Popplet. Infographic: How Google has changed what it means to do research. With almost 30 percent of the human population, or 2 billion people, using the internet; and 94 percent of US students equating research with using Google or other search engines, it comes as no surprise that 75 percent of students use Wikipedia and online encyclopedias for research.
Google dominates the battle for the search engine with 66.7 % of all searches that occur being via Google – and of students surveyed, 94% used Google or another search engine as an online reserach tool. They also used Wikipedia (75 %) and YouTube or otehr social media sites (52 % ). Also the percentages of people who go online and immediately use a search engline is staggering, regardless of generation: Millennials, age 18-33: 92 %; Gen X (34-45): 87 %, Younger Boomers (45-55): 86 %; Older Boomers (56-64): 87 %, Silent Generation (65-73): 82 %, G.I.
Generation (74 plus): 72 %, All online adults (18 plus): 87 %. Check out this brief history of online research *source: gradschoolhub.com 1962: J.C.R. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013. Popplet. Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2013. The Best of Elearning! 2013 Named by Elearning! Media Group. Oceanside, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Elearning!
And Government Elearning! Magazines, the industry voices of the enterprise learning and workforce technology market, announced today the Best of Elearning! Awards 2013 honorees. Readers and professionals from both the private and public sector cast 3,862 nominations for the best-in-class solutions across 25 product categories. FREE eBook: eLearning 101 – concepts, trends, applications. The team at eFront and TalentLMS have got together to create a FREE elearning eBook to download on everything anyone needed to know about elearning!
12 Top eLearning Tools for 2012 and Beyond - Getting Smart by Melissa A. Venable. By Melissa A.
Venable, PhD What’s new in learning technology? As we wrap up 2012 and head into 2013, there are a lot of lists out there to help us discover the latest tools and techniques. The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT) conducts an annual study of learning tools, creating a list of the top 100 from votes submitted by learning professionals (i.e., educators and trainers at all levels) around the globe. What’s most interesting about the 2012 list, the 6th year of the project, is a sub-list of 12 tools that appeared for the first time this year, some of them making their debut fairly high. 1. 2. Top 10 Free E-Learning Authoring Tools. Technology and the Internet can be used in many different ways, and you can benefit a lot if you learn how to use them wisely.
You won’t realize the full potential of the Internet and your gadgets until you start using tools that will enhance your learning and authoring potential. There are many tools that can be used for that purpose, but we chose the best 10 of them for educational writers, which you should start using as soon as possible. 1. Writinghouse Writinghouse is a tool that allows you to automatically create your citations, bibliographies, and works cited lists in the format your paper requires. 2.
This website allows its users to create their digital books and publish them for free. 3. authorPOINT If you need to capture presentations and use pre-recorder video/audio files in Microsoft PowerPoint, this is the tool for you. 4. This is the most user-friendly timeline creator on the web. Elearning Authoring Tools and Services. Rob's Learning and Technology Blog.
By Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions.
Top 10 ELearning Stats for 2014. The end of 2013 is in sight, and what a year it has been for elearning. There have been some great new entrants into the elearning space, useful tools, and all-around positive growth. From my perspective, the most significant happening in 2013 was the official release of tin can (experience) API. It was a long time coming, but now that version 1.0 is available, we will start to see it used more significantly. Sure, there it will take some time to faze out the old SCORM model, but it will eventually happen. With all these great advancements in 2013 – what does 2014 have in store? Well, this infographic, created by ELearningIndustry.com, describes 10 elearning statistics to consider as we enter the new year. The increased adoption of elearning can be attributed to many factors. Since Coursera continues to receive funding, I am sure we will see it gain more influence in the coming year.
Top 7 Custom eLearning Articles on our Blog in 2013. Why do we all love ‘best of’ posts so much at the end of the year?
Love is a strong word here, but I find them helpful as a quick reference to useful content shared during the past twelve months. Regular readers know we strive to make this blog a hub for corporate learning professionals. Our goal is to educate and inform, and to that end we invest considerable time creating and researching content that the learning and development community will find useful. To me, the seven top articles from the past year are really a checklist of what’s important and pressing to learning professionals. Top 100 Tools for #eLearning 2013.