Tony Karrer

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Open Source eLearning Tools

Tony Karrer

Open Source LMS Other Open Source LMS Solutions - eLearning 24-7 , April 14, 2010 Open Source life, LMSs beyond Moodle - Learning Rocks , December 18, 2008 Open Source LMS - eLearning Technology , December 10, 2009 The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS! Upside Learning Blog , April 29, 2010 The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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What Makes an LMS Easy to Use?

Tony Karrer

They are doing a combination of virtual classroom training (via WebEx) and self-paced eLearning. They currently use Moodle as an LMS with some customizations. What advice would you have for helping this individual find alternatives to Moodle? However, the resource who did the customizations is no longer with the company.

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One Week to Select an LMS – No Way

Tony Karrer

This post was based on an inquiry that I received from someone who manages their current LMS implementation that is based on Moodle with some customization. They are doing a combination of virtual classroom training (via WebEx) and self-paced eLearning. They do customer training around products that the company sells.

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Where are open source learning applications?

Tony Karrer

I do think it's worth keeping an eye on: * Virtual classroom solutions - after having gone through trying to find inexpensive solutions, there's real opportunity here for Skype+conferencing. In other words, the cost of Captivate is less than the lost time dealing with Wink.

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Moving from One to Many - LMS Products are Two Generations Behind

Tony Karrer

Collaborative learning environments and strategies such as virtual classrooms, discussion forums, mentoring and coaching need to be enabled and mandated as part of the learning experience. The stuff being discussed in LAMS and Drupal/Moodle make me wonder what the landscape will look like in five years.

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eLearning Conferences 2013

Tony Karrer

link] February 13-15, 2013 Canada MoodleMoot : From Coding to Networking – Building Moodle on a Human Scale, sponsored by BCcampus, Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. link] March 2-3, 2013 Japan MoodleMoot : Moodle Teachers, Administrators and Developers Conference, 5 th , Tokyo Kasei University, Tokyo, Japan.