E-learning, with its learning platforms, virtual classrooms and learning technologies, is often thought of as the future of learning for training providers and organisational learning. Since our team is so involved with learning in the corporate world, we are very interested in trends in education and the future of learning. So, we’ve gathered four of our favourite videos about where education, as we know it, is going.
The non-technical guide to API's and how they improve productivity and costs
We meet a lot of business owners and senior managers who say “I’m not technical, talk to my IT team about that”. We also see a lot of people’s eyes glaze over when technical people try to explain API’s. But the fact is you don’t need to be “technical” in order to understand how your business can benefit from API's.
Our approach at In2itive is always to try and help simplify and de-mystify “technical” matters for our clients. In keeping with that philosophy let’s try and keep this simple and non-technical. This API article includes the following topics
- What can an API do for me?
- What is an API?
- What does an API do?
- What does an API do for my business?
- A specific example of how an API can help?
- The API documentation
- How do I make these benefits come alive for my business?
Virtual classrooms — how businesses and learners can benefit
A virtual classroom is an online classroom that enables trainers and learners in different locations to communicate, view and interact with presentations and videos, collaborate with other participants, and engage with learning resources in groups. Virtual classrooms are globally accessible via learning technology and the internet. This means they are powerful tools for trainers and employers to communicate and inform students and staff. This article covers the following topics:
- Uses of a virtual classroom
- Key facilities of a virtual classroom
- Benefits of virtual classrooms
- Tips to help you run a successful virtual classroom session
- Virtual classrooms within the In2itive LMS
5 common questions about an LMS
Different customers’ often ask us very similar questions. This is a round-up of the more prevalent questions. The responses might only give you the initial information you’re looking for, but if you talk to us, we’ll be better able to understand your specific problems and can assist you from there. These questions are:
- How can we encourage companies who buy our courses on the LMS to service themselves more?
- Does my e-learning have to be SCORM compliant?
- What is meant by a “responsive” LMS?
- Why do my e-learning courses sometimes ‘freeze’ ?
- Why do I need to be connected to the Internet to do my e-learning course?
15 of the latest e-learning books we should all read — March 2016
A collection of just published or soon to be published books on e-learning. We’ve taken the time to research these books, authors and editors. We've presented books we believe can be part of your e-learning toolkit and which we have our eye on as future must reads. The book details are republished from Amazon and the publishers websites where you’ll find some useful book reviews.
E-learning sector roundup — February 2016
11 ways to monetise your knowledge with a Learning Management System (LMS)
If you’re a training provider and already using an LMS learning platform then you’re probably already monetising your knowledge in some way. However, having helped numerous training providers to build commercially viable online businesses, this article covers a few ways you might not have thought of.
Cloud, mLearning and gamification — 3 e-learning trends explained
E-learning sector roundup
Learning technologies — a non technical introduction to SCORM, xAPI, Tin Can and LRS
Learning technology is the term used to cover the broad range of equipment and online services that can be used to support learning, continued professional development, personal development, teaching and assessment.
Learning technology might encompass anything including, but not limited to online learning platforms such as LMS’s and VLE’s, electronic whiteboards and mobile apps, games based simulations and more besides.
If you’re new to the world of e-learning and in particular online learning platforms such as LMS’s and VLE’s then you’ll be hearing terms such SCORM, Tin Can, xAPI and whether or not something or other is compliant or not. You may be wondering what this all means. You may also be contemplating if and why they are important to you.
This article explains SCORM, xAPI, Tin Can and LRS learning technologies in a completely non-technical way in order to help you understand what they mean for you and your organisation.
