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Open Source eLearning Tools

Tony Karrer

I was just asked about trends in open source for eLearning and particularly open source eLearning tools. Probably one of the better sources on this is Jane Hart’s Instructional Tools Directory. In addition, she indicates if they are free or cost money – which is not quite the same thing as open source.

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What corporates can learn from the Top 10 Tools for Learning 2012

Jane Hart

On 1 October I released the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 list , and in my introductory analysis I said. So rather than passing around a number of Word documents and trying to collate the results manually, using a collaboration tool like Google Docs makes this an easy process. 1 - Twitter. 4 - Google Search. 4 - Google Search.

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Collaboration Tools

Tony Karrer

As I mentioned in Real-Time Collaborative Editing , I had a fantastic experience participating in group editing of a Mind Map of collaborative tools during a session at Learn Trends. You can see the result below. But it was interesting to see the results exported which I've embedded below.

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Use of Wikis as Compared to Other Tools

Tony Karrer

For an upcoming panel session that will be looking at where eLearning is going, I was trying to get a ballpark sense of how much eLearning is being done with various tools as an indicator of where we stand in terms of adoption of eLearning 1.0, For example, I've not included use of software simulation tools, etc. kind of approach.

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4 LMS Features That Were Hot and Now Are Not

Absorb LMS

As an analyst a decade later, I wrote industry reports about learning management systems, authoring tools, and other technologies. No LMS on the market contains blog and wiki features that can compete feature-by-feature against popular products such as WordPress and Mediawiki.

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TCC08: Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why?

Experiencing eLearning

New tools pop up all the time. In chat, Alan Selig pointed out that using tools outside the LMS is important b/c they’ll have them after they graduate. Social Connection Tools. Engagement is the why for these tools. Collaboration Tools. Wikis as classic example of collaborative tool. Social Connection.

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Test LMS

Clark Quinn

Probably the most interesting is: Open Source CMS - a site that has a whole bunch of open source tools installed so that you can play around with them. One is ClassRunner.com a Moodle installation that allows teachers to get up and going cheaply. You can use a free-trial and then test. Anything you do will get lost after that timer.

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