Elearning New Trends

What are the new trends in elearning?

1. Mobile Technologies for learning
2. Learning Nuggets
3. Semantic Search Technologies
4. Netbooks
5. Online Video
6. Twitter
7. Browser War
8. Open source elearning tools
9. Simulation elearning tools.

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1-Mobile Technologies For Learning:

The mobile phone is the most widely used electronic
device on the planet, with about a third of the world’s
population having at least one.

At the present, In India and China learning solutions and
services will be integrated into mobile technologies as
mobile phones, PDAs, digital pen and paper.

China and India move towards mobile technology
because the large number of students in schools and
universities.

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E-Learning in China
Before Mobile Technology

After Using Mobile Technology

~28%
e-Learning

Corporate Training


For Mobile Learning:
there are two distinct potential markets such as

a. The first one is the market of learning services for
people that are without infrastructure
(accessibility to internet and e-learning may not
be as wide spread in rural or remote areas) and
learners in developing economies .
b. The second one is the market of learning
services for people who’s jobs require them to
continuously move, people learning and receiving
information while visiting various sites and
locations, certain types students needing
individualized learning education, on the move
and while on external projects.

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Mobile Technology:
• In the United States the PDAs have already been
used in schools and for workers on the move and
this thing had significant results in terms of
improved learning effectiveness.
• In Europe, mobile learning is beginning to develop,
and telecommunications companies such as Nokia
and Vodafone have already integrated these
technologies into their training and development
systems.

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2-NetBooks

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What is the Netbooks?

• Netbooks are a very small, light-weight, low-cost,
energy-efficient notebook
• It is primarily used for Internet based services such as
web browsing, web video, e-mailing and instant
messaging.
• Basically anything that would be required to take an e-
learning course. They are also suitable for light use
running office and educational software.
• As these machines are cheaper than a traditional
laptop, I think we will start to see these being used as
training PC’s that can be moved or brought home by
learners.

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3- Learning Nuggets

• A learning nugget is a small piece of content that can be
created on the fly, often using rapid development tools,
in response to an immediate training need.
• They are small modules of learning information for
people who need to learn more but don’t have much time
available.
• Rapid e-learning is here, companies need to be able to
provide it as a service or identify why a custom built
solution is more appropriate. There is a split in the e-
learning industry with some still saying rapid e-learning is
faster.
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Example on learning Nuggets:

• Courselets :
• A short, 10 to 15 minute, online training module that
employees can take at their desk. It provides employees
with just-in-time training without dedicating a large chunk
of time to training.
• The Tell-me-more below has detailed information on
what courselets are and on why they are effective.
• Rapid eLearning - Process so that Subject Matter
Experts (SME) can quickly create courses.

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4-Online Video:

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Online Video:
• 2008 was the year that online video went big. The year
saw a dramatic evolution in online video.
• 2009 will bring even more success to this industry.
• More people are watching online video and spending
more time doing it.
• Online video finally has widespread acceptance as a
delivery platform.
• With faster broadband and cheaper, better quality
equipment the barrier to entry has been dramatically
reduced, if not wiped out.

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Online Video:
• The quality of video is also improving, YouTube has
gone high definition, widescreen, and is now offering
annotated video. Other providers are following and fast.
Flash Player, the leader in online video has much
improved video features, adopting the H.264 format
which is fast becoming the delivery method of choice.
• It’s not just pre-recorded video that is going to be big.
Live streaming video will become huge in 2009, with the
entry of big players like Ustream.tv. Live video is great
for events and training because it leaves users feeling
empowered and provides immediate feedback

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5-Twitter:
• Evan William creates software that allows people to broadcast their
thoughts. He developed Blogger, the easy to use blogging tool that
Google later snapped up. In early 2006 he launched a Micro Blog
service called Twitter. Twitter lets people broadcast short messages
over the web, email, IM and phones to anyone in the world.
• The idea has really caught on with the “always on” connected crowd,
and while some people love the idea of a constant stream of
updates, others are appalled.
• Twitter is becoming a serious platform for discourse and discussion.
More than a status app, it is being used as a first alert mechanism for
the dissemination of news and for immediate discussion surrounding
that news. It is the coverage of news events and the continued
emergence of citizen journalism that will push Twitter toward the
mainstream this year.
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Twitter:

• Twitter is not the only Micro Blog service out there. For
instance Identi.ca allows you to create your own service
with only a small amount of technical knowledge. With
more ubiquitous broadband availability this type of
service will replace SMS as the means of sharing
thoughts, locations and opinions with friends.

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Semantic search Technologies:

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6-Semantic Search Technologies:
• The semantic web is an extension of the World Wide
Web in which web content can be expressed not only in
natural language.
• but also in a form that can be read and understood by
computers, thus permitting them to find, share and
integrate information more easily.
• Semantics are going to be the next big thing in search
engine technology.
• Google has come to dominate the search market,
however Google seems to believe that the only reason
people go online is to buy something.
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6-Semantic Search Technologies:
• They have made billions from advertising revenue and
are now in a monopoly position. People merely looking
for information use Google because they don’t have any
other choice.
• A human will know that mouse and keyboards are
common computer peripherals, and can be categorized
as such. Computers can’t make this connection on their
own. Google does this via a person performing search
engine optimization (SEO) on their site. SEO centers
around the idea that as a business or individual, it’s
important to understand the sector you’re operating in.
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Semantic Search Technology:

• The semantic web will provide a formal description of
concepts, terms, and relationships within a given domain
of knowledge .
• The semantic web, will not destroy Google.
• Google makes some great products and if any start up
company does produce a compelling semantic search
capability, Google will more than likely buy them.
• Google does perform better than it’s competitors Yahoo
or MSN, but there is always room for improvement.

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What does Semantic search Technology
have to do with e-learning?

• As our e-learning libraries start to grow to include assets
in many formats and from many different locations, we
need to be able to search these effectively, using
traditional searches won’t fly, semantics are the best
answer. In 2009 we will hear a lot of hype about
semantics but the killer application or product has yet to
be found. If you would like to investigate this area more
take a look over Read Write Web a fantastic Web 2.0
site.

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7. Browser War

• We are currently in the middle of the second browser war. Since
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer won the first war against Netscape
Navigator many browsers have challenged the incumbent. Firefox,
Opera and Safari are the three that have continued to gain an
increasing share of the browser market.
• Numbers have always been disputed but in the past few months we
have seen Microsoft release beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla
update Firefox to version 3 and Google arrive with its own browser
for “a new age of rich internet applications” Chrome. Google even
took an unconventional approach of describing how Chrome works
in an online comic strip, available here

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Browser War:

• Now in an unprecedented move only 100 days and fifteen updates
later, Google has taken the “beta” label off Chrome. Given that the
company has traditionally become known for keeping products like
Gmail or Google Docs in perpetual beta, it is really putting pressure
on it’s competitors to innovate or lose market share.
• The exciting thing about all of this for 2009 is that all the main
browsers now contain tools for sharing and consuming linked data
online. Take for instance the Accelerators in Internet Explorer 8
which let you complete browsing activities like getting directions,
translating words, emailing your friends, checking Facebook and
more in just a few mouse clicks.

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Web Browser:

• It’s not clear which browser will win the war, but we will soon be at a
browser agnostic crossroads, where any content will run in any
browser - at least on the desktop for now.
• It is hard to see the IE monopoly crumble overnight, most users
don’t know or even care that a better option exists. And why should
they switch? Many of the problems you may have heard people
complain about with IE 6 have now been resolved in newer
versions. Currently I enjoy using Flock which is a Firefox variant that
has great social features to keep in touch with colleagues and
friends.

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8-Open Educational Resources:

http://www.doag.org
http://www.wikieducator.org
http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org

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Open Education Resources:
• Today it is estimated that there are already more than 250
providers of commercial Learning Management Systems.
In addition, there were recently identified more than 40
open source LMS offerings (some of the most well known
are Moodle, ILIAS, eduplone, Claroline and SAKAI).
• Most of these products have extensive developer
communities and present strong arguments for
considering open source applications like an alternative to
commercial products. Some of the criteria that are in favor
of making a decision regarding an Open Source software
applications are related to cost savings, stability,
performance and access to code.

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Open Education Resources:

• On the other hand, for ensuring that users in the near
future as well as the longer term have access to the best
available applications, these Open Source software
applications should be built on open standards.
• It remains to be seen if open source e-learning
technologies will capture the current or future market
share from commercial providers, but the important thing
in the process of making a decision regarding the
adoption of a certain e-learning software for education is
to consider all software options and make a choice
based on their merits.
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9- Simulations in e-learning process

• For a number of years, simulations have played an
important role in the training activities of certain sectors,
like the defense, aviation and aeronautical industries in
several countries. They were not adopted until now on a
large scale as learning tools due to some factors like the
cost of development and the lack of tools for developing
high-quality simulations. These days we are in a different
situation and simulations are being adopted in other
industries and for a broad range of skills and
competence development.

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Simulations in e-learning process

• Technology and cost barriers are continuing to shrink, opening up
the potential for wider adoption of simulation technology.
• Today, computer technologies, such as Macromedia Flash, have
become ubiquitous and e-learning vendors with simulation-
development expertise are trying to offer more industry- and topic-
specific simulation templates.
• There are still barriers to be overcome, particularly in terms of
design innovation, but computed mediated simulations are expected
to gain a larger share of education and training activities.
Simulations may offer advantages over handbooks and they can
complement lectures, demonstrations and real world practice
opportunities.

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Simulations in e-learning process

• The market for these kind of learning services will
probably continue to grow as simulation technologies
become more sophisticated and more cost effective to
build.

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Thank you....
Prepared by Heba Farghale Tawfic
eLearning Department

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