Upside Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2009

The Right Way To Go About Open Source LMS. The Right Way To Go About Open Source LMS. HTML 5 and eLearning Development. eLearning Outsourcing to India will reach USD 603 million by 2012. Upside Learning Completes Five Years. Learning Management: What does a Training Company need an LMS for? Learning Management.

Blended Learning 188

Blended Learning Blogging Outsource eLearning 188

Upside Learning

MAY 5, 2010

A few browsers like Firefox support Ogg Theora (an open source format) while others like Safari support H.264 Audio/Video Support – HTML5 has added new video and audio tags that can play video/audio in a browser without a plugin but it doesn’t officially support any video or audio format.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 263

Flash to HTML5 Conversion eLearning Developer HTML Develop 263

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

However, they open sourced it later for the ease of updating. This library has good documentation and tutorials and also supports URL shortening. TwitterScript – This is the one of the ActionScript 3.0 libraries that has been created in the early days of Twitter by Twitter itself.

Social Media 196

Social Media Flash Library ActionScript 196

Upside Learning

MAY 5, 2010

The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS! Debates if Moodle or any other open source LMS is really free. Read it to find out what all costs one needs to consider when comparing Open Source with a Commercial LMS. Lists good tutorials and blogs on ActionScript 3.0 from around the web.

ActionScript 181

ActionScript Augmented Reality Open Source Rapid eLearning 181

Upside Learning

MARCH 3, 2010

The Right Way To Go About Open Source LMS. Upside Learning Completes Five Years. eLearning Outsourcing to India will reach USD 603 million by 2012. Learning Management: What does a Training Company need an LMS for? Adobe Flash: Now With Face Recognition. Learning Technologies 2010 – Recap.

Blogging 168

Blogging Write Blog Blended Learning iPad 168

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

WordPress for Android and Blackberry is an Open Source app that empowers you to write new posts, edit content, and manage comments with built-in notifications. Symbian OS now fully open source. The Symbian Foundation has offered up the full Symbian Smartphone platform to open source.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 174

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Open Source Player Server 174

Upside Learning

JANUARY 22, 2010

Disney Ptex library goes Open Source. Disney Ptex library has been released as open source under the BSD license. Chamilo – this is a new open source LMS that may become an alternative to Moodle in the future.

Open Source 164

Open Source Apple YouTube eLearning 164

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2009

As responses to a recent post where I listed f ive things not to do while selecting an LMS I received a couple of queries about using an Open Source LMS, customizing it to suit the requirements and if it is advisable to do so. A lot has already been written about open source LMSs in multiple contexts.

Open Source 205

Open Source Open LMS vendor 205

Upside Learning

APRIL 28, 2010

This list also contains links to tutorials for some popular open source AS 3.0 While training our team on AS 3.0 we collated some good tutorials and blogs available freely on the web, and I thought it would be good to share that list. Some of these resources will also help AS 1.0/AS developers to quickly migrate to AS 3.0.

ActionScript 247

ActionScript Resources Free Flash 247

Upside Learning

JANUARY 11, 2012

Open Source is Not Cheap, Leave Alone Free. Developing Mobile Learning: Which Device Are You Targeting? Learning & Skills Survey: 87% More eLearning & Mobile Learning; 73% Less 2-3 Day Classroom Training. Mobile Learning Has A Promising Future In India. A Challenge For Designers Of Game Based Learning.

Social Networks 274

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Wiki eLearning 274

Upside Learning

APRIL 2, 2010

New Firefox Add-ons for Learning – Links to a competition, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, sought to tap into the spirit of Mozilla’s open-source community to spark innovations in learning-oriented add-ons for the Firefox internet browser. The winning add-ons are available for free download.

Firefox 174

Firefox eLearning Open Source Movie 174

Upside Learning

JUNE 9, 2010

It’s an open source project implemented in HTML5 and JavaScript. Smokescreen project is an effort to bring Flash player to the iPhone/iPad without installing the Flash plug-in. For now this project is targeted at advertisers to enable them to run Flash ads on the iPhone/iPad.

Flash Player 220

Flash Player Player Flash Flash to HTML5 Conversion 220

Upside Learning

MARCH 19, 2010

Open source, the code will be released shortly. Definitely worth a look to see who’s trying social learning in the workplace and the results they’re seeing. A mobile moodle for iPhone. – It’s finally ready and the launch imminent, Moodle provides a iPhone app to access moodle resources. Keep an eye out for this one.

Case Study 179

Case Study Google Docs Moodle iPhone 179

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

A cool initiative by IBM to promote open source software in academia. Interesting that it’s fully developed in HTML5 and features tools like patterns, gradient, spirographs – generally found in big editors like Photoshop etc. It seems a promising step towards a Flash-less web. IBM Academic Initiative.

Google Buzz 200

Google Buzz Flash to HTML5 Conversion Social Media PNG 200

Upside Learning

MAY 28, 2010

Being open source will definitely help it reach a wide audience. And that would definitely be news! To some relief (I would be wary of Google as a competitor ), CloudCourse is still a very primary interface for scheduling of training activities. That, however, is still something to be seen.

Google Docs 225

Google Docs Platform Google Calendar LMS 225

Upside Learning

JUNE 16, 2010

The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS! Though there are clear and actionable weaknesses and threats the LMS faces today, there are also a set of opportunities that the LMS should avail of and continue to remain relevant for the target audience. Related posts: The LMS – Will It Survive? Does An LMS Actually Manage Learning?

Analysis 277

Analysis LMS Social Networks Open Source 277

Upside Learning

MAY 3, 2012

Maqetta is an open source project that provides WYSIWYG visual authoring of HTML5 user interfaces. Adobe Edge is a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3.

iPad 276

iPad Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Rapid Intake 276

Upside Learning

JUNE 4, 2010

Given that the integration is currently only available for open source LMS systems and all of them are already SCORM compliant (though may have a few bugs) it’s not clear how will it help. Tracking learners outside LMS as well. Better to change the LMS which doesn’t let you track SCORM courses or cannot patch a module to do so.

SCORM 234

SCORM Games Change Compliance Training 234

Upside Learning

JULY 5, 2010

Debates if Smokescreen, an open source project implemented in HTML5 and JavaScript, would effectively allow complex animations and interactions developed in Flash to work on Flash disabled mobile platforms. Lists the 7 key points to be kept in mind before considering SCROM implementation for mobile devices.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 174

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Player SCORM Flash 174

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

An HTML5 framework – SproutCore is an open-source platform for building fast rich cloud applications on the web. I’d imagine an intelligent agent of this sort constantly dealing with the fire-hoses of information, picking out content that is interesting and aids in learning or adds value to performance in some way.

Yammer 174

Yammer Social Networks eLearning HTML 174

Upside Learning

APRIL 23, 2013

Should we tie into developing for clearly proprietary platforms or wait for open source wearable computing options to emerge on the market. The question now for designers and developers is simple, where does one begin? From experience, we know early developer adoption comes at a price.

Technology 260

Technology Streaming Performance Support Learning 260

Upside Learning

MAY 14, 2010

It uses the open source SQLite database system. We used Google Gears API to store the tracking information of the user. Google Gears API provides ability to create database/tables which greatly simplify storing of tracking data.

SCORM 206

SCORM HTML Offline Google 206

Upside Learning

JANUARY 30, 2013

Maqetta is an open source project that provides WYSIWYG visual authoring of HTML5 user interfaces. It comes bundled with a suite of multimedia development tools and allows you to publish to the web, mobile and tablets and CD and DVDs if that’s what you need!

iPad 279

iPad Flash to HTML5 Conversion eLearning Tools Authoring 279

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Google will end Gears, an open-source plug-in project it launched two years ago to allow Web applications to function even when a computer isn’t connected to the Internet. Google Dumps Gears for HTML5. Applications that used Gears include Google’s Docs and Reader. However, new incompatibilities with Gears have cropped up.

Blended Learning 147

Blended Learning iPod Mac eLearning 147

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

We looked at a series of things focusing on the right way to go about open source LMS , in case you are switching to a new LMS system , the critical consideration on how to decide between hosted and behind-the-firewall option , and even a few tips on what not to do while selecting an LMS.

LMS 260

LMS Tips Firewalls Hosting 260

Upside Learning

JUNE 4, 2009

FlashDevelop: We like this free and open source (MIT license) code editor, which has support for AS2 and AS3, code completion, and code generation. Adobe Photoshop: This is a great tool for creating and editing graphics/photos/images, giving output compatible for many delivery formats with multiple file extension options.

Tools 208

Tools Dreamweaver Adobe Flash 208

Upside Learning

JUNE 4, 2009

FlashDevelop: We like this free and open source (MIT license) code editor, which has support for AS2 and AS3, code completion, and code generation. Adobe Photoshop: This is a great tool for creating and editing graphics/photos/images, giving output compatible for many delivery formats with multiple file extension options.

Tools 100

Tools Dreamweaver Adobe Flash 100

Upside Learning

AUGUST 25, 2009

What makes Firefox different from other browsers is it being open source and highly customizable using Firefox add-ons. Since its last major release in June 2009 it has already crossed one billion downloads and to celebrate that Mozilla Foundation has even launched this website [link].

Firefox 182

Firefox eLearning Developer Flash Player Blended Learning 182

Upside Learning

MAY 26, 2011

Is Open Source The Way Ahead? While you are evaluating different LMS systems, one thing you need to be clear of is that open source is never cheap, leave alone free. While you are evaluating different LMS systems, one thing you need to be clear of is that open source is never cheap, leave alone free.

LMS 223

LMS Open Source Brandon Hall Learning Management System 223

Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

The open source implementation – Moonlight for Linux – is still in development. The runtime installable size too is quite bigger than its Flash counterpart. This article has the comparison figures. The Silverlight runtime is not yet available on Linux and the Mac version has some issues.

Blended Learning 179

Blended Learning eLearning Developer Blended Compliance Training 179

Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

The open source implementation – Moonlight for Linux - is still in development. The runtime installable size too is quite bigger than its Flash counterpart. This article has the comparison figures. The Silverlight runtime is not yet available on Linux and the Mac version has some issues.

Blended Learning 179

Blended Learning eLearning Developer Blended Authoring Tools 179

Upside Learning

AUGUST 5, 2010

Future Of Flash Is Open Source. Being one of major consumers of Flash platform, the eLearning developer community will anyways benefit from open-source developments around Flash. Know more about Adobe’s various open source initiatives here. Presentation – The Way Forward? A clear presentation about Web 3.0

iPhone 181

iPhone Flash Flash Player Open Source 181

Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2010

and is well backed by a great Flash developer community that has contributed in developing many open source frameworks/classes/APIs. There are a few more classes/frameworks developed like Squiggly – a spell check engine, OSMF [Open Source Media Framework] – a video media player for Flash and AIR which work with AS 3.0.

ActionScript 226

ActionScript Custom eLearning Development Flash eLearning Developer 226

Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

The open source implementation – Moonlight for Linux - is still in development. The runtime installable size too is quite bigger than its Flash counterpart. This article has the comparison figures. The Silverlight runtime is not yet available on Linux and the Mac version has some issues.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning eLearning Developer Blended Authoring Tools 100