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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). Search for restaurants in Google and Google Maps shows up with the various restaurants on the map. Mashups Possibilities.

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Social Media Offerings which can b used in Social Learning

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Events – Meetup. Open Source/Mashups - APis, open source – while open source and APIs are not social media, they will enable multi-faceted social media features and capabilities. Actually, in some circles, mashups are considered a form of social media. Presence Applications (aka micro-blogging ) – Twitter.

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Latest Eight #LMS #Trends

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Even not having the card prior to arrival, but signing up online, gets you free internet. . Each item in the list must be completed and in many cases numerous times – this builds up retention. I have those every weekend, so why as an adult learner do I want it as a benefit to learning? Trend 2 Responsive mobile design.

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Social Learning, Social Media – Brothers in Arms

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expo clearly shows and some argue that social media some grew up within the web 2.0 With APIs and mashups, who knows where it can go. Social Learning & Social Media. Social Learning = Learning, Collaboration & Communicatio n. Add geolocating as part of our social learning services. The answer is no.

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E-Learning without Borders

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If I am new to management, why only enable them to communicate and learn from within, when they can (and most likely do so via social media) communicate and learn from others, outside your company? It was the brain, if you will, the central component of my “learning community&#. Social Learning: Social Exchanges.

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Review of #ASTD2014 International Conference and Expo

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hey it is a Mashup of Emotions! Although after talking to several vendors, irritation seemed to be a part of their response to me. Estimate 55% e-learning related content, including e-learning vendors and ILT vendors who added a “virtual training” component as part of their offerings.

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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. Event management.