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Web vs Apps: The Battle Rages On

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But a year later Apple came out with the iOS SDK and store, and the first Android phone was released, along with its own SDK. The web is open, standard, accessible to all, etc, was their reasoning, so it will sure win, like the PC and Windows won over Apple in the eighties and nineties. And the web is, well, not as good in mobile.

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mEnable your elearning – 6 things to consider when creating tablet compatible courses

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Mobile learning expands on that convenience, freeing the learners from even having to be at a desk using a computer. With mobile learning, a tablet, (or even a capable smartphone) is all your users need, and classes can be had anywhere those can go, which is, literally, everywhere. Connectivity.

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Adaptive and Responsive Design for eLearning: Part 2

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Driven in part by Apple’s decision in 2010 not to allow SWF files to run on the iPad, there has been an accelerating move away from Flash and towards the new emerging HTML 5 standards which allow most (but not all) of the same effects to be delivered without the downsides of dubious security, buggy code and outdated plugins.

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Basic tools for e-learning students

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They can use a desktop, mobile or cloud-based calendar app (there are also some that support all those platforms and can sync your calendar data between them). Not strictly necessary, but it will very much help your students in keeping up with course schedules and examinations.

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The Art And Science Of User Feedback

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Especially in a competitive market such as e-learning, your options are mostly limited to adapt and improve (like Apple in the 00s) or perish (like AOL in the same decade). Running a business, or any other social endeavor for that matter, is all about feedback. Sometimes, though, nothing beats asking your users directly.

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5 tips for a successful enterprise management training program

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This, as a matter of fact, is the reason why we often see successful CEOs and high ranking executives jump from one industry to another (John Sculley, who left Pepsi to become the CEO of Apple back in the eighties is a well-known example). Successful enterprise management training program: The Gist.

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Going native! eFrontPro for Android lands on Google Play Store

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Sure, eFrontPro always had a great presence on iOS and Android thanks to its responsive and mobile-friendly web UI. But now we are talking about a whole new level of mobile goodness. It also has a strong focus on mobile and offline learning, and especially microlearning (and microcertifications). The post Going native!

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