by Fareed Teja
Faculty and staff at the University of British Columbia’s School of Nursing (UBC SoN) worked together to create an open source e-Portfolio system for students in the BSN and Master of Nursing – Nurse Practitioner programs. The result is a perfect fit to these unique competency-based programs, one that also supports the students after graduation. Read about it here!
by Larissa Biggers
Most Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are intended to support traditional (instructor-led) teaching models. Sakai, however, is a Collaborative Learning Environment. It is intended to support group work, and offers unique features for researchers, faculty, and learners. Learn about Sakai in this brief but informative article.
by Colleen Carmean, Beth Davis, Ellen Wagner
Moodle™ is ranked as the #1 LMS product among eLearning Guild members with over 24% of respondents selecting it as their primary LMS. An excerpt from eLearning Guild Research report on The Evolution of the LMS: From Management to Learning...
by Anne Derryberry
Anne looks at the expanded capabilities of Facebook; U.S. Federal legislation that supports free online learning; and a resource for free content. She also gives your conscience a little nudge.
by Christy Tucker
Wikis are an ideal vehicle for collaborative process documentation, but they require forethought and planning in order to be successful. This short article gives you everything you need to know to get started!
by Sheila Jagannathan, Margaret Martinez
Not too long ago, Moodle was a little-known content and learning management application supported by a tiny community. Since 2006, it has enjoyed tremendous growth, starting in the education community but now spreading to small- to medium-size businesses. Should you be looking for ways to put this Open Source Software to work?
by Nicholas Bird
Lectora is a very popular tool for developing e-Learning content. Because many developers need to create courses that will integrate seamlessly with an LMS, this article focuses on some tips and tricks for making SCORM-conformant content with Lectora. If you are working in Lectora for the first time, you definitely should take advantage of the information here!
by Bobbe Baggio, Jacqueline Beck
After almost ten years of discussion, modular e-Learning based on learning objects is coming into wider acceptance and use. The authors offer insights into why and how companies are using learning objects to deliver instruction, performance support, and reference information to employees across languages, cultures, and continents.
by Mary Bertun
“How to name a course” is one of those seemingly trivial topics, until you implement a LMS for a large organization and discover that your old names create issues for users and administrators. Why not keep the problem from coming up in the first place? In this article, the author provides a systematic way to designate courses across multiple departments, subsidiaries, and bureaus.
by Joanne Mowat
Learning objects have been a topic of interest for several years, but until now it has been difficult to locate information about a systematic learning object development process. Designers face the task of coordinating a considerable effort when they undertake a project that involves object production.
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