Claroline - Open Source eLearning and eWorking Platform

Posted on July 24, 2007 | Filed Under Authoring

Looking for an effective, affordable solution for developing online courses and managing web-based learning activities?  You might want to check out Claroline, an Open Source eLearning and eWorking platform currently being used by 899 organizations in 84 countries. These renowned eLearning platform has a large user and developer community across the globe.

The development of Claroline began in 2001 by the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, with financial support by the Fondation Louvain.  In 2007, the Claroline Consortium, an international non-profit was formed.  The consortium is dedicated to coordinating the development of the Claroline platform and promoting its use. 
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Content-Authoring Tool - Choosing The Right Content-Authoring Tool For Your E-Learning Needs

Posted on July 12, 2007 | Filed Under Authoring

There are several hundred e-Learning tools out in the marketplace today. Selecting the proper course-authoring tool for developing your company’s online training content is no small undertaking. Today we are going to look at some solid strategies to help you select the course-authoring tool that is right for you and for your company’s e-Learning / Learning Management Systems initiative. First we will start with some basic concepts.
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KnowledgePresenter® E-Learning Courseware Development Tool

Posted on July 3, 2007 | Filed Under Authoring, Custom Development

Are you looking for a new tool for creating powerful E-Learning courses and ancillary materials? KnowledgePresenter® may be the answer to your needs for a user-friendly e-learning development package that allows you to develop very professional-looking and sophisticated training materials in no time at all.

KnowledgePresenter® is easy to learn, and can be used to deliver both online and offline instruction. This powerful software makes it easy for education and training professionals to design and develop cross-platform instructional materials that are rich in multimedia content and also allow for effective assessments of learner progress.

Trainers are able to create their own designs, or use one of the program’s many attractive and effective built-in templates. The system is designed to create training materials that are automatically exported in web-ready format, so much of the technical stress is removed from E-learning development with the use of this powerful tool.

The newest version of KnowledgePresenter® enables users to create SCORM compliant e-learning modules of all types. Read more

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What is Moodle?

Posted on June 28, 2007 | Filed Under Authoring, Custom Development

Are you interested in trying your hand at developing your own E-Learning course or program?  If so, Moodle is something that you should definitely check out.  Moodle is an open source (meaning free to use) course management system that was designed specifically to be a tool that enables all educators to create effective online courses with relative ease. 

Educators at all levels, from kindergarten through graduate schools, and even in corporate training settings, use Moodle to create high quality, interactive online courseware.  It can be used to develop online courseware for many different instructional settings.  It is scalable to be functional and effective in environments literally ranging from a single user to an entire university.  Read more

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Adobe: Leading Provider of E-Learning Development Tools

Posted on June 4, 2007 | Filed Under Elearning Articles, Authoring, Custom Development, Custom Elearning, Custom Elearning Design, Elearning Articles, Elearning Companies, Elearning Design, Elearning Development, Elearning Tools & Solution

Many of us use Adobe’s powerful portable document format (PDF) software ever day.  However, Adobe provides much more than PDF reader and PDF writer capabilities.   

Adobe has moved to the forefront of the E-Learning field.  Adobe is now widely recognized as a leader in providing software solutions for E-Learning content development and delivery.  The Adobe line includes both the Macromedia and Adobe brands. 

Adobe’s full line of E-Learning tools includes:

  • Connect Professional - web conferencing tool that allows real time communication and collaboration

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    Technical Writers and E-Learning

    Posted on May 26, 2007 | Filed Under Authoring, Custom Development, Elearning Development

    There are many different people involved in bringing an E-Learning project to life.  Typically, large E-learning projects involve project managers, instructional designers, instructors, subject matter experts, graphic designers, web programmers, and A/V specialists.  It is becoming more and more common for technical writers also to be included on E-learning project teams. 

    The trend to add technical writers to the mix when developing E-Learning comes from an increased understanding that writing E-Learning materials requires special skills that the other members of the E-Learning team members don’t bring to the table.  Read more

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    How Not to Design Instruction for E-Learning

    Posted on May 13, 2007 | Filed Under Elearning Articles, Authoring, Custom Development

    The worst way to approach development of materials for E-learning is to take all of the lecture materials you use for your lecture-based classes and put them into a web delivery system.  Unfortunately, this is how many people tend to approach their initial entry into the E-Learning arena.  Keep in mind that reading notes from a website is still just reading notes.   

    Would you walk into a traditional classroom on the first day, hand your students your class notes, and tell them that you’ll see them on exam day?  If you did choose to take this approach, assuming you did not get fired from your job before exam day, would you honestly expect the students to have gained any meaningful knowledge or skills related to the subject matter of your class? 
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