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2009 Technology Trends That Impact Online Learning

The eLearning Coach

Open Source Software. Open Source software products for eLearning, for which the source code is freely available, are becoming widely accepted. Open Source apps are usually free to download, which makes online learning more affordable. Access to the source code makes the programs customizable.

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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 available in popular programs – SAAS.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Thousands of people at IBM are already doing it.

Mark Oehlert

o IBM employees use a social bookmarking program called DogEar. o IBM has a MySpace-like social network calledBluePages. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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Develop Work Skills

Tony Karrer

The employee goes to Google, dives into Wikipedia and other open source efforts. Social bookmarking, searching browsing trails, capture of communications as clues to expertise. I think my question to Tony is - Are you sure that it is formal learning programs that are required.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Anybody Out There Attend AERA?

Mark Oehlert

Ive always wanted to attend the American Education Research Associations annual meeting but have always either missed it timing wise or just been a little over-awed - have you seen the program ? Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us books futures Web 2.0

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Top Ten AntiSpyware Apps from CNET

Mark Oehlert

Then, using another image, we added the antispyware program toan already infected hard drive to see how it scanned and removed theinfections. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): "Using the Company as the Classroom" (Business Week)

Mark Oehlert

Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us books futures Web 2.0 where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.