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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

Dashe & Thomson

This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). Now, there’s a third possible answer: Khan Academy. Khan discusses this whole phenomenon in this 20-minute TED talk.

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Text-to-Speech Overview and NLP Quality

Tony Karrer

Joel was nice enough to jump in and share his knowledge of applying text-to-speech technology to eLearning. Text-to-Speech Poised for Rapid Growth in eLearning Text-to-speech (TTS) is now at the point where virtual classrooms were about 4 years ago when they reached a technological maturity where they were mainstream.

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How Digital Textbooks and Instructional Books Can Enhance Your Learning Experience

Kitaboo

The era of simple digital textbooks began in 2004 in Texas when the Forney School District adopted a pilot program to provide fifth and sixth-grade students with digital textbooks. Characteristics of Quality Digital Textbooks and Instructional Books IV. But how did they come into existence?

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14 Incredible Informal & Social Learning Quotes

Learnnovators

THE QUOTE: “ Informal learning is enhanced when humans participate in interactive experiences.” – Allen (2004; Birchfield et al. 2014 will be the year of Informal Learning, with an increased adoption at the organizational level.” – Top 9 e-Learning Predictions for 2014. From Our Blog Posts. From Other Sources.

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An Overview of HTML5

Integrated Learnings

Web developers pushing to create a better and better online user experience has resulted in a patch work of web browser specific tags and a variety of plug-in technologies scattered throughout the web. Many of those features would get adopted by the rest of the web community and thus become a part of HTML.

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SCORM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Answered by Experts

learnWorlds

SCORM is adopted by different groups of people for different reasons. As a de facto standard, though, these reasons are all in the adopter’s self-interest. Therefore, when you make a standard that you want the most people to use, you lose something in the process, you cannot always keep up with the trends or the new technologies.

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What is a Learning Management System? (2019 Update)

Docebo

The powerhouse of a complete learning technology solution, an LMS is a fundamental component of an effective learning strategy. New advancements in learning technology have helped to support evolving learner needs and revolutionize the e-learning space. LMS adoption has been on the rise for the past several years all around the world.

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