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	3 During the past year, what were the most positive developments that you saw taking place in your market?
1 1   Increased buyer awareness of eLearning 2     3     4     5     2 1   Understanding of elearning at corporate level 2   exit of small players 3   return to developing content as key 4   reduction of price from LMS players 5   elearning remained a need and not a fad 3 1   movement away from canned content 2   willingness to take some risks 3   willingness to forego bells and whistles 4   get into a mode to use custom solutions 5     4 1   Better understanding of LMS roles 2   Better understanding of LCMS roles 3   Gartner Magic quadrant 4   Realization that Synch. doesn't solve all problems 5     5 1   Government promotion of eLearning 2   Increase in corporate training 3   Continued economic growth 4   Increasing international trade 5   Lower willingness to travel 6 1   LCMSs 2   increased focus on simulations 3   concern about content quality 4     5     7 1   acceptance of standards 2   improved tools 3     4     5     8 1   focus on engagement 2   more emphasis on standards 3   focus on learning (not technology) 4     5     9 1   increased awareness of elearning 2   increased move towards ASP hosting 3     4     5     10 1   Curiosity Shown by few Large Customers 2   Half Harted Attempts Made 3   Trying to learn about e-learning benefits 4   quantifying benefits 5   small budgets made available 11 1   Questioning the technology 2   Reformulating the question of standards 3   Broadening the theory to include informal learning 4     5     12 1   Greater acceptance for e-learning 2     3     4     5     13 1   people reflecting 2     3     4     5     14 1   Continued support for existing projects 2     3     4     5     15 1   Better Understanding of benefits by users 2   real live sites proving ROI 3     4     5     16 1   Increasing number of pilots 2   Increase in use of technology 3   Quality knowledge of learning at board level 4   Use of blended learning 5     17 1   Realistic Customers with real Business probs. 2   LMS & LCMS both available from same vendor 3   Consolidation 4     5     18 1   more interest in KM 2   some custom houses still hangging on 3   seemingly fewer failures more recently 4   that's it, pretty depressing right now 5     19 1   Development of courseware standards by ASTD 2   Less overselling of e-learning's promise 3   Fewer knee-jerk attacks on e-learning 4     5     20 1   recognition of eLearning value 2   investment into initial projects 3     4     5     21 1   Merging of elearning companies 2     3     4     5     22 1   Blended Learning encroaching on ILT 2   ROI for eLearning instead of face t face 3   Centra, webex, Brainshark type services 4     5     23 1   Wall Street more aware of eLearning companies 2   US Gov't. increased involvement with eLearning 3     4     5     24 1   Greater focus on bottom-line impact of learning 2   Learning folks having to have a bottom-line focus 3     4     5     25 1   strong need for online delivery of training 2     3     4     5     26 1   KM customers interest in eLearning 2   Remote training as offering for SMEs 3     4     5     27 1   broader range of organizations using e-learning 2   renewed interest from old-time users of e-learning 3   much better development tools 4   fewer concerns about "does it work?" 5     28 1   Technology shake out 2   Fringe vendors leaving the market 3   Client understanding of technologies 4     5     29 1   more receptivity to e-learning 2   preferences expressed e-learning over ILT 3     4     5     30 1   Survival of the fittest - weeding out of the weak 2   Organizations thinking about how to deploy eL 3   A focus on ROI 4     5     31 1   consolidation 2   coming down from hype 3     4     5     32 1   Improving options in eLearning platforms/options 2   Increasing reliance on these options 3   Increasing comfort with them 4   Culture shift away from travel 5   Culture shirt toward collaboration at a distance 33 1   more elearning nternally accepted 2     3     4     5     34 1   Acceptance of the value of eLearning 2   No more missionary selling 3   Very sophistictated customer use cases: HP, CISCO 4   Recognition of LCMS as a distinctive application 5   Continued innovation in technology platforms 35 1   consolidation 2   user-friendly software 3   growing recognition of communities 4     5     36 1   focus on results not hype or technology 2   shift to quality 3     4     5     37 1   More discussions of using the web for training. 2   More adoption of DSL as minimal bandwidth req. 3     4     5     38 1   emphasis on meaningful learning 2   ; not just PowerPoint HTML presentations 3     4     5     39 1   interest in learning efficacy 2   interest in performance support 3     4     5     40 1   Renewed focus on content quality over infrastructure 2   Growth of SCORM interoperability initiative 3     4     5     41 1   realism 2     3     4     5     42 1   vendor consolidation 2   standards enforcement by customer 3   customer awareness 4     5     43 1   Blended Learning getting real 2     3     4     5     44 1   nobody said training was a bad idea 2     3     4     5     45 1   interest in e-learning evaluation 2   interest in e-learning R&D 3   focus on standards 4     5     46 1   interest in online offerings