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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Tony Karrer

MAY 21, 2008

I thought I had blogged about this before, but I'm not finding the post. IBM Lotus Connections Scuttle – Open Source WSSsearch - SharePoint add-on Any others? I was just asked on twitter about use social bookmarking tools that work behind the firewall. Good comparisons of these?

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2008

There were about 7 examples mentioned including Intuit using a Wiki-like system for customers to ask questions/get advice around taxes, using a group blog with students prior to a formal learning event, the US Army's use of collaboration tools to share best practices in Iraq, and several others. Choose the top 3-5. There were a few others.

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eLearning Weekly

AUGUST 1, 2009

are blogs (ex. MediaWiki ), micro-blogging platforms (ex. Scuttle ), and even in-house social networks, similar to Facebook. Listen to your learners, run small pilot programs (many of these tools are open-source / free), and experiment. Andrew McAfee’s blog ( Andrew coined the term ‘Enterprise 2.0′).

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