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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

One of the areas that always gain interest and usage are open source systems, that is to say, free open source code (some are not), to which any organization, company, educational setting, government and so forth can build their own system (often noted as home-grown) and do what they wish with it. Not open source.

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Open all hours #EDEN15

Learning with e's

Exploring the tensions within these key arenas, he argues that ownership over the future direction of openness is significant to all those with an interest in education. In a previous interview I conducted with him, Weller emphasised the idea that openness is a philosophy that can pervade all educational practice.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

And probably will get some more ideas from the Big Question - Predictions and Plans for 2010. A few other LMS predictions - The bottom end of the market will continue to be eaten away by open source solutions and hosted open source solutions. Just visit the OER Commons and Open Courseware Consortium.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

These samples will give you some ideas. 10 Unusual Sources Of Inspiration for eLearning - The eLearning Coach , September 29, 2010 We all need inspiration at times. Or, if you are in Dr. Scratch Computer vs. Panda3D is Open Source and free for any purpose, including commercial ventures. concerning OER.

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Learning Styles and Visualization

Mark Oehlert

I know that recently the whole idea of learning styles has come under attack. Ive been tinkering with Many Eyes over the last couple of weeks as a way of exploring potential visual navigation tools/interfaces for Open University courses and qualifications, and OpenLearn OERs/course units: [link] and search for "many eyes".

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eLearning Conferences 2013

Tony Karrer

link] December 2-5, 2012 Big Ideas Fest: Design, Innovate, Activate, 4 th , conference focused on innovation in education , Half Moon Bay, California, USA. link] December 3-14, 2012 Open Content Licensing for Educators (#OCL4Ed), organized by the OER Foundation, offered online. Paul, Minneapolis, USA.