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Where are open source learning applications?

Tony Karrer

If you look at the slow creep up the application stack of open-source solutions (OS, app server, database, CRM), then its easy to see the pattern. In other words, the cost of Captivate is less than the lost time dealing with Wink. A few early tools exist, but they are in the early adopter stage.

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10 tips for using eFront

eFront

Then just unzip on the server. 3) [professor] Use the open-source version to create locally lessons and then just upload them to you distant server. This process is much faster than uploading one file at a time. 2) [admin] Use the search facility to locate users. It is much faster!

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Digital Learning Platforms In, LXP out

eLearning 24-7

It is not uncommon to hear in the southern part of the United States, someone asking for a “Coke” when the server says do you want something to drink. I’ll have a Coke, Get me a Kleenex.

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5 things you (perhaps) don't know about eFront

eFront

If yes, then eFront offers an important facility that can speed up your site: the ability to serve an eFront theme from a distant server. To make use of this functionality you simply have to do the following: a) Upload your theme in a distant server. A good solution is to use Amazons S3 service.

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Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning

eFront

Flite: a small, fast run time synthesis engine Flite (festival-lite) is a small, fast run-time synthesis engine developed at CMU and primarily designed for small embedded machines and/or large servers. Flite is designed as an alternative synthesis engine to Festival for voices built using the FestVox suite of voice building tools.

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Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars.

eFront

It is available as hosted service or you download and install a package on your server with no limitations in usage or users. Hi Christofors, BBB is awesome but unfortunately, I have faced lots of problems in its installation on my server that`s why could`t make it. Please suggest if you have any possible guides for installation.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

eLearning 24-7

And, no I did not include screen/desktop capture recorders/editors – but CamStudio and Wink do a very fine job. Desktop or SAAS – i.e. you either dl the software and work on it on your desktop or your server OR you access the software in the “cloud&#. Oh, and they are all free. LAMS – to some degree.