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eLearning Thought Leaders: Mark Lassoff

eLearning Weekly

I’m not just talking about the two big programming languages, HTML and Flash. Mark works with and trains javascript, PERL, XML, CSS, PHP/MySQL, and the new and somewhat talked about HTML5. There are hundreds of thousands of people who want to learn programming, but no one focusing on that beginner’s market.

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The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS!

Upside Learning

There are three ways in which you can use an open source LMS: Go to a vendor who has rebranded, modified the open source LMS as its own and provides managed hosting services on that or also deploys behind the firewall. Go to a vendor who offers managed hosting services on the open source LMS without a rebranding.

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LMS Customization

eLearning 24-7

Ask and see what can be done by the vendor – Customize it! Plus many vendors will include special “customized&# options for you – and then tell you what they are – during your discussions or upon your final negotiations. Some vendors will charge you per customization. Two Keys on Customization.

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Online Course Software: The Learning Business Puzzle

Academy of Mine

Affiliate program software installed so others in your niche can promote your online course. The wrong version of php or MySQL installed will render one or more of these software packages dead. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) software installed which will allow you to track your “head” and “long tail” search terms over time.

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Build a Learning Portal Using WordPress

eLearning Weekly

It may display upcoming classes, online courses, job aids, programs, links to web sites, etc. You can add the advanced functionality yourself using either custom programming or by using one of the thousands of free WordPress plugins. Essentially, you’ll need to have PHP and MySQL installed wherever you want to set up the portal.

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LMS Customization

eLearning 24-7

Ask and see what can be done by the vendor. Some vendors will charge you per customization. Maybe you need specific reports that are not currently available in your system (extra charge), maybe you want an e-commerce component and the vendor does not offer it (extra charge), etc. So, what do you do? Additional cost. If not, ask.

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Building an Internal Simulation Capacity

The Learning Circuits

measuring/evaluating situations - Measuring the effectivness of sims is critical to growing and perpetuating any program. Build versus buy is a critical long term issue, although most organizations will want to leverage vendor experience initially. database, programming - Data management/manipulation, from database (e.g.