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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). Hmm, mobile learning pushed to the next level? Mashups Possibilities. Open Architecture. Include: Twitter.

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E-Learning Trade Shows + Product Reviews 4 #TK11

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The Swipe Rule – Vendors need to swipe your card to follow up with you; which is fine; but I cannot tell you the number of times when I was a Director of Training and told the vendor in the face to call me or email me, and never heard from them. 10th – Virtual Worlds, Mashups & M-Learning - Add a splash of GeoLocation.

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Latest E-Learning Trends – Some good, some bad

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If you as the customer want to create your own API/Mashup or find one on the net and want to integrate it into your paid LMS, the vendor will charge you. I love this trend, because it clearly says that the rapid content authoring tool vendors are becoming innovative and are seeing the market. Mobile Learning and Tablets.

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