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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

iSpring Learn – Not open source, and started out as an authoring tool (still core business), which has an LMS. A clue is it notes “Pricing” on its web site – oh and not open source. OER – Open Educational Resources exist and there are plenty to choose from, which you can add to your system.

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Role of L&D in the 21C Workplace

ID Reflections

It is increasingly becoming evident that L&D department in organizations can no longer function the way they used to, at least not if they want to be relevant and be a business partner to the organization. This means getting the buy-in of key stakeholders and talking the language of business.

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Free Learning

Tony Karrer

In the Business of Learning , I compared publishing and learning. Web media can be created quickly and, if designed in an open manner, can change according to the needs of learners and facilitators. OCW, OER) as part of their internal learning. For instance, we developed the Work Literacy site in about a week and at no cost.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

For most workplace eLearning the implication of this is that we are going to be getting asked a lot more about whether content will be accessible and work on other devices, e.g., mobile web access, home access, etc. Now, for the pessimists out there – Do you remember back to the really early days of the web? It was terrible!

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Open educational practices

Learning with e's

Some are having to change their business models. They will go elsewhere of course - to the free versions that are out there on the web. Tags: creative commons Open content OER Google MOOC OEP open scholarship. Too many powerful people and organisations stand to lose a lot if everything becomes 'free' and open.

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Open all hours #EDEN15

Learning with e's

Finally, the emergence of Web 2.0 We are now at the stage where at least 50% of academics have published in open access journals (Stats from Wiley), an there is a growth in Open Educational Resources including OER Commons , with many universities now providing free content. created and encouraged a culture of content sharing.

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Online Educa Berlin 2014 Conference Review #OEB14

eLearning 24-7

If you are an e-learning vendor in the higher education space and doing or planning on doing business in Europe, this is the place to be. There was a business card to take – plenty where still there when I walked by at the end of the day. Web site address and 30 day trial. This was the 20th anniversary of OEB. Absolutely.