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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). Open Architecture. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc. APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Article comparing new Mash-Up tools (Popfly, Pipes, Google) - thanks Sam Adkins

Mark Oehlert

» June 03, 2007 Article comparing new Mash-Up tools (Popfly, Pipes, Google) - thanks Sam Adkins Sam Adkins at Ambient Insight passed along a link to a post on the Social Strategist that I just reading through now but which does a compare and contrast between some of the emerging tools for creating mash-ups.

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Learning System Relationships – Renew or Break Free

eLearning 24-7

If you have never experienced what I am about to cover, and you currently have a LMS, LXP, Learning Platform or any other type of learning system, heck even a talent management system with learning as a component, this little ditty will at some point come into play. You can’t make up your mind. Either renew or break up.

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10 Ways To Learn In 2010

The eLearning Coach

Check out UC Berkeley Webcasts , which has a mix of video and audio lectures and MIT’s Open Courseware , which consists of PDF lecture notes and some multimedia presentations. Other open university courses are at Carnegie Mellon and Tufts University. Create a Mashup. Two mashup platforms are Pipes and Scrapplet.

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3rd Trend – Performance

eLearning 24-7

Ability to enjoy open-air travel without a headache? The term “performance management” conjures up a lot of perspectives for some folks. Regardless, you did not buy an LMS, learning platform, LXP (in the last few years, oh, so long LXP – RIP), or training platform. Do you have your time travel gear?

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Why you should embrace open source

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy by Ron Goldman and Richard Gabriel. The reasons to engage with open source include the following: * Getting high-quality, free software and software design and development help. Building a brand through ubiquity and positioning vis-à-vis the open-source community.

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LXP – The Answers you seek

eLearning 24-7

They continue to muddle up the learning system space. If you ignore the “learning experience” angle, which is nothing more than a moniker, they are a content aggregator with a platform of features and functionality. If it is a learning platform and they offer a content/course marketplace they will do the same thing.

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