Limited (FREE) Registration Now Open for a Live Webinar No. 2 Of a Series Title: Implementing E-learning and E-business Solutions Using Open-Source Software
Speaker: Jenny Watt - Instructional Designer, Interactive Online Classroom Date: Thursday June 8, 2006 Time: 9:30 am EST (2:30 pm GMT, 4:30 pm Cairo Time) Cost: FREE - But first-come first-seated - limited seating. Register: http://www.Trainerspod.com/register There is a growing demand in business and education for versatile tools at a reasonable cost. To meet that demand, many companies and educational institutions are turning to open-source software. This Webinar will explore how open-source software can be integrated into an organization's learning or knowledge management systems. Jenny Watt is an Instructional Designer with Interactive Online Classroom, a provider of online courses to colleges, universities, businesses and individuals around the world. Jenny will talk about some of the types of open-source software which are available, advantages of using open-source software and ways your organization may benefit from these types of applications. The Webinar will include demonstrations of several popular open-source applications and discuss how the applications can be used to build or expand an e-learning or e-business practice by providing the following types of e-knowledge delivery models: * Library models using content management applications like Joomla <http://www.joomla.org/> * Presentation models using blog applications like WordPress <http://wordpress.org/> or Serendipity <http://www.s9y.org/> * Interaction models using discussion boards like phpBB <http://www.phpbb.com/> * Combination models using online classroom applications like Moodle <http://moodle.org/> The Webinar is hosted by Elluminate. In order to participate, the minimum requirements are speakers and a 56 K modem. If you wish to speak with the presenter you will also need a microphone. Please go to <http://www.elluminate.com/support> before the presentation to make sure you will be able to access the presentation the day of the Webinar. We have limited "seats" for this event. The Webinar is entirely free of charge and there is a huge level of interest in hearing about open-source applications. Seats will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Register for the event by visiting: <http://www.trainerspod.com/register>. Trainerspod.com seeks to provide free access to these events to raise knowledge and awareness of the issues, practices and needs of e-Learning practitioners and researchers around the world. TRAINERSPODC - 2006 - All rights reserved 1273 Neapolitan Rd., Punta Gorda, FL USA 33983 ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
