Upside Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Top 47 eLearning & Workplace Learning Blogs. Blending Learning with Social Technology Components. Five Myths of Mobile Learning. Top 5 Traffic Sources. StumbleUpon. Google / Organic. eLearning Learning. eLearning Technology. We would like to thank all our subscribers and readers.

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Upside Learning

MAY 29, 2012

starts by offering Facebook credentials as a log-in choice but not Twitter, replaced by Windows Live. It says – “We expect students to continue using products such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other existing social networks, as well as Bing, Google and other search tools,” Microsoft said. How does it matter?

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Upside Learning

MARCH 3, 2010

Keep in tune with the latest in eLearning by following us on Twitter or subscribe to our blog through RSS. In conclusion, I want to thank you again for your support and encouragement and look forward to more suggestions and feedback. Related posts: Why this blog?

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2013

And for us, it’s a time to relook at the posts that trended on twitter and other social channels, and were loved by our readers. Keep in tune with the latest in eLearning by following us on Twitter or subscribing to our blog through RSS. We have compiled the 50 best eLearning posts of 2012 from our blog. Happy 2013 everyone!

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The last week saw Facebook announcing the launch of its first cell phone, followed by Twitter launching its own version of Facebook’s ‘mutual friends’. Twitter Launches ‘Connections,’ Its Own Version Of Facebook’s ‘Mutual Friends’. Seems like, the war between social networking sites is far from over.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 4, 2011

In continuation to our weekly roundup of the best links shared on Twitter and Facebook, here is a collection of our top 15 links from the last week, each accompanied by a quick brief. 18 Cool Things People Do On Twitter. There are many other things that people use Twitter for. 7 Predictions for the Gaming Industry in 2010.

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Upside Learning

JULY 14, 2011

website offers a funny way to visualize your persona based on your twitter profile (you need to be a twitter user). Another aspect is the learning that is made possible through the ability to view relationships/patterns/threads in the data, leading to insights that would otherwise not be possible. Right now, the visual.ly

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Upside Learning

JUNE 28, 2010

Idea picked up from Twitter. Related posts: UL Fun-e-toons: Learning Management UL Fun-e-toons: Rapid Learning UL Fun-e-toons: Online Learning.

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Upside Learning

JULY 6, 2011

I recently heard on twitter that they’d launched a toolkit for educators to assist with Design Thinking at [link]. IDEO is one of the companies I admire for solid and contemporary product design and especially follow their Play and Digital Experience areas on their website.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2010

In continuation to our weekly roundup of the best links shared on Twitter and Facebook, here is a collection of our top 15 links from the last week, each accompanied by a quick brief. 28 Education And Technology Keywords Or Hashtags To Follow On Twitter. Taking Cues From Industry: Using Casual Games For Learning At DAU. Read it here.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 8, 2009

The Top 10 Tools are: 1. Twitter. He questions the real learning potential of Twitter and wonders if it’s a fad. I think micro blogging will remain - in some form (Twitter or something else) – an important personal learning tool for some years. Jane Hart released the final list of top 100 tools for learning 2009 last month.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Captivate Integrates Twitter. Shameer Ayyappan, Captivate Product Manager, posted a Connect recording of his very cool Captivate Twitter Widget presentation to the Captivate Blog. We think there is potential for this sort of Twitter widget to be integrated into all sorts of learning content, keeping it alive and relevant.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 15, 2010

Another real-time collaboration tool based on twitter theme - This app allows users to share text, tasks and files. Tags: Mobile Learning Upside Learning Weekly Finds Game Based Learning Gordon Kodu Mobile Trends Mobile Trends 2020 Teambox The ElectroCity Game Twitter. Interesting thoughts, worth a read.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

In 2009, several new tools were added including the popular microblogging service Twitter and other popular social networking sites like Linkedin, Facebook, and MySpace. Twitter has arrived with a bang in 2009. Here are some graphs pulled out from the report: You could get the report (pdf) from the CMR website.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Recently, Twitter has emerged as a fast growing and influential social networking service. To harness this already powerful network, the UpsideLMS offers a Twitter widget that lets users access their Twitter streams from within the LMS interface. The constant feed of messages makes the LMS alive and alert.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 6, 2012

While many of you follow us on Twitter and Facebook , we do realize that keeping a track of all the tweets/ posts, given the high proliferation and dynamic nature of information, is difficult, to say the least.

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Upside Learning

JULY 6, 2010

Today while checking my twitter feed I discovered Frash which runs Flash content on iPad/iPhone in a Safari browser. About a month back I blogged about Smokescreen which allows advertisers to run simple Flash movies on iPad/iPhone using HTML5/JavaScript. It’s an effort to take the Android implementation of Flash Player to run on iPad/iPhone.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 18, 2010

Additionally, the app even interacts with popular social media tools like Twitter and Facebook. The app displays the latest posts on the main panel and also allows users to search on keywords, or browse posts by category or authors. Our readers would find it convenient to comment on our posts directly from their phones.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Relevance in Twitter – Feedtrace picks content that is relevant to you from Twitter. App users can also associate traditional address book details with their profile like their full name, address, phone number and email. It takes the noise out and gives you the stuff you really care or enjoy.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 4, 2009

Twitter: I’ve only been on Twitter for the last two months, but it is already up there on my top 5 list. My Twitter id: www.twitter.com/gargamit100. Webex/AdobeConnectPro: These make desktop sharing and synchronous presentations a breeze, and are very effective for product demonstrations and webinars.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2010

In continuation to our weekly roundup of the best links shared on Twitter and Facebook, here is a collection of our top 15 links from the last week, each accompanied by a quick brief. How To Revamp Your Learning Model. There’s a lot of talk these days about informal learning vs. formal learning. 10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2011.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

While many of you follow us on Twitter and Facebook , we do realize that keeping a track of all the tweets/ posts, given the high proliferation and dynamic nature of information, is difficult, to say the least. Each week sees us sharing interesting articles (including news, reports, statistics etc.) Read it here. Storytelling 2.0:

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Top 6 Posts Popular on Twitter (as tracked by Topsy): 1. Twitter: The #1 Tool for Learning (21 Tweets). Using Silverlight/Expression Blend for e (608 views). eLearning Outsourcing to India will reach USD 603 million by 2012 (426 views). Top 100 Learning Game Resources (99 Tweets). eLearning On The Rise (16 Tweets).

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2010

A quick look at the top 10: Twitter – micro-updating tool. I understand this list is more inclined towards tools that learning professionals use for their own learning as opposed to those used for creating learning programs or training sessions. I see great gains made by some of the tools while I have not even experienced them as yet.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 30, 2011

Some questions that came to my mind were: What about integration with twitter, google reader and other web services? User interface and user experience are unlike any other Google service I’ve used so far – quite simple and intuitive; it is evident Google has spent significant time and money working this out for Plus.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 11, 2012

We have pulled these up based on social signals (views, comments, twitter and more). So we thought it would be interesting take a journey down our blog for some of the most popular and noteworthy posts of 2011. So without much ado, here are Top 50 eLearning Posts of 2011 from our blog as determined by you, our readers. Reflect on them.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Using Buzz you can connect to the other social media services like Twitter, Picasa, Flickr and Google reader. Google Buzz. Google has announced Buzz a new social media service that would be integrated within Gmail. More information on how we might use it in elearning can be found in this post on our blog.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 2, 2011

Lifestreaming – Persistent and Always On – Twitter, facebook are only the first wave of lifestreaming. I’ll go out on a limb and proclaim that a time will come when almost any sort of ‘learning experience’ that is possible in the real world will be possible in cyber space in the form of a simulation.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 29, 2010

The system has real-time Twitter feeds built in, allowing learners to see the tweets of those following them or those who are friends of theirs within the LMS. Here are five up-and-coming LMS providers to watch.”. They also can see their friends’ tweets from outside the system.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 11, 2010

A clean interface and integration with twitter and facebook add value. Amplify – is a service for engaging in conversation around web pages, paragraphs, images, videos or original ideas that make people think. Worth some trial usage.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

She lists four key additions to PLE that can enhance user experience, which, in brief, include: An interface that can be manipulated to meet end-user’s needs and preferences – like freedom to bring blog, YouTube, Twitter feeds, LinkedIn forms at one place for viewing – which they can utilize to develop and hone expertise anytime, anyplace.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2009

If you liked this paper, please recommend it on your blog, twitter feed, and social bookmarking service. I hope this paper will help organizations consider casual games as serious and appropriate learning tools. Please feel free to comment about and question/debate the paper here. Click here to download the white paper.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 20, 2010

Developing advance IPhone app like BASIC twitter /facebook client. Paper prototyping. Sample codes (Explore samples). Understand user interface guidelines. Paper prototyping. Explore samples. Develop complete application. How to- User experience coding. Design patterns used in IPhone development. Reading The Core Application Design.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The younger generation of learners is more inclined towards Blog, Facebook, Twitter and instant access to information on the Internet, preferring self-paced web-based training, available anywhere and anytime. Increase Learner Engagement through Social Media.

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Upside Learning

MAY 24, 2011

It should clearly define the platform upon which the proposed game(s) will run, i.e., mobile phones, Facebook, Internet portals of patient groups, etc.

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Upside Learning

JULY 12, 2011

Like so many other Google products, this one is in beta and is gradually opening up to more users. One unique aspect separates Plus from other Google services.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 11, 2011

In continuation to our weekly roundup of the best links shared on Twitter and Facebook, here is a collection of our top 15 links from the last week, each accompanied by a quick brief. 100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration.

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