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OpenSource Webinar / Web Conferencing Software: An Update

Open Source
software does not always stay Open Source, and many of the products I’ve
reviewed in the past either disappeared, were devoured by other products, were
acquired by companies, or simply stopped the updates (rendering many fairly
unusable).



So, I’ve put
together a quick list of Open Source Webinar / Web-Conferencing software. They
can be downloaded, and you can customize the look and

Interview with Eric Bockmuller, Tackk Learning: Innovators in E-Learning

Strategies for sharing instructional materials succeed when they work with the behaviors that people already embrace. This can seem like a moving target with social media, but there are ways to stay up to date. Welcome to an interview with the leadership, Eric Bockmuller and Dan Klammer, of Tackk, an innovative provider of ways for educators to share information and instructional materials.




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Interview with Brad Parkins, McGraw-Hill: Innovators in E-Learning Series

Adaptive learning is expanding and being incorporated in a constantly increasing number of higher education applications. Welcome to an interview with Brad Parkins, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, where McGraw-Hill LearnSmart s a new offering designed for a personal experience. 



What is your name and
relation to elearning?

I’m Brad Parkins, director of digital product marketing at
McGraw-Hill

Free Download: Writing for Human Relations

Writing for Human Relations, a writing guide with assignments, flowcharts, exercises, and readings, is now available as a free e-book, and can be downloaded or shared with your friends and colleagues. Here is the free download. 

One of the keys to effective human relations is the ability to see different points of view and to develop empathy and understanding of others' perspectives.





Free

Adaptive Learning: Feedback and Mastery - Where Are We Today?

podcast: http://www.beyondutopia.net/podcasts/...

If you’ve ever had private instruction, a tutor, or coach, you’ve been involved in adaptive learning. When you hit the ball late, or are using the wrong grip, your coach notices the problem, lets you know what you’re doing wrong, shows you how to correct it, and then, works with you until you have it right.

Similarly, if you’re

Interview with Robert Riger, Pimsleur Language Programs: Innovators in E- and M-Learning Series

Mobile learning and second (or third, fourth, or fifth) language acquisition has lent itself to mobile learning in a comfortable integrative way, thanks to the ideas and innovations of early pioneers such as Paul Pimsleur. It is useful to see how companies such as Pimsleur approach the rapid pace of communications innovation, and how they incorporate their core teaching and learning philosophies

The Immersion MBA: Interview with Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Leadership, ID, Faculty, Students

Game-based learning that immerses students in a "deep" simulation, and brings a virtual world that tackles real-world problems and allows active role-play can result in accelerated learning, high confidence, and superior performance on real-world related tasks. Lake Forest Graduate School of Management has developed an Immersion MBA (iMBA) program that incorporates virtual worlds and virtual

A Brief History of M-Learning and Where We Are Today

Mobile learning has occupied a space within e-learning; at its inception it was largely a stopgap effort to provide digital distance education even when there was no connectivity, in places such as submarines and forward bases.

The mobile content consisted of downloadable text files, videos, and audio which could be played on a laptop or loaded onto various mobile devices, ranging from audio

The Career Crystal Ball: Which Careers Will Win After the Election?

If you have been
following the Presidential candidates' campaigns, you're probably familiar with
their goals to bolster the economic recovery and to bolster programs, both
public and private, to help create jobs and develop a robust position in the
world.



But, how do their
views translate to careers?  Which
sectors of the economy will benefit once their policies are implemented?



It's a

Overview of New Directions in Mobile Learning: Gamified “In the Wild” Interaction in Mobile Learning

The
proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and the broad expansion of access have
led to major changes in mobile learning. Two of the most significant are:

           

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Relevant,
multi-user, location-specific 
interaction

·        
Gamified
learning environment (learning activities & assessments)