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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). APIs available in popular programs – SAAS. Mashups Possibilities. Javascript. Include: Twitter. MediaWiki API.

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DevLearn 2009 – Day 2 Recap

eLearning Weekly

Google Leadership Game. Google worked with David Metcalf to create a leadership training program that was a mash-up with 7-8 Google tools: Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, Google Talk, etc. Good examples, including one called MySportsPulse. They called it gLearning.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Developed over 60 e-learning programs. 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.

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E-Learning Early Indicators

eLearning 24-7

Funny, thing about those vendors, either their entire consumer base rose up and screamed we want tablets, or perhaps – and I know – it never happens in any industry – just perhaps, they looked again and said, “I see money in those tablets&#. Forums and discussion boards are making a come back (why?).

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Google-Assisted “Search� Learning…but pls don’t say “according to Google�

Janet Clarey

You probably just “google it” and then click the Wikipedia entry for whatever you’re “googling.&# Many did not grow up using print encyclopedias and dictionaries like many older (some Gen X, boomer, mature) workers. Don’t you just want to say, “Google is not a person.&# Splitting hairs.

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