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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

Open Architecture. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc. your IS/IT people) can make modifications or changes in the code to suit your needs. Google code is open source code, so you can manipulate. For people who want to manipulate or change the code or want to create their own APIs.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

Moderation - On many Wiki software packages you can require approval for posting changes. Limit Authoring - You can control who is allowed to make changes. Initially, you can start where only your instructional designers / writers are allowed to make changes. Then, maybe open it up to subject matter experts.

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10 Social Media Tools For Learning

The eLearning Coach

Dimdim has an open source version so developers can integrate it with other software. It also integrates with a few open source eLearning tools. Edublogs Campus is hoping to change that. It’s a free and open source application with templates and plugins for enhancements. Edublogs Campus.

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OpenAcademic.worth watching

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

This is the marriage of Elgg, Drupal, Moodle, and Mediawiki. Its like the snickers bar of learning: Lots of the most yummy open source platforms rolled into one. I'm changing these slides at least once a day. However, OpenAcademic is not about an enterprise vendor riding the latest trend.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: I Heart My Wiki

Learning Visions

We installed MediaWiki on our local server a couple of weeks ago and Ive been using it to record everything I can for my e-Learning strategy project. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, July 06, 2007 I Heart My Wiki I have finally thrown myself into the wiki waters.

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Enterprise 2.0

eLearning Weekly

As learning professionals, it’s becoming increasingly important that we stay aware of these changes and understand how and why they’re happening. MediaWiki ), micro-blogging platforms (ex. Listen to your learners, run small pilot programs (many of these tools are open-source / free), and experiment.

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Have LMSs Jumped The Shark?

eLearning Weekly

If LMSs are going to survive, they’ll need to change drastically. If I want a great wiki platform, I’m going to download MediaWiki or DokuWiki (also free and they have huge support communities). Their employees’ data is locked in to a proprietary system. Users hate the system. It’s ugly. Did I miss anything?)

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