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Resistance is futile

Learning with e's

Digital technology has advanced photography into areas that were previously considered impossible. Blogging has evolved into a very expressive form of writing, and clearly exploits the immediacy of social interaction that was unknown before social media. Wikipedia is yet another example of disruptive innovation.

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Insights: E-learning design is changing

Clive on Learning

If you want to know about, say, photography - one of my current interests - the first thing you do is go to Google and YouTube. Your search doesn't lead you to slide shows full of bullet points and multiple-choice questions, but to blogs, Wikipedia articles, screencasts and lots and lots of videos.

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The social impact of disruptive technology

Learning with e's

Let me give you the example of digital photography: Today there are only a few places left where you can buy non-digital cameras. Just take Wikipedia: Technically it is a collaborative work space for creating content. There are around 7.000 authors for the German Wikipedia edition. There is hardly any need for them.

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Online Course Marketplaces and Their Business Models: Everything You Should Know

The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

Finally, we’ve Skillshare, which offers courses mainly in the field of arts, like animation, writing, music, photography, graphic design, UI/UX design, and fine arts. This business model is implemented usually by blogs and news websites, but your e-learning business can also utilize it if you want to. Wikipedia).

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How to Create Step-By-Step Instructions Using Visuals

TechSmith Camtasia

In the last year, I’ve been working as a technical writer for Joyent writing instructions and creating videos geared towards users of all skill levels. Whenever possible follow some key writing advice: show, don’t tell (so essential it has its own Wikipedia page ). Do I know if a blog post is more successful than a video?

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with e's

Enter Wikipedia - the online social encyclopedia to which everyone has a stake in. In an extraordinarily short period of time, Wikipedia has taken up pole position as the world's knowledge repository. Wikipedia is popular because it can be accessed from anywhere using a web enabled mobile phone. It's probably already too late.

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The ULTIMATE Guide to PowerPoint Alternatives

BrightCarbon

There’s a bunch of grid layouts for adding photography, but you can’t overlay a grid on the slide. Read our grids and guides blog post to see why grids are so important to good design. eMaze is an online, template-based tool that helps users create presentations, websites, e-cards, blogs and more. Customisation. Back to top.