eLearning Modules: Creating Training Made Simple

Ever wonder how some of those incredible training videos were created?   There are quite a few different software packages that accomplish great eLearning modules.  Some are free communities of leaning management systems like Moodle that promotes both content management systems and virtual learning environments while others carry a fairly heavy initial investment like Adobe's Captivate but contain incredible bells and whistles for the investment.

Each system has it's own learning curve and all have some form of support whether it is an web community or direct support from the developers themselves.  The end results vary from single learning modules like "Emailing for Dummies" to dynamic degree programs that are totally controlled via enterprise networks like "Blackboard" or "Angel."

My two favorite forms of web education come from "YouTube" learning videos and Lynda.com. YouTube offers a host of free quickies that provide answers to hundreds of tasks while for a fee, Lynda will walk you through the intricacies of over 70,000 software applications.

As Lynda.com explains in their training, online education was the wave of the future 10 years ago, now it is an integral part of  every campus around the world.

For web developers, this is an incredible opportunity to share your knowledge and expand your technical skill sets.  Finding ways to make additional income as a sole business owner or "Freelancer" is the intent of most small business owners, more 'bang' for your time so-to-speak.  And this is your opportunity to teach, learn and increase your income, all while keeping up with the latest in technology!  It's a win-win for everyone so get out there and become part of the eLearning community today!

Education: Free Online Training?

E-learning, an interesting advent of the 21st century and a very powerful tool for those who use it.  In the 1980's it was perceived by some as the wave of the future.  That all classrooms would be virtual.  They were not far off as we move closer and closer to virtualization of all levels of education.

On this note, here are a few links to sites that sponsor free online education, or also called e-Learning:

Academic Earth
Incredibly cool place with multiple free online classes for credit (1).  It is sponsored by Stanford and has a huge amount of knowledge.

http://academicearth.org/subjects/

Kahn Academy


For those of us with children (this is good for all ages as well), there is this very cool place.  Incredible help with subjects like math, banking, technology, biology, chemistry...the list is long.

http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse

An invaluable couple of resources for free education.  Just another example of the positive items you can find on the world wide web.