Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I was just asked about trends in open source for eLearning and particularly open source eLearning tools. Probably one of the better sources on this is Jane Hart’s Instructional Tools Directory. In addition, she indicates if they are free or cost money – which is not quite the same thing as open source.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 21, 2008

IBM Lotus Connections Scuttle – Open Source WSSsearch - SharePoint add-on Any others? Here are the social bookmarking tools that I commonly cite in presentations: BEA Pathways Cogenz Connectbeam del.irio.us - perl based, very similar to del.icio.us Good comparisons of these?

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Social Bookmarking BEA Pathways del.irio.us Cogenz 100

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2008

eLearning Trends Enterprise 2.0 eLearning Trends Enterprise 2.0

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eLearning Weekly

AUGUST 1, 2009

Scuttle ), and even in-house social networks, similar to Facebook. Listen to your learners, run small pilot programs (many of these tools are open-source / free), and experiment. Some of the more common tools related to Enterprise 2.0 are blogs (ex. WordPress ), wikis (ex. MediaWiki ), micro-blogging platforms (ex.

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eLearning Weekly

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Use free / open-source tools. Our team is doing more with free tools and open-source systems. Specifically, we are using WordPress , MediaWiki , and Scuttle. I’m bummed about this, because I’ve learned a ton at this conference in the past , but I think it’s the right decision.

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