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How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

Edsurge

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. Face-to-face is still the ascendant modality, but LMS-for-PD is gaining serious traction, thanks to the efforts of educational IT innovators like Ken Dirkin.

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SCORM: What is it? A Complete Study

Kitaboo on EdTech

Hence, if an eLearning course is published in the SCORM format, an internationally accepted format, it will be recognized by all learning management systems (LMS). Similarly, compliance with the SCORM format ensures eLearning modules and products are read by any LMS. are communicated between the module and the LMS.

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SCORM: What is it? A Complete Study

Kitaboo on EdTech

Hence, if an eLearning course is published in the SCORM format, an internationally accepted format, it will be recognized by all learning management systems (LMS). Similarly, compliance with the SCORM format ensures eLearning modules and products are read by any LMS. are communicated between the module and the LMS. SCORM 2004 .

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. 1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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SCORM – Why does it matter and why do you need it?

Kitaboo on EdTech

It can then be uploaded on any LMS that is also SCORM- compliant. Run-time environment: SCORM describes the data model and API to standardize communication between the eLearning content and the LMS. This helps to ensure that the courses launch seamlessly on the LMS and that you can access accurate engagement data.

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Edtech Matchmaking: One Teacher’s Strategies for Choosing Better Technology

Digital Promise

When I first started teaching in Philadelphia in 2004, teachers were lucky if they had one desktop computer in their room for students to use, and students attended weekly computer lab classes. In some cases, technology decisions are made by school leadership in-step with a plan developed with educators and an accompanying budget.

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When Learning Goes Nomadic

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This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? We talked about readings about Mobile Learning , including an essay I published back in 2004 anticipating the mobile future. This is part 4.

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