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A bad case of “vendor Stockholm syndrome”!

Jane Hart

” the first one said, “On Wikipedia!” ” The first one looked at her in astonishment. ”Five years? ” The first one looked at her in astonishment. ”Five years? . ” “Look it up!” ” and promptly changed the topic.

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What is Blended Learning, and Why is it Important?

ej4 eLearning

Once one understands what blended learning really is, it becomes a lot easier to see its benefits, and to recognize vendors that are actually offering true value, as opposed to a buzzword. Content management systems (by themselves) are not blended learning, nor are tools for online assessments or social learning sites.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

eLearning 24-7

As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. It is not as though, social learning is going to disappear.

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LMS Vendors: U Can Survive – Innovate, Invigorate and Invent

eLearning 24-7

It was within these comments, that afterwords, I decided to expand a bit plus identify other areas that I see, LMS vendors must explore – which they have not yet done so, to re-energize themselves. Thus, the LMS vendors are creating a Bogeyman – their own bogeyman, and it does not have to be that way. Social Learning.

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Six Tips to Help You Select the Right Learning Management System

Gyrus

In the digital world, one can turn to a blog, Wikipedia, social media platforms, online knowledge forums, videos, etc. Imagine choosing a vendor for a particular department only to find the requirement to extend it to another department few months later but, only if the present LMS could have allowed you to add more users.

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Social Media Offerings which can b used in Social Learning

eLearning 24-7

Social media types with examples. New social media types are being created, identified and defined constantly. Bi-weekly updates, which can be found on the “Social Media Page&# under my Essentials section, that debuts on Monday. Social Bookmarking – Delicious - spelled often as del.icio.us Wikis - Wikipedia.

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How has EdTech evolved in the modern times?

Creativ Technologies

As per the definition in Wikipedia, EdTech refers to the use of both hardware and software to provide education. But many EdTech products fail to provide the right kind of experience, due to which a specific vendor is not consulted again for his services. So what should a company or schools look for before getting an EdTech product?

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