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Are Podcasts The Most Underrated Format for L&D?

Thinkdom

The term "podcast" is a combination of the words "iPod" and "broadcast," as it was initially used to describe the process of downloading radio broadcasts from the internet and listening to them on an iPod through a program called ippoder. A podcast is a digital audio file that can be listened to or downloaded online.

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eLearning: Interesting Weekly Finds #2

Upside Learning

Google will end Gears, an open-source plug-in project it launched two years ago to allow Web applications to function even when a computer isn’t connected to the Internet. This technology let use of real wet brushes for painting on a digital interface. This one is about how the iPod touch is a BIG player in mobile device market.

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TCC09: Podcasting with Section 508

Experiencing eLearning

This workshop will provide participants with new concepts and augment their skills to current guidelines on the accessibility of emerging technologies. open source software options: Audacity. Mixer–no open source ones out there, but Audacity does a lot. Market research on US podcast audience. million (2007).

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Why Disruption and eLearning Matter to Higher Education

OpenSesame

I took courses from as many professors who utilized Moodle (an open source LMS) as I did from professors who did not allow e-readers or laptops in class. Or are we poised on the brink of a technology-driven overhaul in higher education? But how does disruption apply to higher education?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Thursday, June 28, 2007 Emerging Technologies in e-Learning I sat in on a lunchtime WebEx presentation with Gary Woodill -- Director, Research and Analysis, Brandon Hall Research. The topic: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning. Now were into web 2.0 -- new technologies that werent there 10 years ago. This was "e-Learning 1.0".

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Why Disruption and eLearning Matter to Higher Education

OpenSesame

I took courses from as many professors who utilized Moodle (an open source LMS) as I did from professors who did not allow e-readers or laptops in class. Or are we poised on the brink of a technology-driven overhaul in higher education? But how does disruption apply to higher education?

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Open Laszlo Gets Its Own Track and Big Customers for the open source webtop platform

Mark Oehlert

is actually investigating using it and today I see that Open Laszlo has its own track at AjaxWorld West 2007. " and something for my peeps who have to make the case to the front office: "Web applications developed with Laszlo technology reached a record highrecently, serving 40 million people monthly in the U.S.