... just a few keystrokes. Peazip : PeaZip is a free, open source file and archive manager. PeaZip is cross platform ... Connecting to others, is enabled by open source software. So this is not a blogpost on theory, but on practicalities of connectivism reality. The open source community celebrated Software Freedom Day on 20 September. "Transparency is ... open source software (FOSS) has become one of the major catalysts in increasing transparency by lowering the barrier to ... (to manipulate your picture quality etcetera) Inkscape : An Open Source vector graphics editor, with ...

... advantages and disadvantages of open source and free software, a space usually occupied by my colleague Jane Hart . With ... strong advocates of open source and those who were deeply sceptical. I asked the advocates to use the hour to come up with arguments against open source, and for the sceptics to come up with positive arguments. I probably screwed them up ... I'm enjoying my short stay in Luxembourg, even though the hotel that was booked for me turned out to be full, the taxi I took late last night was involved in a minor accident, and I managed to break my glasses. These are, ...

... after a great vacation, I start with reading up on things. First thing to scroll through: the open source convention of O'Reilly . Next getting an agenda sketched out to look at all the things that need to be handled, reading all my e-mails (I really managed to leave my VL at home during my holiday).

... institutions have implemented open source application software (including course management systems and portals). Still, about a ... of Higher Education March 1, 2006 Open to Open Source Open source software has found a permanent home on some college campuses. But according to a study released today by the Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness, open source products, which enable programmers to modify code and ... source products, while about a quarter of institutions are implementing higher education-specific open source ...

... nbsp;   Open Source Content in Education: Part 2 ... This is the second article ( Part 1: Free and Open Source Movements explores the history and philosophy of the openness and sharing of resources in software development) on the role of open source ... - i.e. blogs Open source movement Grassroots activities ... are required Open source content development is the model to ensure public education meets needs ...

On moodle.org, there is an informative thread debating the pros and cons of implementing Moodle over a commercial solution (Blackboard the example most discussed since most of the forum members are in higher ed). Many of these arguments are the same ones heard about any open source solution vs. corporate. It also highlights some of the misconceptions about Moodle and open source software in general. I'll be studying this as I prep for the big meeting with the senior managers. Note: You may be asked to log in. Click Log In as Guest and you should receive access to the Using ...

... recently announced that its expanded its support for Moodle, the popular open source learning management system. The ... Toward Open Source Interview Gartner: E-learning Market Pushing Toward Open Source 6/4/2008 By Linda L Briggs With open source products ... , Gartner found "clear movement in the market" toward more open-source platforms in 2007--26 percent of platforms ...

... functionality for Moodle. But luckily they didn't, deciding instead to contribute their own tools to the open source Moodle toolkit. Moomis, their Modular Object-Orientated Management Information System would you believe, adds all sorts of ... the sorts of problems that many corporates face, and which generally lead them to a conventional learning management ... administrators to allocate any number of users to any number of different groups and designate any number of managers to each group. Once users are allocated to groups, administrators and managers can use the Report Creator to obtain management ...

SumTotals was little ol' open-source Moodle: Award for market share - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle. Award for market share - Education and Government Learning Management Systems - Gold award: Moodle (the Platinum went to Blackboard). Award for satisfaction - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle. Award for satisfaction - Education and Government Learning Management Systems - Platinum ... Yesterday eLearning Guild announced their Member's Choice Awards for Learning Management Systems (LMS). Now I ...

... systems are open-source, which increases institution-wide customization options.  Web 2.0 applications ... Course Management Systems and Pedagogy © Lisa M. Lane 2007 Course Management ... , or how teaching is impacted by the systems. With the emergence of new CMSs (also called Learning Management ... . Course management systems, by virtue of their intent and design, create limitations on faculty independence ... move toward standardization as a way to ease management issues (Danaher et al 2004, Katz ...

... that were raised: more emphasis on open source/open resources; shift in company ethics, durable (energy) solutions ... (training, coaching, awakening management will be crucial if the learning departments want to keep alive); equiping people to manage the recession => that would be a business worth investing in. it is time to invest in more ...

Connectivism Content Content Management Copyright/IP/DRM Design Elearning Evaluation/Assessment/ROI Games/Simulations Information Architecture Innovation Instructional Design Knowledge Management Learning Learning Objects Legal LMS Media Networks Open Source Podcasting Random Thoughts Research Resources ROI Search ... Management) Gary Woodill forwarded a link to a .pdf download of a new book “ Plan to Learn: Case Studies of Elearning Project Management . It’s a useful exploration (Canadian-centric) of case studies in elearning ...

Jenzabar To Open Up ERP Code in Collaborative Source Initiative Jenzabar this week launched its new "Collaborative Source ... Zimbra Hosted for Education. Campus IT Budgets Down, Open Source Looking Up Nearly ... . At the same time, open source software is looking more appealing to campuses, with about a fourth reporting a "high likelihood" that they will migrate to an open source LMS within the next five years ... North Carolina State and IBM Expand Open Source Educational Cloud U ...

Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... Email, Knowledge/Content Management - Email as a Future Application Interface ... interesting article by Seth Gottlieb - Email and Content Management which provides some practical suggestions about how to move from email based content management towards better mechanisms. While I agree with Seths main contention that email, especially email with attachments, makes content management much harder, I actually think that Seth is ...

... commercial, enterprise installations. A few administrators admitted to feeling pressure to embrace open source on principle ... easier. Easier grading, assignment management, and audio commenting on assignments that intuitively open in the gradebook are ... management toward open-ness, along with social-ness, 5 suggests a shift in how learning is being conceptualized ... . Administrators talk of open source, but learners wonder why we’re not looking at the popular free tools (Skype ... products, both commercial and open source, are using a system design and framework very similar to that of the ...

Scribus in their words: Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.

Corporate eLearning Blog posts related to Corporate eLearning: eLearning Tools - Wikis, Blogs and More in Corporate eLearning New Debate on Value of Blogs and Wikis in the Enterprise Open Source Business Model Knowledge Management Core Issues Use of iPods and other Mobile Learning IBM Taps Employees for Innovation Using Blog Like Tools Corporate Learning Laggards? Why Wikis Are Conquering the Enterprise Wikis - Public vs. Controlled - Why There's No eLearning Wiki Will Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Mashups be Used in Corporate eLearning?

... management at the Harvard Business School. This echoes what I've been seeing as well. It's kinda like Web Servers, Open Source and other technologies creeping into the enterprise through the back door because it provides value, can be done by ... Found via 7 Days and More , interesting article on InternetNews.com - Why Wikis Are Conquering The Enterprise by Michael Hickins . Couple of thoughts from the article: adoption is coming mainly from project managers and department-level executives not senior management (and, of course, corporate learning was not mentioned) "In almost every ...

... and then test. Probably the most interesting is: Open Source CMS - a site that has a whole bunch of open source tools ... Dokeos DrupalEd Interact Moodle SyndeoCMS It also has a bunch of content management systems, a CRM (SugarCRM) ...

... services of England and Wales Mark Aberdour - Mark is founder and CEO of Kineo Open Source Cammy Bean   - Cammy is the Manager of Instructional Design ...

I had to brush up on project management skills over the weekend. Did I read a book on it? No. Did I find someone who was an expert to help me? Nope. I downloaded Open Workbench (for me, a random open-source project management tool) and played around with it. I mapped a few of my projects into it. I looked through all of the fields and capabilities. And I learned quite a bit, including what I needed to know, plus a lot more that I am very happy to know. For those home schoolers looking at math curricula, I would suggest Microsoft Excel. Whatever math you need to know, you can learn ...

... achieve our goals in certain instances. Harold asks Where are open source learning applications? I say they are all over ... any specific open source learning applications.  That would be just another thing that people need to learn...another ... .  Sure, someone had the bright idea to label an over-glorified database with the term Learning Management ...

Campus IT Budgets Down, Open Source Looking Up ... Project. Thats up significantly over last year. At the same time, open source software is looking more appealing to campuses, with about a fourth reporting a "high likelihood" that they will migrate to an open source LMS within the next ... just released the community version of a new Web framework for building Ruby applications. Dubbed Merb, the open source ... the News North Carolina State and IBM Expand Open Source Educational Cloud 10.30.08 ...

In his post on the InformL site, Jay Cross gives us a taste of his ideas on informal learning and what it means to business organizations. I highly recommend viewing his 30 minute session for those who are responsible for learning and performance in the organization. Open source, open space, grapevines and gossip, conversations and stories, learning spaces and learnscapes, unconferences and The World Cafe, podcasts and wikis, graphics and concept maps, complexity and ... jump ahead by clicking the titles to the right of the main screen. Jay makes a good case for managing ...

A reader from another country has asked me about Learning Object Tools. I asked him to clarify what they meant and the response was: Learning Object Tools are those that allow you to create, edit and manage learning objects. There is also a bit of language barrier. I pointed them at the Wikipedia article - Learning Object . It cites quite a few repositories and briefly mentions " Burrokeet is an Open Source Software tool that assists in the creation of Learning Objects from existing content. " This is something I'm not familiar with. I also suggested looking at LCMS products.

Tim O’Reilly, Web 2.0 guru , talked to us about what web 2.0 is and led us to his implications for what we do.  He started off talking about tracking the ‘alpha geek’.  These are the folks who manage to thrive and innovate despite us, rather than because of us.  He’s essentially built O’Reilly on watching what these folks do, analyzing the underlying patterns, and figuring out what’s key. He talked about the stories that Web 2.0 is about open source, or social, were surface  takes, and by looking at leading companies, e.g. Google, there was ...

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... open-source collaboration tools. Fronter is async and uses Elluminate for sync. Fronter is an LMS, CMS, eportfolio, admin, and collaboration. Roger talks of open source as a concept but sells a closed system. Operating system for learning. authentication integrate and launch apps store and manage files personalize secure area as well as open ... Norbert Bolz , celebrity professor. From knowledge management to identity management. Serious play. Paradise of work ... ). Self design. Brand You. Ego casting. Identity management. Social wealth. Attention management. Knowing more and ...

Institutional challenges - open source? Intellectual property - Privacy management - Management of cash assetts ... together tools that exist in open source and make them work for us. - Function 1 - Production team that builds the objects ... wish I had the slides) All of this either open source tools or people process considerations. Revolution #3 - A ... and chat exist as standardized pluging. - PandoraBot (open source) - CAD tools - Physica engines - Pre-existing ... travel overseas - serve as a information source. - Enhancing training for reservists - prepare them for ...

... standard for interactive software. We will continue to use Moodle as our LMS, a SCORM compliant open source learning management system. Moodle will be used for content organization and to track learner performance and time spent within Phase ... Learning Management Systems, using Flash® Professional 8, Second Life and incorporating swif.t3D. The components ...