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Social Learning Objects - Flash Cards

Tony Karrer

You can add pictures or sounds to flashcards or with a Java applet, you can record sounds right into flashcards, which also is great for language learning. For spelling, you can enter the word and the system has text-to-speech to create a sound that is the prompt that you then have to spell.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. Virtual classrooms and smart-boards are used in a more student-centered way (not putting all the attention to one person up-front=bad). Learning leaders will be more focused on relevancy of information.