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not working for a vendor). Vendors: People who work for a vendor (i.e. a company in the e-learningspace). That there are people out there including vendors who are not on the social media scene. I wonder how many of these vendors offer a micro-blogging like product in their product? Guess what?
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There are more vendors who do not offer the ability to post – i.e. add audio afterwards it is quite amazing. Again, simple and yet again arguably with many vendors difficult to do. Again, simple and yet again arguably with many vendors difficult to do. another vendor who offers both capabilities is sothink ).
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A vendor won’t say “no, you can’t”), Combo still plays high here, and there are a couple that are customer education driven – focus. One vendor is changing their focus in 2023 – you get to learn about here first! The majority of vendors in the industry slide into the $$ to $$$ area.
although before adding it your learning system or learning tool, you should investigate and ascertain what if any consequences could come about by doing so. There are already a couple of vendors, in the works with it, and at least one, Firmwater, who says they have added it to their learning system (I have been promised a demo).
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