Upside Learning

APRIL 2, 2010

New Firefox Add-ons for Learning – Links to a competition, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, sought to tap into the spirit of Mozilla’s open-source community to spark innovations in learning-oriented add-ons for the Firefox internet browser. The winning add-ons are available for free download.

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LearnDash

MARCH 5, 2020

Open source vs. proprietary. Moodle, like WordPress and LearnDash, is an open-source platform. This means the code is open for developers to modify and tweak as needed to accomplish their purposes. Nor is open source an indication that the program is sub-par. All-in-one LCMS vs. CMS + LMS plugin.

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LearnDash

JUNE 23, 2021

Because we run on an open source platform like WordPress, there are plenty of other plugins out there that will provide features our users want. And this is where WordPress has an advantage even over its competitors in the open-source CMS space: roughly 40% of the Internet runs on WordPress.

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Talented Learning

JUNE 26, 2019

EPISODE 23 – TOPIC SUMMARY AND GUEST: Open source development methodologies are rapidly transforming every corner of the software community. But when should organizations choose an open source LMS platform as the backbone for extended enterprise learning ? This has set the stage for open source LMS adoption. .

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Companies take birth and vanish; business models come and go; technology appear, evolve and transform everything. In July 2010, Rackspace Hosting and NASA jointly launched an open-source cloud-software initiative known as OpenStack. Communities of professionals collaborating and cooperating to learn together will be on the rise.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

Her work with various companies like Tata Interactive Systems, Zensar Technologies, ThoughtWorks and Future Group has given her a width of experience that spans instructional design, workplace learning strategy, knowledge management, social learning and community management, and people development.

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Social Networks Diversity Training Community Social Network 188

Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Half of Companies Blocking Facebook Christy Tucker has been musing on Social Networking as LMS: Problems and Opportunities. Cammy, Im just a "lite" Facebook user, but I have seen profile pages that list their workplaces with commentary about how horrible their company is, or how much they hate their job.

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Social Networks Facebook Companies IM 124

eAbyas Info Solutions

JUNE 22, 2023

When our CEO and Founder Martin Dougiamas launched Moodle in 2002, his vision was to provide educators with a way to create quality education experiences over the Internet while freeing them from administrative tasks so that they could focus on what matters the most: creating great learning experiences.

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Janet Clarey

MARCH 29, 2012

Blackboard’s statement of principles about open source says it is. committed to supporting the growth, development and use of open source technologies in education worldwide.”. To that end, Blackboard has launched a new business called Blackboard Education Open Source Services – a good thing, right?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Thursday, August 09, 2007 With Community Comes Great Responsibility In reflecting over the benefits of the first week or so of the 31 Days to Better Blogging Challenge , the biggest thing for me has been the overall boost in community. But with community comes great responsibility. Its awesome. But it is worth it.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 18, 2010

When the personal tools in your mobile phone are more empowering than what your company provides or approves for your projects, how can you be saved from devastating market forces? Welcome to the mobile internet / convergence. See Learning Community, Peers and Outside Experts for a very interesting model around this.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

Friday, August 24, 2007 Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island As you know, Ive been trying to walk-the-talk and experiment a bit with Second Life, role my virtual sleeves up and see what all the fuss is about. I think this is a really interesting story of how spontaneous community happens. Informal learning at its best.

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Talented Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2019

For example, today we welcome a leader in the open source learning community, Brian Carlson , Co-Founder and CEO of eThink Education. Join us as we discuss the latest developments in open source learning systems. Open source learning systems are widely used. What prompted you to start eThink?

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CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2023

A Guest Post by ReadSpeaker The Internet of Voice has arrived, and it’s changing the way we interact with our devices. Google Assistant scours the internet for directions on grilling salmon, and reads them to you while you work. It makes sense: TTS eases the internet experience for the 1 out of 5 people who have dyslexia.

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Text-to-Speech Authoring Tools Voice Sound 235

Paradiso Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

With a mobile-first population and improved internet penetration, online learning has become accessible to students in metropolitan cities as well as remote areas. Cons: The initial setup may be challenging for new users, and pricing can be higher compared to open-source alternatives.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 14, 2015

Companies take birth and vanish; business models come and go; technology appear, evolve and transform everything. “In July 2010, Rackspace Hosting and NASA jointly launched an open-source cloud-software initiative known as OpenStack. L&D will have to don the hat of community managers and become learners.

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Change Diversity Training Blended Learning Cloud Computing 184

Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2013

You will find co-working spaces – tons of people from competing companies sitting side by side and working together. People who “shouldn’t” be talking together because they work for competing orgs…There are no cubes – open space to encourage conversation. Companies do this because sharing knowledge builds up everyone.

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Companies are investing in e-learning to mitigate costs while delivering advanced and customised learning content to their new-age workforce, who are working remotely due to this pandemic. Companies are focusing more on online open-source learning management systems to motivate and upgrade the workforce who are working remotely.

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Companies are investing in e-learning to mitigate costs while delivering advanced and customised learning content to their new-age workforce, who are working remotely due to this pandemic. Companies are focusing more on online open-source learning management systems to motivate and upgrade the workforce who are working remotely.

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LMS Learning Management System Emergent Trends 130

Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Companies are investing in e-learning to mitigate costs while delivering advanced and customised learning content to their new-age workforce, who are working remotely due to this pandemic. Companies are focusing more on online open-source learning management systems to motivate and upgrade the workforce who are working remotely.

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LMS Learning Management System Emergent Trends 130

Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

Types of LMS (Learning Management Systems) There are three main types: Cloud-based LMS, Open-source LMS, and Proprietary LMS. It’s like bringing the classroom to the internet, making learning a breeze. Cons Limitations related to customization – when compared to open-source or proprietary alternatives.

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LMS Learning Management System Examples System 130

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

No LLM on the planet, not home made, commercial or open source, trained on whatever you choose – may generate hallucinations. Plus, there is no way you can block it at their home or on a mobile device – that isn’t from the company. I have listened to vendors make the argument that isn’t true.

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Learning System System Metrics vendor 95

Matrix

JUNE 16, 2016

Plus, the source code is not made available to clients, which means that customizing your internal learning portal is closer to a dream than to reality. Open-source LMS. An open-source LMS is easy to use and also customizable. It is built by a collaborative community. The whole community?…

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

You make an easy choice and open a ning or groupsite. You work for a company and may be asked to guide the process to develop a platform. But what are really the options you have for online community platforms and how you do it right choices? Option 4: Community software which is designed for knowledge sharing and interaction.

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Social Networks Discussion Social Network Platform 102

gomo learning

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Continuing on the theme of saving eLearning designers time and money , the Gomo team has been sifting through the internet’s many libraries of free and open-source images, videos, sound files, fonts, templates, and software. Google’s library of over 1,000 free fonts has become the de-facto source of typefaces in digital design.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 26, 2009

Why do companies continue to pay huge dollars for products that are now being offered for free? I’m a recent convert, perhaps on the path to open source evangelism.) Because it’s open source, there are no licensing costs. Moodle and other open source products have huge communities behind them.

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Moodle Corporate eLearning Authoring Tools Dokeos 113

Docebo

AUGUST 19, 2020

Open-source : These are free to use up-front but require coding, programming, and HTML expertise from your teams internally. Setup fee : Similar to your cell phone or internet provider, most LMS providers charge this administrative fee to get you up and running in your new system. Here are some of the most popular ones.

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Association Learning Management System Cost Association LMS LMS 245

The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

JULY 22, 2020

With the onset of COVID19 pandemic, learning over the internet is now becoming more prevalent as the new normal is forcing schools to move online completely. Open Source LMS. Closed-Source LMS. Open Source LMS. WordPress is a popular example of an open source LMS.

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Challenge to Learn

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

At the end of the blog I concluded that we needed to come up with a coherent vision and mission to determine the direction of future developments of EasyGenerator as a solution and as a company. That (internet!) But seriously I haven’t looked into the open source models you mentioned. Let us take a step back first.

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Blended Learning CD-ROM Easygenerator Authoring Tools 139

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 2, 2025

Moodle Moodle is free, open-source software designed for academia. The active community continues to develop plugins, enhancing the system’s functionality. It was never on the desktop or through a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). Biz Library You purchase the content; you get the platform.

Compliance Training 71

Compliance Training Authorware Authoring Tools Games 71

Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

Types of LMS (Learning Management Systems) There are three main types: Cloud-based LMS, Open-source LMS, and Proprietary LMS. It’s like bringing the classroom to the internet, making learning a breeze. Cons Limitations related to customization – when compared to open-source or proprietary alternatives.

LMS 100

LMS Learning Management System Examples Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

Types of LMS (Learning Management Systems) There are three main types: Cloud-based LMS, Open-source LMS, and Proprietary LMS. It’s like bringing the classroom to the internet, making learning a breeze. Cons Limitations related to customization – when compared to open-source or proprietary alternatives.

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LMS Learning Management System Examples Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The internet is the world’s largest library, but all of the books are on the floor.” -- that was Web 1.0. Trolls are popular on internet because anonymity is possible. Spin off of Eli Lilly – Innocentive (company name). This is common in open source community. McAfee talks about how tech is being used.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 28, 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3D & Serious Games My company has some experience doing 3D modeling and simulations for government clients, so I found this recent acquisition of this 3D learning company by Lockheed Martin quite interesting. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Games Second Life Moodle eLearning Guild 100

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Rustici Software has grown to be an INC 5,000 company, and today, is the world leader in e-learning specifications. Mike’s company is leading the world towards adoption of the Tin Can API, the successor to SCORM. Released in April 2013, over 70 companies are already using the official 1.0 version of the Tin Can API.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Rustici Software has grown to be an INC 5,000 company, and today, is the world leader in e-learning specifications. Mike’s company is leading the world towards adoption of the Tin Can API, the successor to SCORM. Released in April 2013, over 70 companies are already using the official 1.0 version of the Tin Can API.

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ADL SCORM Compliance Training Standards 100

Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities. I did send my blog link to my cousin Alex who works for a new media company. He occasionally posts at his company blog Inspire Action. So Im thinking Ill finally join Jay Crosss Internet Time Community.

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