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Updates On HTML5 From Google I/O

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On day 1 of the I/O Google has made many announcements like release of open source, royalty-free video format WebM, Chrome Web store, opened up Google Wave, released open source Font API and directory etc. The two announcements which would make the HTML5 development easier and less time consuming are –.

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Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

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Cross Platform / Browser Compatibility – Every browser has its own rendering mechanism so an application developed for iPad Safari is not guaranteed to work well in other browsers like IE, Firefox or Chrome. A few browsers like Firefox support Ogg Theora (an open source format) while others like Safari support H.264

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HTML 5 and eLearning Development

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The working draft of HTML 5 indicates a need to find suitable open source code which works on all browsers without licensing or patent fee. The Mozilla Foundation has already implemented the open source Ogg Theora and Ogg Vorbis codecs for video in the beta of Firefox 3.5 and Opera is also working on similar lines.

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HTML 5 and eLearning Development

Upside Learning

The working draft of HTML 5 indicates a need to find suitable open source code which works on all browsers without licensing or patent fee. The Mozilla Foundation has already implemented the open source Ogg Theora and Ogg Vorbis codecs for video in the beta of Firefox 3.5 and Opera is also working on similar lines.

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Social Media Libraries for Flash

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However, they open sourced it later for the ease of updating. HTML 5 and eLearning Development eLearning Development: Useful Firefox add-ons. This library has good documentation and tutorials and also supports URL shortening. TwitterScript – This is the one of the ActionScript 3.0

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Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars.

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As a result, the following post is Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars) Tools for e-Learning. The following list contains free and open source Web Conferencing tools that are nt in particular order. BigBlueButton is built by combining over fourteen open source components.

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eLearning: Interesting Weekly Finds #18

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New Firefox Add-ons for Learning – Links to a competition, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, sought to tap into the spirit of Mozilla’s open-source community to spark innovations in learning-oriented add-ons for the Firefox internet browser. The winning add-ons are available for free download.

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