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LMS | WooThemes

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LMS is an app theme allowing one the functionality to run a course/training program through their WordPress powered websites. Whether you want teach french, how to play the guitar or …

 

I like the idea of this being some sort of add-in to a WordPress website. Being a WordPress user myself, I see this as a great way to manage the content to create customized sites.

–techcommgeekmom

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The Future of Gamification | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

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Game mechanics like rewards and feedback loops are gaining ground in digital life and many experts think they will spread widely to key domains like education and health by 2020. Others worry about a darker side.

 

Pew Research always has some good information.

–techcommgeekmom

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Can Gaming Help Kids Learn? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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This infographic explores the use of gaming in classrooms, and how it can help boost students’ engagement and motivation. (Can Gaming Help Kids Learn?

 

Gaming is definitely a route worth exploring, not only for kids, but also for adults. Having a fledgling gamer at home who is on the high end of the autism spectrum, and knowing how he needs that dopamine surge to get his brain going, if there were games that weren’t “lame” that would allow him to learn what he needs to learn for school, then I think he’d retain more information. 

–techcommgeekmom

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10 Big (But Never Discussed) Problems With Mobile Learning

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The mobile learning revolution is creating a lot of buzz in the education world, and the benefits undoubtedly stand out. But nothing exists as a purely positive entity.

 

I’m sure in time, as technology and use changes, many of these issues will be resolved. While m-learning has been around for a while, the “revolution” is still just getting started, and things like this still need to be ironed out. 

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Online Learning: Maturing? Perhaps. Improving? Always. – Forbes

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The web has been abuzz in recent days following a study released by Eduventures indicating that the market for online education is maturing.

 

Good article following a practical evolution of e-learning. Great things are yet to come!
–techcommgeekmom 

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