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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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Computer Aided Learning: From pre-history to where we’re at in late 2018

Ed App

Once home computers (and PCs in particular) became relatively-ubiquitous in the 1990s they were quickly followed by CD-ROM-based educational software and reference material (including digitised encyclopedias ). A year later, the LMS development industry welcomed Microsoft and its first SCORM-certified learning suite SharePoint.”

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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. Social networks and open source content were introduced and wildly accepted. Almost immediately developers, organizations, and the “Common eLearning Man” began to adapt by creating eLearning content.

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The future of e-Learning, according to Kasper Spiro | Change to learn

Challenge to Learn

We published them on CD-ROM’s as Computer Based training (CBT). We published them on CD-ROM’s as Computer Based training (CBT).&# – highly interactive learning programs, in which video was used interactively (remember cd-interactive?). Let’s first look at where we are and how we got there.

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What is eLearning?

LearnUpon

Some of these factors include: The Internet – Prior to the rise of the internet, many relied on printed manuals, CD-ROMS and other restrictive methods for learning and training. There are several different types of LMS’s that you can choose from, such as cloud-based, open source, commercial, and installation-based.

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

It can be transmitted over the Internet, Intranet, CD/DVD, thumb drives, etc. As long as you can open it in your computer, view and learn from it, it’s elearning. The user can specify the intended platform, including Web, CD-ROM and even mobile phones.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

1980s CD ROMS. Browserless web" -- ala Google Earth -- full networked application -- like CD ROMs days -- direct application. Any LMS needs to have open-standards (not just open source) so you can take your content to another source. Then the world wide web. Move from page metaphor.

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