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Industry Review: All About MOOCs

Trivantis

MOOCs—massive open online courses—have shaken up the higher education world in the past few years. The concept of MOOCs has been around for decades, but Dave Cormier is credited with coining the term “MOOC” to describe the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course delivered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes in 2008. Khan Academy.

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12 eLearning Predictions for 2009

Tony Karrer

Last year I laid out in January my Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008. In my post, 2008 2009 - written in December 2008, I looked at how well I did in those predictions, and my results were pretty good, not perfect. 2008 was an interesting year that saw a myriad of new start-ups offering content through interesting new avenues.

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Industry Review: All About MOOCs

Trivantis

MOOCs—massive open online courses—have shaken up the higher education world in the past few years. The concept of MOOCs has been around for decades, but Dave Cormier is credited with coining the term “MOOC” to describe the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course delivered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes in 2008. Khan Academy.

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Industry Review: All About MOOCs

Trivantis

MOOCs—massive open online courses—have shaken up the higher education world in the past few years. The concept of MOOCs has been around for decades, but Dave Cormier is credited with coining the term “MOOC” to describe the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course delivered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes in 2008. Khan Academy.

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2009 Predictions How Did I Do?

Tony Karrer

Grade: B #3 - Increase in Consumer/Education Social Learning Solutions will Increase Pressure for Social Learning Solutions in Corporate Learning Sorry, I couldn't figure out a shorter way to say this. 2008 was an interesting year that saw a myriad of new start-ups offering content through interesting new avenues.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Designer as Consultant?

Learning Visions

Friday, February 08, 2008 Instructional Designer as Consultant? See part one: Instructional Design as a Spectrum ) In eLearning Magazines predictions for 2008 , Patti Shank said this: Learning content, activity, and assessment authoring tools continue to improve.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Mass Chapter ISPI November Meeting

Learning Visions

How about Lectora, Camtasia, Raptivity, Atlantic Link or Mohive? (@jmarrapodi) If youre in the area, come along and help me out! e-Learning Tools Crash Course: Deciding What Authoring Tools to Use and When So youve heard about PowerPoint, Articulate, Captivate and Flash. How do you decide which tool to use?

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