eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/02/2011 Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch for 2011 2011 is the e-Learning year! The project is hosted at Google Code.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro by The Rapid e-Learning Blog One of the great benefits of rapid e-learning is the ability to create e-learning courses much faster and easier than ever before. Contributions by educators and students are included.

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eFront

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Based on my favorite e-Learning blogs I created the following list with my Top 10 e-Learning blog posts for 2010. > Which is your favorite e-Learning blog post for 2010? I'm on a never-ending journey to find new ideas and the eLearning community never fails to deliver!

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eFront

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

(Update 11/24/2010: suggested by alearning ) Pinched Head Blog by Rick Maranta & Nancy Woinoski In this blog, you will find short articles and tutorials that will help you understand a little more about the world of eLearning. This site provides free resources to the eLearning development community, including news, job postings, and more.

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eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

E-Learning Essentials Common e-learning terms used in online education including accreditation, virtual classroom, community, university, college, etc. Ecampus Ecampus glossary provides definitions of e-Learning. WSU have provided the glossary to assist new users joining their eLearning community.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2009

The pace of change means that traditional custom e-learning development processes are simply too long and with the economy in the doldrums off-the-shelf content can be too expensive. Rapid E-learning provides an alternative to develop compliance training cost-effectively and quickly. Join Kineo and Mary K.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Wednesday, August 08, 2007 Welcome to Tom Kuhlman Welcome to Tom Kuhlmann from Articulate, who adds The Rapid e-Learning Blog into the mix. Tom is the author of 5 Myths About Rapid e-Learning which made the rounds a while back. Sounds good enough to eat. A useful service indeed. 4:31 AM Cammy Bean said.

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eFront

APRIL 13, 2010

Epignosis is committed to providing the highest level of Customer support and to continuously evolve the eFront platform for meeting the most demanding standards of the human capital management and the e-learning industry. Top 5 e-Learning books for beginners Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch fo.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

concepts in eLearning November 28, 2010 6:56 AM Christoforos Online said. Hi Ed, could you please provide me with a link to his Twitter account? Recent Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (3) ► January (3) Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Le. Hi Gisele, you are more than welcome!

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Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2007

Overview of the eLearning Industry The evolving state of the industry Host: Ellen Wagner, Adobe Guest Speaker: Chris Howard, Principal Analyst at Bersin Associates (research and advisory firm in corporate training and performance management) Research done by Bersin in the last several months. 72% of training content is used informally.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Harold Stolovichs take on the subject of learning styles, is that, yes, we all have different styles and approaches, but that these arent the main thing we should be focusing on as designers of learning. Best to apply universally sound methods to enhance learning. This way, you address all learning styles." We got Wii!

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eFront

OCTOBER 24, 2010

SXC (stock.xhng) The SXC is a website providing free-to use stock photography and illustrations. Recent Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (3) ► January (3) Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Le. Top 5 e-Learning books for beginners Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch fo.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

And I have learned a lot by looking into each of them. This is just a starting point and doesnt provide links. Perhaps we just include this in the wiki and the informal learners can go off and do their own research (because we learn best by doing, right?). Debunking the Learning Styles Myth Can we throw away e-Learning?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. With the rise of rapid eLearning tools and the ease with which virtually anyone can now create a course, whats changing for the instructional designer? SMEs using rapid eLearning tools)?

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Use multiple representations to provide the learner with multiple ways of accessing the information: visual or auditory. From the CFT vantage, multiple representations is not about providing the same information in a different format (the learning styles approach), but rather presenting different perspectives on that information.

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Learning Visions

JULY 20, 2009

In August, well be running another webinar: Rapid e-learning and compliance. It turns out that I have wrong in my belief that elearning tools are no good as a learning management system, as I have been thinking since I heard of the concept. Stay tuned for dates and more info.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

She raised the question about e-Learning content and how well companies keep track of content updates. Can you prove when and how your e-Learning content has changed? As an e-Learning vendor, I think its our responsibility to make sure that our clients have thought this through. Is that true?)

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Provides some real examples of how business-folk are using FB; compares Facebook (emotional attachment) to LinkedIn (static resume). Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Found this article, via Alec Saunders : Facebook for the Enterprise = Facebook.

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Learning Visions

MAY 5, 2007

In the session I took with him at the eLearning Guild event, he talked about multiple representations as a way to forge stronger pathways of memory in the brain. A humble learning moment for this instructional designer. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

Thursday, August 16, 2007 Keeping Your Fingers on the eLearningPulse Thanks to Google Alerts, I stumbled across another everything-eLearning feed aggregator: eLearningPulse. eLearningPulse is "Your daily source for all things eLearning ". The site was created by Ben Edwards of Redbird Software and B.J.

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eFront

APRIL 22, 2010

The open-source community uses eFront Community; this is the suggested eFront edition for anyone having basic needs. eFront was initially developed and provided exclusively as a commercial product. Why did you decide to move to an open source model? You still provide both free and commercial editions.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

To provide what the market is asking for? e-Learning Strategy Consulting: This is a new area for me. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Learning Styles as Fortune Telling I'm getting emotional about e-Learning! We got Wii!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

And shes been a great contributer here at Learning Visions. See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 21, 2007

We’re providing the writer with a work environment, and we want it to be a compelling, enjoyable place to be. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? It matters that the look and feel of an application support the work. This looks much nicer than Google Docs.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

It implies that each of us has a natural inclination toward learning of some kind, and that if that natural inclination can be identified then teaching experiences can be provided that facilitate our learning. Obviously, there is diversity in learning. Debunking the Learning Styles Myth Can we throw away e-Learning?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

1) Donald Taylor provides a little summary of some of the recent talk in Second Life Backlash: After all the hype Second Life has had, there is bound to be some push back. Donald does a great job recapping various articles and provides some useful links, including the following: 2) Second Thoughts on Second Life by Sylvia Martinez.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

For me, this is the answer as far as e-learning goes -- create variety (but not necessarily all on one page). And variety/multiple representations works on a whole lotta levels (repetition, providing more examples to support knowledge transfer, interest). Debunking the Learning Styles Myth Can we throw away e-Learning?

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Open Source Product of the Year (i.e. Rapid Intake: Unison. Collaborative feature, multiple people besides the author can view the course and provide feedback/comments regarding the course, rather than the author or authors having to send the course to respective stakeholders and await a response. Game Changer!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

Hadnt thought about applying rubrics to e-Learning programs (mostly because my entire body bristles at the thought of such structure!) -- but I do see the value. The Chico State rubric provides a way to assess the quality of the program; essentially a checklist to evaluate your program.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

Ive always pooh-poohed PowerPoint as an e-Learning tool.but its all in how you look at, I suppose. And the truth is that so many of these so-called great e-Learning authoring tools out there these days just provide a developer with basic PowerPoint functionality plus a SCORM wrapper.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Im interested in how we could leverage that existing community for better communication, learning opportunities, networking, etc. I know FaceBook does provide a fair amount of control as to who you can let view your profile. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 11, 2007

He reveals the thinking about PLEs inside the financial services industry: (A PLE/Education Portfolio owned by the learner) also requires a means for the learner to accept updates to their PLE, made by people providing training, so the student has a verified training record, verified qualifications and ce points/hours or other measurement."

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Learning Visions

JUNE 5, 2007

And it started dawning on me that the PLE was about a revolution in learning -- about teaching people to learn -- about empowering individuals to take control of their own learning environments, their futures. And -- maybe -- also providing them with tools. And teaching people how to use the tools for their own growth.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

I agree with Rupa and Poonam on the elearning industry in India but there are variations too. I know of companies who only hire instructional designers and buy Rapid elearning tools and expect the ID to do it all themselves to reduce the cost and over head of hiring graphic designers as well.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Many of them learn ID only via their hands-on experience. It would be great if you could provide some info on this. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? 12:23 AM Cammy Bean said. Online Chat with Charles Reigeluth (Instructional.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

Ive got good awareness of what many other e-Learning bloggers are writing about. Beyond that, I think all I can do is provide my own take on things in a fairly transparent way. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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