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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

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). Facilitation now exists between the pieces of software, similar to interaction between a human and a computer (again, in a basic example).

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danah boyd on teens and 21st century work

Jay Cross

Instead of coding, programmers built apps by mashing up shared packages of code. If a mashup produced a Frankenmonster, you threw it away and tried something else. A girl is horrified when her mom joins Facebook. My father has joined Facebook. The son replies “Welcome to Facebook.”. Consider Remix culture.

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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

Wikipedia has a write up on Web 2.0 The ideas that make up Web 2.0 are social networking, web mashups, and using the web to store and create content. Ego centric networks like Facebook, Linked In, Blogs, and Twitter use human instigated actions as the impetus for social networking. Christopher Barnatt explains web 2.0

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10 Ways To Learn In 2010

The eLearning Coach

For example, I just searched for ‘elearning’ (I know I’m boring) and got directed to a great discussion about how to help learners get the most from eLearning. Create a Mashup. Mashups let you combine and remix information, media, content, web applications and services in new ways. Share this on Facebook.

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Content as a Service

Xyleme

As instructional designers, we create our learning products, package them up with all the content and media, wish them well, and ship them off to the LMS’s – never to be seen again. And the possibilities for highly specialized apps for learning, performance support, and content mash-ups is nearly unlimited.

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Top eLearning Posts

Tony Karrer

Start-Up Guides 1,368 1 22 eLearning 1.0 Tools 1,140 9 43 LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers 1,988 6 40 Facebook as a Learning Platform 754 3 40 Rapid eLearning Tools 4,337 11 35 Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Start-Up Guides 1,368 1 22 eLearning 1.0 Start-Up Guides 1,368 1 22 eLearning 1.0 and eLearning 2.0

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Emerging" = kinds of e-learning that are just starting to show up -- in labs, new company offerings. Self Serve Can also pick up packaged food -- self-service from a vending machine, etc. example: Google Earth + local pizza parlors + your personal photographs on top of that. About Gary: Classroom teacher in the early 70s.

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