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Design Jam – online jams for generating innovation

The idea of online jams was pioneered by IBM. Their online jam events are global brainstorming sessions that happen over a period of 24 hours. For more about IBM events check out https://www. collaborationjam. com.

What does a community manager do?

A common approach when designing learning experiences with the 70:20:10 framework is thinking about using online communities, learner communities or communities of practice to support learners, generate new knowledge or share knowledge. But these types of learning experiences are actually hard to make work.

GovHack as a 70:20:10 learning experience

Some Sprouts and Brian Jones, Web Services Development Officer at Hobart City Council, just took part in GovHack 2015, where we built a mobile augmented reality game using local government datasets. The game is a simple 'Dungeons and Dragons' hack-and-slash-fest designed to raise awareness of council public assets.

What is a Learning Record Store and why do you need one?

The way in which most eLearning modules ‘talk’ with an LMS is based on a standard called SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model).

Glasshouse and your LMS

When I first start talking with clients about Glasshouse there is often a bit of confusion about how it works with an LMS, usually because some of the features of Glasshouse sound a bit like those of a cloud-based LMS.

Should you be using the built-in authoring tools in an LMS?

The pro and cons of using the built-in authoring tools in an LMS for elearning authoring.

The pros and cons of open source LMSs

Open source software is disrupting the world of enterprise software. Here we explore the pros and cons of open source learning management systems compared with commercial systems.

Ideas for using Totara to enable the 70:20:10 learning model

Often, online learning is seen as belonging to the formal ‘10’ part of the 70:20:10 learning model. With first-generation learning management systems that might have been the case – they were really just SCORM players.

What is Glasshouse

 

This is a different type of post to what I normally do. It’s the beginning of a new theme for the blog in which I’ll be ‘thinking out loud’ about how we use Glasshouse to solve learning problems.   

Glasshouse is a cloud-based on eLearning development tool.

Free webinars on xAPI and the 70:20:10 learning model

xAPI is an exciting new way of tracking and recording learning. We see it as being a key technology to enable the 70:20:10 learning model. We have two FREE webinars coming up on xAPI and 70:20:10 that we are running in collaboration with Leo Gaggi from Brightcookie.