Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy by Ron Goldman and Richard Gabriel. The reasons to engage with open source include the following: * Getting high-quality, free software and software design and development help. Signing up partners and creating consortia. Creating markets.

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Thinkdom

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This approach is about creating tailored learning experiences without compromising on quality, regardless of budget constraints. Factors Influencing the Cost of Custom eLearning Content Development Just as a barista meticulously crafts latte art, creating custom eLearning content is an art that requires a blend of various ingredients.

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Custom eLearning Development Compliance Training Budget Content Developer 52

The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

WordPress: The Powerhouse of Website Builders Source: wordpress.org WordPress is the most popular website builder, powering over 40% of all websites on the internet. It is an open-source platform, meaning that anyone can use and modify the code to create their own website.

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Beginner Website Templates Engineering 52

Think Orion

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

This blog will discuss how creating a blog to market your course can help you achieve the desired outcomes. SEO-friendly Prioritize platforms with built-in SEO features to boost your blog’s visibility, including customizable permalinks, meta tags, and sitemaps. Ghost is free and open-source software.

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Blogging Diversity Training Online Course 52

The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Look for a website builder that offers features such as meta descriptions, image alt tags, and custom sitemaps. WordPress WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that powers over 40% of websites worldwide. It’s known for its flexibility, customization, and vast community of developers and users.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 26, 2009

(I’m a recent convert, perhaps on the path to open source evangelism.) Because it’s open source, there are no licensing costs. Moodle and other open source products have huge communities behind them. Talented individuals who can program like hell and believe in the open source philosophy.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 9, 2009

This is about the changes coming for Sakai and what needs to be done in the community right now to move development forward. More things can do the things Sakai had to do itself a few years ago–broader open source community. JCT, Open Social (What are these?). Content Tagging & Management.

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The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

When it comes to creating a membership site, choosing the right WordPress membership plugin is crucial. Here’s an overview of its key aspects: Features Content Protection: It allows fully customizable content protection, including limiting access to specific pages, posts, categories, tags, and individual course lessons.

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Site Comparison Website Integrate 52

Plume - e-learning & learning management systems

MAY 12, 2023

This continued communication of benefits/impact helps to retain paying customers for longer. However, it can be difficult to make sense of the vast number of options available, and finding the right learning-focused LMS development agency to support your open-source LMS can be challenging. Read our full blog on LMS Reporting.

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The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

MARCH 6, 2023

With over one and a half million listed stores, it is one of the most popular e-commerce platforms worldwide, allowing businesses to create their online stores, receive payments, engage customers, and ship orders. Source: Enlyft Key Shopify stats: More than 1.7 WooCommerce WooCommerce is open source and developed on top of WordPress.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 7, 2015

“Current Need-to-Know Tools and What’s Around the Corner” Nick Floro with Sealworks Trends eLearning community and what we’re doing is rapidly changing. On average, most of us create over 200 MB of data a day. When creating content, think about making it more flexible – tagging and organizing it so you can easily shuffle it together.

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Paradiso Solutions

MARCH 7, 2024

It boosts learner engagement and creates immersive experiences. This community-driven approach empowers informed decision-making, leading to improved training initiatives and better learning outcomes. Improve Learning Experience with LMS Using interactive content in an LMS platform can significantly enhance the learning journey.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Life as a booth babe At the Kineo booth, we were busy on the stand talking about Totara – the new open source LMS for corporates – and showing off some our custom eLearning projects. Tags: dl10. and two of our colleagues/founders from the UK, Steve Rayson and Mark Harrison. See y’all next time!

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eLearning 24-7

MAY 18, 2010

While the race is on for people to get LMSs and LCMSs, there are some people who either do not want or need a LMS/LCMS, but want to create a learning community or more often, some type of portal – intranet or internet. And, with the costs of a LCMS or even some CMSs, you might want to seek out the open source – FREE way.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

We hop from one learning event to the next, from one learning development program to another, and from one elearning storyboard to the next in line, without pause to reflect on the work we have created or have participated in. This also happened in the expo, where community managers already knew you and greeted you like old friends.

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Plume

DECEMBER 8, 2021

If both your marketing website and LMS is open-sourced or has a robust API, your developers should be able to create the custom integration required to automate the enrolment of learners. But generating these reports can be very time-consuming if you’re creating them manually, and can be a huge barrier to scalability.

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Saffron Interactive

AUGUST 27, 2010

Private sector ears pricked up when they heard that Moodle was adaptable, easy-to-use and above all, open source. I turned to the Linux community of experts for help and found more impenetrable programming-speak and the assumption of proficiency. The open source party was rocking, but there were no invites for average users.

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The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

JULY 28, 2020

Can I carve out enough time from my other work (creating content or products, taking care of business) to devote to it? WordPress is an open-source CMS. It’s what makes it widely popular and community-driven but it also makes it vulnerable. If not, do I have the willingness to learn about it and put in the effort?

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learnWorlds

JANUARY 25, 2024

Start a FREE Trial The 9 Best Learning Management Systems For Training We have created this list with the 9 top LMSs for training companies based on customer reviews and availability of features. 9000+ brands trust LearnWorlds to train their people, partners & customers. LearnUpon Customer reviews : 4.6

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2010

Companies want the flexibility and freedom of an open source model. but I did make a point of checking out Bloomfire and their Collaborative Social Learning Community. I like his approach to training, “We create leadership packages – tools and resources for managers based on situational needs.” (He Yes, indeed.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 15, 2014

Right now you are probably in one of three camps when it comes to open source LMSs, specifically Moodle: Huge fan and most likely have it. from Moodle community. Built on Moodle, state that they are built on it, and any updates i.e. plugins, add-ons, features come from the Moodle community. Not a fan of it.

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Ed App

JANUARY 22, 2021

No prior experience is needed to create an organized and aesthetically appealing course. A dynamic authoring tool makes creating diverse training activities and assignments a breeze. With so much customization, there is a lot to like about this tool, but the hefty price tag notches it down to our #2 spot.

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Appsembler

AUGUST 1, 2018

Trainers and educators at companies and higher education institutions are consistently on the lookout for ways to improve the way they build and create courses for their learners. This post is an introduction to XBlocks for Open edX, why they’re important, how they work, and which XBlocks are currently available.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

as well as connect with some new folks in the Boston e-learning community. My Sources Since I'm not a tool user, I needed to mine the collective brain of the e-learning community to find out what's what. Michael Hanley provides a great resource to the eLearning community with his ongoing review of open source tools.

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Continu

OCTOBER 1, 2019

However, by partnering with the right training company, you’ll cut your development time way down and have the resources on hand to create top-notch training material that truly delivers for your employees. Continu’s Learning Tracks is how administrators create courses, facilitate onboarding flows, quizzes, and more. Key features.

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LearnDash

MARCH 5, 2020

Open source vs. proprietary. Moodle, like WordPress and LearnDash, is an open-source platform. This means the code is open for developers to modify and tweak as needed to accomplish their purposes. Nor is open source an indication that the program is sub-par. All-in-one LCMS vs. CMS + LMS plugin.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

MARCH 13, 2009

Gro.ups is open source, has a lot of similar functionalities to ning (and more- you can upload files easily) and is also without advertisements (for free!). A ning for libarians ( betabiep ) decided to create a netvibes page about the darwin year. The advantage of ning is that it is slightly more attractive in look and feel.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 10, 2023

We have created this extensive list of the best 20 Learning Management Systems, specifically designed to cover the diverse training needs of an organization: employee onboarding, technical and soft skills training, customer education, compliance, and extended enterprise.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 10, 2023

We have created this extensive list of the best 20 Learning Management Systems, specifically designed to cover the diverse training needs of an organization: employee onboarding, technical and soft skills training, customer education, compliance, and extended enterprise.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

But over the last year micro-blogging has picked up many supporters in the eLearning Development community. Its a very slick way to communicate information quickly. The big screen is running an app called twittercamp created by Daniel Dura. Daniel offers the app as an open source download.

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eFront

MARCH 30, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 3/30/2010 10 tips for using eFront Here is several practical tips for making your eFront experience more enjoyable 1) [professor] Zip and upload multiple images. 10)[professor] Create small, coherent lessons.

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eLearning Blender

JANUARY 4, 2010

A list created on my own will not be nearly as complete as a list constructed with your help. Moodle Benefits Moodle Drawbacks Open Source - Free to download Reporting - There is no simple way to run a site wide report with users grades in multiple courses. Tags: Moodle LMS eLearning Low Cost eLearning.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Open source. Created a site where learning professionals could experiment with using ELGG. By the way, all sessions at LearnTrends are being recorded, so if you’re interested in learning more, drop by our community site. Tags: Community Popular. Installs social learning system based on ELGG.

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Saffron Interactive

MAY 13, 2010

Tools for creating a social learning platform - including free ones! Open source platforms. • How to build vibrant communities successfully. Tags: News. The instructional design challenges of social learning. Social learning with e-learning, classroom learning & blended learning. •

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 29, 2010

New social media types are being created, identified and defined constantly. Wists - social shopping with image bookmarking and creation of lists – ditch the shopping part, keep the image bookmarking and creating of lists, Yoono. Social media types with examples. Many of these are new, rather than repeats from a previous post.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

For details on how to create a podcast, see How to Create Your Own Podcast on About.com. The forward thinking folks at Dimdim created an application that is completely in the cloud. Dimdim has an open source version so developers can integrate it with other software. Think of it. Google Collaboration Tools.

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Social Media Social Networks Wiki Media 83

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

Open Architecture. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc. 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. hiogi.com – mobile search based on the knowledge of a worldwide community.

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