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How (Not) To Write Marketing Posts

Clark Quinn

Mash it up as a post. Otherwise, you either dismiss it, or track it back and analyze it in reference to what’s known. And I’m open to ideas about how to cut down on the number of wrong (if not actively misleading, and certainly self-serving) posts. Pull together some points from the articles you find.

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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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Learning System Relationships – Renew or Break Free

eLearning 24-7

When you buy a learning system, it should only be for three years, and then you either renew or break up. If you have had issues that haven’t been resolved or take several months and still haven’t been resolved – they promise to get them resolved for you -even if their track record is poor. Either renew or break up.

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Content as a Service

Xyleme

As instructional designers, we create our learning products, package them up with all the content and media, wish them well, and ship them off to the LMS’s – never to be seen again. There is no way to track how the end-users are performing or if they have any feedback about the content. Tracking of use and analytics.

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Reaction to IMS Learning Impact 2012 Conference

Xyleme

open and flexible architectures. LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) in particular has cracked the LMS open. With the ability to easily create learning applications that seamlessly mash-up the best content, and with the tools available, it is no wonder that some innovative vendors have already seized on this new opportunity.

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New Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials Validate Online Learning

Academy of Mine

However, with online education dramatically gaining in popularity, new methods of keeping track of credits and accomplishments are required. There are countless MOOCs online now, and others are using a mashup of various WordPress educational plugins to offer their courses online. In the past, this process was fairly straightforward.

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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. If you want the longer version, you can review past criteria, mash it up, and extract key details. Let the sunshine in. Let the sunshine in. Oh, let it in, fa, la, la. The Criteria.