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6 Emerging Technologies in Education

LearnDash

Cloud Computing - If you are using some form of we-based tools, then you are enabling further student-educator collaboration. One of the biggest advantages of cloud computing is that it saves schools time, money, and resources. Virtual learning environments are one example of cloud computing.

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Learning Technologies 2010 – Recap

Upside Learning

A few things that I really like about the Dare2Share platform are: - There is a tag cloud presented in the right panel (similar to what you see on this blog) which helps users select their areas of interest. What Cloud Computing means for Learning by Stuart Lauchlan. Distributed (cloud) Computing.

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On the Horizon

Experiencing eLearning

Rachel Smith on Cloud Computing. Companies have lots of computers and shift the load among all the computers. Flickr isn’t on a single group of computers. Tagging tools. Right now, there’s a manual process of tagging or have software tag it (still cumbersome). Four to Five Years.

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Acrobat: SendNow is Live!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

This is exactly why cloud computing is so valuable, and increasingly more necessary. Mankin is a Certified Technical Trainer, desktop publisher, computer graphic artist, and Web page developer. Tags: Acrobat. It just doesn't make sense to have your valuable files sitting exclusively on just one of your devices.

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Reach for the clouds

E-Learning Provocateur

Earlier this week, Michael Bromley , Head of Online Services at Telstra Business , visited my workplace to provide me and my colleagues with an overview of cloud computing. What is cloud computing? in the cloud) and are accessed locally from a web browser, while the software and data are stored remotely on servers.

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Just log in

E-Learning Provocateur

A little while ago, I attended an executive briefing about cloud computing , hosted by SMS Management & Technology and presented by Paul Slakey , Director of Americas & Asia Pacific at Google , and Peter Coffee , Director of Platform Research at Salesforce.com. What is cloud computing? Head in the clouds.

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A Conversation with Reuben Tozman

Kapp Notes

Legacy content includes PPT files that are broken up and tagged slide by slide, Microsoft Word documents that can be tagged at the paragraph, image or even word level, images, videos, PDF’s and flash assets. Kapp: How is cloud computing and/or semantic web technologies impacting learning?