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Tool Set 2009

Tony Karrer

I thought I'd kick off this year by posting a series of posts on topics related to tools and methods for work and learning. I'm hoping to address questions such as: How do you create a personal tool set or Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for yourself? What should be in your tool set? Should twitter be part of your tool set?

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Growth of online learning

eFront

More and more educational resources began to emerge from this point, including BlackBoard in 1997 and SmartThinking in 1999. Subsequently, according to a 2008 study conducted by the U.S The Khan Academy continues to offer thousands of bite-sized videos, instant data, and step-by-step problem solving tutorials for students worldwide.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

I see a listing of products and tools. Clearly says something about the state of the fragmented eLearning market -- mostly small shops providing services or companies doing it in-house using all of the aforementioned tools. Id personally come up with a list of tools, but then I produce elearning inhouse for my employer.

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The Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning

The Learning Dispatch

A Note on Rapid Authoring Tools. Training content developed using rapid authoring tools, such as Articulate Storyline, Trivantis Lectora, and Adobe Captivate, and (often) provided as a click-though, packaged course. Many who are blind use a screen reader, which is software that reads the screen out loud.

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Online Learning Works – So Why are Schools Failing at it?

eLearning 24-7

In the late 90’s led by Blackboard, more institutions of higher education and even some schools were joining the online learning experience. An estimated 1 million students in K-12 took at least one online course in 2007-2008 (Piccano and Seaman, 2009). E-Learning (the actual term) for online education started in 1993.

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The Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning

The Learning Dispatch

A Note on Rapid Authoring Tools. Training content developed using rapid authoring tools, such as Articulate Storyline, Trivantis Lectora, and Adobe Captivate, and (often) provided as a click-though, packaged course. Many who are blind use a screen reader, which is software that reads the screen out loud.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Client is Addicted: Audio in eLearning

Learning Visions

Thursday, February 21, 2008 My Client is Addicted: Audio in eLearning Cathy Moore had a post a few months ago ( Addicted to Audio? When I was at Utah State, two others and I designed and developed Syllabase, an online course management system much like BlackBoard or WebCT (at the time). She suggested using audio sparingly. Curry said.

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