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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

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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). Search for restaurants in Google and Google Maps shows up with the various restaurants on the map. MediaWiki API.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

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Time for these vendors to wake up, or see your audience share disappear. Wikipedia that actually looks like Wikipedia – 100%, they use mediawiki kit – available for free. Mashups and APIs (again, some people in the social media space, see them as social media types). Stick your feet into the water, just a bit.