Upside Learning

MAY 30, 2013

'Ever since responsive eLearning became a buzzword we (at Upside Learning) have been inundated with requests from clients to make every (well almost every), piece of eLearning responsive and multi-device compatible. In my view, responsive eLearning design is just a technical solution to a specific requirement – simply put (as defined in Wikipedia) it is used to “provide an optimal viewing experience – easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrollin

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Absorb LMS

MAY 30, 2013

'Top5OnlineColleges.org , a research and advisory services site focused on learning and development in the online higher education world, has just named Absorb LMS one of the 99 Top Tools for Online Teaching. This list includes resources in the following three categories: Teaching Tools & Technologies. Learning Management Systems. Journals & Blogs.

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LearnDash

MAY 30, 2013

'Mobile learning is the new frontier for educational institutions and for profit organizations alike. Entrepreneurs are also getting into the game because the business is shaping up to be quite profitable. If you haven’t yet, expect to have some exposure to mobile learning (even in a minimal way) within the very near future – especially as smartphones are becoming the norm.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 30, 2013

'I’ve been thinking more about animations of late. I am a big fan of diagrams (as you probably infer :), and animations add an important dimension. However, they’re more problematic to create. Yet I’ll argue that they can be really powerful. As Larkin & Simon pointed out in their landmark Cognitive Science article (PDF) “Why a diagram is (sometimes) worth ten thousand words”, a mental model is composed of conceptual relationships between the elements.

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Raptivity

MAY 30, 2013

'Hi everyone, did you try the memory recall techniques we talked about last time? Hope they turned out useful for you. Do let us know your experience with using them. And as promised, I am back today with our next [.].

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Ontuitive

MAY 30, 2013

'1.2 billion people worldwide were using mobile apps at the end of last year. The “app” trajectory of growth is 29.8 percent a year.1 If you’re a smartphone owner, you average 127 minutes every day using one or more of the 41 you’ve downloaded.

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dVinci Interactive

MAY 30, 2013

'Many learning and development professionals are looking for a head start to help them communicate project requirements to a prospective learning solutions partner. Strong initial communications can set you and your partner up for success. To help you organize your priorities and reach out to qualified prospective partners, we’ve created a simple eLearning Request for Proposal (RFP) template.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 30, 2013

'Summer is a great time to get started on all those outdoor DIY projects you’ve been putting off. Maybe you want to put in a fence, plant a garden, or simply add some patio furniture. Snagit can help you research, organize, and even visualize your project. Take a few minutes to watch this video and see how Snagit can help you with your summer projects.

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OpenSesame

MAY 30, 2013

'iTunes pay-per-song model disrupted not only the music industry, but the entertainment industry as a whole. As cable television begins to feel the effects of a market favoring pay-per-use models, we at OpenSesame think the elearning sector is ready for some disruption as well.

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Learning with e's

MAY 30, 2013

'In the July 2013 edition of Wired magazine, Jonathan Zittrain (Harvard Law Professor and author of The Future of the Internet) warns of the danger of censorship now we are moving to the cloud. Zittrain is worried about the possibilities of ''censoring, erasing, altering or restricting access to books'', and argues that digital texts are ''increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers or libraries.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

MAY 30, 2013

'Nowadays, many companies and instructors are branding their online courses to match their company’s colors and themes. It is important that students can identify your course and presentation to be your own. When branding, there are many different areas to consider, including, color schemes, style of visuals , and use of text, font, and formatting. With these various factors taken into consideration, these are a few do’s and don’ts for branding your online course.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 30, 2013

'I’ve got my bags packed (almost), my gadgets are charging (slowly), my leg cast is coming off Friday (finally)… I am ready to head to New Orleans for Microsoft TechEd ! A couple of TechSmith’s Developers, IT Pros, and I are attending Microsoft TechEd 2013. Will you be there? Check out our TechEd team below, follow us on Twitter and see our most anticipated sessions.

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SHIFT eLearning

MAY 30, 2013

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MAY 30, 2013

'Summer is a great time to get started on all those outdoor DIY projects you’ve been putting off. Maybe you want to put in a fence, plant a garden, or simply add some patio furniture. Snagit can help you research, organize, and even visualize your project. Take a few minutes to watch this video and see how Snagit can help you with your summer projects.

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Association eLearning

MAY 30, 2013

'The ISTH, the leading worldwide not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of thrombotic and bleeding disorders, is pleased to announce its partnership with Digitec Interactive, the leader in easy-to-use learning portals and engaging eLearning programs and courseware for online continuing medical education (CME).

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OpenSesame

MAY 30, 2013

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