Get Started with xAPI, Part One: How to Write an xAPI Statement from Scratch
The Getting Started with xAPI in Storyline Tutorial Series, by Devlin Peck @devpeck, was originally published at devlinpeck.com. Check out Devlin at the LMSPulse Elearning Success Summit 2020. If you want to learn how to take full advantage of xAPI in Articulate Storyline, then you’re in the right place. Essentially, this resource can serve as […]
Learnbook, 2019’s Best Premium Learning Experience, Raises The Stakes Once Again — Exclusive Peek With CEO Dean Saunders
Join the exclusive Learnbook Lite User Group and test this groundbreaking LXP before anyone else, here Few have done as much to enthusiastically bring more people into the open source elearning space, as Dean Saunders and the team at eCreators have. Their strategy is not a mystery. It’s all about listening and strength, aimed with […]
Could Moodle 3.8 Finally Kickstart A Culture Of Analytics In Your Organization?
In a recent release, Moodle has shared a slim taste of the new enhancements coming for its Learning Analytics engine. (Formerly Moodle Inspire.) These new features are expected to become available on the open source version of the LMS’s 3.8 release, scheduled for November, 2019. They are an effort to make the powerful open source […]
What The Demise Of Linux Journal Means For Open Source And Open EdTech Journalism
Unabashed believers of Open Source software and its transformative mission might be given pause by Linux Journal shutdown announcement. The better informed of the lot ought to be less surprised. This was the second time it happened in 2 years. This time, thought, there is little hope of a comeback. The staff has been laid […]
8 Things Every Educator Should Know About Python
Get ready to go “Pythonic”! As an educational tool, the Python programming language stands above the rest. It is designed to offer the fastest time between theory and practice. Intuitive yet powerful, it lets you see results of your learning right away. And it makes you see how easy it can be to see your […]
What Kind Of Open EdTech Allows Us All To Follow Our Dreams Of A Better World?
Only after we find what’s “Belo” (Beautiful), even in the most difficult and horrendous of life’s circumstances, an endless energy and a constant stream of curiosity is available for us to devote ourselves into understanding a problem, considering alternatives, and fiercely tackling them as the hope for a better world begins to materialize in front […]
This LTI Gift To Open EdTech Communities By WCLN Is Also A Highly Interactive Solution For Cost-Sensitive Learning Organizations
The Western Canadian Learning Network represents school districts in Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. 51 districts receive WCLN support in all things online learning, with a soft spot for Free, Open Source Software. They include: Open Educational Resources Sustaining Teaching Communities Staff Training Cost-Saving Initiatives Industry partnerships Support for the delivery of […]
Multi-Factor Authentication In Your LMS: How To Enable It, And Will It Endanger You? Cybersec Pulse
Ever since the internet became a mass phenomenon, there have been campaigns for people to get strongest passwords. Seeing the futility of them, and the increasing number of ways in which you can be identified online, we’re now on the age of multi-factor authentication. A platform now can have access to not only your user […]
Open Industry 4 SDGs Pulse: Free EdTech To Plug Into Your Learning
Our Open EdTech for SDGs Tracker initiative has been met with broad and positive reception, and we could not be happier. But more importantly, it has brought to attention the many contributing inititiatives in the intersection of EdTech and Open Source, as a starting point for the Open movement at large. This was our original […]
OER Pulse: Dozens Of Simple, Open Courseware Created With Moodle LMS (2019 Update)
Updated in July 1st, 2019. If you’re interested in learning a new skill or want to check out how simple a Moodle course can be (when using/tapping open resources available elsewhere on the web) you should check out Open, Of Course. It’s a collection of simply created Open Educational Resources or OER courses presented through […]
