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Basic tools for e-learning students

eFront

Modern LMS platforms take advantage of the latest HTML5 offerings, from CSS3 to WebGL. Even if your courses are less cutting edge in their use of web technologies, your students will still need to have a modern browser ? Skype or Google Hangouts). A modern browser. Best practices Opinion Tools'

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The 7 most important LMS features to support Synchronous Learning

eFront

Sometimes, though, a specific course or a specific lesson requires real-time or even face to face communication, and e-learning, thanks to the capabilities of modern networks and communications technologies can adapt to that too. This can be either built-in to the browser through HTML5 technologies, or through the Adobe Flash plugin.

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E-Learning Early Indicators

eLearning 24-7

Emerging Technology? A couple of rapid content authoring tool vendors are incorporating HTML5 features in their tool, which can be used on tablets, and of course the iPad. Integration with Skype (again, one vendor does this), so you can make calls from within to other Skype end users who are within the system, text messages too.

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Something is Going on Down there in the LMS Market

eLearning 24-7

Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 Again, the iPad runs with HTML5, not Flash nor Java. True, the other tablets and Samsung offer Flash 10.1 and Java, but they offer HTML5 too. Same issue occurred with Opera – used Flash and Java.

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5 E-Learning Forecasts for 2012

eLearning 24-7

If emerging technology has taught us anything, it is only a matter of time until it bounces into our space. When people think Kinect technology, they think X-Box 360. Kinect technology was not created at a Microsoft lab, rather it was created by a group of folks in Cambridge, England. HTML5 support – sorry Flash fans .

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2010 LMS Products of the Year

eLearning 24-7

Emerging Technology (Innovative) – Systems that incorporates innovative features or components ahead of the curve; and it works – clearly the key here. The product is Flash based, which is nice, but lack of mobile optimization for the iPad. Use Skype within their system. Accepts APIs and shopping cart.

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How to Build an Internet Company Teaching English to Spanish Speakers Online with Marcus Carter

LifterLMS

At the moment the results don’t track to the reporting, but for flash cards or videos intermingled with knowledge checks, it’s a great avenue to explore. But we continued literally immediately, because I’ve always been quite a fanatic as far as technology is concerned and I love tech. Is that what you mean? Marcus Carter: Yeah.

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