1. eLearning on WordPress
By Pankaj Agrawal
Founder, Next Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
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2. Overview
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Introduction
The Education Market
History of Learning
The eLearning Era
WordPress! The chosen one?
Components of an eLearning Website.
Getting Started with eLearning on WordPress
eLearning Standards
Wrap Up
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3. 2.0
The Education Market
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Source: GSV Advisors

4. 3.0
The Education Market
Lets Compare …
Global Education Spending ($4.450 trillion)
225 times GDP of Nepal
2.4 times GDP of India
Greater than GDP of all except top 3 nations (US, China, Japan)
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Global eLearning Spending
4.5 times GDP of Nepal
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Is it BIG?
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5. 4.0
History of Learning
Learning Tools/Technology
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6. 5.0
Activity
Lets do a small activity real quick.
Can anyone give an estimated
count of people listening to this
talk?
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7. 7.0
Placed apart in all 4 dimensions of
Space and Time
Tesseract
4-dim Hypercube
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8. 7.0
This Talk
- finally
eLearning
on
WordPress
.tv
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9. 8.0
The eLearning Era
and Why WordPress is a great tool
Blogs
Tutorials
Videos
Courses
Podcasts
OnDemand
Instant
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10. 9.0
Why WordPress is a great eLearning Tool?
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Writing is the most popular method of Learning.
WordPress is THE best writing + publishing tool on Internet.
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Are people using it?
Ranked #8 among Top 100 Learning Tools
(Source: Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies)
1 Twitter
2 Google Drive/Docs
3 YouTube
4 Google Search
5 PowerPoint
6 Evernote
7 Dropbox
8 WordPress
9 Facebook
10 Google+ & Hangouts
WordPress = Power of ALL!!!
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Who is Using it?
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Probably you?
Few others:
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University of Michigan
DigitalWaterShed
3M
TimKen
HARMAN
University of Adelaide
University of Florida
Drexel University
Bloomsburg University
UtahState University
The University of Iowa
Miami University
University of Kentucky
and many many more….
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(Source: LearnDash.com)

13. 13.0
Getting Started
Components of an eLearning Website
Static Content:
1. Text and Documents
2. Videos
3. Audio
4. Images
5. Others: Presentations, Google Maps, Forms, Source Codes, etc.
Interactive Content:
1. Authoring Tools: (e.g. Articulate Storyline, Captivate, Lectora, iSpring,
DominKnow Claro and more) using GrassBlade xAPI Companion.
2. Quizzes: LearnDash, Gravity Forms, and several free and paid quiz plugins.
3. Custom Coded.
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Text and Document
Easy integrations: Google Docs, Scribd, Excel, Word
References: http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/
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Videos
Easy Integrations: You Tube, Daily Motion, Flickr, Hulu, Ted, Vimeo, Vine,
VideoPress, CNNMoney and more
References: http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/
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Audio
Easy Integrations: Uploaded audios, spotify, soundcloud, bandcamp and more
References: http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/
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Images
Easy Integrations: Uploaded images, slideshow, gallery, Instagram, and more
References: http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/
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And, More
Easy Integrations: Presentations, Google Maps, Forms, Source Codes, Events,
Twitter Timeline, etc.
References: http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/
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Authoring Tools
Articulate Storyline, Captivate, Lectora, iSpring, DominKnow Claro and more
(using GrassBlade xAPI Companion)
References: http://www.nextsoftwaresolutions.com/
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Quizzes
LearnDash, Gravity Forms, and several free and paid quiz plugins.
References: http://www.learndash.com/, http://www.gravityforms.com
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21. 19.0
What’s More?
Tracking:
1. Google Analytics.
2. Stats in JetPack,
3. LearnDash,
4. LRS's using Tin Can API.
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22. 20.0
eLearning Standards
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SCORM - ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning)
(Multiple version: 1.0 (2000), 1.1 (2001), 1.2 (2001), 2004 (2004, 2006,
2009))
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CMI - AICC (The Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee)
LTI - IMS (IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc)
Experience API - ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning)
(Tin Can API, SCORM 2.0, Next-Gen SCORM, Next SCORM, SCORM
2012)
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23. 22.0
Experience API
Learning Record
Store (LRS)
I did this
Actor + Verb + Object
Alex passed WordPress 101
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