... interesting about the new wave is that most are targeting outside of traditional eLearning solutions. Traditionally, we've seen start-ups that focus on authoring tools, virtual classroom, learning management, content, services. When you look back ... leading startups, e.g., eHarmony, MyShape, LoanToolbox, etc., my background in eLearning, and the fact that I'm a CTO-type ... today is consolidation among players in these areas.Today the startups in eLearning sit in smaller niches or by attacking tangential opportunities in eLearning. They are going after things like:specialized tools and content that ...

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... moderated dialogs at best.All-in-all, this an interesting framework for analyzing and architecting elearning solutions, that ... really interesting framework for thinking about enterprise elearning. Phil Wainewright of ZDnet wrote about a recent ... generates data will act as though it's a content publisher... Hmm, this sounds a lot like authoring tools and LCMS/LMS ... differentiate, it's just content."OK, here is where I see elearning being different; the interaction, the instructional design and the context seem more crucial than for your average IT application. Then again, maybe elearning is more ...