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SCORM Vulnerabilities + IMS Spec withdrawal = Excitement

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Tom King

Exciting times for elearning standards. Lots of discussion about two unrelated events. First, SCORM “cheats” are published and the community rallies to address the issues. Secondly, and coincidentally, the IMS recently withdrew the QTI spec from further work by IMS … Continue reading →

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They Saw It Coming, BUT… Newspapers Now, LMS Next

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Tom King

I just read Clay Shirky on Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable. Substitute “LMS/Central Training Department” for instances of “Newspaper/publishers” and it is a real wake-up call. Read it. Think about it. Who are the real-world, radical change-observing “pragmatists” and who … Continue reading →

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Geek Cribs Follow-up: “The Setup”

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Tom King

Via Daring Fireball, I learned of “The Setup”; a series of posts/interviews with techno glitterati describing their work setups. A much cooler (and computer-centric) approach than my early December post, What if… MTV Cribs for iPhones. So far The Setup … Continue reading →

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What if… MTV Cribs for iPhones and Macs

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Tom King

It’d be cool if there was a “geek work cribs” that showcased the preferred tools of geek celebs (and minor celebs). If there is, I don’t know about it. Nonetheless, we all find posts and pages to that effect here … Continue reading →

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Will Adobe XFL revolutionize Rapid Elearning Workflows?

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Tom King

For some time Adobe insiders and followers have been talking about XFL, a package file format for Flash (here, here, here and more in search). XFL combines XML and some binary assets in a zip archive. Currently Adobe CS4 applications … Continue reading →

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Why didn’t I think of this

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Tom King

Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate (and the consistently fantastic The Rapid Elearning Blog ) just posted: Is Google Making Our E-Learning Stupid? I love the phrase, the idea, and am certain the mere phrase resonates with everyone in the industry. I … Continue reading →

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iPod-based Language Learning w/Virtual Characters

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Tom King

I saw that 9to5 Mac picked up a story on iPods as mobile training devices for soldiers to learn new spoken languages. I immediately recognized this from some demos I’d seen from Carol Wideman of Vcom3D. Fantastic to see that … Continue reading →

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LETSI got Cuil Faster than SCORM

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Tom King

Playing around with the Cuil search engine earlier this morning… versus Fortunately my typical vanity search did find me. Even more interesting is that Cuil quickly “learned” about SCORM in just an hour or so. Click either image to see … Continue reading →

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