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How Technology Benefits Your Personalized English Course

Speexx

But a few decades ago, language students had to rely on textbooks and CD-ROMs for their language education. But now, technology has advanced to the point where we can create personalized English courses tailored to each learner's specific needs. It's hard to believe that was considered cutting-edge technology at the time.

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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

For many, their first experience with eLearning was educational computer games delivered via CD Rom. If you sign up for an in-person workshop but need to watch an online video that explains the basics before you attend, that’s an example of blended learning. It’s just you and the content, no instructor, no classmates.

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ELearning Explained [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

I find some of the items listed in the infographic to be a bit archaic, such as the mention of CD-ROM, but I do suppose they are still in use. Personally, I believe the most defining component of elearning is the way it allows learners to view the content on their own schedule.

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

Early 1980s: The Introduction of Personal Computers. The early prototypes were, of course, crude versions of our current personal computers. The Multimedia PC (MPC) came with a CD-ROM drive, meaning that the device can display video synced with audio. CD-ROMs quickly became a thing of the past.

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What's Better: eLearning or Classroom?

The Performance Improvement Blog

Putting a course on the Web or on a CD-ROM does not ensure performance improvement.( It’s wonderful, for personal edification, to have access to thousands of courses from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and other prestigious colleges. I was wrong; e-learning is revolutionizing training. Employees learn in many different ways. (

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Why can’t you say YES, when you want to buy a learning system?

eLearning 24-7

was ever offered in a CD-ROM. Since the newest computers, okay, for the last several years, lack a CD-ROM (you would have to purchase it as separate hardware with a USB connection – oh joy), there must be someone out there because you can download 6.5. I searched to see if Lotus Notes 6.5 The results?

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

You popped in a CD-Rom, which could hold up to 640mb. We did Online Learning in the 60’s – False Narrative There were systems back in the day, where they could be run on your own server, used via a CD-ROM, via WAN or LAN, but to me, that isn’t and e-learning LMS. And another day, for that story.