Generic (off-the-shelf) eLearning Courseware Vendors

Many organizations have found that it is useful to purchase generic courseware for information technology, communications, sales, financial skills, ethics, values, diversity and regulatory compliance. This is a list of some of these.  A few of them also offer an LMS or LCMS to manage their courseware.  Many LMS vendors offer courseware libraries through reseller agreements with these courseware developers.

1. ActiveEducation (Active Education, Inc.) http://www.activeed.com IT courses.
2. Acumen Technologies http://www.acumennet.com Financial simulations
3. Adayana Inc. “The Learning Campus” http://www.adayana.com Workplace Compliance, Financial Services, Agriculture and Food
4. AthenaOnline http://www.athenaonline.com/us/contact.asp  Business skills information available online as short “SmartBytes”.
5. Auralog http://www.auralog.com/american.html Foreign language learning.
6. Automated Learning Corporation http://www.automatedlearning.com/ Manufacturing processes
7. Bankers Edge http://www.bankersedge.com Online courses for the retail banking industry.
8. Blatant Media Corporation http://www.blatant.ca. Based in Calgary, Alberta.  Courses on Armed Robbery Response and Real Estate Safety Training.
9. Brainbench http://www.brainbench.com/  Assessments and Certifications
   for over 600 Skills. Purchased in 2006 by Previsor http://www.previsor.com.
10. Business Training Library (Business Training Library) http://www.bizlibrary.com.  3000 courses on various topics.
11. Care2Learn http://www.care2learn.com  Healthcare
12. Crossknowledge SA http://www.e-learning.fr Management skills (French origin but website and presumably courses are also available in English)
13. CRKInteractive Inc. http://www.crkinteractive.com/ Sales, customer service, leadership skills.
14. Custom Guide www.customguide.com Information technology skills
15. Digital Think (owned by Convergys). http://www.convergys.com/employeecare_learning.html There used to be a wide range of courses available and although Convergys bought Digital Think in 2006, I can find no link to a course catalog.  This link is a dead end.
16. ecollege.com http://www.ecollege.com
17. Edcomm Group http://www.edcomm.com/ Classroom and online learning for the banking sector and beyond.
18. Educacorp http://www.educacorp.com/ A Spanish company with no option for English on their website.
19. eHigherEducation http://www.ehighereducation.com/ In spite of the name, its clients are corporate – health, safety, standards, leadership, etc.
20. Element K http://www.elementk.com Over 2000 technology, business and compliance courses.  Now owned by NIIT Global www.niit.com
21. Empowered Training Centre LLC http://www.empoweredtraining.com/ccpTrainingHome.jsp Childcare training
22. Enspire Learning http://www.enspire.com/  Leadership and business simulations, courses for sales, marketing and medical.
23. EssentialSkillz (EssentialSkillz, UK) http://www.essentialskillz.com/ Health and safety courses.
24. Flying Fish (Flying Fish Creative Services Inc.) http://www.flying-fish.net/ Libraries include: Employment Law, Safety and Health, Medical Compliance, and Maritime Security.
25. General Physics Corporation http://www.gpworldwide.com Custom course development – focus on the engineering industry.
26. GlobalEnglish Corporation http://www.globalenglish.com Online English learning.
27. Global Knowledge http://www.globalknowledge.com/ IT and management training. 
28. Harvard Business School Publishing http://www.elearning.hbsp.org/  More than 5000 courses on management and technology.
29. Impact Learning Systems http://www.impactlearning.com/  Customer service training, help desk training, and sales training
30. ITC Learning http://www.itclearning.com Industrial technical and personal computer skiils training.
31. Knowledge Quest http://www.knowledgequest.com/  Personal computer skills
32. Knowledge Pills http://www.knowledge-pills.com 15 minutes pieces on business, communications, leadership and technology.
33. Knowledge Pool http://www.knowledgepool.com Business and management, IT, personal communication, project management, sales and marketing skills.
34. LearnKey Inc. http://www.learnkey.com/elearning/  Principally IT courses (“nearly 1000”}
35. ManagementVitality Inc. http://www.managementvitality.com Ottawa based vendor of Management and Communications courses.
36. Martec International http://www.martec-international.com Custom designed training for the retail industry.
37. Mediapro http://www.mediapro.com Corporate mentoring, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Privacy training.
38. MindEdge Inc. http://www.mindedge-inc.com/ Higher education – business and management, health sciences, arts and sciences, IT.
39. MindLeaders http://mindleaders.com/ Business, personal computer skills, Health and safety, HIPAA training.
40. NeoVistas (NeoVistas, India) http://www.neovistas.com/
41. Ninth House http://www.ninthhouse.com Management and leadership courses.
42. Novations Group Inc. http://www.novations.com Diversity, talent selection and development, communications, 70 management and business skills courses.
43. Pearson Digital Learning http://www.pearsondigital.com/ Mostly K-8 courseware.
44. PrimeLearning http://www.primelearning.com/ Communications, customer service, compliance, management, human resources, project management, marketing, professional development, finance, sales.
45. QualityTrainingPortal.com (part of Resource Engineering Inc.) http://www.qualitytrainingportal.com Also offer Esprit LMS (an LMS for ToolBook courses) http://www.esprit-lms.com 
46. QuicKnowledge Inc. http://www.quicknowledge.com Business and communications.
47. Richardson http://www.richardson.com/ Sales and customer service.
48. Sales Training International http://www.saleshelp.com/  Sales training, sales management training, and customer service training
49. Serebra http://www.serebra.com IT and business skills
50. SkillSoft http://www.skillsoft.com Business, compliance, IT, Computer, financial skills – 1000’s of courses.  With its purchase of Smartforce and, more recently NETg, Skillsoft is the single largest vendor in this group. 
51. Solocks.com Training Inc. http://www.solocks.com/. Offer regulatory compliance training  for WHMIS, Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG), Office Ergonomics and Asbestos Awareness.  Based in Vancouver, BC.
52. Strategic Management Group Inc. http://www.smginc.com Simulations for leadership, business, projects and sales.
53. Summit Training Source (Summit Training Source, Inc) http://www.safetyontheweb.com Safety, health and environmental courses.
54. Syntrio http://www.syntrio.com 80 courses on Communication, management, leadership, personal development, sales and service and legal compliance.
55. TFactor http://www.tfactor.com. Courses on IT and business skills, health and safety and international education
56. The Human Equation http://www.thehumanequation.com Human Resources Foundations and Compliance, Driver and Fleet Management, Ethics for lawyers, Workplace Injury and Loss Prevention, Risk Management and Safety
57. The Mosaic Company http://www.themosaiccompany.com/ Accelerated readiness and sales readiness training and custom development.
58. The Quality Group http://www.thequalitygroup.net/ Six Sigma courses
59. The Shadow Negotiation LLC http://www.theshadownegotiation.com Negotiating skills for women.
60. TRC Interactive Inc. http://www.trcinteractive.com/   Training for financial institutions - teller, compliance, sales, customer service, products and services, personal development, trainer, and management training.
61. Vubiz Ltd. http://vubiz.com Privacy, small business, e-commerce, business & personal development, human resources management, business fundamentals, financial, marketing, goal setting, management, sales, international business, community development, management, customer service, business communication, health and safety, education, non-profits, desktop.
62. YouAchieve.com Inc. http://www.youachieve.com Communication, customer service, financial management, business skills, leadership, management, marketing, personal effectiveness, sales, technology, ethics, values and diversity.  Vancouver based.

 

Notes:

 

In Oct, 2006, Skillsoft purchased NETg.

 

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