For all of you who have been following the “Back-to-School” blog – Thank you!And finally, Part 3 of the “Back to School with Web 2.0” series is here. During the last few weeks Brian Benzinger (http://www.solutionwatch.com/512/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-1/) has researched possible scenarios and real case studies of Web 2.0 in education in hopes to show others where we…See More

I don't think it matters how old we get there is something about a new school year starting that makes many of us think of new pencils, crayons and paper. And while school looks very different from when many of us went to school there is still that excitement about starting fresh and learning new things. So for the start of this new school year I went in search of new technology tools for students and teachers.The increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students networking and utilizing…See More

Social media types are being created, identified and defined constantly. With the exception of crowdsourcing, all other social media types can be used in social learning. Many of these are new, rather than repeats from a previous post.Please be aware that this blog is not responsible for any communication/collaboration/image/video or any other item that is seen, read, viewed or heard or in any other manner, as a result of clicking on these links, which go to sites outside of this blog.Social…See More

If you want to take a peek into the future, then you should look no further than APIs and what they bring to the table. Unfortunately, too many vendors in the eLearning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them. It is too bad, because what they can do far exceeds what is available today, and enables YOU the end user to have the power and control to unlock possibilities for your learners – regardless if they are your employees,…See More

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce that thus far, the Company has been renewing 100% of its customers for installed TOPYX® eLearning platforms. Our award winning eLearning software, TOPYX , is an affordable eLearning software as a service (SaaS) solution with integrated social learning, mobile learning (including iPads), eCommerce and multi-language localization functionality…See More

Here are the top 10 trends (6 -10, part 2 of 2. Miss part 1? Click here.) that I have seen taking place in the industry, as well as a few forecasts. They are in no particular order. The trends apply to both LMS/LCMS vendors.6. Expansion into the SBM (Small Business Market). Smaller size vendors already see this as a real revenue generator. Some of these vendors are only targeting this market and not anything higher. Now, the mid…See More

Here are the top 10 trends (1 -5, part 1 of 2) that I have seen taking place in the industry, as well as a few forecasts. They are in no particular order. The trends apply to both LMS/LCMS vendors.1. Extended Enterprise - Vendors are expanding into the wholesaler/reseller/affiliates/sales agent sector with their solutions. The note of interest is that it is occurring with all size of vendors, albeit the charge is being led by mid size vendors. Not all of the big dog vendors have entered this…See More

Many people believe that once they have implemented their LMS/LCMS that everyone will come running to use the system. Nothing could be farther than the truth.Worse they assume that if it is “mandatory” everyone is going to access it because it is required. Thus creating a marketing strategy while you are working on/implementing your LMS is essential to build an audience and expand for future growth.Creating your marketing strategyRealize that it needs to be multi-pronged and not just one…See More

BattlefieldeLearning and all forms within are normally taken via your desktop computer and either hitting your company’s server with your browser or going to a hosted LMS vendor’s solution. If you wanted to work on creating content, for many people, the route would be and still is creating courses via a desktop based rapid eLearning authoring tool, or via your LMS/LCMS vendor’s tool (hosted or not) or via Dreamweaver or some other type of solution.…See More

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce that its eLearning software, TOPYX®, has been named as a "Five Emerging Learning Management Systems (LMSs) to Watch" by the chairman of Brandon Hall Research in Chief Learning Officer magazine's July 2010 edition. Interactyx Limited is the award winning developer of TOPYX®, an affordable…See More