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 […]
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=
18
twitter
Microblogging and social network
Free
31=
Ning
18
Ning
Social networking tool
Free
20
15
Wikispaces
16
Wikispaces
Wiki tool
Free/£
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.
[…]
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; […]
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 […]
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. […]
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For those who doesn’t want to design web pages with tables!
CSS Layout templates
Blue Robot
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 […]