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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

Commercial software companies were quick to develop computer-based educational materials and learning games as well. The Multimedia PC (MPC) came with a CD-ROM drive, meaning that the device can display video synced with audio. It''s important to note how the MPC relaxed the learning barrier for students.

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eLearning Defined

Tony Karrer

eLearning / E-Learning - Broad definition of the field of using technology to deliver learning and training programs. Typically used to describe media such as CD-ROM, Internet, Intranet, wireless and mobile learning. Some include Knowledge Management as a form of e-learning.

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How do you create a perfect blend of the various learning components?

Origin Learning

In a world, not so long ago, blended learning was the norm. Before education moved to the confines of a traditional classroom, training was imparted through experiential learning and lessons had ‘show me’ and ‘let me’ ways of training. Advantages of Blended Learning.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

CBT (Computer-Based Training). ILT (Instructor Led Training – Workplace, even EdTech – K-12 and Higher Education). WBT (Web-Based Training). CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT.

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What is elearning?

Elucidat

The rise of elearning has been facilitated by several factors to allow it to become the most popular way of delivering training. . These factors include: The rise of the internet – previous to this, many relied on the use of printed manuals, CD-ROMS, and other restrictive methods for learning and training.

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Preference of E-Learning – Structured or not?

eLearning 24-7

Mobile Learning? Social Learning? Blended learning? People who were running training/L&D always viewed blended to be paper and ILT (pre-WBT). I for one, was and still am a true believer that anything in e-learning can be done better and more effectively than anything with instructor-led training.

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Paradigm war

Clive on Learning

It seems that e-learning specialists are like economists - put any two in a room and you will generate at least three competing theories. CBT, computer-based training, is about delivering interactive lessons to individual students, sitting in front of their PCs. Needless to say, we're not seeing the best.