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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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Revolutionizing Employee Training: McDonald’s POS Training Simulator

Epilogue Systems

Forget the dry manuals and rote memorization – McDonald’s is flipping the script on employee training with a viral TikTok game that’s as addictive as it is informative. But its impact goes beyond just button-mashing. So, take a page out of their playbook, ditch the dry textbooks and fire up the training simulator.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Article comparing new Mash-Up tools (Popfly, Pipes, Google) - thanks Sam Adkins

Mark Oehlert

» June 03, 2007 Article comparing new Mash-Up tools (Popfly, Pipes, Google) - thanks Sam Adkins Sam Adkins at Ambient Insight passed along a link to a post on the Social Strategist that I just reading through now but which does a compare and contrast between some of the emerging tools for creating mash-ups.

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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

Hint: it was not to exchange music and books for credit card information) It was created to help people share information. Actually it was created for physicists across the world to share information in an easy to read format. They shared this information through documents connected together through hyperlinks.

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eLearning Predictions Further Thoughts

Tony Karrer

AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=58772167&rKey=9ac6286700094e6f Thought I’d do a quick post with some random follow-up thoughts: Skim Long Posts I asked at the start of the online session how many people had read my post that basically was very similar content. People end up staying home to be able to attend virtual events.

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danah boyd on teens and 21st century work

Jay Cross

Information flows faster when it’s available to everyone. Instead of coding, programmers built apps by mashing up shared packages of code. If a mashup produced a Frankenmonster, you threw it away and tried something else. They share information with competitors because sharing is to everyone’s advantage.

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How to Navigate Social Media (and Avoid Information Overload)

Rapid eLearning

For example, if you build rapid elearning courses with Articulate products there are all sorts of resources available to you: Articulate’s Facebook page keeps you up-to-date on news and information. The challenge with these tools is that it can be hard for people to manage all of the information. Connect with us via Twitter.