Archive for September, 2005

Future of e-Learning

e-learning representations are getting more visual and entertaining by use of broadband technologies.
In January 2003, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that web-based training (WBT) in the US will total $18 billion in 2005, up from $4.2 billion in 2001. eMarketer’s e-Learning Report
(July 2003) predicted that the US corporate e-Learning market will
quadruple over the […]

Useful Tools For Flash Based e-Learning

Top eLearning Tools for 2008

Ranking

Tool

Votes

Description

Cost

2008

2007

1

2

del.icio.us

55

del.icio.us
Social bookmarking tool

Free

2

1

Firefox

50.5

Firefox
Web
browser

Free

3

3=

Skype

40.5

Skype
Instant
messaging, VoIP tool

Free

4

7=

Google Reader

40

Google Reader
RSS/Feed reader

Free

5

3=

Google
Search

36.5

Google Search
Web search tool

Free

6

6

Wordpress

34

Wordpress
Blogging tool

Free

7

5

PowerPoint

32.5

PowerPoint
Presentation software

£

8

14

Google Docs

29

Google Docs
Web-based documents

Free

9=

11

Audacity

27

Audacity
Sound editor and
recorder

Free

 

7=

Gmail

27

GMail
Web-based email

Free

TOP 11-20

Ranking

Tool

Votes

Description

Cost

2008

2007

11

26=

Wikipedia

26.5

Wikipedia
Online encylopedia

Free

12

9

Blogger

26

Blogger
Blogging tool

Free

13

12=

Moodle

24

Moodle
Course management system

Free

14=

17=

iGoogle

20

iGoogle
Personalised start page

Free

 

31=

Slideshare

20

Slideshare
Hosting/sharing presentations

Free

16=

22=

YouTube

19

YouTube
Video hosting/sharing site. 

Free

 

16

flickr

19

flickr
Photo storage/sharing site

Free

18=

43=

twitter

18

twitter
Microblogging and social network

Free

 

31=

Ning

18

Ning
Social networking tool

Free

20

15

Wikispaces

16

Wikispaces
Wiki tool

Free/£

U-Z

UDDI (universal
description, discovery and integration) A virtual yellow pages for Web
services that lets software discover what Web services are available and
how to hook up to them. See Web services.
VOIP.
[…]

L-T

Learner-centric. Organize
things for the good of the learner, not the instructor and not the institution.
The core tenet of eLearning.
Learning. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry,
study, or investigation; […]

E-K

Explicit knowledge
Knowledge that’s easy to communicate. (Opposite of “tacit knowledge.”)
Gap
analysis.
Figure out what to do by assessing the gap between where you
are and where […]

A-D

ADL. Advanced Distributed Learning, an initiative originally established by the U.S. Department of Defense and now a collaboration between government, industry, and academia. The purpose of the ADL is to ensure access to high-quality education and training materials that can be tailored to individual learner needs and made available whenever and wherever they are required. […]

e-Learning Glossary

A-D | E-K | L-T | U-Z

CSS Layout Templates

For those who doesn’t want to design web pages with tables!
CSS Layout templates
Blue Robot

Flash JavaScript Integration Kit

Using Flash 8 External Interface API for communication between flash content and host application (browser, C# application etc.) is elegant way but, Flash - JS Integration Kit still useful for Flash Player 7
The Flash / JavaScript Integration kit makes it possible to seamlessly communicate between Flash and JavaScript. You can […]