by Bill Brandon
Blackboard Inc. announced late today that it is acquiring Elluminate and Wimba, leading providers of synchronous and collaboration technology. The teams from the three companies will combine to form Blackboard Collaborate, a standalone platform.
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by Anne Derryberry
Anne summarizes her experience in creating an environment and platform for social networking by college-bound 9th-graders. As always, the lessons learned weren’t just for the students, and they apply equally to learners of all ages and circumstances.
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by Bill Brandon
Social software provider Mzinga has launched the OmniSocial Summer 2010 release, the latest update to its enterprise-class social software. OmniSocial now provides support for onboarding, communication and collaboration, learning and development, performance and career development, innovation, and recruitment and retention.
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by Joe Ganci
Many think of Captivate as a software simulation tool, and it does do this very well, with new features and improvements added over the years. However, Captivate is also a very effective tool for creating soft-skill simulations, quizzes, and other types of e-Learning applications. But wait, there’s more! Read this review to see what they’ve added to make your life easier.
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by Tom Hall
SumTotal Systems ToolBook 10.5 adds more authoring support for mobile devices and geolocation, and enhancements for Section 508 compliance. Here is a comprehensive guide to ToolBook, including how to customize interactions and create branching, use the Actions Editor, the Simulation Editor, and the Quiz Summary feature, and deploy ToolBook content to an LMS.
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by Ara Ohanian
Mobile learning is a valuable addition to organizational learning strategy. Implemented correctly, it provides an excellent means to deliver knowledge rapidly across an enterprise, to ensure that people understand new corporate initiatives, or that new product knowledge is quickly available to those who need it.
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by Joe Fournier
A new crop of tools claims to make anyone an e-Learning content producer. One such tool, from Seattle-based Impresys, is DemoMate. As its name suggests, its main mission is to support interactive software demonstrations. DemoMate started as a software sales tool, but it is now finding uses in production of training applications.
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by Anne Derryberry
“After a few disappointing weeks of limited interest or participation by students and rumbling frustration on Ms. L.’s part, I suggested we take part of a class session to get feedback from the students. We got an earful of useful input.”
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by Jeff Batt
Getting a course ready to go with a SCORM LMS can be tricky. Here’s the quick way to do this if you are using Rapid Intake Unison.
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