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JULY 30, 2010

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). Open Architecture. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc. Typically APIs are free. Include: Twitter.

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Mashups Social Networks Authoring Tools LCMS 65

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Latest: 303 LMS & Learning Portal Vendors. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab. Learning Portals. Again, a learning portal can achieve this – i.e. by you incorporating APIs, mashups or some component of such with code and you are using as a back end a CMS.

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Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 63

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Latest: 303 LMS & Learning Portal Vendors. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab. Learning Portals. Again, a learning portal can achieve this – i.e. by you incorporating APIs, mashups or some component of such with code and you are using as a back end a CMS.

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Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 40

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. I like this system and its functionality in comparison to the other players in this space. That said, across the board for all Big Dog systems, their social learning functionality was weak.

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LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

I will be posting a new article on Wednesday, which will include access to a course built 100% in HTML5, on a player in a LMS that supports 100% HTML5. The new article on a side note: focuses on emerging technology, but with a twist – something vendors in any e-learning space should be doing or exploring, but have not yet.

Moodle 64

Moodle Open Source LCMS Server 64

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AUGUST 31, 2010

While, I can understand vendors who would rather not offer a “talent management or performance management&# option, the decision to ignore social learning, is strange. It is not as though, social learning is going to disappear. Time for these vendors to wake up, or see your audience share disappear. Event management.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

While they still offer the LMS as we all know it, and its “learning&# approach, they are really driving into the TM space. Continued growth for open source solutions; Moodle is still the king; especially in education, although it is slowly starting to appear in the business and government side. #2 2 Mobile Learning.

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vendor Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mashups iPad 69