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Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learning

eFront

eFront News from the e-learning frontier 10/17/2010 Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learning As an e-Learning consultant I always was fun of open source software. In this post I am not going to talk about open source learning management systems such as eFront [1] but rather dedicated open source "authoring tools".

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

The Macintosh, with its free HyperCard program, also helped a generation of tech-savvy teachers make their own software and tutorials for students. Commercial software companies were quick to develop computer-based educational materials and learning games as well. CD-ROMs quickly became a thing of the past.

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An eLearning revolution: From professional development to knowledge sharing

Challenge to Learn

Sharing your knowledge is as easy as sharing your latest picture through the social media. Specialized, complex and expensive software allowed them to create bespoke eLearning solutions. And that is changing, now anyone can create eLearning with simple web based tools like Easygenerator and share it via the web with anyone, anywhere.

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A Brief Historical Look at Corporate Training

Litmos

I’ve met people who had worked on the original SCORM standard, those driving the new xAPI standard, as well as early champions of our industry who coined the terms and built the original software tools. Through the 70s it was being marketed as a tool for retraining unemployed workers in new fields.

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The Evolution of the “Common eLearning Man”

eLearning Brothers

Some content was converted/repurposed from textbooks to PDFs or interactive CD-Roms. The turn of the millennium brought upgraded technologies, software, and methodologies. Social networks and open source content were introduced and wildly accepted. Social media networks. The Rapid eLearning Tools Era.

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Lessons from the past

dVinci Interactive

In 1989, I created my first interactive video using an authoring platform called IconAuthor, and it required a newfangled operating system called Windows 2.1. CD ROMs became easy to author, but they were soon supplanted by the ubiquity of the internet.

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PowerPoint Add-ins – Develop E-learning Courses Rapidly

CommLab India

Courses can be published to formats such as Flash, HTML, PDF, or CD-ROM. The published content can be shared easily on social any network. While these 3 are simple add-ins to PowerPoint, you have other tools too which help you develop some highly engaging and interactive online courses. SCORM 2004, AICC, and Tin Can.