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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). Twitter has APIs, so does Facebook, even Linkedin. Let’s say though you do not want to add the specific site in your LMS, etc.

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10 Ways To Learn In 2010

The eLearning Coach

It’s a visual search engine that draws content from all over the Web, particularly social media sites. Your collage might show a book from Amazon, a YouTube video and a page from a blog or web site. How can you search for something on a site when you’re not sure what’s there? Spezify does just that.

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Learning System Awards #11 to #20 (2023)

eLearning 24-7

I bet that is the first time you have seen a mashup between music from Hair (great musical, bad movie) and a holiday tune. Well, one is aware, because I announced it via LinkedIn, but everyone else? If you want the longer version, you can review past criteria, mash it up, and extract key details. Let the sunshine in.

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Surprises so Far in 2023

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Nowadays I think that the gig is up, and everyone realizes the scam. Part of the issue is that Techsmith, isn’t great at pushing it beyond their web site, and the other issue is folks are unaware. I wrote on LinkedIn, that you should give them 48 hrs during a business day to find out. Nice meals. And the list goes on.

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2020 – The Year of the Hub

eLearning 24-7

Preferably on/off synch, but as I mentioned in my LinkedIn mini-post, most learning system vendors still are not on/off synch with said mobile app. And you can have multiple APIs too (again sub-connectors), the proper term is called a Mashup (two or more APIs, and honestly more common than having only one API). . and xAPI.

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Social Media Offerings which can b used in Social Learning

eLearning 24-7

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E-Learning without Borders

eLearning 24-7

Go onto any social media site: Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Quora or any of the thousands of sites, and you will see people engaging with total strangers. The common reason of course, is fear of company secrets or information, but again, if you use the various social media, you will see this rarely happens on these sites.

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