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Giunti Labs showcases location, mobile and skills-based learning content personalization at Learning Technologies

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By boblittle - Posted on 21 December 2009

In a world of rapidly developing competition, organizations need to re-invent their training style and effectiveness if they are to keep their talents and competencies up-to-speed, believes Giunti Labs, the global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) and digital repository platforms (HarvestRoad Hive).

This includes supporting clients to identify their workers’ skills, knowledge and competencies, as well as helping them to deliver the right learning content just in time, where and when the user needs it. Today, organizations must identify gaps in their employees’ knowledge and competencies at a faster, continuous and granular pace - and then take steps to remedy the diagnosed skill gaps as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible.

Increasingly – if it is to be effective in eradicating a skills gap - the learning experience must take into account the learner’s learning background, study track, likes and dislikes, abilities and disabilities, location and device used to access the learning materials. 

Teach mathematics using Moodle with the new book from Packt

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By Saalim Shaikh - Posted on 04 December 2009
Moodle 1.9 Math is a new book from Packt that is aimed at helping Mathematics teachers who want to use Moodle to deliver or support their teaching. This book, written by Ian Wild – also the author of the book Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner's Guide, will help readers to carefully explore the Moodle plugins that allow the handling of equations and enable other frequently used mathematical activities.

Moodle has evolved from an academic project to the world's most popular virtual learning environment. It is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. It helps the user to develop exciting, interactive, and engaging online mathematics courses. It’s an open source license and the modular design ensures that people can develop additional functionality.

Through this book, users will be introduced to the concepts of converting mathematics teaching to Moodle. They will also learn how to include mathematical notation, graphs, images, video, and audio in their Moodle courses. By following the practical examples in this book, users can create feature-rich quizzes that are automatically marked, set online assignments, use free tools to monitor student progress, and employ modules and plugins allowing students to explore mathematical concepts.

Teachers will learn how to integrate interactive mathematical presentations and elements, create their own SCORM activities using both free and commercial tools, and make the course more engaging for students by adding Flash games rich in animation. Configuring Moodle to display the complete set of mathematical symbols and objects can also be learnt from this book.

Cornerstone OnDemand Placed in “Leaders Quadrant” of 2009 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems

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By boblittle - Posted on 15 September 2009

The company’s highly rated learning and talent management software and best-in-class client service make Cornerstone the top technology partner for organizations worldwide.

 

Santa Monica, Calif. – Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leading provider of integrated learning and talent management software and services, today announced it has been placed by Gartner Inc. in the “Leaders Quadrant” of the 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS) report.1  The Magic Quadrant positions vendors according to their “Ability to Execute” and their “Completeness of Vision.” 

 

“We are honored to be recognized by Gartner as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems.  The quality, functionality and ease of use of our learning management software, combined with our comprehensive approach to talent management and best-in-class client service, continue to make Cornerstone OnDemand the top technology partner for leading organizations around the world,” said Adam Miller, President and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. 

 

Book review of Moodle 1.9 Multimedia

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By mhanley - Posted on 01 September 2009

I've used Moodle for about four years, and in that time I've found it to be an exceptionally useful, high-functioning and user-friendly learning management system (LMS). In my view, the one deficiency in its suite of resources is that it is less than intuitive moodle1.9multimediain the way it enables  administrators, teachers, and learners to create, integrate, manage, and deliver images, audio, video, animations and other media types.

Enter Packt Publishing's Moodle 1.9 Multimedia by João Pedro Soares Fernandes.

I opened my copy of the text with a high expectation that it would be an informative and practical reference text. Why? Packt Publishing have been providing Moodle reference books for some time now, and their texts are usually either very good or excellent.

Now read on...