive HTML5 video without using a line of code. Based in the UK.
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marketplace for courses. Includes a course and quiz builder. Now has mobile and
eCommerce capability and has adopted the Tin Can/Experience API. Can import
courses developed in Articulate Storyline. Formerly Xerceo Infuse and
TrainingAtom.
Xerte (The University of Nottingham)
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/index.aspx. Open source tools for authoring.
Xical (Active Content AG, richdale & friends) http://www.xical.org/. A free, open
source player for media rich presentations.
Xtractor eStudio (Xtractor) http://xtractor.se/. A complete web-based
(collaborative) e-learning authoring tool. Based in Sweden. Also offer eQuick for
mobile learning, the eGate LMS and a tool called e360 Panorama which offers a
360 degree view of objects with close-up views of specific parts.
XStream SofTV.Presenter (XStream Software Inc.)
http://www.xstreamsoftware.com/. A streaming media authoring tool. Also offer
SCORM Library (XSL) - a delivery and tracking platform for Sharepoint and several
other Sharepoint tools. Based in Ottawa.
Xyleme Dynamic Assembly Application (Xyleme) http://www.xyleme.com. Part
of the Xyleme LCMS. Formerly Novizio.
Zaption (Zaption) https://www.zaption.com/. Platform for making videos interactive
with images, text, and questions. Also offer ready-to-use video lessons. Provides
some analytics and integrates with LMSs. Basic version is free.
ZebraZapps (Allen Learning Technologies LLC) https://www.zebrazapps.com/. A
cloud-based authoring system new in 2011 from Michael Allen that includes
sharing and publishing. Supports the Tin Can API. Has partnered with the
eLearning Brothers to produce photographic character packs.
Zenler Studio (Zenler - DigitalOfficePro, Inc.) http://www.zenler.com/. A Gamebased eLearning course development tool. Includes PowerPoint conversion and
quiz creation features. Version 4.1 ProPlus publishes to HTML5. They also offer
an LMS Zenler Online.
Zentrick Studio (Zentrick) https://www.zentrick.com/. A video platform for creating
interactive experiences, publishing and managing them. Marketed as a marketing
tool but could also be used for eLearning.
Ziiva Prosperity Creator (Ziiva, Inc.) http://www.ziiva.com/. Is included in
Prosperity LMS.
Znanja (Velsoft) http://www.znanja.com/ and http://www.velsoft.com/. A converter
from Microsoft Word or PowerPoint into e-learning but includes many other tools
as well including quiz, video, etc. Included with their Velocity LMS. Based in New
Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Adobe is a major player in the eLearning field but mainly for course authoring (Flash,
Director, Dreamweaver, Captivate, etc.) and virtual classroom (Adobe Connect
Professional). Adobe does not offer a true LMS but they announced in August 2015 that
they are building one.
Many LCMSs and education LMSs (e.g. Blackboard, D2L, Moodle) offer course
authoring tools as part of their systems but the authoring tools are not available
separately.
A list of PowerPoint to Flash conversion tools is available at
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Joe Ganci has produced an article called Seven Top Authoring Tools providing a
comparison of their features at
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/768/?utm_campaign=lsmag&utm_medium
=email&utm_source=lsm-news.
Kineo offers reviews of authoring tools at http://www.kineo.com/m/0/authoring-tools-formulti-device-delivery.pdf.
Each year, Jane Hart produces a list of the Top 100 Tools for Learning compiled from
the Top 10 Tools lists of learning professionals worldwide from education, training and
workplace learning. Her definition of tools is very broad. It is interesting to note that the
tools that head the list are standard search and social media tools like Twitter, Google,
Youtube, Facebook, etc.
There is an excellent article from ADL Co-Laboratories on choosing an eLearning
authoring tool at http://www.adlnet.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ChoosingAuthoring-Tools.pdf.
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Virtual Classrooms
Also called Web Conferencing, these tools provide an interface for synchronous, overthe-web meetings for small or large groups (large group meetings are often called
webinars) and classes. They typically include a whiteboard for presentation and data
sharing with interactive graphic tools. They may also include video sharing, audio tools,
a chat window for instant messaging among participants and polling and feedback tools.
Many offer recording so that the presentation can be viewed later. Some vendors cater
to business and some to education. Tools designed strictly for webcasting lack some of
these interactive tools.
With some exceptions, virtual classrooms are not typically included in LMSs but are
available as third party solutions. Most LMSs offer integration with specific third party
tools.
The term Virtual Learning Environments is a term used to describe education learning
management systems particularly in the UK. More recently it has come to mean a webbased platform that enables a virtual event or simulates a conference. In the ELearning
Media Group Learning Trends Report, New Horizons: Virtual Learning Environments
(2011, January) they are described as a blend of Webcasts, virtual classes, learning
rooms, networking lounges, resource libraries, and social media. They fit between
virtual classrooms and virtual worlds like Second Life.
There are also the unified communications tools like Cisco Jabber,
This is not a totally comprehensive list. An Internet search for Web Conferencing will
turn up many more. I have tried to identify the major players by the highlights. There
are also numerous resellers of these products.
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Peach New Media Freestone Webinar and Webcast Platforms (Peach New
Media, Inc. an Abila company) http://www.peachnewmedia.com/. Includes chat
mode, polling and surveys, connection to Evernote and social media. Part of the
LMS - Freestone. Also offer MyFreestone a customizable platform that includes
course creation. Cater to associations the parent company Abila makes an
association management platform.
PGi (PGi, Inc.) http://www.pgi.com. Offer iMeet for web conferencing with up to 15
people and GlobalMeet for sharing presentations and collaborating with large
groups.
PeopleLink (PeopleLink Corporate Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) http://peoplelink.in/. High
definition video conferencing.
Pexip Infinity (Pexip AS) http://www.pexip.com/. A scalable meeting platform
that connects communications tools, such as Microsoft Lync, and traditional videoand audio conferencing together. Based in the UK.
podia (podia Ltd.) http://www.podia.net. Based in UK. A sister company to the
interactive whiteboard company Promethean
Polycom RealPresence (Polycom, Inc.) http://www.polycom.com/. Polycom
provides a wide range of voice and video conferencing systems. They like to use
the term video collaboration.
PresentationTube (PresentationTube.com powered by YouTube)
http://presentationtube.com/. An online platform for recording and sharing video
presentations. Based in Egypt.
Pro-ductivity web collaboration software (Pro-ductivity Systems LLC)
http://www.pro-ductivity.com. Also offer an LMS and authoring tools.
Radvision SCOPIA Video Conferencing (Radvision) http://www.radvision.com/.
Rainmaker vClassroom (Rainmaker Systems).
http://www.viewcentral.com/vclassroom.html. Part of the ViewCentral LMS.
Rainmaker purchased ViewCentral in September, 2006. They also offer
GrowCommerce for marketing. In 2015, they are planning to drop the Rainmaker
name and rebrand to ViewCentral.
Raytheon Professional Services VILT360 (Raytheon Professional Services
(RPS)) http://www.raytheon.com/. Offered in three versions VILT360, VCT360,
and vBroadcast360. Also offer ConvertixTM for converting instructor-led training to
web-based training and consultation services.
ReadyTalk Web Conferencing (ReadyTalk) http://www.readytalk.com/. A single
product for web, video & audio conferencing.
Refined Data Vantage Point (Refined Data Solutions Inc.)
http://www.refineddata.com/. Refined Data is an Adobe Connect Partner. Vantage
Point is a tool that allows instructors on Adobe Connect to see and interact with
students. Also offer Connect-2-Moodle that allows Adobe Connect to work with
Moodle and the Refined Training LMS Based in Ontario, Canada.
RHUB TurboMeeting (RHUB Communications, Inc.) http://www.rhubcom.com/.
An installed conferencing appliance marketed as a web conferencing tool rather
than a virtual classroom. A free version is available for up to 25 minute sessions.
Saba Collaboration@Work/Meeting (Saba) http://www.saba.com/us/socialcollaboration/. Centra was one of the original virtual classrooms and was
purchased by Saba in 2006. It has been rebranded as Saba Meeting.
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social network for businesses that includes collaboration tools like desktop sharing
and conferencing. Salesforce purchased Dimdim in 2011.
ShowDocument (HBR Labs, LLC.) http://www.showdocument.com/. Free for up to
3 participants for 30 minutes. Includes screen sharing, collaboration and
whiteboard.
SimplyDigi DigiCast (SimplyDigi.com, Inc.)
http://www.simplydigi.com/Products/WebConferencing.
Skype (Skype Limited) http://www.skype.com/. Not a full featured virtual
classroom, it is a free (up to a point) internet telephone service used by many as a
meeting alternative. Purchased by eBay in 2005, then by a Silver Lake consortium
in 2009 and by Microsoft in 2011.
Skytap Cloud for virtual training (Skytap, Inc.)
http://www.skytap.com/solutions/virtual-training.
Smile Tiger eMeeting Server (SmileTiger Software Corporation)
http://www.smiletiger.com/. Available in several versions.
Sonic Foundry MediaSite (Sonic Foundry, Inc.) http://www.sonicfoundry.com/.
Includes lecture capture, webcasting, and knowledge management. They have
partnered with Vaddio who provide remote controlled cameras and whiteboard
tools.
Speechi Share and Speechi Interactive (Speechi US)
http://www.speechi.net/us/.
SQLearn Web Meetings (SQLearn) http://www.sqlearn.com/. Also offer LMSapp
for tablets, SQLearn e-learning Suite - an LMS based on Moodle and custom
course development. Based in Greece.
Sync.in (A Cynapse service) http://sync.in/. Not a full-fledged virtual classroom, it
is a web based word processor for collaboration. Like Google Docs with more
features. Free up to a point.
TalkPoint Webcasting (TalkPoint) http://www.talkpointcommunications.com/.
More for webcasting than a virtual classroom. Also offer Convey that is a selfservice, SaaS-based webcasting product.
TEAMINGS http://www.teamings.com/ A web-conferencing integrator/reseller.
Formerly BridgeOne Global Solutions.
TeamViewer (TeamViewer Inc.) http://www.teamviewer.com/. A tool for remote
access and support over the Internet that can also be used for meetings and
presentations. Free for private use.
Telenect (Telenect) https://www.telenect.com/. Includes video and chat features.
TFactor Web Conferencing and Collaboration (TFactor, Inc.)
http://www.tfactor.net.
The Streaming Network (The Streaming Network)
http://www.thestreamingnetwork.com. Video conferencing. Associated with Virtual
Events.ca. They are now a distributor for ON24's webcasting and virtual/online
events platform. Based in Toronto.
Time4You IBT Live Collaboration (Time4You GmbH) http://www.time4you.de. It
is unclear if this product is still available. Based in Germany.
Tokbox (TokBox Inc.) http://www.tokbox.com/. Offers an API and Apps to allow
people to add video chat to their computers and mobile devices.
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playground for browsing the web with collaborators, sharing images, and holding
conference calls for free.
Unify (Unify, formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications) http://www.unify.com/.
Unified communications.
Unisfair (Intercall, a subsidiary of West Corporation) http://www.unisfair.com/. A
virtual event solution or virtual learning environment. Sold to Intercall
http://www.intercall.com/ in March 2011.
vcasmo (VCASMO) http://www.vcasmo.com. A presentation platform for video
and slides with mobile access.
Viack VIA3 (Viack Corporation) http://www.via3.com/.
VideoCentric VideoCloud 365 (VideoCentric Ltd.) http://www.videocentric.co.uk/.
A cloud-based videoconferencing service built on the Pexip Infinity platform.
VideoCentric is a videoconferencing specialist and offer custom solutions. Based
in the UK.
Viidea (Viidea) http://www.viidea.com/. A platform for publishing videos with tools
for synchronizing PowerPoint presentations and management. Hard to categorize.
VirtualEvents.ca (VirtualEvents.ca) http://www.virtualevents.ca. A virtual event
platform or virtual learning environment. Associated with The Streaming Network.
Based in Toronto.
Vidyo (Vidyo, Inc.) http://www.vidyo.com/. Emphasis on HD video. Uses highly
compressed video over wireless networks for video-conferencing with almost any
device. Works with Microsoft Lync Online and they have a partnership with Google.
Voxeet (Voxeet) http://www.voxeet.com/. For group conferencing with good sound
quality.
VSee (VSee Lab, Inc.) http://vsee.com/. Group video chat and app sharing.
Vyew (Simult, Inc.) http://vyew.com/s/. Meetings, screen and document sharing,
conferencing and collaboration. Free for up to 10 people. Ad supported.
Web ConCentral (Web Conferencing Central) http://www.web-conferencingcentral.com/.
WebConference.com (Webconference.com) http://www.webconference.com.
HD Video and Audio Conferencing.
WebHuddle https://www.webhuddle.com/. An open-source web conferencing tool.
WebinarsOnAir (Webinars OnAir) https://www.webinarsonair.com/. Based on
Google + Hangouts with tools to monetize webinars, social media integration, and
email response.
WebMeet Pro (WebMeetPro) https://www.webmeetpro.com
Winnov Cbox and Videum Conference Pro XP (Winnov USA)
http://www.winnov.com. Tools for rich media webcasting and lecture capture.
WizIQ Virtual Classroom (WizIQ Inc.) http://www.wiziq.com. Includes the ability to
create and deliver courses with assessment tools and content sharing. Has plugins for Moodle, Sakai and Blackboard. Also offer a mobile friendly LMS, WizIQ
Recorder for creating synchronized video Includes a wide range of courses for
fees and a MOOC for teachers. authorGen is the parent company of WizIQ.
XStream sofTV.Presentor (softTV.net, a division of XStream Software Inc.)
http://www.softv.net. Streaming technology for audio, video and PowerPoint.
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Apple iBooks for iPad (Apple Inc.) http://www.apple.com/education/ibookstextbooks/. Apples initiative announced on Jan. 19, 2012 for putting interactive
textbooks on the iPad.
Aptech http://www.aptech-worldwide.com/. A worldwide provider of a wide range
of educational content (mainly computer skills) as well as custom content
development.
Association for Talent Development (ATD formerly American Society for
Training and Development (ASTD)) http://www.astd.org/Education. Courses to
support professional development in the learning, training, and talent development
community.
Aspect Security https://www.aspectsecurity.com/services/elearning/. eLearning
courses about secure application development.
AtHand Solutions http://www.athandsolutions.com/. Offer a wide range of IT,
desktop and business courses. They also offer an LMS and testing solutions.
AthenaOnline http://www.athenaonline.com/. Business skills information available
online as short SmartBytes. In Dec. 2012, they announced the launch of their
new MyQuickCoach site for tablets and smart phones available from within LMSs.
Atlas Knowledge http://www.atlasknowledge.com/. eLearning courses for the oil
and gas industry, covering health, safety, environment and technical subjects. Also
offer a Competency Assurance Management System (CAMS).
Atomic Training http://www.atomictraining.com/. Video-based training for
computer applications including training tutorials on various LMSs and tools to
allow for integration with Moodle, Blackboard Learn, Desire2Learn, Canvas,
Sakai, and other systems. Also offered through OpenSesame.
Auralog TELL ME MORE http://www.tellmemore.com/. Foreign language learning.
Acquired by Rosetta Stone in Dec. 2013.
Aurion Learning http://www.aurionlearning.com/. Provide equality and diversity
learning programs and several other learning tools. Based in the UK.
Automated Learning Corporation http://www.automatedlearning.com/
Manufacturing processes, health and safety. Based in Kanata, Ontario.
Aventa Learning (KC Distance Learning, Inc.) http://aventalearning.com/. Online
courses for middle and high school students. One of three divisions of K12 Inc.
Aveta Solutions - Six Sigma Online http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/. Online
training for Six Sigma.
Axzo Press http://www.axzobrands.com/ and http://www.crispsmartcourse.com/.
Instructor-led and eLearning for business and IT skills courses marketed under
various brands including Crisp, CertBlaster, FLIPCard, CompTIA, etc.
Azimuth Academy http://www.azimuthacademy.com/. Offer medical transcription,
soft skills and MS Office courses. Based in India.
Babbel http://www.babbel.com/. Online language learning. Based in Germany.
Have purchased PlaySay http://www.playsay.com/ - an iPhone game for language
learners to connect so they have real conversations with pronunciation feedback.
Bankers Academy http://www.bankersacademy.com/. Classroom and online
learning for the banking sector and beyond.
BankersEdge http://www.bankersedge.com. Online courses for the retail banking
industry.
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UK-based provider of special schools and services in education, mental health and
learning disabilities. They offer an e-Learning platform called Achieve.
Cambium Learning (Cambium Learning Group, Inc.)
http://www.cambiumlearning.com/. Includes Learning A-Z - reading, writing, and
science maerials for K-6, Kurtweil Education text to speech literacy support
technology for individuals with learning challenges, low vision and blindness,
Voyager Sopris Learning support services for K-12 language, math, etc., and
ExploreLearning Gizmos - online simulations for math and science - and Reflex math fact fluency development. Purchased and retired Class.com in 2011.
Canvas Network (Instructure) https://www.canvas.net/. Like a MOOC, they offer
thousands of courses mostly on post secondary topics. Sourced mostly from
institutions that use the Instructure Canvas platform.
CapitalWave Inc. http://www.capitalwave.com/. Simulations for stock market
trading and management. Also offer custom development.
CallidusCloud Genius.com (CallidusCloud) http://www.genius.com/. Business
skills and software training. Genius.com integrates Litmos learning management,
collaborative authoring and the content library.
Capensys http://capensys.com/. Courses for MS Office and other desktop
software available in Spanish and French as well as English. Also offer
consultation and custom development.
Career Education Corp. http://www.careered.com/. Offer 100 career programs at
95 schools in the U.S. and over 500 courses and 80 programs online serving
90,000 students.
Carnegie Learning, Inc. http://www.carnegielearning.com/. A vendor of math
curricula for middle school, high school and higher education. Originally
associated with Carnegie-Mellon University, it was purchased by Apollo Group, the
parent company of the University of Phoenix, in August, 2011.
Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative (Carnegie Mellon
University) http://oli.cmu.edu/. Offer free courses on basic academic topics. The
platform includes a mini-tutor that provides for some adaptive learning. It has been
around since 2002. It is not really a MOOC but it is certainly one of the precursors.
Case Management Society of America (CMSA) Educational Resource Library
http://www.cmsa.org/Individual/Education/EducationalLibrary/tabid/206/Default.asp
x. Resources for healthcare case management education complete with an online
new learning management system in 2012.
CAST University (CAST) http://www.castsoftware.com/resources/cast-university/.
Online IT courses primarily for CAST Software Analysis and Measurement
software products.
CDT Micrographics (CDT MicroGraphics, Inc.) http://cdtmicrographics.com/.
General, workplace, industrial, hazardous materials, petrochemical, food service,
and business and financial ethics courses. Also provide consultation and custom
eLearning development.
Cegos (The Cegos Group) http://www.cegos.co.uk/. eLearning courses in
Management, Leadership, Personal development, Human Resources, Training for
Trainers, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Quality, Professional development, Project
management, and Purchasing. Also offer custom development. Based in France
with international offices. Partner with SumTotal, Expertus and Docebo to offer
LMSs for customers.
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security learning. They use an in-house LMS called Enterprise Training Platform
to deliver the courses and that clients can use to manage the training.
Development Dimensions International (DDI) http://www.ddiworld.com/. Offer
leadership and talent management courses. Also have software to support this
training including Learning Portal System (LPS) that is an in-house product.
Digital Classroom (John Wiley & Sons) http://www.digitalclassroom.com/. Online
video and tutorials for common software training.
Digital Media Academy of Canada
http://www.digitalmediaacademyofcanada.com/. Courses on digital marketing.
Discovery Campus http://www.discoverycampus.com/. Professional medical
courses.
Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/. K-12 curriculum and
many resources for teachers and students.
DiscoverLink (DiscoverLink) http://discoverlink.com/. Offer courses for the
hospitality industry including allergy training in collaboration with MenuTrinfo
http://www.menutrinfo.com/. They also offer the Serve U training center an LMS
and custom courseware development.
DLP India http://www.dlpindia.com/. DLP India offers degree courses and short
skill development programs from various universities and institutions around the
globe through its portals www.rapidskillz.com and www.distancelearning.edu.in.
Dreambox (DreamBox Learning, Inc.) http://www.dreambox.com/. A mathematics
curriculum for kids with Intelligent Adaptive Learning that tracks student
responses and adjusts the learning path to create individualized learning paths.
Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/. Free European language learning with
gamification elements.
DuPont Sustainable Solutions Training (DuPont Sustainable Solutions,
formerly Coastal Training Technologies Corp) http://www.training.dupont.com/.
Primarily a supplier of generic business courseware for safety, ethics, compliance
and industrial skills, they also offer a learning management system, an authoring
tool and a video streaming tool for mobile devices called CoastalFlix.
EasySkillz.com http://www.easyskillz.com/. Online basic skills courses on
technology, economics, entrepreneurship, and eBusiness.
eCampus.com http://www.ecampus.com/. Offer electronic texts as well as new
and used textbooks for rent or sale.
ECATTS http://www.ecatts.com/. Offer courses in Environmental, Safety,
Occupation, Health, and Operations. They use an LMS for tracking but it is
unclear if it is available separately or can be used by customers to manage their
own courses.
eCompliance http://www.ecompliance.com/. Offer occupational health and safety
courses and a health and safety management system with audit tools and a mobile
app. Based in Calgary, Alberta.
eCornell http://www.ecornell.com/. Certificates in finance, healthcare, hospitality,
management, marketing, etc.
ed2go (Education to Go a part of Cengage Learning)) http://www.ed2go.com/.
Online courses on business, technology, and personal development skills for
adults with a network of more than 2000 colleges and universities. Is owned by
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ej4 http://ej4.com/. Sales, communications, business skills video training. Also
offer custom course development and an LMS called Thinkzoom.
E-Learning for Kids http://www.e-learningforkids.org/. Primary education for free.
Elsevier http://www.elsevier.com/. Elsevier is a major publisher of science and
health information based in Amsterdam, NL. Online health care training offered
under the Mosbys Nursing Suite brand. Also offer a community site for students
called Evolve (https://evolve.elsevier.com/).
Elutian http://www.eleutian.com/. Online English language teaching a
combination of tutoring and live videoconferencing.
emerit.ca http://emerit.ca. Online training for the tourism and hospitality industry.
Have some mobile apps for parts of courses.
emPower (emPowerbpo) http://www.empowerbpo.com/. Provide courses with a
health care emphasis and an LMS with compliance tracking.
Enspark (Enspark Interactive) http://enspark.com/. Offer a library of business soft
skills courses. Also offer an LMS and custom development.
ESI International http://www.esi-intl.com/. Courses and certifications for project
management and business skills. Also offer assessment services.
EssentialSkillz (EssentialSkillz, UK) http://www.essentialskillz.com/ Health and
safety courses.
eTAP Teaching Assistance Program (eTAP LLC.) http://beta.etap.org/. K-12
curriculum and testing. Also offer software that allows each teacher to edit content
to fit their students needs.
EverFi (EverFi Inc.) http://www.everfi.com/. Includes the Financial Literacy
Platform, Buttonwood for Student Loan Management, and others. K-12
courses on financial literacy, student loan management, digital literacy, substance
abuse, and others.
Exis Technologies http://www.existec.com/. A supplier of systems for the
management of dangerous goods in sea transport, they offer eLearning courses
for IMDG Code and other topics.
Facebook Blueprint https://www.facebook.com/blueprint?_rdr. 34+ eLearning
modules for business skills. And Facebook Learn How
https://www.facebook.com/business/learn to help learn about using Facebook as a
marketing tool.
Facebook Open Academy https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebookengineering/facebook-open-academy-bringing-open-source-to-cscurricula/10151806121378920. A program designed to provide a practical, applied
software engineering experience as part of a university students Computer
Science education using open source projects.
Figleaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/. They are a reseller of Adobe products
and offer training courses for them. They also offer a wide range of consulting and
custom development services including FlashNotes software for note-taking with
Acrobat and Brightcove Video Platform.
FirstBest Systems FirstBest Academy http://www.firstbest.com/academy.htm.
FirstBest Systems is a provider of software for insurance carriers. FirstBest
Academy provides their customers with online training on their products. Includes
an LMS but it is not available separately.
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IEEE eLearning Library http://www.ieee-elearning.org/. Electrical engineering
courses available online.
IHRDC (International Human Resources Development Corporation)
http://www.ihrdc.com/. Training for the oil and gas industries.
IMAGINiT Productivity Now https://portal.imaginit.com/. Mostly video (aarrgh!)
eLearning on technological topics especially Autocad.
Impact Learning Systems http://www.impactlearning.com/ Customer service
training, help desk training, and sales training.
Infinite Skills http://www.infiniteskills.com/. Computer applications training
Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, Autodesk.
InfoSecure PCI Toolkit (InfoSecure) http://www.infosecureit.com/. InfoSecure is
an IT security compliance company that offers the PCI Toolkit - an interactive,
online system that provides the educational tools necessary to complete PCI
(Payment Card Industry) compliance. Includes the annual self-assessment
questionnaire and access to an LMS.
Ingram VitalSource (Ingram Content Group Inc.) http://vitalsource.com/. A
supplier of e-Textbooks. The VitalSource Bookshelf platform is compatible with
Blackboard Learn and Pearson Learning Studio.
Innova Learning (Innova Learning, Inc) http://www.innova-learn.com/. Includes
courses on business ethics and diversity. Also offer Innova Hosting - an SaaS
LMS that includes both eLearning and classroom course management, custom
development, and InnovaMobile, a patented mobile platform.
Innovators Accelerator (Apollo Education Group, Inc.)
https://innovatorsaccelerator.com/. Online learning modules for encouraging and
developing innovation skills.
Inspired eLearning (Inspired eLearning) http://www.inspiredelearning.com. Offer
a catalog of off-the-shelf courses emphasizing compliance, an LMS and custom
course development.
InSync Training (InSync Training LLC) http://us.insynctraining.com/. Provide
synchronous virtual classroom training on how to do virtual classroom training
effectively.
Intelligrated http://www.intelligrated.com. Intelligrated is an automated materials
handling solutions provider. They offer e-learning modules covering occupational
safety, Intelligrated equipment and general maintenance training. They also offer
the I-Campus learning management system that can be used by their customers to
manage all of their training.
International Institute for Learning (IiL) http://www.iil.com/. Offer computer
based project management and IT service management simulations and many
other business courses.
Intuto (Intuto Limited) http://www.intuto.com/. Includes business, safety, health,
English language training, etc. Based in New Zealand with an office in Canada.
invMind Knowledge Box (invMind.com) http://www.invmind.com/. Language
learning courses. Based in Poland. Also offer a new (as of August, 2014) LMS.
iProf Digital Library (iProf Learning Solution Pvt. Ltd.)
http://www.thedigilibrary.com/. Free video lectures, notes, etc. from India's most
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purchased by EBSCO Information Services in 2015.
Learning Light http://learninglight.com/. Provide generic courseware on a wide
range of topics including business, safety, health, and languages. Learning Light is
a UK based, non-profit e-learning consultancy associated with e-learning Centre
http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk.
Learning Pool http://www.learningpool.com/. Offer a wide range of customizable
courses, custom development, the Totara LMS, and an authoring tool. Based in
the UK.
Learnquiq https://learnquiq.com/. An educational content sharing community
providing courses on general interest and technology topics submitted by teachers.
It is an online learning platform that provides course creation tools and ranks (and
rewards) instructors using their proprietary Educational Quotient (EQ). Based in
Vancouver, Canada.
Learning Resources International (Learning Resources International)
http://www.lri.co.uk/. Based in the UK. Offer a wide range of online courses on
management, communication, Six Sigma, diversity, etc.
Learning Upgrade http://blog.learningupgrade.com/. K-12 Common Core courses
utilizing songs, video and games.
LearnKey Inc. (LearnKey(R) Inc. a subsidiary of Better Learning Systems LLC
(BLS)) http://www.learnkey.com/elearning/ More than 1000 IT and business skills
courses.
Learn New Skills from Home.com (Learn New Skills From Home)
http://www.learn-new-skills-from-home.com/. Computer skills courses including
Microsoft Office and International Computer Drivers Licence. Based in the UK.
LearnSmart (LearnSmart) http://www.learnsmartsystems.com/. Offer free courses
for IT and project management certifications. They also offer both a cloud-based
and a behind-the-firewall LMS. Not to be confused with the similarly named
product from McGraw-Hill.
LearnSomething (LearnSomething) http://www.learnsomething.com. Offer
courses for retail and associations. Also offer an LMS and community tools.
Purchased by Xerox in June 2013.
Learn-Wise (Magnifi Group, Inc.) http://www.learn-wise.com/. An LMS and
publishing platform used for medical device corporate training. It comes equipped
with medical sales education courses for credentialing.
LeaseHawk Multifamily Curriculum (LeaseHawk) http://www.wingslms.com/.
Develped in partnership with National Apartment Association Education Institute
(NAAEI), it is a curriculum of apartment management, compliance, business skills,
and Microsoft Office courses in both English and Spanish included with the Wings
LMS.
LexisNexis University http://www.lexisnexis.com/university/. Emphasis on legal
and software training. Also provide many publications and software applications
for legal education.
LocalGovU (Praetorian Group) http://www.localgovu.com. Online training for
employees of local governments.
Lore http://lore.com/. Community based courses. Purchased by Noodle in 2013.
Logical Operations (Logical Operations, Inc.) http://logicaloperations.com/.
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Odigia (A RootLevel Labs Company) http://www.odigia.com/. Offer academic
courses in mathematics and science in partnership with OpenStax College of Rice
University. Also offer a learning platform with course authoring capability that
includes elements of game theory and inquiry based progression.
Odysseyware (Glynlyon, Inc.) http://www.odysseyware.com/. Online curriculum for
history and geography, math, language arts, science and other subjects for U. S.
public and charter K-12 schools. Also offer the Teacher Authoring Tool for teachers
to create their own courses and customize Odysseyware courses.
OHS&HR Management Systems Pty Ltd.
http://ohsmanagementsystems.com.au/. Resources for occupational health and
safety. Based in Australia. Associated with Plenty Training.
Oilennium http://www.oilennium.com/. eLearning courses including simulations for
the oil and gas industry. Based in the UK. As of Nov. 2012, part of Petrofac
Training Services (PTS).
Oilproject (Oil Project Co. S.r.l.) http://www.oilproject.it/. Offers a wide range of
topics and content from MOOCs. Based in Italy, website is in Italian.
Oncourse Learning (OnCourse Learning, Co.) http://www.oncourselearning.com/.
Classroom and online courses for the financial services, real estate and IT
industries. Also offer compliance training and tools. Operate several campuses
including American Home Inspectors Training (AHIT), Career WebSchool, Digital
University, ProSchools, QuickCert, TrainingPro, and BankersEdge. In 2014 was
recapitalized by private equity firm CIP Capital.
Onwards Learning LearnOnEnglish (Onwards Learning Ltd.)
http://www.onwardslearning.com/. A cloud-based portal for English language
learning. Suppliers of courses are major third-party English language vendors (not
visibile directly on the website). Marketed to countries in Asia and Latin America.
Based in Ireland.
OpenEd https://www.opened.io/. Offer more than 250,000 Common Core aligned
resources from major publishers including assessments, videos and games. Also
offer a free LMS for teachers.
Open English https://www.openenglish.com/. English language learning.
Open HPI (Hasso Plattner Institut) https://openhpi.de. A platform for free courses
on information technology and a social learning community. Based in Germany.
Numerous courses are available in English.
Openlearning https://www.openlearning.com/. Offers free online university level
courses contributed by members. Includes course creation tools. Similar to a
MOOC. Based in Australia.
openSAP (SAP) https://open.sap.com/. Courses for learning about SAP (the
major Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system). They call it an enterprise
MOOC platform.
OpenSesame http://www.opensesame.com. Worlds largest marketplace for
buying and selling online courses. More than 20,000 business, technology,
healthcare, etc. courses from 400 vendors. Has partnered with several LMSs.
OpenStax College https://openstaxcollege.org/. A non-profit based at Rice
University that offers free textbooks and online courses in mathematics and
science through Odigia.
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lectures from introductory courses and live online courses at Yale University. Not
free.
Oracle Training on Demand http://education.oracle.com/. Oracle itself offers
online video courses for its own software and others.
Orchard Software http://www.orchardsoftware.com/. Differentiated instruction
and assessment for mathematics, reading, writing, language arts, and science for
grades Pre-K-9.
OTT (Online Travel Training) https://www.onlinetraveltraining.com/uk/producttraining/. A UK based provider of online training for the travel industry.
P2PU https://p2pu.org/. Courses on topics generated and attended by peers.
People work together to learn a particular topic by completing tasks, assessing
individual and group work, and providing constructive feedback. An example of a
MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses). See also edX, Udacity, Codeacademy,
openlearning and others.
Paradigm Online University http://www.pdgm.com/Training/Paradigm-OnlineUniversity.aspx. Paradigm is a multinational software development company that
supports the oil and gas industries. They offer courses on the use of their
software.
PDI Ninth House (Personnel Decisions International Corporation Korn/Ferry
International) http://www.pdinh.com/. Management and leadership courses,
coaching, assessment and consultation.
Pearson CourseConnect (Pearson Education)
http://www.pearsoncustom.com/courseconnect/. A large library of online courses.
CourseConnect Analytics Edition integrates with LearningStudio LMS.
Pearson MyLab & Mastering http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/.
Online homework, tutorial, and assessment products for higher education. Uses
adaptive learning approaches.
Pearson School http://www.pearsonschool.com/. K-12 courseware and other
resources. Also known as Pearson Digital Learning.
Pearson Workforce Education (Pearson Education)
http://www.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/workforce-education/. Career and
industry certification courses for post-secondary institutions and private sector
companies. Like many large corporate websites, Pearsons is confusing and they
keep changing names for offerings.
Pharmaceutical Institute http://www.pharmainstitute.com/. Training solutions for
the pharmaceutical and biotech industry including eLearning, simulations and
assessments.
Plenty Training http://www.plentytraining.edu.au/. Online and face-to-face training
for education, business, OHS / WHS and project management sectors. Based in
Australia.
Pluralsight http://www.pluralsight.com/. Online IT training. Now includes DigitalTutors courses. In 2014 they acquired Smarterer and in 2015, they acquired Code
School.
PrimeLearning http://www.primelearning.com/. Offer courses for PMI Certified
Project Management (CAPM, PMP), Sales Skills, Customer Service, General
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complete Student Information Systems (SIS) that also work with other LMSs like
Blackboard and Moodle. Ellucian Pilot aggregates campus-wide data into a single
system. Ellucian is the new company formed by the merger of SunGard Higher
Education and Datatel early in 2012. They also have a partnership with
Cornerstone OnDemand. They purchased the Helix competency-based LMS in
2015. It will probably be renamed and expanded beyond competency-based
learning. For comment, see https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-04-15-ellucian-sacquisition-and-the-new-lms-wars.
Elucido Learning & Collaboration System (ELCS) (Elucido Media Networks)
http://www.elucido.com/. Also called Elucido LEARN and marketed as an LMS to
both education and coporations. They also offer Elucido CONNECT a
communication platform. Based in Bangalore, India.
Emantras TIE (Emantras Inc.) http://k12.emantras.com/. TIE is an e-learning
platform. Cater to the K-12 market. They also offer Object21- an authoring tool,
MOBL21 a mobile platform, and Mathomatix for interactive applications that
teach math concepts.
Epignosis eFront (Epignosis Ltd) http://www.efront.gr or
http://www.efrontlearning.net/. Includes content authoring and responsive design.
Based in Greece. Website is in English. This is an open-source product which
Epignosis supports. They also offer TalentLMS http://talentlms.com/ - a cloudbased learning platform for small and medium organizations.
Epiphany Learning (Epiphany Learning) http://www.epiphanylearning.com/. A
personalized learning platform based on learner profiles and active student
involvement.
Epsilen (Epsilen, LLC a ConnectEDU company) http://corp.epsilen.com/. A K-20
learning community. ConnectEDU purchased Epsilen in 2012. ConnectEDU
announced bankruptcy in May 2014 but its assets were purchased by Graduation
Alliance in June 2014.
eSchools Learning Management System (eSchools Group)
http://www.eschools.us/. An affordable whole school solution for elementary and
high schools.
eScholar (eScholar LLC) http://www.escholar.com. New in March 2012. Not
exactly an LMS. They provide data management - eScholar Complete Data
Warehousesystem - and related software products including eScholar myTrack
that analyzes the data and guides goal setting.
Excelsoft SARAS Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) (Excelsoft Technologies
Pvt. Ltd.) http://www.excelindia.com/ Based in India. Various versions offered for
the corporate and education (both K-12 and post-secondary) sectors.
EXO U Digital Education Platform (EXO U) http://www.exou.com/. Apps for
access to resources, administrative functions, course authoring, quiz authoring,
etc. Integrates with existing LMSs and SISs. Based in Montreal.
eZ LMS (University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation)
http://learn.aero.und.edu. Also called HTMLeZ. Includes content authoring and
conversion of many standard documents but there is no mention of SCORM.
Finalsite (Finalsite) http://www.finalsite.com/. Complete web solutions for schools
including web design, CMS and LMS modules, portal, social, and mobile
components.
Flat World Learning Platform (Flat World Education, Inc.)
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App introduced in May 2014 that combines Google Docs, Drive and Gmail to help
teachers create and organize assignments, provide feedback, and communicate
with their classes. Available free to Google Apps for Education customers. In full
release in August 2014 but it still seems more like a cobbling together of tools than
a fully integrated LMS. Not, apparently, for packaged eLearning (e.g. SCORM).
Introduced features for discussion, collaboration and assignment management in
2015.
GuiWeb Event Registrar (Gui Productions, Inc. & GuiWeb.com)
http://www.guiweb.com/. An inexpensive, hosted LMS with ebusiness features for
both schools and companies.
Haiku Learning Management System (Haiku Learning Systems)
http://www.haikulearning.com/. A K-12 SaaS LMS with a comprehensive set of
tools including authoring and mobile capability.
Harness UNIO (Harness Handitouch Pvt. Ltd.) http://www.harnesstouch.com/.
Described as disrupting conventional ideas, it is a platform-neutral, HTML5, cloudbased system that provides for user-generated content creation, real-time
classroom collaboration, evaluation and feedback and content management.
Integrates with Edmodo. Also offer UNIO Class for in-class technology use, UNIO
Flip for flipped classrooms, Ledge a virtual classroom tool for distance education,
UNIO Corporate a virtual classroom for companies. Based in India.
Harrison College KnowU (Harrison College) http://knowu.harrison.edu/.
Launched in 2012, KnowU was internally developed at Harrison College. It works
like Facebook and is able to suggest resources based on a students academic,
personal and career needs. It is primarily focussed on social networking and
collaboration. In 2014, they partnered with Cengage Learning to market the
platform.
HigherL Learning Management System (HigherL, LLC) http://www.higherl.com/.
A web-based system that includes assessments, content management,
communication tools, and a gradebook. Primarily for education, it is also marketed
to corporations.
Hobsons Edumate 2 (Hobsons) http://www.edumate.com.au/. An all-in-one
academic management system. Based in Australia.
HotChalk (HotChalk Media Group) http://www.hotchalk.com/. Provide customized,
turnkey technology solutions to universities with the goal of improving access to
higher education. Have partnered with universities to create the HotChalk
Education Network the largest online education community in the world,
attracting tens of millions of users and serving billions of pages of free education
content to consumers around the globe. They also provide access to many free
educational resources for K-12 at http://lessonplanspage.com/.
HyperMethod elearning Server (HyperMethod IBS) http://hypermethod.ru/. A
distance learning system and virtual classroom marketed both to companies and
educational institutions. HyperMethod IBS is a large Russian IT services company
which purchased Learnware in March, 2008. They also offer assessment tools, a
student information system (SIS), and an authoring tool called eAuthor CBT.
Infinite Campus (Infinite Campus) https://www.infinitecampus.com/. Complete SIS
for both district and state levels including learning management features.
Instructure Canvas (Instructure Inc.) http://www.instructure.com/. An Internet
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hosted open source LMS, free for teachers. In 2013, added the Canvas Media
Comment tool that allows teachers to use audio and video to make class
announcements, provide instructions about assignments and assess student work.
Provides lecture capture by integrating with Panopto. Also offers its own MOOC
hybrid called the Canvas Network that allows Instructure customers to offer
courses in the way they choose. In 2012, Cisco Academies awarded Instructure
with a multi-year contract to use Canvas. In 2014, Instructure added Canvas
Commons a free learning object repository. In 2015 they introduced a business
LMS called Bridge that includes authoring and mobile capability. In 2015, Pearson
entered into an agreement with Instructture that enables data to be transferred
from PowerSchool (the most widely used K-12 SIS in the United States) to
Instructures Canvas LMS.
Integrated LMS (IntegratedLMS) http://www.integratedlms.com/. A cloud-based
combined LMS and Student Information System (SIS). Includes CRM for education
(associated with Salesforce.com), Admission Management System (AMS), Online
Communication and Collaboration (OCC), and Digital assets.
Integrated Technology Group EduWave (Integrated Technology Group)
http://www.itgsolutions.com/. An e-learning & educational management platform
that includes a Learning Management System (LMS), a Content Management
System (CMS), an Instructional Management System (IMS), and a Student
Information System (SIS). Based in Jordan with offices in the US and Saudi
Arabia.
IntraLearn LearningServer (IntraLearn Software Corporation)
http://www.intralearn.com. A modular LMS deployable in Microsoft SharePoint.
They also offer NanoLearn for knowledge management.
Intuto Learning Suite (ILS) (Intuto Limited) http://www.intuto.com/. An LMS used
to deliver their course library. Also offer Intuto Content Authoring Tools (CATS).
Offered to both companies and educational institutions. Based in New Zealand
with an office in Canada.
InYourClass (InYourClass.com) http://www.inyourclass.com/. A system developed
at City College of New York and used by several US colleges. It adds social
features to the traditional LMS.
IQity Learning Management System (IQ Innovations, LLC) http://www.iq-ity.com/.
First developed for use in Ohio schools by Altair Learning Management, it has now
been adopted in California as CaliQity. Also offer iQity Reactor Repository, iQity
U Learning Center (user optional courseware for learning the system), digital
rights management (DRM) and a virtual curriculum marketplace.
ITWorx Connected Learning Gateway (ITWorkx) http://www.itworx.com/. A social
learning platform with mobile capabilities. Also offer AuthorExpert, an authoring
tool, and TeacherKit, a mobile app for teachers. Based in Egypt.
it's learning Individual Learning Platform (it's learning Inc,)
http://www.itslearning.net. For K-12 and post-secondary education. Based in
Norway. Distributed in the US by Embanet. As of June 2013 integrated with the
LearningStation Insight assessment platform.
iversity (iversity GmbH) http://www.iversity.org/. Based in Berlin and supported by
the European Union. It is a free cloud-based (not technically open source) LMS
that supports Inter-institutional cooperation (academic networking) and social
reading. Will be offering MOOCs in August 2013.
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is the latest version of the Janison LMS. Emphasis on compliance and supports
clients in government, education, corporations and the healthcare sectors.
Includes social, gamification and performance management tools. Based in
Australia.
Jenzabar e-Racer Learning Management System http://www.jenzabar.com/.
Primarily for higher education. Part of the Jenzabar EX enterprise resource
planning system (ERP), Jenzabar's Internet Campus Solution (JICS). In 2012 the
Jenzabar Social tool was announced. It allows the integration of Facebook with an
LMS.
JoomlaLMS (Joomla LMS) http://www.joomlalms.com/ Joomla is an open source
website content management system. JoomlaLMS is an LMS version of it. They
also offer authoring tools from ElearningForce. Marketed to both businesses and
education.
Junction platform (Junction Education) http://junctioneducation.com/. A platform
specifically for iPad tablets for delivery of learning resources, videos, etc.
Downloadable from Apples AppStore. They also offer many off-the-shelf college
level foundational classes.
Jupiter iO (Jupiter Ed) http://jupitered.com/. A complete Student Information
System, Learning Management System and Gradebook.
keiro (The Jibe Multimedia, Inc.) http://gokeiro.com/. A mobile-friendly, cloudbased learning platform that includes personalized learning, social networks and
assessment. Based in Vancouver, Canada.
Knewton Adaptive Learning Platform (Knewton) http://www.knewton.com. Not a
typical LMS, it is an adaptive learning infrastructure that customizes standardized
educational content to meet the unique needs of each student. They have
partnerships with major publishers like Houghton Mifflin, Wiley, Pearson and
Cengage. They also offer test preparation courses
Kornukopia (Kornukopia) http://www.kornukopia.com/. A free LMS/LCMS for
teachers, students, and parents built on HTML5 (device neutral). It does not
appear to do eLearning but provides communication and management tools for
regular classroom education.
Krawler LMS (Krawler Networks) http://www.krawlerlms.com. Also offer an LCMS
with content authoring and test creation, a virtual classroom, and Campus
Management for educational institutions. Based in India.
LearnerPal (LearnerPal Corp) http://www.learnerpal.com/. A Common Core
aligned online content and assessment platform with ready-made courses and
tools for teachers to create and track courses.
Learnetic mCourser (Learnetic S.A.) http://www.learnetic.com/. mCourser is
described as a mobile oriented learning platform. Learnetic is an educational
software publisher and e-learning technology provider based in Poland. They also
offer the authoring tools Mlninstructor and mAuthor (for mobile authoring), mLibro
for learning offline, and a library of mobile math, science and English courses for
middle and high school.
Learning.com Curriculum Foundry (Learning.com) http://www.learning.com/. A
searchable content repository and tools to build and share curriculum for K-12
students and teachers.
Learning Technology Partners iCampus 360 (Learning Technology Partners)
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An LMS for students to organize their courses and notes, and manage their time
more effectively. The software allows the student to take notes and manage
important information to create outlines to be better prepared for their exams.
Right Reason RightTrack Learning Management System (Right Reason
Technologies) http://www.rightreasontech.com/. Also offer CyberExtension for
eLearning and blended learning, RightPath Curriculum and Data Center for data
analysis, RightCourse authoring, on-line lessons and courseware, and custom
development. Marketed to both education and the corporate sector.
Samsung School (Samsung) http://www.samsung.com/us/business/byindustry/education-solutions/samsung-school. Introduced in April, 2013, this is a
platform that integrates with Samsung GALAXY Note units and includes mobile
access, an LMS, classroom management tools, and a student information system
(SIS).
Schoology (Schoology, Inc.) https://www.schoology.com/. A free web-based fully
hosted and fully managed learning management system and configurable social
network. It has released an SIS Integration Platform an API for integration with
student information systems (SISs).
Silverback Mileposts Student Achievement System (Silverback Learning
Solutions) http://silverbacklearning.com/products/mileposts/. A platform for
creating personalized learning plans, managing interventions and monitoring
achievement. It provides access to Gooru resources and shared resources.
Skyward Student Management Suite (Skyward, Inc.) http://www.skyward.com/.
An SIS that includes learning management features.
Smart Sparrow Adaptive eLearning PlatformTM (Smart Sparrow)
https://www.smartsparrow.com/. Uses simulations, labs and adaptive learning.
Also offer authoring tools Annotate and Labmaker. Based in Australia.
Software Answers ProgressBook VirtualClassroom (Software Answers)
http://www.software-answers.com/. ProgressBook is an SIS and VirtualClassroom
is an LMS within the Gradebook module. It is primarily for teacher/student
classroom interaction.
Spiral Universe Spiral (Spiral Universe, Inc.) http://www.spiraluniverse.com.
Spiral 2.0 is an integrated software suite used by schools for management and
administration. More a complete student information system (SIS) that includes
course management than just an LMS.
SqoolTools (SqoolTechs, LLC) http://sqooltools.com/. A hosted virtual learning
environment, built on Moodle open source software, that allows K-12 teachers to
create interactive websites to either support classroom instruction or to deliver
instruction online. Free to start.
Studywiz Learning Environment (Studywiz Pty Ltd) http://www.studywiz.com/. A
platform that directs activities to classes and individuals, alerting them of deadlines
and receiving responses in time and date order sorted by class. The company also
provides other tools for elementary and secondary education including
collaboration, mobile, and ePortfolio solutions. Based in Australia and has North
American and European offices.
SunGard PLUS 360 (SunGard) http://sungardk12.com/plus-360/. Integrated
software for K-12 administration. Also offer a K-12 student information system and
PerformancePLUS for curriculum and assessment management. Their higher
education solution is now Ellucian.
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ILIAS 4 e-Learning http://www.ilias.de/. University of Cologne, Germany. Allows
users to create, manage and track learning. Includes authoring, communication
and is highly secure. Supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and AICC standards.
Instructure Canvas (Instructure Inc.) http://www.instructure.com/. An Internet
hosted LMS built on an open source platform but only available from Instructure
and a few resellers. Free for teachers. Instructure also offers Bridge for corporate
use.
Internet Classroom Assistant (ICA) http://www.nicenet.org/ Nicenet is an
organization of Internet professionals who donate their time to provide services for
the Internet community. Internet Classroom Assistant is a free program that
provides web based conferencing, personal messaging, document sharing,
scheduling and link/resource sharing to a variety of learning environments. First
released in 1998 and still available.
Jarvus Innovations Slate (Jarvus Innovations) http://jarv.us/, http://slate.is/. An
open source web platform for schools that integrates with Google Apps for
Education and Moodle to provide collaborative tools. Includes tools like grading,
progress reports, a contact directory, and classroom blogging.
JoomlaLMS (JoomlaLMS) http://www.joomlalms.com/. A commercial LMS based
on Joomla. Joomla is an open source website content management system.
LAMS (Learning Activity Management System) http://www.lamsinternational.com.
Not a full LMS. It provides teachers with an authoring environment for creating
sequences of learning activities. Based at Macquarie University in Sydney
Australia (www.mq.edu.au).
LatitudeLearning LMS (Latitude Consulting Group, Inc.)
http://www.latitudelearning.com/. An online open source LMS primarily designed
for business with free access for up to 100 users. Claims SCORM comformance.
Also offer a library of courses.
Learning Management System http://learning-management-system.info/. A very
basic open source system.
LMS Global BusinessLMS (LMS Global) http://www.lms-global.com/. For
businesses not available as a free download. Includes communication tools,
quizzes, and SCORM 1.2 conformance.
LON-CAPA http://www.lon-capa.org/. LON-CAPA is a Learning Content
Management System that originated in the College of Natural Science at Michigan
State University.
Magnolia CMS (http://www.magnolia-cms.com/). Magnolia International Ltd. is a
Swiss company that offers Magnolia - an Open Java CMS. Primarily marketed to
businesses for content creation. It is a Content Management Suite for websites
but has been used to develop LMSs.
Manhattan Virtual Classroom http://manhattan.sourceforge.net/. An open source
system developed at Western New England College for schools and colleges.
While it calls itself a virtual classroom it is really a course/learning management
system.
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
http://www.merlot.org) offers a free, online repository for educational materials.
Metacoon Metastudy (Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar) http://www.metacoon.net.
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Available as a free downloand. Also offer MetaAuthoring for quiz creation. Based
in Germany.
MimerDesk http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/516760/MimerDesk.html
MimerDesk is an open source web-based collaborative learning and groupwork
environment.
Moodle (open source) http://www.moodle.org. Probably the most widely used
open source system. Developed by Martin Dougiamas in Australia. Support is
provided by many partners http://moodle.com/partners/. There are many addons/plug-ins available, for example, the plug-in for the WizIQ virtual classroom and
the facetoface add-on for tracking classroom instruction. Released in May 2013,
Moodle Mobile is an HTML5-based mobile app for both Android and iOS. In 2014,
Microsoft announced that Office 365 (including Office Mix a PowerPoint
superset with which students and teachers can annotate slides, add audio and
video, and embed interactive elements like quizzes and even host them on
OfficeMix.com) is now integrated with Moodle. In 2015 Moodle introduced
MoodleCloud that comes with free hosting, unlimited database space for an
unlimited number of courses, full support, and use of virtually all Moodle
capabilities (advertising supported).
Morzino (Joopita Research a.s.b.l) http://morzino.com/. A virtual school platform
for teachers, students and parents. Includes authoring. Based in Luxembourg.
MyiCourse http://www.myicourse.com/. Not technically open source but a free
web-based service for developing and posting courses. Primarily aimed at smaller
organizations that want to develop courses. Available free for organizations that
offer their courses for free. Advertiser supported.
Open edX Platform http://code.edx.org. A MOOC platform (developed by edX and
released as open-source software in June, 2013. (edX was founded by Harvard
and MIT and has been joined by at least 12 other universities including Berkeley,
University of Toronto, McGill, and Stanford.) Google is also supporting this
platform. In 2015 they partnered with Microsoft to offer some IT development
courses.
Open Elms Pro (e-Learning WMB) http://www.openelms.org/. Marketed as a
business solution. Includes authoring (Jackdaw) and video integration. The
company also offers customizable eLearning courses and custom course
development.
Open LMS http://openlms.sourceforge.net/. Includes group collaboration. Not yet
SCORM, etc. conformant. Hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU).
OpenOLAT http://www.openolat.com/. Includes authoring, collaboration, testing
and mobile access. Supports SCORM modules. Developed at the University of
Zurich. The original website http://www.olat.org/ is no longer available.
OpenSWAD https://openswad.org/. SWAD stands for shared workspace at a
distance. The source code can be downloaded at https://openswad.org/download/.
Based in Spain. Available in nine languages.
PASS-PORT (Innovative Learning Assessment Technologies (ILAT), LLC)
http://www.pass-port.org/, http://www.ilat.org/. LMS for post-secondary with addons for students systematic assessment. Two tools Campus Wide (to help
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Blackboard Learn and ANGEL continue to lose market share in US Using the
2013 to 2014 tables (> 2000 enrollments), Learn has dropped from 848 to 817
institutions and ANGEL has dropped from 162 to 123. Using the revised
methodology, Blackboard market share for > 800 enrollments now stands at
33.5% of institutions and 43.5% of total enrollments.
Canvas is the fasted growing LMS and has overtaken D2L Using the 2013
to 2014 tables (> 2000 enrollments), Canvas grew ~40% in one year (from 166 to
232 institutions). For the first time, Canvas appears to have have larger US
market share than D2L (13.7% to 12.2% of total enrollments using table above).
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http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/lms.htm.
Edshelf https://edshelf.com/ - a discovery engine of websites, mobile apps, desktop
programs, and electronic products for teaching and learning.
Wordpress themes https://wordpress.com/. Wordpress is popular open source software
used for creating websites and content management. Several themes have been
developed for Wordpress for Learning Management. See, for example,
http://themeforest.net/ and other sources mentioned in this document.
In 2003 a study was done by the Commonwealth of Learning regarding Open Source
Course Management Systems. A copy of this is available at
http://hdl.handle.net/11599/171. They also have an LMS Evaluation Tool User Guide at
http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/220.
EduTools was a website comparing course management systems for formal education
but was closed in 2013. Some archived information is available at
http://wcet.wiche.edu/learn/edutools.
Other evaluations of education LMS software (somewhat dated now) have been done at
http://cde.athabascau.ca/softeval/products.php.
Online Universities information: http://bestonlineuniversities.com/,
http://bestonlineuniversities.com/2010/25-e-learning-education-start-ups-that-couldchange-the-world/
An interesting discussion of learning management systems in higher education by John
LeMasney of Princeton and Shaun Holland can be found at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5RxPqsPnVI. They compare Blackboard with
Instructure Canvas.
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Additional resources:
The book Education for a Digital World - Advice, Guidelines, and Effective Practice
from around the Globe was published by the Commonwealth of Learning in 2008
and is available for download at http://hdl.handle.net/11599/52. The second edition
Education for a Digital World 2.0, Innovations in Education is an entirely new pair
of volumes with a great deal of new material and is available at
http://order.openschool.bc.ca/Product/CourseDetail/search_education%20for%20a
%20digital%20world_7540006163.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/ has several relevant entries on the subjects of
Educational Technology, Learning management system, etc.
Rustici Software http://rusticisoftware.com/ and http://scorm.com/ offers the
eLearning Atlas http://www.elearningatlas.com/ - a list of all eLearning software
with an emphasis on standards and interoperability.
Capterra http://www.capterra.com provides a selection tool and consultation for a
wide range of software including LMSs. They also provide a list of the 20 most
popular LMS Software at http://www.capterra.com/learning-management-systemsoftware/#infographic that is of limited value because it mixes educational and
corporate LMSs, includes software that is not really a fully capable LMS (Edmodo,
Skillsoft), and includes ConnectEDU that has gone out of business. And their
method of determining popularity is arguable. In 2014, they conducted a survey of
LMS users that can be found at http://www.capterra.com/learning-managementsystem-software/user-research.
Software advice http://www.softwareadvice.com/ provides a tool and service similar
to Capterra.
Craig Weiss of eLearning 24/7 offers a blog with some candid reviews and personal
opinions with some listings of his favorite products and numerous other resources.
http://edutechnica.com/ is a blog site operated by George Kroner a former
Blackboard employee. It reviews the current state of technology in education
including a report on LMSs used in higher education institutions with > 2000
enrollments (United States) and some comparisons with higher education
institutions in US, Canada, UK, and Australia.
JoomlaLMS offers a comparison chart for LMSs at
http://www.joomlalms.com/compare/#.U4Nnlijijvo.
The home of SCORM is Advanced Distributed Learning http://www.adlnet.gov/.
They have much information on the various versions of SCORM, the
Experience/x/TinCan API, etc. including an article called Choosing an LMS by
Peter Berking and Shane Gallagher and published by Advanced Distributed
Learning (the home of SCORM) dated April 15, 2011 at
http://www.adlnet.gov/resources/choosing-an-lms/index.html and lists of SCORM
certified products and SCORM adopters at http://www.adlnet.org/scorm/scormcertification.html.
Contact North | Contact Nord http://www.contactnorth.ca has an array of resources
about online learning oriented to colleges and universities.
The Center for Digital Education produces useful papers and reports on the status
of technology in education http://www.centerdigitaled.com/.
A useful paper for educational institutions looking at Learning Management Systems
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is Learning Management System (LMS): The Missing Link and Great Enabler by
John Phillipo and Sarah Krongard is available at
http://www.celtcorp.com/resources/1/CELT_LMS_Article.pdf.
D2L (formerly Desire2Learn) maker of Brightspace offers numerous useful
resources.
B Online Learning (Australia a distributor of the OpenText LearnFlex LMS) offers
an LMS Evaluator Tool at http://bonlinelearning.com.au/component/rsform/form/9lms-evaluation-tool.
Learning Light offers several useful resources on choosing an LMS at
http://www.learninglight.com/?s=choosing+an+LMS.
Saba (http://www.saba.com) provides a free sample RFP (Request for Proposals)
for Learning Management Systems.
Talented Learning http://talentedlearning.com. Reviews and other unbiased
information about LMS and learning platforms.
More LMS/LCMS, etc. vendors can be found at
o http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/directory/. (This is a British site so the list
tends to be Eurocentric),
o http://www.capterra.com/learning-management-system-software.
o http://elearning-india.com/content/blogcategory/19/38/.
o http://www.trainingplace.com/source/vendors.html.
o eLearning Atlas http://www.elearningatlas.com/.
SumTotal has a set of resources available at
http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/resources/whitepapers.html.
Brandon Hall http://www.brandonhall.com and Bersin & Associates (now Bersin by
Deloitte) http://www.bersin.com have a number of research reports available for sale
on the topic of Learning Management.
Elearning! Magazine http://www.2elearning.com/. Each year the Elearning! Media
Group sponsors the Best of eLearning! awards, which are chosen through an
online vote by readers of Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines, using
an open ballot for each of the 21 categories.
Chief Learning Officer magazine and other resources http://clomedia.com/.
The Association for Talent Development (ATD) (formerly The American Society for
Training and Development (ASTD)) http://www.td.org/. One of the resources offered
is the Learning Technologies Community of Practice
https://www.td.org/Communities-of-Practice/Learning-Technologies.
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) http://www.ispi.org/.
Training Magazine http://www.trainingmag.com/.
Learning Solutions Magazine http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/.
Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/ publishes a wide range
of reports including business training and education. Prices for the reports are fairly
high.
Your Training Edge http://www.yourtrainingedge.com/ offers a series of white papers
on corporate training.
Tony Karrer offers a blog at http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/.
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The Australian edition of PC Magazine rated LMSs in the July 2015 issue
http://au.pcmag.com/absorb-lms/35793/guide/the-best-learning-managementsystems-lms-for-2015.
Notes:
It is interesting to note that the major IT companies Microsoft, Google, Oracle, IBM,
SAP, and Intel each offer some products but didnt seem to have a clear strategy in the
eLearning/Learning Management space and the products they did offer were often
difficult to find on their websites.
In 2012, however:
SAP purchased SuccessFactors/Plateau
IBM purchased Kenexa/Outstart
Oracle purchased Taleo/Learn.com
Google introduced Google Apps for Education and in 2014 offered Google
Classroom.
Microsoft has several products in the eLearning space none of which can be described
as a learning management system. With the exception of Lync Online, they seem to
hide them well. Microsoft has a variety of tools that are listed below and has added
Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook Creator that helps teachers set up a shared
notebook for a class for SharePoint 2013 subscribers.
One computer, multiple users. Each student has an account which can be
managed. Folders can be created for each student to save private data. Students
can easily share files, videos, and more with and between groups. Students can
watch videos or listen to music and podcasts without disturbing everyone else.
Silverlight http://silverlight.net. This is a plug-in that Microsoft is promoting as an
alternative to Adobe Flash. So far the uptake has been underwhelming.
Learning Content Development System (LCDS).
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/tools/lcds/samples/default.mspx. A free(!) tool
for general course authoring.
Producer for PowerPoint
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B3C76D5-FC754F99-94BC-784919468E73&displaylang=en. Available for up to PowerPoint 2010.
Microsoft has now (2015) introduced a new presentation tool called Sway.
Microsoft Learning Suite (Microsoft, Inc.) http://www.pilnetwork.com/Resources/Tools/Details/9db2ca32-098d-40ad-a4c4-d236d50bd4dc.
Includes more than 20 tools and teacher resources. Another list of free Microsoft
tools can be found at http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/free-elearningresources/item/433-23-microsoft-free-teaching-tools-for-educators-education.
Microsoft does have an e-learning page on its website
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/ but it is about e-learning courses that they
offer to help people with Microsoft product skills and not about software products
that they offer for others to use.
Oracle used to offer several learning management products iLearning
http://www.oracle.com/applications/human_resources/ilearning.html, Oracle Learning
Management (OLM) http://www.oracle.com/applications/human_resources/learning.html
and PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management.
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/peoplesoft-enterprise/hcm/052836.html.
It would appear that iLearning is strictly for online learning and OLM is a more
comprehensive tool including the management of classroom training. The website is
unclear. In 2012, Oracle purchased Taleo/Learn.com which is now offered as Oracle
Taleo Learn Cloud Service.
IBM Lotus Learning Management System (IBM) http://www-142.ibm.com/software/swlotus/lotus/offering6.nsf/wdocs/homepage and Workplace Collaborative Learning
(IBM) http://www142.ibm.com/software/workplace/products/product5.nsf/wdocs/lwclhomepage. These
products were removed from the market in August, 2009. IBM still offers IBM Lotus
Sametime a webconferencing/virtual classroom solution. In 2012, IBM purchased
Kenexa who had previously purchased Outstart. This signals a new direction.
SAP Learning Solution and Enterprise Learning (SAP America)
http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/erp/hcm/learningsolution.epx. Includes an
LCMS and authoring environment. This is an optional module of the SAP system
apparently designed only to offer customers who insist on it. It is definitely not best of
breed. Most SAP users (even SAP itself) choose other systems. SAP purchased
SuccessFactors in 2012. Because SuccessFactors had previously purchased Plateau,
SAP now offers the SuccessFactors Learning solution.
The Intel/Critical Links Educational Appliance. (Critical Links) http://education.criticallinks.com/. A one box solution for schools that have limited IT support includes
learning management system software (Moodle?), student information systems, a web
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server, wiki and forum support, backup and image management software, IP telephony,
interactive whiteboard management software, storage and delivery of content and
applications, management of student laptops, etc. and is managed through a simple web
interface. Hardware by Intel, marketing by Critical Links. A preliminary description can
be found at http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/the-intel-educational-appliance-thecoolest-tool-you-might-never-buy/4158.
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education. Offer the Guided Learning Solution with four key components:
Competency-based Assessment, Adaptive Learning, Personalized Instruction, and
Custom Data and Analytics. CBE Education Program Management Partnership for
higher education is a technology platform that does much more than traditional
LMSs do.
Educomp LearnHub http://learnhub.com/. A social network for learning and
collaboration. They offer test preparation practice tests and counselling and
networking for studying abroad. They purchased Savicca in 2007. Educomp is
Indias largest education company.
EdX https://www.edx.org/. Announced in May 2012 as a collaboration between MIT
and Harvard. Along with offering online courses, the institutions will use edX to
research how students learn and how technology can transform learningboth oncampus and worldwide. See also Coursera and Udacity.
Elearning Brothers http://elearningbrothers.com/. They offer tips, templates, and
tools including photographic character packs and a stock library that can be used in
Captivate, Flash, Lectora, PowerPoint, Articulate Presenter and Storyline,
ZebraZapps, etc. They also offer eLearning software training, consultation, and
custom development.
Electric Rain Swift 3D V5 (Electric Rain, Inc.) http://www.erain.com/ A 3D tool for
Adobe Flash, Video and Print with export to Papervision3D
Embibe http://www.embibe.com/. Offer test preparation for entrance examinations
to engineering and medical schools in India. Purchased 100 marks - a student
guidance platform - in 2015.
Envision Click2Coach (Envision Telephony, Inc.) http://www.envisioninc.com. A
call center training solution which enables supervisors to easily review customer
interactions, evaluate agent skills and integrate training content
Examity (Examity) http://examity.com/. Proctoring and security for online tests.
Flinders University Electronic Assignment Management System (Flinders
University, Australia) http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flindersnews/2011/11/17/flinders%E2%80%99-way-to-paperless-assignments/. Students
can submit assignments electronically and instructors can mark them and provide
feedback. Added to their Moodle LMS with support from NetSpot.
ForSkills http://www.forskills.co.uk/. A provider of on-line assessment tools and
software for managing assessments.
Full Measure Education http://www.fullmeasureed.com/. A communications
platform for students in post-secondary education designed to reduce the dropout
rate. Founded by people from Blackboard and Presidium.
futurethink http://futurethink.com/. Tools for developing innovative ideas.
Globecomm Tempo Enterprise Media Platform (Globecomm Systems)
http://www.globecommsystems.com/media/tempo-hosted-interactive-videoservices.shtml. A system for storing and retrieving video content that can be
integrated with learning managment systems.
Google Apps for Education (Google) http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/.
Not an LMS but provides "email, sharable online calendars, instant messaging tools
and even a dedicated website to faculty, students and staff for free." Now includes
Google Classroom that is described as an LMS but is really just a collection of tools.
A direct competitor to Microsoft Live@Edu/Office 365 for Education.
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cloud solutions for universities including enhancements and add-ons for LMSs.
Learning Light ThinkZOOM (Learning Light Limited)
http://www.learninglight.com/Thinkzoom/knowledge-sharing-platform. A knowledge
sharing platform gives customers the ability to record, edit, share, and track their
own custom video learning and communication pieces.
Learning Objects Campus Pack and Difference Engine (Learning Objects, Inc.)
http://www.learningobjects.com/. Plug-ins for educational learning management
systems which add the capability for wikis, blogs and e-portfolios.
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/. The popular social network for professionals is
often used as a recruiting tool.
LogicBay Surround Sound Performance Center (LogicBay, a division of KLi
Learning) http://www.logicbay.com/. Channel management for sales and service.
Kaltura Open Source Video http://www.kaltura.com/. Open source video for
lecture capture and distribution. Integrates with Blackboard, Moodle, Drupal,
Microsoft SharePoint and other systems. Also offer the Kaltura MediaSpace video
portal.
Knovation netTrekker Search, icurio, and igotta, (Knovation, Inc.)
http://www.knovationlearning.com/. netTrekker Search is an educational search tool
for digital resources and learning tools. icurio is a digital curriculum content solution
for personalized learning, delivers content to learners so they can learn their way
and gives teachers more time and flexibility to create engaging lessons. igotta is a
personalized one-stop workspace for students to find, analyze, organize, and use
information for reports, writing assignments, presentations, studying, and project
work. Have partnered with Lightspeed so that Lightspeeds My Big Campus users
can search directly within My Big Campus content libraries to find, save and share
netTrekker resources.
KnowledgeAdvisors Metrics that Matter (KnowledgeAdvisors, Inc.)
http://www.knowledgeadvisors.com Testing, evaluation, ROI software for measuring
effectiveness of training programs.
KnowledgeVision Learning Pack (KnowledgeVision Systems Incorporated)
http://www.knowledgevision.com/. A video presentation tool that works on tablets
and includes the Ask app for creating assessments. Also offer the online tool
knovio http://www.knovio.com/ for adding video to PowerPoint like presentations.
Microsoft Live@Edu (Microsoft) http://www.microsoft.com/liveatedu/free-hostedstudent-email.aspx. A free cloud-based email/collaboration service for students. It
is a suite that includes Outlook Live, Windows Live SkyDrive, and Microsoft Office
Web Apps. Microsoft is in the process of transitioning its Live@edu service to
Office365 for Education. It also has Office 365 University for higher education and
Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook Creator.
Modo Labs Mobile Campus (Modo Labs, Inc.) http://www.modolabs.com. Includes
Courses and Registrar modules that mash-up popular Learning Management
Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS), enabling students and
faculty to access information via a single common mobile interface.
Mount Knowledge Syntality and Knowledge Generator.
http://www.mountknowledge.ca/. A visual learning system referred to as Syntality
integrated into a core application known as the Knowledge Generator. They also
offer Language Key, English as a Second Language (ESL) courses, test preparation
courses and some business soft skills courses.
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LotusLive.
Instagram http://instagram.com/. A photo sharing website.
Interactyx TOPYX Bolt http://www.interactyx.com/. A social learning add-on for
learning management systems.
Intrafinity MentorMatch (Intrafinity Inc.) http://www.intrafinity.com.
Izzui http://www.izzui.com/ - a collaboration website for sharing online content and
presentations. It is a Facebook app that adds characters, animations and games.
Jive http://www.jivesoftware.com/. A social business tool with an emphasis on sales
and customer service.
Jolicloud http://www.jolicloud.com/. Software to customize your desktop to improve
access to web applications.
Knode http://www.knodeinc.com/. A web-based life science/pharmaceutical solution
that provides a view of experts and their content.
Learnist http://learni.st/. A social website for people to share learning.
Lockheed Martin Eureka Streams (Lockheed Martin Corporation)
http://www.eurekastreams.org/. An open source project. Eureka Streams helps
knowledge workers make informed decisions by finding relevant colleagues and
groups, following their streams of activity, and engaging in conversation.
Lore http://lore.com/. A social/community course sharing platform. Offers a variety
of university level courses. Similar to a MOOC in this respect. Includes a gradebook
and the ability for students to track their own learning. Established at the University
of Pennsylvania and originally known as CourseKit. Acquired by Noodle (an
education search company) in March, 2013.
Management Mentors (Management Mentors) http://www.managementmentors.com/. Software and consulting for mentoring.
MediaDefined ensemba! (MediaDefined, Inc. d/b/a NetExam)
http://www.netexam.com and http://beta.ensemba.com/. They also offer the NetExam
LMS and consultation services.
mylist http://www.mylist.com/. A Facebook app for list sharing.
OpenText First Class (OpenText Corporation) http://www.firstclass.com/. A system
that began as an email system and has now expanded into a social learning tool. It
can be used to host and launch elearning but does not provide the management
tools offered by a full LMS. It has largely been used by school systems but also by
some businesses like UHaul and Alaska Airlines. Based in Waterloo, Ontario.
Piazza https://piazza.com/. A wiki style question and answer platform for students
and instructors that integrates with LMSs.
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/. An online pinboard where people share things they
like. Businesses can use it to tell their story and for building communities of interest.
Quipper (Quipper) http://www.quipper.com/. A quiz sharing site with quiz creation
tools.
Reddit (Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.) http://www.reddit.com/. a source for
what's new and popular online.
Reef Education (Macmillan New Ventures, LLC.) http://reef-education.com/. Mobile
ready, integrated online solutions to facilitate campus communication and
engagement. Can be integrated with LMS, SIS, etc. One module is REEF Polling by
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i>clicker.
RippleQ http://www.rippleq.com/. SaaS social software for corporations with a
dashboard.
Scoop.it http://www.scoop.it/. A content curation and publishing tool that lets people
search for Web resources related to topics of interest, post them on their personal
Scoop.it page along with a note, and then publish their scooped content to a blog or
other online media.
SkillSoft inGenius (SkillSoft) http://www.skillsoft.com. A corporate platform for
social learning.
Small Steps to Big Results http://www.reallybigresults.com/. A networking site for
sharing courses with a marketing focus. Complete with an authoring tool.
Social Networks for eLearning and Distance Education
- The eLearning Network
- European Distance and e-Learning Network
- e-Learning Research Network
- Elearning Talk
- United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
- Canadian Network for Innovation in Education
- Articulate Community E-Learning Heroes
- The ELearning Guild
Social Networks for Teachers
- Future of Education
- Classroom 2.0 community
- Classroom 2.0 LIVE! interview series
- Aula 2.0 community
- Teacher 2.0 community and free online course
- Library 2.0 community
- Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference
- 2011 Global Education Conference
- EduBloggerCon Wiki
- Edublogs
Sophia Learning http://www.sophia.org/. A social network for teachers and learners.
Also provide course materials for K-12.
SuccessFactors Social Learning (SuccessFactors, Inc.)
http://www.successfactors.com/learning-management/social. SuccessFactors
purchased the Plateau LMS and Jambok (social learning) in 2011 and have
incorporated them into their offerings. SAP purchased SuccessFactors in 2012.
SAP now offers the SuccessFactors Learning solution.
Tracky https://tracky.com/. A social collaboration platform. Has an iOS app.
Triple Creek River (Triple Creek Associates, Inc.) http://www.triplecreekriver.com/.
Formerly called Open Mentoring, River is enterprise social software for creating and
managing learning networks, collaboration and knowledge sharing including
mentoring, performance management, and administrative features that make it
similar to an LMS. Also provides access to Skillsoft content. Triple Creek changed
its corporate name to River in Sept. 2014.
Tumbler http://www.tumblr.com/. Another site for sharing text, photos, quotes, links,
music, and videos.
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Twitter https://twitter.com/. Like Facebook, it can be a great learning tool for people
rather than a waste of time when used appropriately. Christopher Pappas lists more
than 100 eLearning hashtags on Twitter at
http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/general/item/331-list-of-elearning-twitterhashtags-being-used-rightnow?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Elear
ningIndustry+%28eLearning+Industry%29.
University of San Diego Wise http://sites.sandiego.edu/wise/. An interactive
platform built on geospatial technologies designed to help users share photographs,
videos, interactive conversations and comments in real time and apply classroom
concepts directly to the real world. Has desktop and mobile apps.
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/. Digital stories and multimedia conversations.
Voniz https://www.voniz.com/. Social, professional, and business networking. Based
in India. They also offer an education LMS and ERP called V-Classrooming.
Wisetail Learning Ecosystem (Wisetail) http://www.wisetail.com/. Described as
The next generation LMS. It is an eLearning system where employees complete
and/or contribute video training content, and interact with one another socially It also
includes LMS features like a content management system, course delivery with
learning paths, test creation tools, SCORM compatibility, reporting and user
management, etc.
Yammer https://www.yammer.com/. Private social networks for companies. Now
owned by Microsoft.
Zimbra http://www.zimbra.com/. Offer Zimbra Collaboration and Community open
source messaging and social netoworking.
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Images when you use free images you should be sure the images you are using are
free for commercial use. Those only available free for personal use are not
appropriate for teaching.
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File conversion
Sound
Music
Free Music Archive -- Choose from high-quality music files, searchable by genre
to use in multimedia projects.
Incompetech - Royalty Free Music -- Another site to search for royalty-free music
in video projects.
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Rumblefish -- A website where you can search for and purchase licenses for
audio files for use in published videos.
CCMixter - add free, copyright-free music to presentations and movies.
Noteflight interactive online music writing software.
34 Websites to Download Royalty Free and Creative Commons Music for Free.
Sound effects
Recording
Adobe Audition CS6 An audio editing tool part of Adobe Creative Suite
Audacity A free audio editor for recording, mixing and editing audio
GarageBand for Mac recording studio tools you need to write, play, mix, and
export your own songs.
Moodle - version 2.0 has an audio recorder
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Screencast-O-Matic
ScreenDash
Screenhunter
Screenpresso
Screenr - a free, web-based screen capture tool from Articulate.
Screenshot Captor
ScreenSnapr
Skitch editing screenshots
TinyGrab social screenshot sharing.
Webinaria - free
Websnapr
Windows Snipping Tool built into most current versions of Windows. Find it in
Accessories.
Numerous other screen capture tools are listed above in Course Authoring Tools.
Language Learning
Busuu free and paid language courses in seven languages English, Spanish,
Portuguese, Italian, German, Russian and French.
Duolingo - Free European language learning with gamification elements.
iKnow! Paid language courses.
LiveMocha - free and paid online language courses in 35 languages
Root-1 OpenMinds - Language arts learning for elementary students. Includes
both content which can be customized and creation of own content. Uses
adaptive learning. Also offer vocabulary games StoryLines, Word Kung Fu, Word
Joust, and X-words.
Online presentations/slideshows
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Microsoft Office Mix a PowerPoint superset with which students and teachers
can annotate slides, add audio and video, and embed interactive elements like
quizzes and host them on OfficeMix.com. Works with PowerPoint 3013 only.
Microsoft Sway - new in 2015 from Microsoft Office. It is a place to create and
publish presentations, reports, stories, descriptions, etc. using existing or new
documents, presentations, and media. Available at https://docs.com/.
MyBrainshark
Photopeach
Powtoon free animated videos
Prezi an online tool for creating and sharing presentations.
PresentationTube for recording and sharing video/slide presentations
Slideboom - convert PowerPoint presentations to Flash and share them
sliderocket
Slideshare sharing of presentations, documents, video.
Slidestory - tell a story, share your photos, narrate in your own voice
SmileBox
vcasmo for recording and sharing video/slide presentations
TechSmith Screencast.com
Yawnbuster (Yawnbuster, a division of Harbinger Knowledge Products Pvt. Ltd.) tools for adding interactivity and audience participation to PowerPoint
presentations, student response system.
Zoho Docs for document and presentation sharing
PowerPoint convertors can also be found in Google Docs and Open Office.
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Answer Garden
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Forms on Google Docs create a form with your Google Doc account and
embed it into your website
Lime Survey free open source survey tool.
Polldaddy a Wordpress application.
Poll Everywhere can be embedded in Moodle
Poll Junkie
Pollmo
ProProfs Survey Maker - free
REEF polling a mobile polling tool from i>clicker that is free for professors.
Qualtrics
QuestionPro
Survey Monkey
Vizu Web Polls
Zoomerang
Timeline Generators
Capzles create stories with photos, videos, music and documents.
Dipity - a free digital timeline website for creation and sharing of multimedia
timelines.
Free Timeline mobile friendly timelines for professional planning and project
management
Microsoft Office Timeline a tool for Gantt charts inside PowerPoint.
MyHistro create timelines about events with maps images.
SmartDraw create flowcharts, organization charts, mind mas and project
charts.
TikiToki Basic version is free.
Timeline JS A Google Docs template available in 40 languages.
Timeline Template visualize eLearning projects. Microsoft Office compatible.
TimeToast
Twitter Custom Timelines gather tweets and hashtags about your courses
XTimeline - a free web-based timeline tool for creating and sharing timelines with
pictures and videos.
Timeline Tool 2.0 a free, web-based timeline tool from UBC (The University of
British Columbia) with a WYSIWYG interface.
Brainstorming Tools
Webspiration
Bubbl.us
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Diigo - bookmark sites, create tags, make notes, and save discussions.
ClassChatter a free site that allows teachers to create online classes, manage
journals, facilitate discussions and distribute and grade assignments.
DocentEDU A free tool for teachers to share lessons (including video) with
students online and participate in discussion.
Elgg
ePals online pen pals and community.
Facebook
Feedly - an online feed aggregator for blogs and other sites that use RSS or
Atom syndication.
Google+
Google sites
Instagram
Kidblog
Mahara ePortfolio - e-portfolios and networking: works with Moodle.
Moodle Wiki Module
Moodle Blogs Module
Wikispaces
Ning
Nureva Troove Digital portfolio software
PBWorks
Scoop.it - A content curation and publishing tool that lets people search for Web
resources related to topics of interest, post them on their personal Scoop.it page
along with a note, and then publish their scooped content to a blog or other
online media.
Wiggio a mobile app that enables group interaction. Purchased by
Desire2Learn (aka D2L and Brightspace) in March 2013.
Blogging There are many ways to create your own blog often for free. Many
learning management systems have blogging tools built in. Resources include
blogger (owned by Google), Wordpress and Build Your Own Blog. Facebook,
Instagram and some of the others listed above can also be used as blogs.
Creative tools
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eInstruction
Flipgrid - create discussion style questions that students respond to through
video.
i>clicker also offer a mobile polling tool called REEF polling that is free for
professors.
iRespond
Kahoot! creates quizzes, surveys and polls, launches them in a game format and
provides feedback that can be shared.
Lecture Tools an Echo360 company. As well as a student response system, they
include tools for creating interactive presentations, student note-taking and
assessment.
Meridia Audience Response
Netop has released a Web-based student response system that allows students
to use their mobile devices as clickers.- Netop Response.
Renaissance Learning
Smart Response. Calgary, Alberta based SMART Technologies is also a leader
in the interactive whiteboard market.
Socrative works with any device or browser.
Turning Point Clickers. Includes polling tool and iPad/iPhone support.
There are also apps for smart phones that allow them to be used as clickers.
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Interactive Whiteboard Apps for K-12 Flipped Classrooms
o Scoodle Jam https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scoodlejam/id640846057?mt=8.
o Doceri Interactive Whiteboard https://doceri.com/.
o Educreations Interactive Whiteboard http://www.educreations.com/.
o Show Me Interactive Whiteboard http://www.showme.com/.
o MorrisCooke Explain Everything
e-books
Academic Pub. The creation of custom texts using your own and others content
complete with copyright clearance.
Amazon/Kindle. Books available for loan and sale for the Kindle (Amazons
reader).
Apple iBooks for iPad (Apple Inc.). Apples new initiative announced on Jan. 19,
2012 for putting interactive textbooks on the iPad.
Barnes & Noble/Nook. Books available for the Nook (the Barnes & Noble reader).
Blackwell Learning. Blackwells is a UK based publisher that announced a
Learning Management System for customers in April, 2014. According to
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/professional-academic-booksellerblackwells-launches-learning-management-system/, the service will provide
publishers with a secure additional sales channel, the ability to sell print and
digital content in one place while gaining access to detailed consumer insight
data. It will integrate with university virtual learning environments and learning
management systems. It is described as a new digital learning service that has
been built for students, academics and professionals to download and annotate
eBooks on any device.
Bookboon.com. Free textbooks and other books paid for by advertising.
Bookshare. Accessible books and periodicals for readers with print disabilities.
Boundless. Online textbooks for more than 20 subjects. Includes search, notes,
flashcards and quizzes.
Chegg 9000 difficult textbooks online and tutors.
Courseload. eTextbooks and digital course materials for higher education. Also
offer Courseload Engage an application designed to enhance engagement and
collaboration between students and instructors. Purchased in 2015 by Unizin
Unizin, which is housed within Internet2, consists of a group of schools funding
creation of a set of applications to replace existing campus systems licensed
from learning management system providers and other companies.
CourseSmart (CourseSmart, LLC). Provide most of the higher education
textbooks as eTextbooks, as well as a catalog of eResources and digital course
materials. An app provides access via mobile devices including tablets.
eBooks.com. Provide ebooks for mobile devices.
eCampus.com. Offer electronic texts as well as new and used textbooks for rent
or sale.
Flat World (Flat World Education, Inc.) http://www1.flatworldknowledge.com/.
Digital textbooks for postsecondary courses. Also offer the Flat World Learning
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Education.com games, worksheets, activities and lesson plans for teachers but
full access requires a paid membership.
Education World
Google Apps Lesson Plans
HotChalk
Microsoft
Intel
Kathy Schrocks Guide to Everything
Lesson Planet
Scholastic
TeachersFirst
Teachers.net
Other tools
19Pencils - Free resources for K-6 classrooms plus game creation tools.
Clever tools for teachers to manage student data and a single sign-on solution
for all school district apps.
Communicate: SymWriter a symbol-supported word processor that any writer,
regardless of literacy level, can use to author documents. Also offer numerous
other products to support learners with disabilities.
Connect[ED] is a resource that addresses Internet safety for students in Grades
4-6. Ophea also offers other tools.
Discovery School Lesson Plan Library - Hundreds of original lesson plans, all
written by teachers for teachers. There are lesson plans for elementary, middle
and high school students.
DocentEDU A free tool for teachers to share lessons (including video) with
students online and participate in discussion.
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There are dozens of iPhone and iPad apps that are available to help students.
Christopher Pappas has a list of some at
http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/tools/item/322-free-elearning-apps-for-iphone-andipad?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Elearnin
gIndustry+%28eLearning+Industry%29.
APPEd review http://appedreview.com/ offers reviews of apps for education.
Pappas also has a list of sources for educational video material at
http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/general/item/328-free-educational-video-sitecollections?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+El
earningIndustry+%28eLearning+Industry%29 and a list of eLearning hashtags in Twitter
at http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/general/item/331-list-of-elearning-twitterhashtags-being-used-rightnow?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Elearnin
gIndustry+%28eLearning+Industry%29.
Each year, Jane Hart and her Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies
(C4LPT) produces a list of the Top 100 Tools for Learning compiled from the Top 10
tools lists of learning professionals worldwide from education, training and workplace
learning. Her definition of tools is very broad. It is interesting to note that the tools that
head the list are standard search and social media tools like Twitter, Google, Youtube,
Facebook, etc. She also offers a directory of over 2000 tools at
http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/.
Another source is http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/.
And see http://msedtechie.blogspot.ca/2014/08/msedtechie-what-are-your-kidsusing.html.
There are thousands of sites for teachers to share classroom resources, lesson plans,
etc. To find them simply Google lesson plans.
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Certification Partners (Certification Partners, LLC.) http://www.certificationpartners.com/. Consultation for certification development. Also offer an LMS.
Cincraft Productions, Inc. http://cinecraft.com/. Custom eLearning and video
production.
Cine Learning Productions http://www.cinelearningproductions.com/. Custom
eLearning, blended solutions, video production, consulting services.
Cirrus e-Learning (Cirrus e-learning, a division of MKC Training Services Ltd., a
wholly owned subsidiary of MidKent College) http://www.cirruselearning.com/. They
also offer an LMS.
City & Guilds Kineo (Kineo.com) http://www.kineo.com/. Based in the UK.
Primarily a custom developer. They also offer the Totara LMS which is a custom
distribution of Moodle for the corporate sector as well as authoring tools like
Articulate, Captivate, Atlantic Link (Assima) and Mohive. They are also developing
Adapt a multi-device (HTML5) eLearning authoring framework that will be offered
as open source. City & Guilds (a vocational education company)
http://www.cityandguilds.com/ purchased Kineo in late 2012.
Clarity Consulting http://www.clarityconsultants.com/
classroom24-7 http://www.classroom24-7.com/. Consultation, custom development,
marketing and media production services. Also offer a customizable LMS. Focus on
continuing education. Purchased by Rizk Ventures, LLC in 2015
ClearPoint http://www.clearpointlearning.com/, Consultation and development for
LMS, mLearning, etc. for the health sciences. Also offer Knowledge2People (KP) - a
hosted, social learning portal for health education and ComCoach a desktop
simulation tool.
Code & Pixels Interactive Technologies Private Limited
http://www.codeandpixels.net/. Consulting and custom eLearning development
including simulations, mobile and LMS implementations. Based in India.
Cognify http://www.cognify.co.uk/. Consultation and custom development of
eLearning, games, mobile learning, etc.
Cognitive Arts http://www.cognitivearts.com/. Offer custom design and delivery of
eLearning - simulations and games, social learning, rich media, etc. Also offer the
KnowledgeHub LMS. A division of NIIT www.niit.com.
CommLab India http://www.commlabindia.com/. Custom eLearning software
development including LMSs and courses. Subscribe to Tin Can API.
Competentum (Competentum USA, Ltd.) http://www.competentum.com/. Offer
custom course design for math and science, software development and mobile
platforms. Formerly offered ShareKnowledge LMS but it is now offered by
ShareKnowledge Inc.
Cognitive Advisors (Cognitive Advisors, LLC) http://www.cognitiveadvisors.com/.
Learning strategy and curriculum consulting. Also offer the TREK Learning
Experience Manager - a mobile cloud-based application that manages, captures,
and tracks informal learning and experiential learning using the Experience (Tin Can)
API.
CoreAxis http://www.coreaxis.com/. Learning/training consultation, custom
eLearning development and management.
Cubic http://www.cubic.com/. Custom training development for the transportation
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Trainingindustry.com rates various providers each year including content development
companies. For the 2014 list of the top 20, see http://www.trainingindustry.com/contentdevelopment/top-companies-listings/2014/2014-content-development-companies-watchlist.aspx. They also provide a supplier directory.
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Advance Mentoring (Advance Mentoring Healthcare)
http://healthcare.advancementoring.com/ Specialist in healthcare industry.
AlphaQuest University (AQU) http://www.alphaquestllc.com/. The customized
online learning management system was developed to serve the greater than
100,000 certified billing, coding and compliance professionals in the healthcare
industry.
Amadeus Learning Management System (Amadeus, a division of DECIMAL)
http://www.amadeussolutions.com. Based in Quebec City, Quebec.
Aprima Medical Software Learning Management System (Aprima Medical
Software, Inc.) http://www.aprima.com/
ARK Tutor ARK LMS (Ark Tutor) http://www.arktutor.com/ includes a content
authoring tool. Website no longer accessible Jan. 2013.
Kaplan/Atlantic Link Knowledge Point (Kaplan Learning Technologies).
http://www.kaplanlt.com/. Kaplan purchased Atlantic Link in 2010. The Atlantic
Link products Kaplan was acquired by Assima http://www.assima.net/ in 2012.
The products - Content Point, Capture Point, and the LMS/LCMS Knowledge Point
are still available as Assima Atlantic Link.
Beeline Orchestrata (Beeline, a business unit of Adecco Group North America.)
https://www.beeline.com. Orchestrata is a complete Talent Management System of
which learning management is a part. Also offer ellegro course development
tool. As of Sept. 2012, these products no longer appear to be available. While
they still offer Workforce Intelligence analytics software, there is no evidence of
Orchestrata on the website. See Starfield.
Bitness Contento LMS (Bitness, Italy) http://www.bitness.it Mostly a custom
developer. They still offer a variety of apps and ebooks through Pearson.
Blackwell Learning. Blackwells (http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/) is a UK based
publisher that announced a Learning Management System for customers in April,
2014. According to http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/professional-academicbookseller-blackwells-launches-learning-management-system/, the service will
provide publishers with a secure additional sales channel, the ability to sell print
and digital content in one place while gaining access to detailed consumer insight
data. It will integrate with university virtual learning environments and learning
management systems. It is described as a new digital learning service that has
been built for students, academics and professionals to download and annotate
eBooks on any device. As of August 2015, the status of this is unclear and it is not
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Via Training ChannelSmart Sales Training Management System (Via Training,
LLC) http://www.viatraining.com. Oriented to sales and product training. In 2007
they became part of General Physics Corporation. They primarily offer training
courses and neither seems to offer an LMS any longer.
VTN Technologies Ol (http://www.vtn-tech.com/) Based in Edmonton, Alberta.
Was acquired by SilkRoad in Nov. 2008. Product integrated into SilkRoad
Greenlight.
Vuepoint Learning System (Vuepoint Corp.) http://www.vuepoint.com/ Product
includes Learning Management, Learning Content Management, Content Creation,
a web portal and other tools. Now called Certpoint
http://www.certpointsystems.com/ and owned by Infor http://www.infor.com.
WebCT http://www.webct.com/ Primarily an Education LMS, WebCT was
purchased by Blackboard in 2005. The Vista version of WebCT is being phased
out by Blackboard in 2013 and replaced with Blackboard Learn.
Websoft KnowledgeBridge (Websoft Inc.) http://www.websoft.com/ Offer a full
suite. Website is not functional as of Sept. 2010.
Worldwide Interactive Network The Learning Manager (Worldwide Interactive
Network Inc.) http://www.w-win.com/. This LMS no longer seems to be offered.
The company (as WIN Learning http://www.winlearning.com ) still offers Strategic
Compass and other products.
Worknowledge (Worknowledge) http://www.worknowledge.com/. A hosted
solution. Website no longer appears to be accessible.
XStream RapidShare LMS (XStream Software Inc.)
http://www.xstreamsoftware.com/ Based in Ottawa. As of Dec. 2012, it appears
that XStream is no longer offering the LMS product. They still offer authoring tools
and Sharepoint applications and development.
Xtention Learning Management System (Xtention Inc.) http://www.xtention.net/
Website no longer accessible (requires login).
YnotLearn YnotManage (YnotLearn LLC) http://www.ynotlearn.com. The website
no longer appears to be accessible.
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The viability of this product is in doubt.
inContact Content Author (inContact, Inc.) http://www.incontact.com/. Designed
for call center training. The company still exists and offers call center services and
consultation but this product no longer appears to be offered.
InfoPro Learning GnosisConnect Author (InfoPro Corporation)
http://www.infoprolearning.com/products/gnosisconnect-author/. A customized
LMS. Also offer GnosisConnect Author, Collaborate and Mobile, consulting and
custom development services as well as a range of technical and non-technical
courses under the TeachMeIt http://www.teachmeit.com/ brand. Based in India
with worldwide offices. As of August 2013, the Author product seems to have been
discontinued. The other products are still available.
InfoSource Simple Productivity SimplePresentation PLUS (InfoSource, Inc.)
http://www.infosourcelearning.com/ or http://www.simple-productivity.com/. A videocapture program with tracking. Also offer an LMS that includes authoring
capablitity. The Simple Productivity website is not longer available as of Mar. 2015.
Intelladon Unison (Intelladon) http://intelladon.com. Based on the Rapid Intake
eLearning Development Platform. Intelladon was acquired by Tribridge
http://www.tribridge.com/ in Sept. 2013. It now functions as a consulting and
implementation company for third partner vendors such as Cornerstone on
Demand.
Intralearn XE (Intralearn) http://www.intralearn.com. They still offer various
versions of their LMS but this authoring product no longer seems to be available.
Intrafinity SitePublish CMS (Intrafinity Inc.) http://www.intrafinity.com. This is
really a website Content Management System (CMS) and not an authoring tool for
e-learning. They do offer LMS and MentorMatch software.
ISM eCompany EasyGenerator Suite (ISM eCompany) http://www.ism.nl
Netherlands. ISM eCompany is an eCommerce vendor that has several
subsidiaries including Sana Software and Magento. EasyGenerator was split off
into a separate company and can still be found at http://www.easygenerator.com/.
ITC Learning Zirada mLearning Publisher (ITC Learning, Inc.)
http://www.itclearning.com.au/. An authoring tool for mobile learning. ITC also
offers Lectora and Raptivity for authoring and the CourseMill LMS. While this
company is still in business and offers these third party products, the Zirada
mLearning Publisher no longer appears to be available as of March 2013.
ITMax Penda Office (ITMax Pte Ltd, Singapore) http://www.itmax21.com/ A
multimedia production tool. This product no longer listed on website.
ITROM Live Blackboard (ITROM Europe HB, Sweden)
http://www.liveblackboard.com/. Website no longer accessible as of March 2013.
JeLSIM Builder (JelSIM) http://www.jelsim.org/ and https://jelsim.dev.java.net/. A
free toolkit for producing educational simulations. Website not accessible as of
March 2013.
KESDEE Course Builder Tool (KESDEE Inc.) http://www.kesdee.com They also
offer Online Tutorial Engine. As of Oct. 2010, these products are no longer listed
on their website. They still offer an LMS and financial courses.
Kenexa Hot Lava Mobile (IBM/Kenexa) http://www.outstart.com/about-hot-lavamobile.htm. Hot Lava is a tool developed specifically for mobile authoring with
native apps for any mobile device (they dont use the term HTML5). A PowerPoint
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convertor. Includes reporting. Hot Lava was owned by Outstart who was then
purchased by Kenexa who was then purchased by IBM.
Knoodle (Knoodle, an SK Telecom Americas portfolio company)
http://www.knoodle.com. Authoring is part of their learning management system
and is a web-based tool for uploading PowerPoint and video to the web, it also
includes a Virtual Classroom and some Learning Management features. The site
now belongs to an advertising agency.
Learn.com CourseMaker Studio Authoring Suite (Learn.com)
http://www.learn.com. Based on the Rapid Intake Proform Rapid eLearning Studio
tool. Taleo (www.taleo.com) purchased Learn.com in 2010. As of Oct. 2010 the
CourseMaker product no longer appears to be offered although it is still available
from Rapid Intake.
LSI Kreus Collaborative Courseware Development Environment Tool Suite
(LSI, Inc.) http://www.lsijax.com/. Mainly a custom developer of military training.
They provide a number of Content Management Systems including Kreus. Not
readily available just for purchase.
Mastery Technologies ModifyTM (Mastery Technologies, Inc.)
http://www.masterytech.com/. Mastery Technologies offers many health, safety
and business courses. Modify is a product that allows users to customize any of
the courses to meet specific needs. Mastery also offers MasteryNet LMS,
MasterNet Training System, and MasteryNet LAN Training Manager. Although the
company is still in business, its LMS is offered only to its own clients and the
Modify product is no longer available.
McKinnon-Mulherin Banshee (McKinnon-Mulherin Inc.) http://www.mckinnonmulherin.com. This product no longer seems to be available. The company still
offers consultation services in the area of learning solutions, sales and business
communication, technical writing, and editorial projects.
MediaDefined NetExam VirtualLab (MediaDefined, Inc. d/b/a NetExam)
http://www.netexam.com. The VirtualLab product no longer seems to be available.
They still offer the NetExam LMS, a social learning platform called ensemba!, and
consultation services.
Mediapro iAuthor (Mediapro Education Technology (P) Ltd.)
http://www.mymediapro.com/. Based in India. Offer numerous online courses and
custom development but apparently no longer offer this product. The website
appears to work only in Internet Explorer.
Microsoft ESP (Microsoft, Inc.) http://www.microsoft.com/. A 3-D simulation
development tool. This tool is not generally available. It may be available to the
developer network.
MindIQ Design-a-Course (MindIQ Corporation) http://www.mindiq.com. As of
Oct. 2010, the website is no longer accessible.
Netex Learning Coffee Maker (Netex Knowledge Factory S.L.)
http://www.netexcompany.com/. Has HTML5 output. They also offer a mobile app,
Learning Coffee a collection of off-the-shelf business courses, a corporate and
an education LMS, custom course development and other tools. Have integrated
a Tin Can conformant Learning Record Store. Based in Spain. As of May 2015,
this does not appear to be available. They still offer learningCloud a corporate
LMS, learningSchool an education LMS and Learning Coffee.
Norpath Elements Studio 3 for Windows and Mac OS X (Norpath Inc.)
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Part of a suite of products. On July 8th, 2010, RWD sold its software products
division to ANCILE Solutions, Inc. This product no longer appears to be available.
SkillSoft Dialogue (Skillsoft) http://www.skillsoft.com/ . Originally launched in
2005, it is unclear if Skillsoft still offers Dialogue. It is no longer featured on their
website.
Streamlogics MyTalkback EVENT/SHARE (Streamlogics)
http://www.streamlogics.com. This site now redirects to
http://thomsonreuters.com/multimedia_solutions/.
SumTotal TotalVCS (SumTotal Systems)
http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/products/stvcs.html. Although SumTotal Systems
continues to be one of the largest LMS vendors, they no longer seem to offer this
as a separate product. Many third party virtual classrooms can be integrated into
their LMS/LCMS offerings.
Sun-Tech Collaboro (Sun-Tech International Group Ltd.)
http://www.suntechgroup.com/. Unfortunately there is no direct link to information
on this software found at this site. This information was obtained from
http://www.allproducts.com/manufacture98/suntech/product4.html. The status of
this offering is in doubt. Sun-Tech is based in China.
Teleplace (Teleplace, Inc.) http://www.teleplace.com/. More than just a virtual
classroom provides additional tools for collaboration and sharing. Also offer the
OpenQwaq project which is an open source version of the Teleplace tools. Now
redirects to http://3dicc.com/.
TeraLearn Virtual Rooms and Registration Solution (VCR) (TeraLearn.com
Inc.) http://www.teralearn.com/. They use the HP Virtual Rooms technology and
integrate it with their LCMS adding registration features. As of 2013 the website is
no longer accessible.
Thomson Reuters Webcasting (Thomson Reuters)
http://thomsonreuters.com/multimedia_solutions/webcasting/. Formerly
Streamlogics. This product is no longer visible on the website. Availability
uncertain.
Vcall Web Conferencing (Vcall, Inc. part of PrecisionIR Group - formerly
Communicast) http://www.vcall.com. This site now links to MediaPlatform
http://www.mediaplatform.com/.
Watchitoo (Watchitoo Inc.) http://www.watchitoo.com/. Multistreaming
collaboration video platform. Have partnered with Pearson Learning Studio. Also
offer ClassInteract for education and Playground for small to medium businesses.
Rebranded as newrow_ in Nov. 2014.
WebDialogs Meeting Central (WebDialogs) http://www.unyte.net Purchased by
IBM in August, 2007.
WebTrain BlueTrain (WebTrain Communications Inc.)
http://www.mybluetrain.com/ Based in Victoria, British Columbia. Also offer
BlueTrain Express for up to 25 people. The website expired on 11/25/2012.
Wimba Classroom (Wimba) http://www.wimba.com/ Focuses on the formal
education market. Also offers an authoring tool called Wimba Create. Merged
with HorizonLive in 2004 and was known as Horizon Wimba for a short time.
Purchased Silicon Chalk in 2005. Wimba and Elluminate were purchased by
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Pearson eCollege http://www.ecollege.com. Pearson purchased eCollege in
2007 and seems to have refocused it on a learning platform (Pearson Learning
Studio) for other institutions rather than providing its own courseware. Courseware
and other resources are available from other Pearson sites
(http://www.pearsonschool.com/, etc.).
Pearson.learn (Pearson Education) http://dotlearn.com/. On online college
courseware provider. Formerly Intellipro and purchased by Pearson Education in
2009. Website not available in June 2014.
Plato Learning (Plato Learning, Inc.) http://www.plato.com/. Online courses for
elementary, secondary and post-secondary students. Plato is now Edmentum
http://www.edmentum.com/. As of Nov. 2012, Edmentum is a new name for
products from Plato learning, Study Island, and other Archipelago learning and
educational options.
Portico Learning Solutions http://www.porticolearning.com/. Libraries include:
Employment Law, Safety and Health, Medical Compliance, and Maritime Security.
Formerly Flying Fish. These sites redirect to Nexlearn as of June 2014. The
above courseware no longer seems to be available.
Serebra http://www.serebra.com. Now Bluedrop CoursePark
http://www.bluedrop.com/ and http://www.coursepark.com/. IT and business skills
courses. A merger between Serebra and Bluedrop was announced on March 24,
2011.
Stanford University Venture Lab http://venture-lab.org/. A selection of free
interactive courses from Stanford. Now redirects to https://novoed.com/.
Strategic Management Group Inc. http://www.smginc.com Simulations for
leadership, business, projects and sales. Now owned by BTS http://www.bts.com/
and mostly offer custom development of simulations.
Study Island (Study Island) http:/www.studyisland.com/. Provides web-based
curriculum materials for K-12 in the United States and Canada. Now part of
Edmentum http://www.edmentum.com. As of Nov. 2012, Edmentum is a new name
for products from Plato learning, Study Island, and other Archipelago learning and
educational options.
The Shadow Negotiation LLC http://www.theshadownegotiation.com Negotiating
skills for women. Website no longer accessible.
Thirdforce http://www.thirdforce.com/. Offer 100s of courses on a wide range of
topics. Merged with Mindleaders in 2007. Skillsoft purchased Mindleaders in
Sept. 2012.
ULiveandLearn (ULiveandLearn.com, Inc.) http://uliveandlearn.com/. Adaptive
learning programs for professional development. ULiveandLearn has been retired.
See Adapt Knowledge http://adaptknowledge.com/.
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