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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). Google code is open source code, so you can manipulate. Mashups Possibilities. Open Architecture. Typically APIs are free.

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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

Wikipedia has a write up on Web 2.0 The ideas that make up Web 2.0 are social networking, web mashups, and using the web to store and create content. A web mashup is the second concept in what makes up Web 2.0. iGoogle does a good job of this type of mashup by aggregation. Take a look at the following video.

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Google-Assisted “Search� Learning…but pls don’t say “according to Google�

Janet Clarey

You probably just “google it” and then click the Wikipedia entry for whatever you’re “googling.&# Many did not grow up using print encyclopedias and dictionaries like many older (some Gen X, boomer, mature) workers. I’m actually sick of Google. In the simplest form, Google is simply a search engine.

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DevLearn 2009 – Day 2 Recap

eLearning Weekly

Session 613: Mobile Gaming Models – A Google Case Study and More! Julie Clow (from Google) was unable to co-present. Google Leadership Game. Google worked with David Metcalf to create a leadership training program that was a mash-up with 7-8 Google tools: Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, Google Talk, etc.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Emerging" = kinds of e-learning that are just starting to show up -- in labs, new company offerings. Self Serve Can also pick up packaged food -- self-service from a vending machine, etc. example: Google Earth + local pizza parlors + your personal photographs on top of that. About Gary: Classroom teacher in the early 70s.

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E-Learning Early Indicators

eLearning 24-7

Funny, thing about those vendors, either their entire consumer base rose up and screamed we want tablets, or perhaps – and I know – it never happens in any industry – just perhaps, they looked again and said, “I see money in those tablets&#. Forums and discussion boards are making a come back (why?).

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Top 15 Learning Management Systems mid-year 2014

eLearning 24-7

If you are seeking a system that is a mash-up of useful business tools with a strong LMS, than this is a system to examine. Their ideal market honestly is education, but they as many other VLPs have realized that corporate is a delicacy that cannot be passed up. Well, that’s good because I just made it up.

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