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4 LMS Features That Were Hot and Now Are Not

Absorb LMS

Here are four learning management system features that were hot, and now are not: 1. Locally-Installed Software About a decade ago, many organizations shunned cloud-based software and demanded that the LMS be installed on their internal servers. Installed software was hot. Now it’s viewed as passé.

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10 Social Media Tools For Learning

The eLearning Coach

Elgg is a social networking engine and publishing platform for running your own social networking site on a public or private server. This makes Elgg an ideal platform for learning and collaboration. Google has created a compelling infrastructure for a variety of collaboration tools. Category: Social Networking Platform.

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LMS Vendors: U Can Survive – Innovate, Invigorate and Invent

eLearning 24-7

When a vendor decided to add mediawiki to their LMS, so it looks exactly like Wikipedia, while everyone else uses some funky looking wiki.what happened? We offer social learning – in some cases true collaborative learning, even the possibility to work together on a project or a document in a space. and it worked.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

The suggestion by one audience member about requiring blogging (or similar forms) of sharing prior to a formal learning event was great. I discussed my experience from Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 There were a few others. We discussed several other possible uses, but I'm blanking on what they were.

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LMS Vendors: U Can Survive – Innovate, Invigorate and Invent

eLearning 24-7

When a vendor decided to add mediawiki to their LMS, so it looks exactly like Wikipedia, while everyone else uses some funky looking wiki.what happened? We offer social learning – in some cases true collaborative learning, even the possibility to work together on a project or a document in a space. and it worked.

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