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The Ultimate Brain Food: Performance Support | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Web-based learning portals are the ultimate brain food — extending brain power by positioning learning and How-To reference material close to the job, 24/7. Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager.

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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). APIs available in popular programs – SAAS. Again, either incorporate into your LMS/LCMS/CMS or your learning portal.

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What Can You Expect in 2013?

CLO Magazine

In its 2012 underground learning report, Edudemic magazine explored college students’ use of mobile devices for learning and found “being able to do one task very well is the key to a good app. ” Some apps connect students to study groups or link to dynamic content such as RSS feeds.

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Hot List - April 1, 2009 to April 11, 2009

Tony Karrer

She is in a graduate school program and is a great self-directed learner: I’m learning about things like instructional theories, learning theories, how to tie learning to performance, how to tie learning to business requirements, and ways to measure all these things. This paragraph is from a previous post.)

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

The role of the learning leader is shifting from being a program manager to a solution architect. Learning technologies are becoming social, collaborative, and virtual. Elliott Masie Learners as designers. Training department staffing will grow by a modest 2%. Speed will become the new mantra for training.

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LMS Vendors: U Can Survive – Innovate, Invigorate and Invent

eLearning 24-7

Majority of employees access a LMS or Learning Portal out of the workplace. We are sick of the RSS feed and then super lame YouTube links. I’m sorry but watching a video link, is not engaging social learning in my book. Again, open source programs exist today that you can use as a feature within your LMS.

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E-Learning Early Indicators

eLearning 24-7

Social learning? If they were doing it, Facebook like page, a crummy blog that looks nothing like a real blog, a Twitter like feed, maybe RSS, text chat and YouTube functions and upload/download angle. Vendors were saying, lets “wait on those&# or “our customers are not requesting them, so we are holding off&#.

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