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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). Open Architecture. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc. Google code is open source code, so you can manipulate.

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5 Awesome Google Fonts & Other Typography Treats

eLearning Brothers

It uses 33% less ink than a suite of standard fonts, helping reduce ink packaging waste. . Google Fonts is a great resource for free, open-source typefaces. Here are 5 great choices: Open Sans. Open Sans was designed by Steve Matteson and comes in 10 different styles, from light to extra bold. Where to get fonts?

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World Health 2.0

Learning with e's

It's one of a suite of papers Maged Boulos and I have been working on with colleagues around the world over the last 3 years, and this one is particularly exciting because it shows how to harness Web 2.0 tools, mashups and aggregators to predict localised social trends such as flu epidemics. Keywords: Social Web; Web 2.0;

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Learning System Awards #11 to #20 (2023)

eLearning 24-7

I bet that is the first time you have seen a mashup between music from Hair (great musical, bad movie) and a holiday tune. If you want the longer version, you can review past criteria, mash it up, and extract key details. I scaled that down to 500, then 250, then 75 – which is listed BTW on this blog. The Criteria.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

I actually think this is some of the most valuable stuff on my blog, and I believe that most knowledge workers are not really taking advantage of this at the level they should. Prediction #6 => More Examples of Mashups and Add-ons to Extend Simple Self-Paced eLearning Prediction #5 is a slam dunk. This is a kind of mashup as well.

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The changing Web

Learning with e's

This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. More on this in future posts on this blog.

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First Time Visitor Guide

Tony Karrer

Update 2/6/2008 based on recent Top eLearning Posts It can be daunting to visit a blog for the first time. This is my attempt to help you get a sense of topics of my blog and find some of the more interesting past articles. Managing your RSS Feeds - If you are considering subscribing to this blog, you might want to read this.