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5 Awesome Google Fonts & Other Typography Treats

eLearning Brothers

Print vs Web. Web fonts are specifically designed for easier on-screen reading, especially on a mobile device. Generally, web fonts are sans serif. However, as screen qualities get better and better, you can get away with serif fonts on the web more. Google Fonts is a great resource for free, open-source typefaces.

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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

Do you know the reasoning behind why the world-wide web was created? As the web transformed over time people discovered that the ability to collaborate on projects over the web made it an even more powerful tool for sharing information. Wikipedia has a write up on Web 2.0 Christopher Barnatt explains web 2.0

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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). Google code is open source code, so you can manipulate. Open Architecture. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Article comparing new Mash-Up tools (Popfly, Pipes, Google) - thanks Sam Adkins

Mark Oehlert

» June 03, 2007 Article comparing new Mash-Up tools (Popfly, Pipes, Google) - thanks Sam Adkins Sam Adkins at Ambient Insight passed along a link to a post on the Social Strategist that I just reading through now but which does a compare and contrast between some of the emerging tools for creating mash-ups.

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The Business Web

Tony Karrer

This is something I've pointed to before: Promise of Web 2.0 Simultaneously, companies like Google and Yahoo have announced their intention to compete against Microsoft Exchange by offering a version of their consumer email services repurposed for business. The Business Web. And, it's only starting.

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Incredibly Cool! Vision of Future of Application and eLearning Development

Tony Karrer

Last week I moderated an event on Web 2.0 where we had speakers from IBM, Google, Microsoft, Sony and others talking about what it really means (especially for corporations). One of the most interesting things was the Enterprise Mashup demonstration by Rod Smith at IBM. What's this got to do with eLearning?

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eLearning Predictions Further Thoughts

Tony Karrer

AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=58772167&rKey=9ac6286700094e6f Thought I’d do a quick post with some random follow-up thoughts: Skim Long Posts I asked at the start of the online session how many people had read my post that basically was very similar content. People end up staying home to be able to attend virtual events.