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Dabbling in QR Codes

eLearning Cyclops

Source: Wikipedia To simplify, with a QR Code reader on your smart phone you can use the phone's camera to scan the QR Code (like the crazy black and white thing at the top of this page) and it will take you to a web page, display text, phone number and/or prepare a text message to be sent. Using a QR Code generator (e.g., For example.

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Quick and Dirty Comment Analysis

Experiencing eLearning

I actually manually typed the numbers into OpenOffice Calc (after scanning the list of posts in my WordPress dashboard for posts with a decent amount of comments). It ranks your posts by how much conversation they have generated, based on comments, del.icio.us This is task 18 in the comment challenge.

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Realistic Graphics and Learning: What’s most effective?

The eLearning Coach

Before you just place any old photo into an online course or informational web site, it’s a good idea to think about whether a realistic graphic is required. Some of the cognitive advantages of low-fidelity graphics include the following: Quick Visual Scanning: When we read an image, we scan it to extract significant information.

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Build a powerful PLN

Learning with e's

They may be people you meet on a daily basis, but more often than not in the digital age, many PLNs are comprised of people we interact with on social networking sites. It's all a question of finding people, resources and sites that you can learn from. If not, bookmark it on Delicious or Diigo for later use.

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eLearning 2.0 Random Thoughts based on Chat

Tony Karrer

You learn about this using these tools and scanning sources like blogs, trying things out, forcing yourself to make time to learn. Social Bookmarking and Wikis and Blogs are a form of social networking I never said this, but several people pointed it out in the chat. Using social bookmarking or meme tracking works okay.

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Free Tools for Getting the Most out of this Blog

Rapid eLearning

I love all of the web apps and cool sites that pop up on the Internet. For example, I use the social bookmarking tool, Diigo , quite a bit. At my last place, the internal network was so lame that I used Diigo to bookmark and manage all of my internal links. And then there are some that are practical.

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APIs and Mashups r ur new ABCs for E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

Let’s say though you do not want to add the specific site in your LMS, etc. After a quick scan, here is a brief list of some cool Mashups you can use.without having to change the code – and remember you integrate these with your LMS/LCMS, CMS, Learning Portal, etc. MyVidster – social bookmarking plus videos.

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