Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I was just asked about trends in open source for eLearning and particularly open source eLearning tools. Probably one of the better sources on this is Jane Hart’s Instructional Tools Directory. In addition, she indicates if they are free or cost money – which is not quite the same thing as open source.

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eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/02/2011 Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch for 2011 2011 is the e-Learning year! The project is hosted at Google Code. by Christopher Pappas M.B.A.,

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

You can manage which learners can take your course and track the learners progress. After reviewing all these applications I came to the conclusion that Facebook could be used in the learning process. I would used Facebook as a tool that will enhance/support an e-Learning course and not as a LMS.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 26, 2009

Richard Nantel of Brandon Hall recently posted about average LMS prices. A ‘low-cost’ LMS starts at an average of $58K. And “in times like these…&# Why pay for a pricey LMS when you can Moodle or Drupal or Sakai ? Web conferencing services like DimDim now offer the equivalent of WebEx. For free. (I’m

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