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The Average Joe imperative

E-Learning Provocateur

Web conferencing was starting to become popular around the same time, and while these days Skype and FaceTime are de rigueur , back then webcamming introduced a sorely needed human element to distance learning. While the webcam presented the human face, the learning experience remained undeniably isolated.

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What has been and what is yet to come

Learning with e's

It was the birthplace of Skype , and Estonians believe that using the Internet is a human right. It's fitting then that this year, Tallinn is also the host city for the annual European Association for Distance Learning (EADL). My other keynote presentations will be at conferences in cities including Lisbon, Bruges and London.

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2015 LMS Rakings for K-12, HE and Report Criteria

eLearning 24-7

In Berlin, that is, preparing for the Online Educa Berlin Conference, kicking off on Wednesday. Countries showing off their latest e-learning (often under the words – distance learning , which should be booted as a term), and vendors showing their products, making their pitches and eating their food in their booth.

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Train your Team with Synchronous and Asynchronous eLearning

Paradiso Solutions

When you think about it, you may find it confusing because of the differences between the two types of learning methods, but they are not. Synchronous learning is similar to online distance learning, which occurs in real-time, while asynchronous learning occurs via online channels with real-time interaction.

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Top 68 eLearning Posts from April - Hot Topics iPad Google Buzz

eLearning Learning Posts

The road ahead : I am presently developing detailed role descriptions, community guidelines, role assessment tools, and the identification of appropriate learning products and offerings. Can You Learn from a Recording? aLearning , April 13, 2010 We make recordings all the time: podcasts, recorded audio conferences, recorded Webinars.

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Top Tech-Based Ways to Train a Distributed Workforce

The Learning Dispatch

Web-Based, Peer-to-Peer Video Conference. A good example of a web-based, peer-to-peer video conference product would be Skype (although there are other tools out there). Essentially, these tools allow you to conduct a video conference across the web with one or more people. Dedicated Web-Conference Programs (Webinars).

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Top Tech-Based Ways to Train a Distributed Workforce

The Learning Dispatch

Web-Based, Peer-to-Peer Video Conference. A good example of a web-based, peer-to-peer video conference product would be Skype (although there are other tools out there). Essentially, these tools allow you to conduct a video conference across the web with one or more people. Dedicated Web-Conference Programs (Webinars).