article thumbnail

The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Properly d.

article thumbnail

My Workflow with Synergy

Experiencing eLearning

However, when I’m waiting for something to happen on my laptop (like synchronizing files with the server through Dreamweaver), I’ll pop over to my desktop computer for a few minutes to read something in Google Reader. Setting up courses in Blackboard. Collaborating with SMEs in Google Docs. Google Calendar.

Wiki 193
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The grades are in for Education focused LMSs

eLearning 24-7

Combination of synchronous and asynchronous features. Most systems in the education space are still strongly focused on synchronous based learning. Instant messaging. Blackboard Learn. Although this post is all about pure education systems, leaving Blackboard out would be considered sacrilegious to some folks.

article thumbnail

10 Best Online Teaching Tools of 2022

ProProfs

Effective communication is the key to teaching online, and when it comes to virtual classrooms, online communication tools help bridge that gap by enabling you to communicate with a large number of people through video conferencing, instant messaging, virtual meetings, and many more. . Blackboard Collaborate. Online Whiteboards.

article thumbnail

10 Best Mobile LMS to Train Your Employees

learnWorlds

LearnWorlds supports multiple content formats (video, audio, sound, SCORM files, forms, and more) and training delivery methods – create self-paced, synchronous, hybrid, or blended training programs depending on your needs. It has excellent communication tools enabling instant messaging, group chatting, audio notes, and video.