Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 13, 2010

You can find a long list of tools broken into authoring tools, games/simulations, quiz/test tools, social media, delivery platforms, tracking and whether they support mobile. Probably one of the better sources on this is Jane Hart’s Instructional Tools Directory.

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Open Source eLearning Tools Open Authoring Tools 255

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MARCH 22, 2010

If you haven’t been looking at LMS/LCMS solutions lately or if you have, you may be noticing a trend - social media. Instead, let’s call it, what it really is and what it will be going forward – “Social Media&#. Does your LMS/LCMS vendor offer these? Worse yet, when “Web 3.0″

Social Media 40

Social Media LCMS Social Networks Media 40

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APRIL 29, 2010

Social media types with examples. New social media types are being created, identified and defined constantly. Bi-weekly updates, which can be found on the “Social Media Page&# under my Essentials section, that debuts on Monday. Social Bookmarking – Delicious - spelled often as del.icio.us

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Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 40

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JULY 13, 2010

The trends apply to both LMS/LCMS vendors. Asia – misleading by LMS/LCMS vendors. Forecast: Continued development by LMS/LCMS vendors making their front end UI (what the end user – i.e. employee or customer) more intuitive, easier to use and truly user friendly. They are in no particular order. Equally smart.

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LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

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APRIL 4, 2011

LMS/LCMS/Learning Portals (commercial & free), Social Learning stand-alone systems, hybrid system, content authoring tools, m-learning, web conferencing (already exists in many systems), virtual worlds, virtual meeting systems (already exists in some systems), marketplace exchanges (not affiliated with a system). What solution ?

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Social Learning LCMS Social Learning Portal 77

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AUGUST 31, 2010

As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. It is not as though, social learning is going to disappear.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

I must admit I am still in a daze on some shocking data, I saw in the last few weeks (on a side note: the new and updated version of my LMS/LCMS directory will be available for download this upcoming Tuesday). 30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. Social Media.

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vendor LMS Skype Social Media 66