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Why low-cost LMS platforms are expensive in the long-run

Time to Know

You’ve heard it before – “We’re not rich enough to buy cheap things” – Meaning that low-cost products are likely to break or need replacing, so buying one high-quality, long-lasting item is a better investment. So why do low-cost LMSs end up more expensive in the long run?

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Instructional Design Portfolio Resources

Experiencing eLearning

Everyone working in instructional design, learning experience design, or elearning should have a portfolio. Tools for creating samples. Prospective employers expect to see a few samples using standard tools. Open source and additional tools. If you want to use open source tools, check out Adapt and H5P.

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Top 10 Free and Open Source eLearning Projects to Watch for 2012

eFront

Nowadays small and medium size organizations (SMEs), educational institutions, and independent consultants struggle to adopt an expensive eLearning solution. Mindmeister - a collaborative mind mapping tool. Collaborative web-based tool supporting unlimited simultaneous users. eFront - an open source LMS A 2.0

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15 Authoring Tools For mEnabling Your eLearning For iPads

Upside Learning

Last week I asked if you had thought about mEnabling your eLearning for iPads (mEnabling, is what we are calling the process of getting your existing eLearning to run on iPads and other tablets) but didn’t really tell you how? So here’s the list of the tools that can do the job and which you might want a closer look at.

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What are some free, open source, or low-cost authoring tools to create e-learning modules?

QuoDeck

When you think of creating eLearning, you are thinking of SCORM modules or a full platform. You can use your existing PPTs, PDFs, and Videos to create the content and layer it with quizzes and games without requiring a separate authoring tool. If you can afford it though, Articulate and Captivate are spectacular for authoring.

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

eFront

As a result, the following post is Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars) Tools for e-Learning. The following list contains free and open source Web Conferencing tools that are nt in particular order. BigBlueButton is built by combining over fourteen open source components.

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

eFront

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.