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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

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An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). Hunch is designed so that every time it’s used, it learns something new. Adaptive Learning with a Social Q/A twist.

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E-Learning without Borders

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Vendors such as Edmodo, enables teachers at various schools across the world to communicate with each other. They can discuss best ways to teach a certain topic, seek insight, identify new instructional methods, etc, and no surprise here: they love it. educational) lacking: is an interface for a LMS or learning platform.

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E-Learning Early Indicators

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When I spoke to numerous vendors on tablets, I kept hearing the same song, “we aren’t hearing it from our customers, OR we are looking in the future OR perhaps in 2012″ It was smartphones, you silly man. Vendors are adding more “comments&# and voting i.e. yes or no or thumbs up/thumbs down features.

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LMS News. Directory. Plus E-Learning Notes

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More vendors enabling the use of APIs – i.e. people can create their own API and integrate them into the LMS/Learning Portal vendor’s system, this equally means you can create mashups too. So, why then would you not want to know the price – at least the street price, up front. I post daily.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

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When so many potential customers are seeing the advantages of open source, creating their own learning or VLE portals or seeing the value of various social media types and incorporating them into some type of social learning community, the “do nothing&# spin is well, a time warp into the past. Discussion board/whiteboard.

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What’s hurting the LMS market

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Revenues across the board are up, profit margins are healthy and competition is on-going (always a good thing). Illogical – I often see systems that add features that seem as though they tossed a bunch of ideas on a wall and whatever stuck up there, went into their platform. The LMS market is strong. The Negatives.

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Product Review: Plateau TMS (Talent Management System)

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Plateau LMS is a Talent Management System, made up of four modules. Plateau Learning. After logging into the system a pop up window appears with four option, under the title “How to Get the Most out of the Plateau TMS. You can click a check box, if you do not want the pop-up to appear the next time you log into the system.

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