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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. Post your blog and status - appears in Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo.

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danah boyd on teens and 21st century work

Jay Cross

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. To tell her friends about breaking up with her boyfriend, she references a song from Life of Brian, Always look on the bright side of life. Dynamic linking.

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The Business Web

Tony Karrer

Ozzie had made his views widely known in his October 28, 2005 memo called, "Services Disruption,” where he stated the future would be dominated not by software like that made by Microsoft, but by services offered by companies like Google and salesforce.com who were changing the software game forever by delivering a new paradigm.

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e-Learning Solutions – All in One Option For EduPreneurs

Academy of Mine

We create a “mash up” of the best eLearning solutions for our members to use. Offering an eCourse online requires a very dynamic system. It can be quite complex, especially if you plan on doing it right. That’s where Academy of Mine comes in.

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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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Activity Streams

Jay Cross

An activity stream is a mash-up of an individual’s or organization’s feeds. Last week, Google, Facebook, Nokia, Yahoo!, Related: ReadWriteWeb: Google, Facebook, MySpace and More Meet to Talk Activity Streams. Wikipedia: nothing up yet Chris Messina: activitystrea.ms.

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Product Review: Saba Social

eLearning 24-7

No Skype nor Google+ icons and thus direct connections to, under your profile (although I understand with Google+ because it is so new). No Google voice nor any news aggregators such as Google Reader, etc. the Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, External blog, IM connections – Yahoo, AIM, etc., Bottom Line.

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