“Accessibility” is an elusive trait in elearning, as in life. Many elearning sellers create “accessible” courses, and it’s a popular feature for courses in the OpenSesame elearning marketplace. Nonetheless, we get tons of questions about what “accessible” really means. Whenever I get a pile of questions about the same topic, I know it’s time for a… Read more »
The Pew Internet & American Life Project regularly releases fascinating reports on the prevalence and applications of technology in American life and culture. From the number of adults who use Twitter to the popularity of smart phones in different age and ethnic groups, Pew has a handle on how online experiences influence American life. Yesterday… Read more »
As conference season ramps up, the OpenSesame team packs our bags. We’re ordering hoodies, making hotel reservations and looking forward to meeting the elearning buyers and sellers who use OpenSesame to meet their learning and development needs. Events
My roommate and I have been on a “watching the classics” kick: If the weather is crummy, we hole up on the couch to watch classic films we missed somewhere in the last 50 years or so. So far, this has included watching the entire Dirty Harry series, with giggling glee at how scary and… Read more »
With thanks to the great folks at Knewton for making it possible to share their excellent infographic on the state – and future – of elearning and digital education. Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
The first rule of social learning: Learning will occur whether or not you’re tending to learners’ every need. The second rule of social learning: You can, however, add value by connecting people, organizing information and adding content. (For How Tos, read our series on How to Create a Social Learning Environment.) Supporting social learning with… Read more »
When I read the Tao Te Ching in my freshman year of high school I didn’t really get it. The principle texts of Taoism were just a little bit too… vague for my high school self. All of the talk about going with the flow, and the impermanence of the universe was just too much… Read more »
OpenSesame is a growing technology company. We’re building the world’s marketplace for elearning courses, and in this difficult economy, we’re proud to be creating jobs and building a strong, new company. We’re proud to share that we are seeking a marketing analyst to enable us to continue building our lively community of elearning buyers and… Read more »
A few months ago, after many colleagues, friends and family members asked me to help them get started on Twitter, I made a quick screen capture and narration course that I could email links to easily and share widely. Since then, people have viewed the free video course hundreds and hundreds of times both in… Read more »
After spending our 2010-2011 conference season handing out OpenSesame hoodies at DevLearn, ASTD TechKnowledge, Learning Solutions, the CLO Symposium, ASTD International Conference & Expo and eLearning DevCon, we decided it was time to find out where those hoodies had spent their summer. It turns out some of them have been eating pretzels. And some have been napping. And… Read more »
We lead lives filled with bells and whistles. Unfortunately, they aren’t the kind that mean upgrades! Instead, I’m referring to the constant alerts that sound during our day starting with the alarm clock in the morning signaling that a new day has begun to the wristband alert at night reminding us to take our medication.… Read more »
Your office is a community: A network of people connected through a common theme, associating themselves voluntarily around a common purpose. On your worst days, when you’re thinking of tossing your laptop through a window, it may not feel like that. But building your community, is a powerful way to improve connectedness and facilitate learning.… Read more »
As we build an international elearning marketplace, we’re always thrilled to feature some of the creative developers selling their elearning content on OpenSesame. The folks from Capturator are doing their best to make you more international, by creating effective and interactive elearning courses teaching Spanish, French, Italian and English. Capturator founders Marie Hédiard, Kurt Röllin… Read more »
We are proud to announce that Frank Corsaro, Pete LeDoux and Spencer Thornton – experienced learning and development experts – have joined the OpenSesame community development team. We’ve been working hard to build relationships with both the buyers and sellers of elearning content in order to build a world-leading marketplace connecting the elearning community. The… Read more »
As an OpenSesame summer intern, I’m surrounded by the ceaseless serious discussions of adults. I fear that I’m not being respected, due to my younger age and often times less than serious demeanor, so I’m working hard to write an extremely serious, extremely adult blog post. And to that end, I’m going to talk about… Read more »
One of the highlights of writing this blog is featuring some of the really innovative elearning design making its way into the OpenSesame elearning marketplace. Enspire Learning is the newest addition to the community of course sellers, and they have some of the coolest courses I’ve seen in awhile. Enspire’s staff is made up of… Read more »
The hot dog debate is a debate that has gone on for decades, if not centuries– from the street dogs of New York, to the Chicago Dog, to the infamous Dodger Dog from Dodger Stadium in LA. Americans’ favorite place to get a dog is about as varied as what to put on them. I… Read more »
When I began thinking of how to make my cannonball splash into the ocean of blogging, I knew I needed an edge. I need to be the young-gun on the scene, ripe with fresh ideas and a hip new outlook. I need to be fresh, to step on toes, and not to talk about NPR.… Read more »
I have not always been a blog enthusiast. “They require so much time,” I mumbled, while reading others’ lively, reflective, thought-provoking blogs. “When am I going to find time for that? How am I going to possibly find enough things to write about?” I worried so much it kept me from thinking about the potential… Read more »
