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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

By having an agreed upon protocol, things can work together, and others can build value-added services on top of them. The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative of the Department of Defense finally had enough. The ADL provided compliance testing, so that content and systems could be validated for interoperability.

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Standards and success

Clark Quinn

While IMS & IEEE held meetings to get learning content standards nailed down, ADL just put their foot down with SCORM (and US Defense is a big foot), and it pretty much got everyone’s attention. This has been a barrier to development of services. But it’s having standards that matters.

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Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning

eFront

Google has integrated eSpeak, an open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, in its online translation service Google Translate. The speech is clear, and can be used at high speeds, but is not as natural or smooth as larger synthesizers which are based on human speech recordings. wibiya widget Simple template.

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5 things you (perhaps) don't know about eFront

eFront

A good solution is to use Amazons S3 service. If yes, then eFront offers an important facility that can speed up your site: the ability to serve an eFront theme from a distant server. To make use of this functionality you simply have to do the following: a) Upload your theme in a distant server. wibiya widget Simple template.

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Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars.

eFront

It is available as hosted service or you download and install a package on your server with no limitations in usage or users. Meetings can be conducted either in conjunction with an enterprise’s existing teleconferencing service, or utilizing WebHuddle’s optional voice over IP. wibiya widget Simple template.

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Free e-Learning books

eFront

His guidance is as applicable to classroom-based as it is to e-learning based training." — Patty Crowell, director, Global Education Services, LSI Logic 20 webtools applied to teaching by Ana Maria Menezes Theory and Practice of Online Learning - Athabasca University Awarded the Charles A. wibiya widget Simple template.

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Interview on lms-selection.com

eFront

can be found at: [link] Currently, eFront is a well known eLearning platform backed-up from a dedicated company, efficiently supported through an alive web community and sold through a network of global partners that offer professional services ([link] 2. Weve got dedicated editions for different types of audience. Powered by Blogger.

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