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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

user seat costs), it’s free, and is configurable in such a way that connecting with any 3rd party tool or system is doable. . Here is a sampling of those vendors on the (“Alternative to Moodle). iSpring Learn – Not open source, and started out as an authoring tool (still core business), which has an LMS.

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Andy Whitaker "Matching Learning Paths w/Performance Using Tin Can" #ATDTK

Learning Visions

The hope is in a year, two years, more vendors/products will have adopted xAPI. Typically -- when an LMS vendor says they support Tin Can, they''re using an LRS within their LMS. Example: NexLearn (simulation tool) Helping a 3rd party outfit their tool to contribute statements. How do you make the data useful and usable?

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The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

Learning Visions

And “in times like these…” Why pay for a pricey LMS when you can Moodle or Drupal or Sakai ? There’s no vendor who creates Moodle per say. Kineo has recently worked on creating a classroom management add-on for a corporate client and has a fabulous Moodle reporting tool. A ‘low-cost’ LMS starts at an average of $58K.

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3 Critical Questions To Ask A Learning Technology Vendor

Docebo

L2 and L3 support (this type of support is managed by the learning platform vendor). Regardless of the learning technology solution you implement, it’s important to ensure that your SaaS learning platform vendor can support integrations. Combine your learning platform with Elucidat (e-learning authoring tool). Google Drive.

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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

Unfortunately, too many vendors in the e-learning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them. However there are vendors who sell their API solution wrapped in a piece of software. Google code is open source code, so you can manipulate. Typically APIs are free. API Protocols.

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User Friendly or Hype?

eLearning 24-7

Authoring tools whose interface either looks like to was written in 1997 (thus outdated) or is so confusing, that the premise of rapid, just is not possible. Quiz assessment tools and systems, that assume everyone wants to do T/F and M/C or Short Answer and T/F only. Admin side’s interface is non-user oriented.

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Social Media Goals

Clark Quinn

expo (part of the time with fellow miscreant Jay Cross ), and it led me to think a bit more about social media tools and approaches. Drupal is an open source CMS that’s been used for social media, and Elgg similarly started as an open source portfolio tool but has expanded. I spent yesterday touring the Web 2.0