Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day

Apture

Today, another tool that didn't quite make the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list.

Apture lets you enhance your blog posts and articles with interactive videos, images, Wikipedia, maps and more from 50+ sources without making readers leave the page.

Apture works on any publishing platform and installs in seconds - and is free

Apture

[85 widgets and accessories for web/blog pages in the Directory of Learning Tools]

Trailblazing at the Royal Society

Trailblazing is an online, interactive timeline launched to commemorate the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary in 2010.

Compiled by scientists, science communicators and historians it celebrates three and a half centuries of scientific endeavour.  It is a "explore-at-your-own-pace" virtual journey through science.  It comprises 60 articles selected from more than 60,000 publisheed by the Royal Society between 1665 and 2010.

Trailblazing 

[More interactive, multimedia resources in the C4LPT Showcase]

Wallwisher

Here's another tool that didn't quite make the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list: Wallwisher.

Wallwisher is an online notice board maker.

No registration required - click, write, post - that's it!

Here's a demo wall:

Wallwisher

Cost Benefit Analysis Tool for Learning Investments

Manish at Brainvisa wrote to tell me about this free iPhone and iPod Touch application they have created to help out the Training Manager to choose between classroom training or elearning, based on various parameters like development budget, frequency of updates, average salaries for instructors, etc. The application has been designed on the Dialogue-Driven Learning (DDL) approach, an instructional approach that simulates a conversation with the user to achieve specific objectives.

Here's the link to the CBA app in the App Store store

Video Lobby

Until now running a live webcast was complex and labour-some, VideoLobby provides a simple yet powerful web-based production solution that makes publishing a professional live show as easy as setting up a blog.

Who is it for?

• Businesses can now engage clients with minimum overhead
• Media can expand their reach and effectiveness at no extra cost 
• Not for Profits can stay connected with their supporters in no time 
• Individuals can afford to run a cool show online for free

VideoLobby

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C4LPT Guide to Social Learning

I recently did quite a bit of updating of the C4LPT Guide to Social Learning, so thought it was worth posting about it again here. Here's the contents list:

Introduction

From e-learning to social learning

What is social media?

Examples of social media in learning

Social media and 5 types of learning - Pt 1

Social media and 5 types of learning - Pt 2

Drivers for social learning

Social learning in the workplace

Social Media & Learning

For Formal Structured Learning

For Personal Directed Learning

For Group Directed Learning

For Intra-Organisational Learning

For Accidental & Serendipitous Learning

Integrated Social Learning Environment

Social Learning Strategy

Choosing the tools

Comparison of Facebook, Ning &Elgg

Dealing with sceptical managers

Social media guidelines and policies

Online community management

Measuring the success of social learning

Reading List

Social Learning Reading List

UpsideLMS v4.0

Upside Learning recently told me about the latest version of the UpsideLMS:

"UpsideLMS version 4.0 now comes with a framework that lets users access social tools from within the LMS in a secure environment for connecting to and sharing with fellow users.  Users can build profiles - the human face required for social interactions and an elaborate social network by adding individuals in the enterprise they interact with regularly as friends. Communities are a recurring theme in UpsideLMS, as we believe all the tools we provide aid the organization to build communities that are alive, constantly sharing knowledge and learning as a result.

"Extensive support for user micro-blogging to quickly connect users with their network of friends and followers through a series of short status messages about work and life. The constant feed of messages makes the LMS alive and alert. Integration with the Twitter micro-blogging services allows these networks to reach beyond the enterprise. An integrated wiki module that now allows individual users to create their own shared knowledge repositories. This feature plays a huge role in taking tacit knowledge in the enterprise and giving it a constantly updated but documented form. A similar purpose is met by the message board feature, with varied discussion threads taking knowledge from out in the wild and documenting it for repeated reference later in time. Individual users can also use the system to host their blogs, inviting comments and counter posts from across the enterprise. Users can also share photos and videos with friends and followers in the system.

"The social learning framework provides a unique way to capture the various types of knowledge that are prevalent in the enterprise. It goes beyond the conventional view of courseware, assignments and assessment. While doing so it still allows for enterprises to manage their training and learning efficiently."

Upside Learning

[160 course/learning management systems are listed on the LMS page of our Directory of Learning Tools