Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I was just asked about trends in open source for eLearning and particularly open source eLearning tools. Probably one of the better sources on this is Jane Hart’s Instructional Tools Directory. In addition, she indicates if they are free or cost money – which is not quite the same thing as open source.

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Open Source eLearning Tools Open Authoring Tools 255

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APRIL 4, 2011

LMS/LCMS/Learning Portals (commercial & free), Social Learning stand-alone systems, hybrid system, content authoring tools, m-learning, web conferencing (already exists in many systems), virtual worlds, virtual meeting systems (already exists in some systems), marketplace exchanges (not affiliated with a system).

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Social Learning LCMS Social Learning Portal 77

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JULY 13, 2010

The trends apply to both LMS/LCMS vendors. Asia – misleading by LMS/LCMS vendors. Some are starting to adapt web conferencing to their training. Vendors and sadly, companies who purchase their products, believe that since someone can open up their web browser and click to view pages, they can figure it out.

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LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

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MARCH 22, 2010

If you haven’t been looking at LMS/LCMS solutions lately or if you have, you may be noticing a trend - social media. Of course, many vendors like to pitch it as “Web 2.0″ Worse yet, when “Web 3.0″ Worse yet, when “Web 3.0″ Stay and say, “Web 2.0″?

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Social Media LCMS Social Networks Media 40

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Here is the latest data on social media (as of Oct. There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc.

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Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 76

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JULY 30, 2010

Open Architecture. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc. Google code is open source code, so you can manipulate. Here is just a few of ones I like, that are unique and you could use in your LMS/LCMS/CMS, Learning Portal (caveat: your vendor must be able to accept APIs, otherwise it won’t work).

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Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Here is the latest data on social media (as of Oct. There are over 25 social media types – types include social networking, live casting, game platforms, virtual worlds, web conferencing, social bookmarking, social network aggregators, social news aggregators, blogs, app sharing (inc.

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