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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). Post your blog and status - appears in Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo. Mashups Possibilities. Open Architecture. MediaWiki API.

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10 Ways To Learn In 2010

The eLearning Coach

You can also use word clouds as the basis for writing a poem, for studying another language and for comparing two pages of information. Here are a few: Amazon’s Askville , Yahoo Answers , Answerbag , Gotta Mentor , BlurtIt , and WikiAnswers. Create a Mashup. Two mashup platforms are Pipes and Scrapplet. Tweet This!

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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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Social Network Analysis - Twitter - Social Media - Best Stuff from Last Week

Tony Karrer

. - Business Casual , April 25, 2009 Fantastic File Converter - eLearning Acupuncture , April 24, 2009 Call for eLearning Demonstrations - eLearning Technology , May 1, 2009 When should you use Informal Learning?

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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. About Gary: Classroom teacher in the early 70s. 1984 doctorate in applied psychology. Developed over 60 e-learning programs.

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LCB Question for December - Past Year, Present Challenges, Predictions

Tony Karrer

and Yahoo MyWeb to save bookmarks - locally saved favorites seem rather limited now. Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-ups What do you see as the biggest challenges for 2007? What is the form of informal learning? would grow to dominate in what was then a desktop/CD-ROM world. I started using del.icio.us

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Product Review: Saba Social

eLearning 24-7

You can share this information with your followers, bookmark this information, Stop following them (i.e. the Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, External blog, IM connections – Yahoo, AIM, etc., conference call information, professional interests, secondary address and optional information (more on that in a sec).

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