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JULY 30, 2010

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). Let’s say though you do not want to add the specific site in your LMS, etc. Mashups Possibilities. Open Architecture.

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Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

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APRIL 29, 2010

With the exception of crowdsourcing, all other social media types can be used in social learning. Social E-Mail - Google Buzz. Forums & Message Boards - ( Something Awful – If you visit the site, please be aware that the language and topics varies from G to PG to R and Beyond).

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Social Media Social Networks Social Bookmarking Social 40

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AUGUST 31, 2010

As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. It is not as though, social learning is going to disappear.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

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APRIL 28, 2010

Is it me or does it seem that most vendors in the LMS/LCMS market still believe that with some smoke and mirrors, you won’t realize that social media actually must be integrated into social learning for it to exist? See, it is social learning. Nevertheless, social media has overtaken its Web 2.0

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Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

I wonder if we have truly achieved this premise, i.e. learning without borders or are we stating something that is not yet accurate? Social Engagement. Go onto any social media site: Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Quora or any of the thousands of sites, and you will see people engaging with total strangers.

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Mashups Association LMS Association Learning Management System Social Media 73

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JUNE 20, 2011

In a market this size, and with so many vendors overly focused on the U.S. and not necessarily worldwide (which should be the case), there is bound to be those vendors who are seeking new opportunities. Folding up shop and switching to a new market: Talent/Performance Management, new product lines not tied to e-learning, services.

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Social Networks Trends LMS vendor 72

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

That smartphones were the answer to mobile learning. Vendors were saying, lets “wait on those&# or “our customers are not requesting them, so we are holding off&#. Social learning? 2 Mobile Learning. Then in some circles it was the smartphones and the power of social learning with said smartphones.

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vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69